CHICAGO — Kevin Jackson was released from prison last month, more than two decades after he was convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a man at a West Englewood gas station.

Now 43, Jackson has always maintained his innocence. Police and prosecutors said several witnesses identified him as the shooter, but each recanted at Jackson’s ...Read more

Houston OB-GYN Dr. Hillary Boswell says she has seen how abortion bans affect teenage girls: More of them are carrying their pregnancies to term.

“These are vulnerable girls, and it’s just heartbreaking to see the number of pregnant 13-year-olds I’ve had to take care of,” Boswell said, referring to the change since Texas prohibited ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The National Institutes of Health have awarded an epidemiology professor at the University of Pennsylvania $11 million to study the link between chemical exposures and dementia.

The project will test blood and urine samples from thousands of people, looking for traces of environmental chemicals such as pesticides and metals, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Bri Johnson’s ambition is hard to miss.

The 20-year-old is studying to be a medical assistant and will soon start applying for externships at several local hospitals. Her next big goal is buying a car — “a nice car that’s going to get me from point A to point B.”

But the thing that topped Johnson’s list of priorities on...Read more

The national furor in recent years around banning books on race and gender in public schools is intensifying as President-elect Donald Trump threatens to shut down the Department of Education, emboldening conservatives to end "wokeness" in classrooms.

Battles over books in school libraries have become emblematic of the country's larger culture ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House could embolden Republicans who want to weaken or repeal the Affordable Care Act, but implementing such sweeping changes would still require overcoming procedural and political hurdles.

Trump, long an ACA opponent, expressed interest during the campaign in retooling the health law. In ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man from Granite Bay was arrested by the FBI Friday on suspicion of assaulting law enforcement at the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. Dane Thompson, 45, was allegedly at the site of “one of the most violent attacks against law enforcement” during the insurrection, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Thompson...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A St. Paul-based crisis pregnancy center and a national anti-abortion organization are part of a group that has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Minnesota’s laws protecting abortion rights.

In 2023, Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmakers and Gov. Tim Walz passed laws to shore up state abortion protections in the wake...Read more

A onetime bodyguard for former Liberian president and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor admitted in court Monday that he hid his past working for that oppressive regime in hopes of securing U.S. citizenship.

Isiah Kangar, who had been living in the United States as a legal permanent resident since 2010, told a federal judge that he had ...Read more

Hong Kong has become a center for financial crimes as Beijing tightened its grip on the city, U.S. lawmakers said, highlighting the worsening ties between the former British colony and Washington.

Since Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong in mid-2020, the city “has shifted from a trusted global financial center to a critical ...Read more

President Nicolás Maduro said the country’s highest court summoned TikTok officials to Venezuela over viral challenges that have killed three children this month.

The three children, aged 12, 13 and 14, died after participating in TikTok challenges that include ingesting or inhaling “dangerous mixes” of chemicals, Maduro said on state TV...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump vowed additional tariffs on China as well as U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico, roiling markets with his first specific threat to curb global trade flows since his election win.

Trump said he would impose additional 10% tariffs on goods from China and 25% tariffs on all products from Mexico and Canada ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The lawyer representing a former Kentucky sheriff charged with killing a local judge said a deposition given just days before the shooting would play a “crucial” part in the sheriff’s defense.

Jeremy Bartley, the attorney for ex-Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines, said Monday that Stines’ deposition in ...Read more

Thousands of Marylanders are eligible for a piece of a $57 million class-action settlement with the Estate of Peter Angelos and his law offices, according to a news release from law firm Gallagher Evelius & Jones.

Baltimore City Circuit Court approved the settlement agreement on Friday, the release said. The firm represented three individual ...Read more

Pakistan’s army has been ordered to “shoot on sight” after clashes with demonstrators killed four soldiers and at least one protester, according to reports.

The violence erupted when protesters demanding the release of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan entered the capital Islamabad late Monday, defying efforts by Prime...Read more

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden had an early Thanksgiving celebration in New York City on Monday, traveling to Staten Island for a four-hour visit and feast with service members and their families.

Father Capodanno Blvd. closed from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. so the Bidens could enjoy a “Friendsgiving” dinner at Fort Wadsworth shortly after...Read more

ATLANTA — Nearly two years after jury selection began in the gang and racketeering trial involving Atlanta rapper Young Thug, prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered their closing arguments Monday, bringing to a close the longest trial in Georgia’s history.

Only two defendants — Deamonte Kendrick and Shannon Stillwell — remain in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump vowed additional tariffs on China as well as U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico, roiling markets with his first specific threat to curb global trade flows since his election win.

Trump said he would impose additional 10% tariffs on goods from China and 25% tariffs on all products from Mexico and Canada ...Read more