Nation Aug 19 Jury decides parents of Texas student accused in 2018 deadly school shooting not responsible The victims’ lawsuit sought to hold Dimitrios Pagourtzis and his parents, Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, financially liable for the shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018.
Politics Aug 19 Who was Fannie Lou Hamer? Here's why DNC speakers keep mentioning her Hamer spoke on Aug. 22, 1964 — exactly 60 years before Kamala Harris is scheduled to accept the Democratic nomination…
Politics Aug 19 Live updates: Biden speaks to chants of 'Thank You, Joe' on Day 1 of the DNC The Democratic National Convention begins Monday in Chicago with roughly 50,000 people expected to arrive in the Windy City.
World Aug 19 After a colleague was raped and killed at a hospital, Indian doctors demand tougher laws The protesting doctors, holding up placards like “Justice delayed is justice denied,” were stopped by police om Monday as they tried to set up free outpatient services outside the ministry in New Delhi.
World Aug 19 Over the open Atlantic, Ernesto gains strength as a hurricane The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday that Ernesto’s maximum sustained winds were 85 mph. But swells and dangerous surf and rip currents generated by Ernesto are affecting the U.S. East Coast and Canada’s Atlantic coast.
World Aug 16 Ukrainian forces carved a path of destruction on their march to claim the Russian town of Sudzha Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that the town of Sudzha was fully under his troops' control.
Health Aug 16 The U.S. is seeing a summer COVID-19 surge, but hospitalizations remain low COVID-19 is showing up in a lot of wastewater samples, but doctors' offices aren't seeing an outsized share of people with symptoms of respiratory illness.
Politics Aug 16 WATCH: In Milwaukee, Vance addresses crime and criticism of Trump's comments on the Congressional Medal of Honor During an event at his New Jersey golf club on Thursday, former President Donald Trump said the Medal of Freedom “much better” than the top military honor because the servicemen and women who receive it have “been hit so many…
World Aug 16 U.S. calls on Sudan military to join peace negotiations The military has boycotted negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, now in their third day, despite international pleas that they participate. Sudan’s military is battling the powerful paramilitary known as The Rapid Support Forces.
World Aug 15 Sweden reports 1st case of more infectious form of mpox first identified in Congo WHO said there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths in more than a dozen countries across Africa this year, which already exceed last year’s figures.