FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) 鈥 Overall serious crime rates fell across Kentucky in 2022, with double-digit declines in reports of homicides, robberies and drug offenses, a new law enforcement report showed Wednesday.Among 23 categories deemed as serious or violent crimes, overall reports of offenses ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) 鈥 The president of Stanford University said Wednesday he would resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found 鈥渟erious flaws鈥 in five scientific papers on subjects such as brain development in which he was the principal ...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) 鈥 A Maryland official on a powerful state board said Wednesday there's 鈥渢oo much foot-dragging鈥 between the Maryland Stadium Authority and the Baltimore Orioles to renew the team's lease at Camden Yards, and he urged the parties to 鈥済et this damn thing ...
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 A military veteran who <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/capitol-siege">stormed the U.S. Capitol</a> with a loaded pistol, metal-plated body armor and a gas mask was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years in prison, one of the longest among hundreds ...
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥 Georgia's standardized tests could count for a lower share of high school course grades after a 9-3 vote on Wednesday by the state Board of Education.Until now, districts had to count end-of-course exams in algebra, American literature and composition, biology and U.S. History ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) 鈥 New Orleans is being sued by the family of a teenager crushed by a massive tree limb in a historic French Quarter park.The 17-year-old is still in the intensive care unit, the family's attorney said at a Wednesday news conference. The teen suffered 鈥渃atastrophic鈥 brain, ...