United States

May 22, 2016

Was Prince dead for hours?

Report: Prince might have been dead for hours before found

May 22, 2016

May 20, 2016

San Francisco police chief quits amid racism row

San Francisco's Police Chief Greg Suhr has stepped down hours after a police officer shot and killed a young black woman.

May 20, 2016

May 18, 2016

Zimmerman closes gun auction, doesn't identify winning bid

George Zimmerman says he's vetting bids after closing an auction for the pistol he used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin during an al-tercation.

May 18, 2016

May 18, 2016

Trump, Clinton tied in New Hampshire poll

MassINC conducted the poll f-rom May 12-15, surveying 501 likely voters via landlines and cellphones. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.

May 18, 2016

May 17, 2016

Chicago officer who killed unarmed woman resigns f-rom force

A Chicago police officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed woman was one of a series of killings of young black people that shattered the public's trust has opted to quit rather than fight to keep his job.

May 17, 2016

May 16, 2016

Groups seek immediate halt to North Carolina transgender bathroom law

Groups supporting the rights of transgender people filed a motion on Monday asking a U.S. judge to block North Carolina f-rom enforcing a law that mandates bathroom access according to birth sex while the measure is being challenged.

May 16, 2016

May 16, 2016

Sen. Bernie Sanders visits Puerto Rico amid debt crisis

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders warned Monday of a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, calling on the U.S. government to support a debt restructure in the territory.

May 16, 2016

May 16, 2016

Ben Carson spilled the beans on Donald Trump's possible vice-presidential picks

Ben Carson inadvertently revealed who was on Donald Trump's list of possible running mates on Sunday in an interview with The Washington Post.

May 16, 2016

May 16, 2016

Democrats: Benghazi chairman ignores statement by GOP lawyer

The House Benghazi committee's Republican chairman is ignoring statements by his own former lawyer indicating that the U.S. military acted properly on the night of the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Libya, the panel's Democrats said.

May 16, 2016

May 16, 2016

Carson says Christie, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio and Palin are on Trump’s shortlist for VP

Ben Carson says Donald Trump’s list of possible running mates includes some awfully familiar names for anyone who’s followed the 2016 presidential race: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

May 16, 2016

May 13, 2016

Bids in George Zimmerman gun auction top $65M

Zimmerman told the Orlando Sentinel that GunBroker.com was not "prepared for the traffic and publicity surrounding the auction of my firearm. It has now been placed with another auction house."

May 13, 2016

May 12, 2016

Gun George Zimmerman Used to Kill Trayvon Pulled f-rom Auction Site

The gun that George Zimmerman used to kill black teen Trayvon Martin seems to have been pulled f-rom the auction site whe-re he listed it today, shortly after the shooter

May 12, 2016

May 11, 2016

Governor Calls For Investigation After Police Beat Pursuit Suspect On Live TV

A high-speed chase that started in Massachusetts ended in New Hampshire with officers punching a suspect while he appeared to surrender. The N.H. governor called for a full investigation.

May 11, 2016

May 11, 2016

Missouri to execute man who killed three, including deputy

The execution, set to take place between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 6 p.m. Thursday at the state prison in Bonne Terre

May 11, 2016

May 11, 2016

Heidi Cruz compares her husband’s failed presidential campaign to the fight against slavery

May 11, 2016

May 11, 2016

Massachusetts stabbings: two dead in attack at shopping mall and home

Police say Arthur DaRosa was shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy after fatally stabbing a woman at a house, a man at a shopping mall and wounding others

May 11, 2016

May 10, 2016

Obama to visit Hiroshima but White House offers no sign of A-bomb apology

Barack Obama will later this month become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima, the site of America’s devastating nuclear attack which killed 140,000 people.

May 10, 2016