Mayor LaToya Cantrell today (September 22, 2023) officially swore in Anne Kirkpatrick as interim superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department.

Lovers of this genre have treats in store from authors Isabel Allende, Reyna Grande, Naomi Hirahara, and Marianne Wiggins.

Maybe, just maybe, a national effort with the power of President Biden and the White House behind it can bypass congressional inaction and finally end the bloodshed.

Screenwriters and studios reach a tentative deal.

In deeply blue Illinois, legal and political questions are being asked over use of the 14th Amendment to keep Donald Trump off the ballot.

Conservatives have swung back toward intense tough-on-crime politics. Jane Coaston interviews Charles Fain Lehman about what changed.

WASHINGTON — How to interpret the word “and” has prompted a complicated legal fight that is set to land in the Supreme Court on Oct. 2, the first day of its new term. What the justices decide could affect thousands of prison sentences each year.

As criminal cases proceed against the former president, heated rhetoric and anger among his supporters have authorities worried about the risk of political dissent becoming deadly.

Federal authorities are investigating the Baton Rouge Police Department following allegations that some officers “abused their authority,” the FBI announced.

Federal courts nationwide disagree about the wording of the bipartisan 2018 criminal justice overhaul. One appellate panel calls it “perplexing.”

What the justices decide could affect thousands of prison sentences each year. Federal courts across the country disagree about whether the word, as it is used in a bipartisan 2018 criminal justice overhaul, indeed means “and” or whether it means “or.” The Supreme Court has stepped in to settle the dispute.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to imagine a less contentious or more innocent word than “and.” But how to interpret that simple conjunction has prompted a complicated legal fight that lands in the Supreme Court on Oct. 2, the first day of its new term. What the justices decide could affect thousands …

Kevin Mason, 28, was “mistakenly released” from an adult detention center in Marion County on September 13, two days after his arrest, “due to a faulty records review” by staff, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

Here’s hoping McCarthy takes a cue from the Senate, works out a bipartisan budget thrilling to no one, and brings a vote on a continuing resolution to keep the government running to call his tormentors’ bluff. If the clown car shuts down the government, at least the nation will know their names.

The indictment unsealed Friday by the U.S. attorney in Manhattan said Daibes paid bribes, including envelopes stuffed with thousands of dollars in cash and gold bars worth more than $120,000.

Hartford’s century-long descent from a prosperous hub of industry and finance to a repository of poverty can be measured in several ways, but an especially telling one was publicized the other day as the City Council decided to hire a consultant to consider having city government operate a supermarket in the city, for profit or

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a plan last week to explore opening a city-run grocery store.

Investigators say they found nearly $500,000 in cash hidden in clothing and closets as well as $100,000 in gold bars in a search of the home the 69-year-old senator from New Jersey shares with his wife. Here are the biggest takeaways from the 39-page document.