By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A Missouri judge who wore an Elvis Presley wig in his courtroom and played the singer's music from his phone during court proceedings has agreed to a deal that would cut his career on the bench short. Judge Matthew Thornhill in suburban St. Louis ...
SANDERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Three former Georgia sheriff's deputies have been found not guilty of murder in the death of a Black man who raised a white homeowner's suspicions by asking for a drink of water while walking through a small Georgia town. Eurie Martin, 58, was repeatedly shocked with ...
By TERRY TANG Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Last week, Oakland's new mayor found herself consoling the friends and family of a beloved community college football coach who was shot on campus. The day after her visit, Barbara Lee sat with The Associated Press for an hour at her ...
By ALAN MILLER/The Reporting Project Deep inside a report on the future of water in central Ohio is this warning: Industrial demands for water will skyrocket at the same time experts expect farmers will need to regularly irrigate their fields during the critical growing period of July ...
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a Chicago commuter train has a decades long criminal history and was on court-ordered electronic monitoring in an unrelated battery case at the time of the unprovoked attack, ...
By MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to end the deployment of National Guard troops to the nation's capital. But the ruling is unlikely to be the final word by the courts, the president or local leaders in the ...
