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  1. Officer was on George Floyd’s neck for about 9 minutes, prosecutors say
    1 hour ago• Nation & World
    This May 31, 2020 photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff shows former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was arrested May 29, 2020, in the death that Memorial Day of George Floyd.
  2. Dallas police officer charged with 2 counts of capital murder
    1 hour ago• Nation & World
    Chief Eddie García, center, speaks with media during a press conference regarding the arrest and capital murder charges against Officer Bryan Riser at the Dallas Police Department headquarters on Thursday.
  3. Eager to act, Biden and Democrats leave Republicans behind
    2 hours ago• Nation & World
    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  5. Alabama governor extends mask order, bucking GOP trend
    2 hours ago• Health
    Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey gives a COVID-19 update during a news conference at the Alabama Capitol Building in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday.
  6. ‘Falling through cracks’: Vaccine bypasses some older adults in U.S.
    3 hours ago• Health
    Pat Brown waits outside the Don Bosco Senior Center in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday. Brown knows she needs the vaccine because her asthma and diabetes put her at higher risk of serious COVID-19 complications.
  7. ‘Possible plot’ to storm U.S. Capitol again puts law enforcement on high alert
    5 hours ago• Nation & World
    National Guard stand guard at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday.
  8. Boston Marathon’s plan to hand out 70,000 medals roils runners
    6 hours ago• Health
    In this 2017 photo, runners head down the stretch to the finish line in the 121st Boston Marathon in Boston. Rival camps in the running world began snapping at each other's heels in March 2021 after the Boston Athletic Association, which still hopes to hold a truncated in-person edition of the footrace in October, said it would award medals to up to 70,000 athletes if they go the distance wherever they are.
  9. Lawmakers can’t cite local examples of trans girls in sports despite legislative crusade
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    A proposed ban on transgender athletes playing female school sports in Utah would affect transgender girls like this 12-year-old swimmer seen at a pool in Utah on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. She and her family spoke with The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to avoid outing her publicly.
  10. One year in: How does COVID-19’s toll compare with other causes of death?
    Earlier today• Health
    Cindy Pollock has planted in her Boise, Idaho, front yard one construction flag for each COVID death in the state, photographed on Feb. 10.
  11. Eager to act, Biden and Democrats leave Republicans behind
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    President Joe Biden speaks with lawmakers during an Oval Office meeting on investments in infrastructure on Feb. 11. Biden and Democrats in Congress are jamming their agenda forward with a sense of urgency.
  12. Dems tighten relief benefits, firm up support for virus bill
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    Sun shines on the U.S. Capitol dome on Tuesday in Washington. President Joe Biden and Democrats agreed to tighten eligibility limits for stimulus checks, bowing to party moderates as leaders prepared to move their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill through the Senate.
  13. House passes sweeping voting rights bill over GOP opposition
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the Democratic Caucus gather to address reporters on H.R. 1 at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. 2021. House Democrats passed the sweeping elections and ethics bill, offering it up as a powerful counterweight to voting rights restrictions advancing in Republican-controlled statehouses.
  14. General: Pentagon hesitated on sending Guard to Capitol riot
    Earlier today• News
    Army Maj. Gen. William Walker, Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard listens during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing Wednesday, March 3, 2021, examining the January 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
  15. SpaceX Starship lands upright, then explodes in latest test
    Earlier today• News
    In this screen grab from video posted by SpaceX, the company's Starship launches for a test flight, Wednesday in a remote area of Texas.
  16. Myanmar security forces kill at least 34 protesters, reports say
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Anti-coup protesters with makeshift shields stand Wednesday watching in Yangon, Myanmar. Demonstrators in Myanmar took to the streets again on Wednesday to protest last month's seizure of power by the military. "Spring revolution" is written on their shields.
  17. Cuomo: ‘I’m not going to resign’ in response to sexual harassment allegations
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    An image taken from video from a news conference New York Gov. Andrew Cumoa held Wednesday.
  18. U.S. warns of military response to rocket attack on Iraq base
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    The Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert in Iraq is pictured in this file photo from December 2019. At least 10 rockets targeted the military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties.
  19. Pentagon hesitated sending National Guard to Capitol riot, general says
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    The commander of the General District of Columbia National Guard, Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, testifies Wednesday before a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing examining the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
  20. SUV in California crash that killed 13 came through hole in border fence
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A California Highway Patrol officer examines the scene of a deadly crash in Holtville, Calif., on Tuesday. The SUV came through a hole cut into Southern California's border fence with Mexico and later collided with a semi, killing 13 people. Nineteen people were in the SUV, authorities said.
  21. Texas woman goes missing while diving wreck off Florida coast
    Yesterday• Florida
    The U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife officials are searching for a Texas woman went missing on Tuesday while scuba diving in the Florida Keys.
  22. Pandemic puts 1 in 3 U.S. nonprofits in financial jeopardy
    Yesterday• Health
    Staff Sgt. Mike Schuster loads two produce boxes into a car at a food bank distribution by the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, on Jan. 7 in Cleveland.
  23. Miss Universe competition to air live from Florida in May
    Yesterday• Florida
    Catriona Gray of the Philippines, left, reacts as she is crowned the new Miss Universe 2018. After a year and a half, the Miss Universe competition will return with a live telecast on May 16. The 69th Miss Universe will be crowned at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood.
  24. Solid sign-ups for Biden’s new ‘Obamacare’ coverage offer
    Yesterday• Health
    The main web page for the HealthCare.gov. More than 200,000 people signed up for coverage in the first two weeks after President Joe Biden re-opened HealthCare.gov as part of his coronavirus response, the government said Wednesday.
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