Politics Mar 16 What to know about Bernie Sanders' bill for the U.S. to adopt a 32-hour workweek The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off.
Nation Mar 04 Mining company can't tap water needed for Okefenokee wildlife refuge, U.S. says A federal agency is asserting legal rights to waters that feed the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge, setting up a new battle with a mining company seeking permits to withdraw more than 1.4 million gallons per day.
Politics Feb 28 How bump stocks ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court The U.S. government initially concluded that the devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire faster didn't violate a federal ban on machine guns. That changed after a gunman with bump stock-equipped rifles killed 60 people in Las Vegas in 2017.
Nation Jan 14 Millions of Americans face sub-zero temperatures as Arctic blast grips the nation Subfreezing temperatures across much of the U.S. left millions of Americans facing potentially dangerous cold Sunday as Arctic storms threatened near-blizzard conditions in the Northeast and several inches of snow in parts of the South.
Nation Aug 29 Jacksonville shooter who killed 3 used to work at a dollar store In audio released Tuesday from a 911 call, the gunman’s father said his son had stopped taking psychiatric medication and stayed in his room after dropping out of college and losing his job.
Nation Aug 28 Hundreds gather to mourn after racist attack in Jacksonville About 200 people attended a Sunday evening vigil a block from a dollar store where officials say a white, 21-year-old man who left behind white supremacist writings killed three Black people Saturday.
Nation Aug 27 Florida authorities identify victims, shooter in racist attack at Dollar General store Jacksonville's sheriff identified those shot in Saturday's attack at a Dollar General as Angela Michelle Carr, 52; store employee A.J. Laguerre, 19; and customer Gerrald Gallion, 29.
Nation Aug 27 White man fatally shoots 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime, officials say A masked white man fatally shot three Black people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in a predominately African-American neighborhood on Saturday, in an attack where he used a gun painted with a swastika, officials said.
Nation May 29 This soldier gave his life in the Korean War. Decades later, he's finally being laid to rest An American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor after he went missing in battle during the Korean War is being buried on Memorial Day near his hometown in Georgia.
Nation Aug 08 Father and son who chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery gets life sentence for federal hate crime The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting after they chased the 25-year-old Black man through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced Monday to life in prison.