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California Governor Gavin Newsom spoke during a news conference at San Francisco General Hospital on June 10, 2021 in San Francisco, California.

Appeals court blocks ruling that overturned California’s assault weapons ban

A federal appeals court on Monday put a hold on a federal judge’s ruling that overturned California’s 32-year-old ban on assault weapons.

Federal judge tosses most claims against Trump, Barr, and US officials in clearing of Lafayette Square

A US judge on Monday dismissed most claims filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of D.C., Black Lives Matter, and others who in lawsuits accused the Trump administration of authorizing an unprovoked attack on demonstrators in Lafayette Square last year.

Biden to launch effort to head off violent crime and political peril for his party

President Biden is expected to lay out an anti-crime strategy this week, focusing on gun crimes as part of an effort to stem the rise in homicides across the country at the beginning of what his administration and experts believe will be a tumultuous summer.

Connecticut governor unveils plan to cut travel time to NYC

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s administration unveiled an $8 billion to $10 billion plan Monday that aims to reduce commuter rail times from Connecticut to New York City by as much as 25 minutes by 2035. The plan could also cut the trip from New Haven to the Big Apple by 10 minutes as early as 2022.

Former district attorney in Arbery case focus of grand jury probe

The former coastal Georgia prosecutor who was criticized and ultimately voted out of office last year because of how she handled the Ahmaud Arbery shooting and other cases is now the focus of a grand jury investigation.

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A flag is raised in Daley Plaza on June 1, 2021, to mark the beginning of Pride Month in Chicago.

A Florida couple put up a Pride flag. A homeowners group said take it down

The Eastland Cove Homeowners Association in Broward County, Fla., said it was not on a list of approved flags. The couple face an initial fine of up to $50.

In this Oct. 9, 2020 file photo, protesters gathered on the street, in Wauwatosa, Wis., after District Attorney John Chisholm refused to issue charges against Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah for the Feb. 2, 2020, fatal shooting of 17-year-old Alvin Cole at Mayfair Mall.

Family seeks another chance at charging officer in man’s death

A judge will decide this week whether to charge a Wisconsin police officer who killed a man sitting in a parked car, after the man’s family invoked a rarely used legal process in a bid to get around prosecutors who cleared the officer.

The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) logo is displayed on a door at its headquarters on March 16, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Three Vermont groups get EPA money for ‘brownfields’ cleanup

The money will go to the Mount Ascutney Regional Commission, the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, and the Northwest Regional Planning Commission.

The US Flag flies at half mast Sunday, June 20, 2021, in Camp Hill, Ala., at the Alabama Sheriff's Girls Ranch which suffered a loss of life when their van was involved in a multiple vehicle accident Saturday, resulting in eight people in the van perishing.

Nine children and one adult are killed in Alabama crash

Ten people died in Alabama on Saturday afternoon when a van of children returning from a beach vacation and a car collided and the van burst into flames, authorities said.

Parade participants walked away as police investigated the scene where a pickup truck drove into a crowd of people at a Pride parade on June 19, 2021 in Wilton Manors, Florida.

Deadly Pride parade crash appears unintentional, officials say

A member of a men’s chorus group unintentionally slammed into fellow chorists at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida, killing one member of the group and seriously injuring another, the group’s director said Sunday, correcting initial speculation that it was a hate crime directed at the gay community.

Police and firefighters respond after a truck drove into a crowd killing one person during The Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival in Wilton Manors, Fla., on Saturday.

Officials say deadly Pride parade crash was not intentional

The driver who slammed into spectators at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida, killing one person and seriously injuring another, did so accidentally, local officials and the leader of one of the groups involved in the parade said Sunday.

1 killed and 5 wounded in shooting in Oakland; motive sought

A 22-year-old man was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting in Oakland near the city’s Juneteenth celebration, though it wasn’t known whether the violence was connected with the event, police said.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a press conference on June 15, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, District of Columbia.

The push for LGBTQ civil rights stalls in the Senate as advocates search for Republican support

The long march toward equal rights for gay, lesbian, and transgender Americans — whose advocates have eyed major advances with complete Democratic control in Washington — has run into a wall of opposition in the US Senate.