By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A judge's blistering 223-page opinion has offered a cache of striking new details from body camera footage about agents' use of force during a federal immigration crackdown in the Chicago area dubbed "Operation Midway Blitz." U.S. ...

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's largest school district released a report Friday claiming that it received an abbreviated background check and what was likely a forged transcript when it was hiring its former superintendent, who was charged in a ...

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press It's the ultimate homecoming photo — a smiling family rushing to reunite with a U.S. Air Force officer in 1973 who spent years as a POW in North Vietnam, his oldest daughter sprinting ahead with her arms outstretched, both feet off the ground. "Burst ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state trooper accused of ramming his car into an SUV that crashed during a high-speed chase was acquitted of murder in the death of a 11-year-old passenger. A jury on Thursday found Christopher Baldner, 52, not guilty on seven of eight counts and ...

By TERRY TANG Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Last week, Oakland's new mayor found herself consoling the friends and family of a beloved community college football coach who was shot on campus. The day after her visit, Barbara Lee sat with The Associated Press for an hour at her ...

By PATRICK AFTOORA-ORSAGOS and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio police officer who shot and killed Ta'Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother who had been accused of shoplifting, was acquitted on all counts Friday, including murder. Blendon Township police ...