Here's what seems to work in Miami to keep deaths down as temperatures soar
Despite a record 46-day streak of triple digit feels-like temperatures, Miami’s unprecented brutal summer last year wasn’t that deadly, contrasting with the rest of the nation where federal records show heat fatalities nationally spiked to a 45-year high.
Biden says pressure on him is driven by elites. Voters paint a more complicated picture
President Joe Biden says the pressure on him to end his reelection campaign is coming from Democratic Party “elites,” the same kind of people who have doubted him throughout his long journey in public life.
Judge hears arguments for restitution to families of 34 people killed in 2019 scuba boat fire
A federal judge has heard arguments over whether a boat captain should pay restitution to the families of 34 people killed in a California scuba dive boat fire in 2019, with prosecutors seeking reimbursement for funeral expenses and more.
Trump wants Black and Latino support. But he's not popular with either group, poll analysis shows
As he prepares to accept the Republican nomination for the third time, Donald Trump has promised to expand his coalition — and, in particular, to win over more of the nonwhite voters who largely rejected him during the 2020 election.
Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal Bureau of Prisons
Congress has passed legislation overhauling oversight and bringing greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny.
US inflation cools again, potentially paving way for Fed to cut interest rates soon
Inflation in the United States cooled in June for a third straight month, a sign that the worst price spike in four decades is steadily fading and may soon usher in interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
Gunman who was killed by Yellowstone rangers had planned a July 4 mass shooting, park reveals
Yellowstone National Park officials say a gunman killed by park rangers as he fired a semiautomatic rifle at the entrance of a dining facility with 200 people inside had told a woman he planned to carry out a mass shooting.
More details released in autopsy for gunman who shot and killed four officers in Charlotte
More details on the death of the gunman who shot and killed four law enforcement officers during a Charlotte, North Carolina, shooting were released in autopsy and toxicology reports obtained by local media outlets.
'This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering
Statisticians and demographers are sounding the alarm about threats to official data gathering in the U.S. They warn that funding for the federal statistical agencies is inadequate and measures in a House appropriations bill could undermine what Americans know about themselves.
NRA's ex-CFO agreed to 10-year not-for-profit ban, still owes $2M for role in lavish spending scheme
The National Rifle Association’s former finance czar agreed to a decade-long ban from managing money for New York not-for-profits after a jury found him liable in a scheme to have the influential gun rights organization bankroll a longtime chief executive’s extravagant lifestyle.
Behind Upper Midwest tribal spearfishing is a long and violent history of denied treaty rights
A fraught and violent history for centuries disrupted Indigenous people’s lives in the Upper Midwest, barring them from traditional food gathering practices like spearfishing, hunting and harvesting wild rice.
Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe
Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre have asked a federal appeals court to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member — former tight end Shannon Sharpe.