A Mississippi judge granted a request Thursday by the widow of a deceased man who vanished under mysterious circumstances to set standards for a future independent autopsy of her late husband’s...
Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 people aboard California scuba dive boat
Alabama has authorized the execution of a second inmate by nitrogen gas
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/alabama-court-authorizes-nitrogen-execution-109882439
Torrential rain is causing flooding in the Houston area
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/heavy-rain-leads-flooding-closed-roads-southeast-texas-109881358
Part of Interstate 95 in Connecticut will be closed for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/part-interstate-95-connecticut-closed-days-after-fiery-109885053
The National Transportation Safety Board says a witness saw smoke coming from one of the engines of an old military plane that crashed last week shortly after taking off on a flight to deliver fu...
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/witness-alaska-plane-crashed-smoke-coming-engine-after-109884974
Billie Jean King’s $5,000 check sure went a long way for women’s sports
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/5000-check-won-billie-jean-king-50-years-109884081
The Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday to keep its benchmark rate at a two-decade high should have ripple effects across the economy
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fed-rates-remain-higher-longer-109883673
Gov. Andy Beshear is predicting that his recent economic development trip to Germany and Switzerland will reap more business investments in Kentucky
A judge declared a mistrial after a jury said it was deadlocked and couldn't reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghr...
Arizona’s Democratic governor signs bill to repeal the state’s 1864 ban on nearly all abortions
The U.S. military said an airstrike in Syria in May 2023 that was targeting an al-Qaida leader killed an innocent civilian instead
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-airstrike-targeting-al-qaida-leader-syria-killed-109882982
A candidate seeking the Republican nomination for a central North Carolina congressional seat has announced she’s suspending her campaign days before her primary runoff election
Jurors have heard closing arguments in a landmark case seeking to hold the state of New Hampshire accountable for abuse at its youth detention center
The start of the first civil trial stemming from the deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld festival in Texas has been delayed
The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to rule on whether the state is violating its own constitution with a program that would spend $10 million public money on infrastructure grants for pri...
Although it might be tempting to compare the U.S. campus protests to the anti-Vietnam War movement of a half century ago, experts say that would be an overreaction at this point
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/todays-campus-protests-big-violent-century-109881875
Georgia’s governor has signed a bill putting new regulations on the production and sale of products containing kratom, a plant-based supplement
The fate of a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth certificates is in the hands of a federal appeals court
The IRS says it's taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/irs-acts-address-wide-disparity-audit-rates-black-109880384
Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners against military contractor
A Colorado dentist charged with killing his wife by putting poison in her protein shakes is now accused of asking a fellow jail inmate to plant letters to make it look like his wife was suicidal
Exxon Mobil’s $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer Natural Resources has received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission, but the former CEO of Pioneer was barred from joining the new company�...
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/exxon-mobil-deal-pioneer-gets-ftc-nod-former-109879180
Jill Biden is holding a special White House dinner to recognize more than 50 of the best teachers in America
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/jill-biden-hosting-white-house-state-dinner-honor-109879271
South Carolina’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks is back in court and centered on the definition of fetal heartbeat