Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today’s campus protest movement
Dean Kahler flung himself to the ground and covered his head when the bullets started flying. The Ohio National Guard had opened fire on unarmed war protesters at Kent State ...
Mick Jagger wades into politics, taking verbal jab at Louisiana state governor at performance
Mick Jagger briefly waded into Louisiana politics, taking a verbal jab at the state’s conservative governor, as The Rolling Stones performed at the New Orleans Jazz & ...
Court appearance for country star Morgan Wallen in chair-throwing case postponed until August
An initial hearing for country music star Morgan Wallen was postponed Friday until August in a case in which he’s accused of throwing a chair from the rooftop of a ...
New Hampshire jury finds state liable for abuse at youth detention center and awards victim $38M
A New Hampshire jury awarded $38 million to the man who blew the lid off abuse allegations at the state’s youth detention center Friday, finding the state’s ...
Police defend decision not to disclose accidental gunshot during Columbia protest response
New York City police officials on Friday defended their decision to initially keep quiet about a potentially dangerous accident that happened as officers cleared pro-Palestinian ...
Justice Department warns it plans to sue Iowa over new state immigration law
The U.S. Department of Justice has told Iowa’s top officials it plans to sue the state over a new law making it a crime for a person to be in Iowa if they’ve ...
South Dakota Gov. Noem erroneously describes meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in new book
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem described in a new book having met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during her time in Congress. But her office said Friday that the story of ...
Multiple suspects arrested after Lincoln Parish shooting, deputies say
On April 16, 2024, the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office began investigating a late-night shooting that left one male victim seriously injured. According to ...
An anchovy feast draws a crush of sea lions to one of San Francisco’s piers, the most in 15 years
They’re lounging, biting each other and generally making a ruckus in numbers not seen in more than a decade. And don’t even think about stealing their anchovies. San ...
Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in 80 years. At least 37 people have died
Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 37 people, with another 74 still missing, the state civil defense agency said Friday, as record-breaking ...
Self-exiled Chinese businessman’s chief of staff pleads guilty weeks before trial
The chief of staff of a Chinese businessman sought by the government of China pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges on Friday, weeks before her boss goes to trial in New York in a ...
It started with a tweet. What if Harry Potter attended an HBCU? Now it’s a book series
It all began with a post on Twitter. It was 2020 during the height of the pandemic and LaDarrion Williams was thinking about the lack of diversity in the fantasy genre. He proposed: “What if Harry ...