Jury selection began Thursday in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights. The federal indictment unsealed in May alleges Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J.
NEW YORK – Donald Trump plans to build 2,300 luxury homes at his Doral golf resort in the Miami area, part of a flurry of recent moves to revive a family business suffering from the one-two punch of a divisive presidency and coronavirus shutdowns.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Army Corps said it will spend $732 million to expand a lock and dam system to help barges more efficiently transport millions of tons of corn, soybeans and other goods on the Mississippi River.
The omicron-fueled surge of CO- VOD-19 has made staffing and capacity “a little tight” at University Health, president/CEO Charlie Shields said, but both campuses of the county's safety-net hospital have been able to keep up with patients.
GENEVA – A U.N.-backed organization announced Thursday that it has signed agreements with more than two dozen generic drug makers to produce versions of Merck’s COVID-19 pill to supply 105 developing countries.
NAIROBI, Kenya – The United Nations says food distribution in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region has reached its “all-time lowest” while more than 50,000 children are thought to be severely malnourished, the latest sign of growing crisis amid efforts to end the country’s 14-month war.
Seeking her third term as Independence mayor, Eileen Weir has raised and spent more than the combined totals from her challengers in a crowded primary field. Six candidates are on the ballot for the Feb.
Ghislaine Maxwell requests new trial after juror interviews NEW YORK – Ghislaine Maxwell has requested a new trial, a month after her conviction on sex trafficking charges. In a letter to U.S.
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