The suspected gunman who stormed Florida State University last week, killing two people and wounding five others, was shot in the jaw by campus police during the incident, authorities said. FSU police shot the suspect, 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, once in the jaw during their April 17 confrontation with him to prevent further tragedy, Tallahassee police told … Read more
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday that the Kremlin is “ready to reach a deal” with the U.S. on Ukraine, though he also said some elements need to be “fine tuned.” “The President of the United States believes, and I think rightly so, that we are moving in the right direction,” Lavrov said in … Read more
Washington — A federal judge on Thursday agreed to block portions of President Trump’s executive order that seeks to overhaul U.S. elections, including a provision that would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly agreed to partially grant a preliminary injunction sought … Read more
A New Hampshire federal judge on Thursday restricted the Trump administration’s ability to cut or withhold federal funding from public schools that participate in some diversity and equity initiatives. U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty, appointed by former President Barack Obama, found that actions by the Trump administration and Education Secretary Linda McMahon to withhold funds … Read more
Produced by Susan Mallie and Jennifer Terker [This story previously aired on August 17, 2019. It was updated on February 22, 2020.] The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled earlier this month on whether a father and daughter convicted of second-degree murder should get a new trial. In August 2015, former FBI agent Tom … Read more
The date when Catholic cardinals will gather to select Pope Francis’s successor is not yet known, but bookmakers and crypto investors are already scrambling to guess who will be the next pontiff. Just days after the late Pope Francis died on Monday, speculation on who would succeed him is already “one of the most popular … Read more
Vatican City — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout, closing the basilica for just an hour Thursday morning for cleaning. The basilica closed from 6 a.m. until … Read more
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he’s cutting short his official trip to South Africa and returning home after a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killed at least eight people and injured more than 70. Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post that he would fly back to Kyiv after meeting with South African … Read more
City leaders in Uvalde approved a $2 million settlement for families of the victims of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, marking the first time one of the myriad lawsuits has led to financial compensation. Attorneys for the families first announced the terms of the settlement with the city in May 2024, and it was … Read more
A new report on air quality across the United States offered a cloudy prognosis on the long-term health of about 156 million residents who live in areas that received an “F” in smog and soot pollution. The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, which looked at the latest air quality data from … Read more