ST. LOUIS — As a surge of violent threats disrupt area schools, the St. John Police Department is putting its foot down.

Chief of Police Paul Anderson said the department will begin to strictly enforce St. John's parental neglect code that allows officers to issue summonses to parents for the criminal actions of their children.

If guilty, ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear declined to comment on the motive behind the shooting of an Eastern Kentucky judge by a sheriff.

As a former prosecutor, Beshear said at a Friday morning news conference, it was not appropriate to discuss what may have led up to Thursday’s death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54.

The judge was ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The man who survived the March 26 Key Bridge collapse and the families of six workers who died that day simultaneously on Friday sued the companies behind the massive cargo ship that brought down the span.

Filed in the U.S. District Court for Baltimore, the civil claims target Grace Ocean Private Ltd., owner of the 984-foot Dali ...Read more

Sean "Diddy" Combs, in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., as he awaits trial on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges, was placed on suicide watch by officials, according to sources.

The sources said the suicide watch was routine in high-profile cases and meant to protect Combs.

Attorneys for Combs say they will...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento City Unified School District board voted 6-0 to allow St. Hope Public School 7 and Sacramento Charter High School to renew their charters. Both schools will be allowed to operate through June 2030 under the condition that they enter a memorandum of understanding to be completed next year.

The board ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California carbon emissions are falling, but not fast enough to reach the state’s 2030 climate targets, according to data released Friday by the Air Resources Board. Leaders predicted that new and existing industry regulations would put the state on track.

CARB Executive Officer Steven Cliff said in a media briefing ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — As the country ramps up its stock of solar farms in the West, rural Nevada is bracing for impact. Especially so in one of the state’s most-strained water basins outside of Las Vegas.

Following the release of the Bureau of Land Management’s updated Western Solar Plan, some in Nye County’s Amargosa Desert wrapped in a bitter, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday turned down an appeal from the Nevada Green Party, keeping the progressive party off the state's November presidential ballot.

The justices refused to intervene and overturn the state supreme court, which ruled two weeks ago the Green Party used the wrong form when gathering signatures. There were no ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The parents of a former Ritenour School District student accused of threatening Husky Academy and taking a loaded gun to school grounds this week were charged Thursday night in connection with the incident.

Traci Thompson and Terry Thompson were charged Thursday with a count each of tampering with physical evidence in a felony ...Read more

ATLANTA — Physical attacks, death threats and verbal abuse have been on the rise against nurses, doctors and other workers in health care settings. That fact made the news during the pandemic. But when the pandemic leveled off, the violence didn’t, according to health care officials who spoke in Atlanta this week.

The attacks happen “even...Read more

Israel’s operation against Hezbollah members in Lebanon and Syria through booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies was years in the making, and its use now ramped up a high-risk campaign aimed at deeply disrupting the group.

The tactical goal has been to set back the Iran-backed organization by going after its operatives, infrastructure and ...Read more

Nepal’s attempt to deliver justice and accountability following the country’s decade-long civil war froze more than two years ago with little progress – but a recent development has raised hopes that it could soon be revived and revamped.

In August 2024, the country’s parliament passed a long-awaited bill that sets the stage ...Read more

My mother died in my home in hospice in 2020, on the day my state of Washington went into COVID-19 lockdown. Her body was taken away, but none of the usual touchstones for grief were available to our family. There was no funeral or supportive gathering, no deliveries of food and no hugs. For months afterward, as the nationwide lockdown ...Read more