Nation Jun 03 Texas senator says police chief had no radio during Uvalde school shooting A Texas state senator says the state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded.
World May 01 Death of former U.S. Marine puts spotlight on Americans fighting in Ukraine An undetermined number of Americans — many with military backgrounds — are thought to be in the country battling Russian forces beside both Ukrainians and volunteers from other countries even though U.S. forces aren't directly involved in fighting aside from…
Nation Apr 22 Family seeks prosecution in 1955 kidnapping that led to the murder of Emmett Till Carolyn Bryant Donham was named nearly 67 years ago in a warrant that accused her in Till's abduction, yet she was never arrested or brought to trial.
Nation Mar 04 Despite its civil rights history, Selma, Alabama sees steady voter turnout decline The world knows the city of Selma, Alabama, as a historic beacon in the struggle for voting rights. But the act of voting is on the decline there almost 60 years after white police battered Black people marching for voting…
Nation Oct 07 Stalled weather front drenches Alabama, at least 4 killed in floods Dozens of people had to be rescued Wednesday night in central Alabama, where the National Weather Service said as much as 13 inches of rain fell.
Nation Sep 15 Nicholas crawls into Louisiana from Texas, dumping rain Nicholas has weakened into a tropical depression as it crawls across southern Louisiana, unleashing heavy rain across the coasts of Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. It's unwelcome weather for survivors of Hurricane Ida, which destroyed thousands of rooftops now…
Nation Aug 31 WATCH: Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and FEMA’s Criswell give Hurricane Ida damage update Louisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida are now dealing with the possibility of weeks without power in the stifling, late-summer heat.
Nation Aug 31 Hurricane Ida leaves no power, no flights, scant drinking water for many Ida ravaged the region's power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands of other Louisiana residents in the dark with no clear timeline on when the electricity would come back on.
Nation Aug 31 Small Louisiana communities bear brunt of Hurricane Ida While New Orleans largely escaped catastrophic flooding during the storm, LaPlace and other nearby communities were not so lucky.
Nation Aug 30 Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid A fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued, while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide swath of the state in the sweltering, late-summer heat.