Search results for

Lightfoot, the city's first black female mayor, told NPR that Chicago's police department has "left many people feeling like the police are an illegitimate occupying force."

The training will provide teens and parents with the tools they need to build safer digital boundaries online.

Federal prosecutors say a California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque, among other institutions and individuals.

Three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction who died after falling from his Buenos Aires hotel room balcony last month.

Health experts anticipated 214 dengue travel cases brought into the state from other countries. So far, the count is at 859, about four times the predictions. Here’s what that means for the future.

The Pentagon held its first ever Energy Expo this week. One conclusion? The best way to sell the military on green tech may be to make sure it's lethal.

A debate over the statue of Lincoln and a freed slave in Washington, D.C., led two history professors to discover Frederick Douglass' letter, which could sway some opinions on the matter.

The accusations stretch back decades and first became public last summer. Gaiman wrote, "I'm far from a perfect person, but I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone. Ever."

An eaglet hatched at the active bald eagle nest in North Fort Myers on Saturday with a second egg being watched. The new eaglet is the offspring of a mated pair, F23 and M15.

Russia's massive missile and drone barrage struck a thermal power plant and prompted Ukrainians to shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning.

NPR's Scott Simon muses about how the media covered Roseanne Barr's tweet compared with a new count of the lives lost and devastated by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

The Federal Reserve moved aggressively Wednesday to start cutting interest rates as easing inflation fears gives way to concern about the job market.

As the Trump administration carries out mass firings of the federal workforce in a push to slash government spending, it's targeting probationary workers. Here's what to know about the employee status.

President Trump's mug shot is one of the first things visitors will see when approaching the Oval Office.

Under the bill, if a person on pretrial release tampers with an electronic monitoring device, his or her pretrial release will be terminated

The transportation sector is responsible for a significant portion of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. The Biden administration has unveiled a strategy to help curb trucking industry emissions.

The newly inaugurated president announced his intention to terminate U.S. membership in the U.N.'s global health agency.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Education Commissioner Manny Diaz have pointed to school choice as a reason that students have improved on the most recent statewide assessment of skill.

Israel's military launched a new ground offensive in Gaza, sending troops into areas they retreated from during a two-month ceasefire. This comes a day after airstrikes killed more than 400 people.

A court settlement over repeated sewage spills by St. Petersburg from nearly a decade ago has been resolved. Some environmentalists hope — but are far from sure — that major spills are a thing of the past.

Office Depot has agreed to buy OfficeMax in an all-stock deal for nearly $1.2 billion. The merged company will still face tough competition from Staples and Amazon.com.

The White House budget office rejected the conclusion of a nonpartisan congressional watchdog that said the Trump administration is breaking the law by not spending funds as directed by Congress.

The Every Student Succeeds Act favors a well-rounded education over high-stakes testing under No Child Left Behind. It specifically includes music and art as part of the definition of well-rounded.

The criminal charges were announced one and a half years after Brand was accused of sexual misconduct by four women in the fall of 2023.

Those schools would then become “job engine charter schools” aimed at attracting job-producers and training students for local workforce needs.