By JAIMIE DING, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Menendez brothers will make their cases for parole starting Thursday, marking the closest they’ve been to winning freedom from prison since their convictions almost 30 years ago for murdering their … Continued
By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes as the monster … Continued
Don’t mock Mississippi, learn from it The Ciresi Walburn Foundation, whose mission is to promote educational and equitable opportunities for all Minnesota children, launched a new billboard campaign last week that misses the mark. The ad reads: “Minnesota Nice. Mississippi Smarter. … Continued
Two east metro sites known to be tainted with petroleum and other contaminants will soon be on the mend thanks to grant funding. More than $1.6 million in Contamination Cleanup and Investigation grants were awarded to eight communities across the … Continued
If President Donald Trump were to issue an executive order to abolish mail-in voting, as he announced he would on social media on Monday, it would almost certainly be unconstitutional. It would also be baffling — because eliminating vote-by-mail would … Continued
In 1874, during the brief era of Reconstruction, white people staged a racist uprising in New Orleans. Angered by the presence of African Americans in law enforcement and other government posts, members of the Crescent City White League stormed the … Continued