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Leroy Chapman Jr., the new editor of The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, is shown in this undated photo. The newspaper named Chapman its new top editor Thursday, March 29, 2023, making him the first Black editor to lead the Journal-Constitution in its 155-year history. (Tyson Horne/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
1st Black editor named to lead Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has chosen a Black editor to lead its newsroom for the first time in its 155-year history. Leroy Chapman Jr. was named the newspaper's editor-in-chief Thursday after … more
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FILE - Jennifer Crumbley, left, and James Crumbley, right, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, a teenager accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., appear in court for a preliminary examination on involuntary manslaughter charges in Rochester Hills, Mich., Feb. 8, 2022. Jennifer and James Crumbley can face trial for involuntary manslaughter, the state appeals court said Thursday, March 23, 2023, in a groundbreaking case of criminal responsibility for the acts of a child. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Oxford school shooter's parents can face manslaughter trial
The Michigan Court of Appeals says the parents of a teenager who killed four students at a high school can face trial for involuntary manslaughter. The groundbreaking case involves criminal … more
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A worker passes the roller coaster at Belmont Park as rain engulfs the area, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in San Diego. Californians are tired. Tired of the rain, tired of the snow, tired of stormy weather and the cold, relentlessly gray skies that have clouded the Golden State nearly nonstop since late December. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Californians eager for sunnier days after relentless winter
With spring now underway, California's 39 million residents are hopeful for sunnier days ahead. But this week’s atmospheric river had other plans. It's the 12th such storm here since late December. … more
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A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Mount Prospect, Ill., Sunday, March 19, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
US jobless claims inch down as labor market remains tight
The labor market continues to defy the Federal Reserve’s attempts at loosening it, with U.S. applications for unemployment benefits down again last week and remaining at healthy, historically low … more
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A demolished bike path is shown in the South River Forest near the site of a planned police training center in DeKalb County, Ga., on March 9, 2023. Activists have been protesting the center's planned construction for more than a year, derisively calling it "Cop City." (AP Photo/R.J. Rico)
Muddy clothes? 'Cop City' activists question police evidence
Civil liberties groups and defense attorneys are outraged at the domestic terrorism charges that have been levied against 23 people who were arrested after a masked group attacked an Atlanta-area … more
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FILE - This undated photo provided by Ben Crump Law shows Irvo Otieno. Hours after a video was released publicly showing seven sheriff's deputies and three employees of a Virginia mental hospital pinning Otieno to the floor, attorneys for several of the defendants offered a possible glimpse at how they may defend them against second-degree murder charges. But Otieno's family and their lawyers, including prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump, immediately pushed back against any attempt to minimize the role any of the defendants may have played in Otieno's death. (Courtesy of Ben Crump Law via AP, File)
Otieno family attorneys push back against officers' defense
Attorneys for several of the defendants charged with second-degree murder in the death of Irvo Otieno have begun to offer defenses of their clients in court or public statements. Some have said their … more
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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal crash along Interstate 695 on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, near Woodlawn, Md. Multiple people were killed when a passenger vehicle pulled into a work zone along the Baltimore beltway and struck construction workers there, Maryland State Police said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Police: 6 dead after work-zone crash on Baltimore Beltway
Maryland State Police say six people were killed when a passenger vehicle pulled into a work zone along the Baltimore beltway and struck construction workers there. Troopers responded to the work … more
FILE - This July 23, 2018 file photo shows packets of buprenorphine, a drug used to control heroin and opioid cravings, in Greenfield, Mass. Doctors often use urine tests to make sure patients taking medication for opioid addiction are sticking with treatment, but a study published Wednesday, March 22, 2023, by JAMA Psychiatry suggests doctors may be missing some cheaters. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests
Doctors may be missing patients who are trying to cheat on tests that check if they are taking medication for opioid addiction. That's according to a study published Wednesday by JAMA Psychiatry. The … more
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FILE - This booking photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows Larry Earvin, a former inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mount Sterling, Ill. A contrite Willie Hedden, the last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of Earvin, was sentenced Wednesday, March 22, 2023, to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to civil rights violations and obstruction and testifying against his codefendants. (Illinois Department of Corrections via AP, File)
Cooperating guard gets 6 years in Illinois inmate's death
The last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate has been sentenced to six years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough handed the … more
