Arkansas State Police are investigating a shooting that took place Wednesday night inside the bathroom of a jail in Perry County, a rural township located 50 miles west of Little Rock.  An officer working at the detention center, 21-year-old Jeremiah Story, was killed during the incident, which occurred as a …

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said schools that provide religious instruction cannot be excluded from a Maine tuition assistance program available to students in rural areas of the state, finding the state’s requirement that only nonsectarian schools can participate in the program violates the First Amendment. The court’s decision …

Freshpet is recalling bags of dog food sold by retailers in a dozen states and Puerto Rico due to potential salmonella contamination. The dog food being recalled was part of a lot earmarked for destruction, but instead was “inadvertently shipped to retailers in limited geographic markets in the last two …

The steepest inflation in four decades and severe product shortages have evoked comparisons to the economic doldrums faced by the U.S. in the 1970s. The echoes are reviving concerns about “stagflation,” a term coined during that earlier period that has become synonymous with double-digit price increases, job losses and images …

Music superstar Justin Bieber announced Friday that he has been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a rare neurological disorder. “It is from this virus attacks the nerves in my ear, my facial nerves, and has caused my face to have paralysis,” Bieber said in a video posted to Instagram. The …

The replies to tweets from Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation’s highest ranking Black female official, routinely include racist, sexist and graphic messages threatening her safety. A new report finds that hateful tweets directed at Harris are rampant, while Twitter has been slow to respond, and at times failed to …

The following is a transcript of an interview with Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas that aired Sunday, June 5, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to the Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas. He attended the US Conference of Mayors meeting last week and joins …

BERKELEY — Police in Berkeley on Wednesday confirmed the recent arrest of a 16-year-old boy who was actively recruiting other high school students to participate in a mass shooting and bombing at Berkeley High School. In a press release issued Wednesday, police said they received a tip on May 21 …

The commission tasked with renaming military assets bearing the names of Confederate leaders released new recommendations for nine military installations, with some names honoring women and African Americans. Until now, these posts have exclusively been named for White men. The congressionally mandated Naming Commission issued its initial recommendations for the …

For Zack and Brie Smithey, the smell of old tires will be forever associated with home. “It reminds me of the beginning stages of the construction here,” he said, in the couple’s dream home in St. Charles, Missouri. (Note: The house does not smell like tires.) In 2016, the couple …