The Israeli military says it has killed three alleged Palestinian gunmen in the northern occupied West Bank. Tuesday's incident was latest bloodshed in one of the most violent stretches of the …
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BY MAJDI MOHAMMED
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7/25/23
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TULSA Okla. – A federal jury convicted James William Buzzard, 50, a Cherokee citizen and Delaware County resident, of first-degree murder in Indian Country; assault with a dangerous weapon with …
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Staff Reports / news@morningsun.net
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7/25/23
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Brandon Michael Jones, 26, of Branson, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough to 216 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a single count of …
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Staff Reports / news@morningsun.net
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7/25/23
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Climate change’s sweaty fingerprints are all over the July heat waves gripping much of the globe. A new study finds these intense and deadly hot spells in the American Southwest and Southern Europe …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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7/25/23
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Beavers have long been treated as a nuisance for chewing down trees and shrubs and blocking up streams. But the animals are increasingly being seen as nature's helpers in the midst of climate change. …
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By AMY TAXIN
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7/25/23
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Thousands of crime victims each year are confronted with the difficult financial reality of state compensation programs that are billed as safety nets to offset costs like funerals, medical care, …
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By MIKE CATALINI and CLAUDIA LAUER
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7/25/23
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For Emmett Till's family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story
President Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation on Tuesday that establishes a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago whose abduction, torture and killing in …
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By AARON MORRISON
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7/25/23
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The U.S. Forest Service says its own prescribed burn started a 2022 wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico. The agency on Monday published findings of its investigation into causes of …
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By MORGAN LEE
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7/24/23
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Authorities in Alabama said Monday that a woman has confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of the interstate. Hoover …
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7/24/23
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A jury on Monday began deliberating the sentence for a 19-year-old who was found guilty of attempted capital murder in a 2021 shooting at a Dallas-area high school that wounded two other students and …
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7/24/23
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Georgia’s Big Peanut is back. The roadside landmark along Interstate 75 in south Georgia was rededicated Thursday. That is nearly five years after an earlier version was felled by the winds of …
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By JEFF AMY
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7/24/23
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The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a starry lineup to its 48th edition on Monday, even if remains unclear if stars will be there to walk red carpets due to ongoing writers and actors …
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By JAKE COYLE
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7/24/23
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An investigation has been launched into why an Ohio officer allowed his police dog to attack a truck driver who was surrendering with his hands raised, despite State Highway Patrol troopers urging …
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7/24/23
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Miami-Dade's mayor says the head of the Police Department is in stable condition after surgery in a Tampa area hospital. The mayor's announcement early Monday said 52-year-old Alfredo “Freddy” …
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7/24/23
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Antonio Vento Carvajal has been legally blind for much of his 14 years. A gene therapy delivered through eyedrops is allowing him to see again and has opened the door to similar therapies that could …
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By LAURA UNGAR and FREIDA FRISARO
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7/24/23
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The city itself will be one of the brightest stars at the Paris Olympics, with ceremonies on the Seine, beach volleyball under the Eiffel Tower and a marathon route that passes through Versailles. In …
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By EDDIE PELLS
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7/24/23
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You don't know their names but you might recognize their faces. Hollywood's “journeyman” actors tend to work for scale pay, and spend at least as much time lining up work as working. They have to …
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By JOCELYN NOVECK and R.J. RICO
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7/24/23
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated measures to keep migrants from entering the U.S. The Republican is pushing legal boundaries along the border with Mexico to install razor wire, deploy massive …
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By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ACACIA CORONADO
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7/24/23
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Authorities in Alaska say search and rescue divers have recovered the bodies of a helicopter pilot and three state scientists whose aircraft went down in a shallow lake last week. The three were on …
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7/23/23
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Minneapolis is backing away from enforcing laws that criminalize buying psychedelic plants or using them in private. Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday ordered police to stop using taxpayer dollars to …
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The Associated Press
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7/23/23
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