A federal judge in Detroit has ruled parts of Michigan’s Sex Offenders Registration Act are unconstitutional, ACLU officials of Michigan said Monday.

It said the decision will affect tens of thousands of people and ...Read More

ST. LOUIS — City Hall should cut checks to Black residents as reparations for slavery and anti-Black discrimination, a city panel has decided.

But the Reparations Commission didn’t say how much recipients should get, ...Read More

SEATTLE — A chill is in the air. The dark hours have overtaken the daylight. Rain has fallen on trees and soaked into the dirt. The risk for big wildfires is largely over in Washington.

"We're past the point in the ...Read More

ATLANTA — As the massive smoke plume from Sunday’s chemical plant fire in Conyers, Georgia, continues to hover over Rockdale County and surrounding communities, residents have filed the first lawsuits seeking damages ...Read More

NEW YORK — In an unusual move for a Democrat amid a hotly fought presidential contest, Mayor Eric Adams voiced appreciation Tuesday for former President Donald Trump coming to his defense last week after Adams became the...Read More

ATLANTA — Nearly a decade ago, Jimmy Carter said he hoped to outlive a parasitic worm once responsible for inflicting pain on millions of people around the world every year.

At the time, as the former U.S. president ...Read More