Douglas County's Public Defender Office is asking a judge to throw out a jury's verdict convicting a Lawrence man of two child sex crimes. The defense attorneys - Jessica Glendening and Allyson Monson - are arguing that statements made by the prosecutor during jury selection and closing ...
Cornell University's Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday declaring "no confidence" in the school's top leaders, a symbolic gesture reflecting deep discontent on campus in the wake of a former student's lawsuit saying she was gang raped at a fraternity party in 2024. The resolution ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from breaking ground for his towering memorial arch, but that hasn't stopped his administration from pushing forward with the plans for building it, starting with a glitzy new website launched Friday. The ...
A storm system that caused what the National Weather Service calls a catastrophic, 1,000-year flood along the Tennessee-Georgia state line moved up the Eastern Seaboard on Friday, prompting flood advisories in coastal areas from North Carolina to Massachusetts. In McCaysville, Georgia, and ...
As Douglas County weighs rules for battery energy storage facilities, residents raised questions about fire hazards, toxic gases and risks to nearby communities. The county held the drop-in event on Friday afternoon to gather feedback from the community about battery energy storage systems, ...
Clergy members and other Democratic candidates with an unapologetically Christian message to "love your neighbor" helped their party flip control of Congress. It was a striking midterm victory that demonstrated the strength of the religious left as a counter to the stalwart evangelical ...