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FILE - Demonstrators protest about abortion outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 24, 2022.Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe just nine months ago, 24 states have banned abortion outright or are likely to do so, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Other states with Republican-controlled legislatures, including Florida, are moving toward restrictive laws that would ban abortion as soon as six weeks of pregnancy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Abortion debate churns with legislation and lawsuits
The U.S. abortion landscape is far from settled nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to terminate a pregnancy. With states now in control, advocates on both sides await … more
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This image released by CBS shows Eric Braeden and Melody Thomas Scott the 50th Anniversary celebration for the daytime series "The Young and The Restless" in Los Angeles. (Francis Specker/CBS via AP)
'The Young and the Restless' celebrates 50 years of drama
The soap opera “The Young and the Restless” celebrates its 50th anniversary this month as the No. 1 daytime drama for 35 consecutive years. Created by the late William J. Bell and Lee Phillip … more
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File - A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct. 29, 2018. Robert Bowers, the man about to face trial for shooting to death congregants in the Pittsburgh synagogue more than four years ago, has schizophrenia and structural and functional brain impairments, his lawyers said Monday, March 20, 2023, in a public court filing. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Mental health issue arises as synagogue massacre trial nears
Defense lawyers say a former truck driver about to face trial for shooting to death congregants in a Pittsburgh synagogue more than four years ago has schizophrenia and structural and functional … more
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Members of the media and general public gathered outside the Colleton County Courthouse Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C. As the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh wraps, the heaps of public attention poured on the case's many twists and turns. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Murdaugh trial gives unsolved death investigation a boost
A mother whose son was found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road eight years ago is opening a private investigation into his death after raising almost $90,000 amid the publicity surrounding … more
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This photo provided by researchers in March 2023, shows the Stumpff Lock, from composer Ludwig van Beethoven, in a laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany. Hundreds of years after Beethoven's death, researchers have pulled DNA from strands of his hair — and found clues about what killed him, according to a study published Wednesday March 22, 2023. (Anthi Tiliakou via AP)
What made Beethoven sick? DNA from his hair offers clues
Scientists have pulled DNA from Ludwig van Beethoven's hair to look for clues about his many health problems and hearing loss. They weren't able to figure out why the famous composer lost his hearing … more
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Cecily Myart-Cruz, United Teachers Los Angeles, UTLA President, with Max Arias, executive director of the Service Employees International SEIU Local 99 union, speak to thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District teachers and SEIU members rallying outside the LAUSD headquarters in Los Angeles Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Thousands of service workers backed by teachers began a three-day strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, shutting down education for a half-million students in the nation's second-largest school system.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Los Angeles strike highlights paltry US school worker pay
Pay is notoriously low for school support staff who shuttle America’s children to schools, feed them in cafeterias and provide classroom assistance to students who need the most help. School … more
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This photo provided by Newport News Sheriff's Office shows a hole in the wall of a prison cell in Newport News, Va., on March 20, 2023. Two inmates in the Virginia jail used primitive-made tools to create a hole in the wall of their cell and escape only to be found hours later at an IHOP restaurant in a nearby town, a sheriff said. (Newport News Sheriff's Office via AP)
2 escape jail and go to IHOP, where patrons report them
Authorities say two inmates in a Virginia jail used primitive tools to create a hole in the wall of their cell and escape and were found hours later at an IHOP restaurant nearby. A statement from the … more
UN: Many African children at risk from lack of clean water
In Nigeria’s teeming city of Lagos, children in the Makoko area swim and play in filthy water surrounded by garbage. In Ivory Coast’s largest city, Abidjan, thousands of families must fetch water … more
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FILE - Police stand at the scene of an overnight fire that severely damaged a building that was being renovated to house a new abortion clinic in Casper, Wyo., Wednesday, May 25, 2022. With the nation's first explicit ban on abortion pills, Wyoming has pushed to the front of efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver,File)
Judge to consider allowing abortions to resume in Wyoming
A judge will hear arguments Wednesday over whether abortions will be allowed in Wyoming while a sweeping new ban gets challenged in her court. The ban took effect Sunday, making abortion illegal in … more
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Rain falls on pedestrians on the University of Southern California campus on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Spring brings more wind, rain and snow to soaked California
A strong late-season Pacific storm is bringing wind, rain and snow to saturated California as the first full day of spring shows little change from an extraordinary winter. The storm is focusing most … more
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People buy traditional lanterns in Sayyeda Zeinab market ahead of the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Muslim authorities say Ramadan fasting to begin Thursday
Muslim authorities in Saudi Arabia and several other Middle Eastern countries say this year’s fasting month of Ramadan will begin Thursday based on the expected sighting of the crescent moon. … more
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