Mary Moriarty, a former public defender, became Minneapolis’ top prosecutor last year after convincing voters shaken by the murder of George Floyd that she could improve public safety by reining in police misconduct and making the criminal justice system less … Continued
By ALEXA ST. JOHN (Associated Press) Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared Monday, a result of warming ocean waters amid human-caused climate change. Coral reef bleaching across at least … Continued
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO (Associated Press) The federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it is planning to close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an … Continued
By JOSH BOAK and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Tax Day reveals a major split in how Joe Biden and Donald Trump would govern: The presidential candidates have conflicting ideas about how much to reveal about their own … Continued
Out in West Texas, a pair of aspiring novelists and enterprising small-town newspaper owners, Barbara Brannon and Kay Ellington, were dismayed by the number of publications that were dropping book sections, cutting critics, and otherwise decimating literary coverage, especially in … Continued
WASHINGTON — On this Tax Day, the IRS is promoting the customer service improvements the agency rolled out since receiving tens of billions in new funding dollars through Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act. From cutting phone wait times to digitizing more … Continued