The mob made me do it: Rioters claim Jan. 6 crowd at fault
Christopher Grider said he came to Washington on Jan. 6 with no intention of rioting. But he got caught up in the mob of...
Average US price of gas jumps 8 cents per gallon to $3.10
CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 8 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.10 per gallon.
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Texas Secretary of State Hughs to resign at month’s end
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Secretary of State Ruth Ruggero Hughs, the state’s top elections official, will resign at the end of May, according to...
Grand jury declines to indict Texas officer in killing
KILLEEN, Texas — A grand jury in Texas has declined to indict a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man who rushed...
With more border crossers, US groups seek to stem deaths
FALFURRIAS, Texas — Every week, migrant rights activist Eduardo Canales fills up blue water drums that are spread throughout a vast valley of Texas...
Cooks, nurses guard inmates with US prisons down 6K officers
Nearly one-third of federal correctional officer jobs in the United States are vacant, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to...
Startup Breeze Airways says it will begin flying in late May
American travelers are about to get their second new airline of the spring.
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Veteran, retired cop takes case against police to high court
WASHINGTON — Something went wrong at the security checkpoint at the VA hospital in El Paso, Texas, on a winter's day in 2016.
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Houston area getting little of $1B in Harvey flood aid
HOUSTON — Houston area officials expressed shock and anger on Friday after learning that their communities, which suffered the brunt of damage from Hurricane...
Durst’s defense says dismemberment helps prove innocence
LOS ANGELES — The savage and sloppy manner in which Robert Durst dismembered a man he accidentally killed in Texas helps prove the New...
