May 30 Phoenix becomes largest U.S. city to successfully challenge 2020 census By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Phoenix has become the largest U.S. city to successfully challenge its population count from the 2020 census. It claimed that group homes, jails and drug treatment centers were overlooked during the nation's head count. Continue reading
May 30 Why Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment fight isn’t over By Jim Vertuno, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press The Texas Legislature already made one historic move with the impeachment of Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Another one is coming. Continue reading
May 30 The Oklahoma case pushing state Republicans to rethink the death penalty By Adam Kemp Richard Glossip has been given nine different execution dates for a crime he says he did not commit, and right now it’s uncertain if he’ll be assigned a 10th. Continue reading
May 30 Woman who screamed death threats at Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 6 gets over 2 years in prison By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The judge who sentenced 55-year-old Pauline Bauer on Tuesday convicted her of riot-related charges in January after hearing trial testimony without a jury. Continue reading
May 30 Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, family says By Bill Barrow, Associated Press The family says it's sharing the news hoping to prompt conversations at kitchen tables and in doctor's offices that could help people and their families get the support they need. Continue reading
May 30 Elizabeth Holmes enters Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence for Theranos hoax By Michael Liedtke, Lekan Oyekanmi, Associated Press The arrival comes more than a year after a jury convicted Holmes on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022. She was sentenced to prison time in November. Continue reading
May 30 5 unaccounted for including 2 likely in wreckage of collapsed Iowa apartment building, mayor says By Scott McFetridge, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press Five people remain unaccounted for, including two people whose remains may be in a pile of rubble at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building, officials of the city of Davenport, Iowa, said Tuesday. Continue reading
May 30 Most U.S. adults say race in college admissions should play small role, new AP poll says By Collin Binkley, Emily Swanson, Associated Press The May poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 63 percent say the Supreme Court should not block colleges from considering race or ethnicity in their admission systems. Continue reading
May 30 Elizabeth Holmes, former Theranos CEO, reports to federal prison for 11 year sentence By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Tuesday will be moving to her new home — a federal prison where she has been sentenced to spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed… Continue reading
May 30 Ralph Yarl walks at brain injury event weeks after getting shot in head By Associated Press Ralph Yarl — a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell — walked at a brain injury awareness event in his first major public appearance since the shooting. Continue reading