Ashli Babbitt Capitol riot shooting death shrouded in mystery more than two months later

More than two months after a U.S. Capitol Police officer shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 riot, the circumstances surrounding the shooting and the name of the officer who pulled the trigger remain shrouded in mystery.

Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran, was unarmed when she was ...

Pregnant woman shot in Philadelphia, doctors save baby

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A woman who was nine months pregnant was in critical condition after she was shot, but doctors managed to save her baby, police said.

The shooting happened Wednesday in the city’s Kensington section.

Family members told police the 39-year-old was standing in the front doorway when a ...

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Trump, Nevada GOP drop court appeal in ballot count case

LAS VEGAS — A state court legal fight to stop the counting of mail ballots in the Las Vegas area has ended after the Nevada Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the Donald Trump campaign and the state Republican party, at their request.

The dismissal leaves two active legal cases ...

About 8,800 unaccompanied children are expelled at US border

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - About 8,800 unaccompanied children have been quickly expelled from the United States along the Mexico border under a pandemic-related measure that effectively ended asylum, authorities said Friday.

The Trump administration has expelled more than 159,000 people since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emergency ...

Authorities defend response to toy gun seen in online class

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Authorities are defending their decision to send two school resource officers to a Colorado home where a 12-year-old Black boy pointed a gun that turned out to be a toy at a friend during an online class they were taking together.

Following criticism from the ...

E. Jean Carroll lawsuit: Justice Department seeks to defend Donald Trump

NEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to take over President Donald Trump's defense in a defamation lawsuit from a writer who accused him of rape, and federal lawyers asked a court Tuesday to allow a move that could put the American people on the hook for any ...

Encryption bill pushed by attorney general proposed in House

Encryption legislation being considered in the Senate spawned a companion bill proposed Thursday by Rep. Ann Wagner, Missouri Republican, quickly backed by the nation's top federal law enforcement official.

Attorney General William P. Barr applauded Ms. Wagner for offering the House bill, the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act, and ...

Barr says Trump on good legal ground with census executive order on illegal immigrants

Attorney General William P. Barr defended the legality of President Trump's new executive order excluding illegal immigrants from apportionment of congressional seats after the 2020 census, saying Tuesday that Congress can define who gets counted and it has delegated that power to the Commerce Department.

Mr. Trump's order has proved ...