May 01 U.S. to give immigrants DNA tests at the border to check for fraud By Associated Press Immigration officials will begin voluntary DNA testing in cases where officials suspect adults are fraudulently claiming to be the parents of children as they cross the U.S.-Mexico border together. Continue reading
May 01 Texas officer charged with homicide for shooting black man By Associated Press A Tarrant County grand jury indicted Arlington Officer Bau Tran eight months after he shot 24-year-old O'Shae Terry in the Dallas suburb. Continue reading
May 01 Kansas lawmakers fail to override governor’s abortion ‘reversal’ veto By John Hanna, Associated Press Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill requiring abortion providers to tell patients about a disputed treatment to stop a medication abortion after it's been started. Continue reading
May 01 Anti-Semitic attacks last year killed most Jews in decades By Aron Heller, Associated Press Israeli researchers recorded nearly 400 cases worldwide last year, with more than a quarter of the major violent cases taking place in the United States. Continue reading
May 01 WATCH: Powell to discuss Fed decision to leave interest rates unchanged By Associated Press Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is expected to speak around 2:30 p.m. Watch live here. Continue reading
May 01 White House wants $4.5 billion in emergency border funding By Colleen Long, Jill Colvin, Associated Press A summary of the request obtained by the AP says the White House wants $3.3 billion for humanitarian aid to increase shelter capacity for unaccompanied migrant children and the feeding and care of families. Continue reading
May 01 A rare conviction of an officer in Minneapolis shooting case sparks concerns about race and justice By Amy Forliti, Associated Press The jury needed little more than a day to convict a black Minneapolis police officer of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed white woman who had called 911 to report a possible crime, delivering a guilty verdict that… Continue reading
May 01 2 dead, motive unclear in North Carolina campus shooting By Tom Foreman Jr., Sarah Blake Morgan, Associated Press A student with a pistol and no immediately apparent motive killed two people and wounded four others at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte before campus police disarmed and arrested him, authorities said. The campus police chief said the suspect had… Continue reading
Apr 30 North Carolina campus shooting leaves at least 2 dead By Tom Foreman Jr., Associated Press A shooting on a North Carolina university campus left two people dead and four wounded Tuesday, prompting a lockdown and chaotic scene in the state's largest city. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 8:36 What parents of dyslexic children are teaching schools about literacy By Lisa Stark, Education Week Fewer than 40 percent of fourth and eighth grade students nationwide are proficient readers. Now, led by parents of children with dyslexia, a learning disability that makes reading and spelling difficult, some states are trying to change how reading is… Continue watching