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Courts in Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, have dismissed nearly 300 cases this year, including felonies, due to a shortage of public defenders. Mike Schmidt, the county's top prosecutor, …
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By CLAIRE RUSH
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11/23/22
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Don’t accuse the TSA of catnapping on the job. When an alert agent at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport noticed tufts of orange fur poking out of a slightly unzipped suitcase, it gave him pause. …
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11/23/22
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Facial recognition technology is mostly associated with uses such as surveillance and the authentication of human faces, but a group of scientists believe they’ve found a new use for it: saving …
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By PATRICK WHITTLE
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11/23/22
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A program in Charleston is trying to make the teaching profession more accessible to Black men, who are vastly underrepresented in classrooms in South Carolina and around the United States. Just 7% …
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By DEVNA BOSE, The Post and Courier
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11/23/22
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Firefighters in Alaska got an unusual request for assistance last weekend from the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, but it wasn’t your mundane cat-stuck-in-a-tree situation. Instead, Capt. Josh Thompson …
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By MARK THIESSEN
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11/23/22
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Authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students as they slept say detectives have looked extensively into information that one of the victims had a stalker and have …
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11/22/22
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Donald Trump reported losses on his tax returns every year for a decade, including nearly $700 million in 2009 and $200 million in 2010, his longtime accountant testified Tuesday, confirming …
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK
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11/22/22
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A helicopter pilot and a meteorologist who worked for a North Carolina television station died following the crash of the station’s helicopter next to an interstate highway in the Charlotte area. …
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By BEN FINLEY and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
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11/22/22
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Oklahoma police have identified a suspect in the weekend slayings of four people at a marijuana farm but say they aren’t releasing a name because doing so could put more people in danger. …
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11/22/22
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A man who survived a weekend shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs says he wants to be resilient and won't be "taken out by some sick person.” Sixty-three-year-old Ed Sanders has been a …
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By AMY FORLITI
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11/22/22
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While promoting his latest movie, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Daniel Craig said dancing doesn’t come naturally to him. But he couldn’t resist a pitch from “Thor: Love and …
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By SIAN WATSON
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11/22/22
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Gladys Knight recalls Christmas as more than a family affair when she was growing up in Atlanta. The legendary singer says her parents would “embrace" all the kids in the neighborhood. Knight is …
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11/22/22
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Americans who have gotten the updated COVID-19 boosters appear better protected against symptomatic infection than those who haven't — at least for now. That's according to a first look at the new …
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD
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11/22/22
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After two years of a pandemic lull, more friends and families will be gathering again this Thanksgiving. The American Automobile Association predicts that travel in the U.S. will be nearly back to …
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By JONEL ALECCIA
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11/22/22
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The multiverse-hopping adventure film “Everything Everywhere All At Once'' leads the nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards. The film received eight nominations, including best feature, …
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By LINDSEY BAHR
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11/22/22
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A construction project in Alabama demonstrates the difficulty of telling complicated U.S. history in 2022. What was once the world's largest cotton gin factory is being renovated into apartments. …
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By JAY REEVES
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11/22/22
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Authorities say a man is being charged with reckless homicide after crashing his SUV through the front window of an Apple store in Massachusetts. Monday's crash in Hingham, southeast of Boston, …
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11/22/22
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Colorado Springs police is crediting two men for subduing a gunman at a gay club on Saturday night and saving lives in the process. Police Chief Adrian Vasquez on Monday identified Richard Fierro and …
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By SAM METZ
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11/21/22
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The five people who were killed at a gay club in Colorado are being remembered as loving parents, enthusiastic performers and longtime patrons who cherished Club Q as a safe haven for members of the …
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By SAM METZ, JAMIE STENGLE and STEPHEN GROVES
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11/21/22
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A movie that takes a fond look back at the original golden age of TV has reached a milestone. “My Favorite Year" is marking its 40th anniversary. Peter O'Toole and Mark Linn-Baker star in the …
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By LYNN ELBER
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11/21/22
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