West Virginia jail employees indicted in connection with death of incarcerated man

Five former correctional officers in West Virginia have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the 2022 death of a man at a regional jail

Applications for jobless benefits up modestly, but continuing claims reach highest level in 2 years

Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week, but the overall number of people in the U.S. collecting unemployment benefits rose to its highest level in two years

Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho taken to Arizona in murder conspiracy case

A woman is in an Arizona jail facing charges in a killing after she was sentenced to life in an Idaho prison for murdering her two youngest children and another woman

Hurricane season that saw storms from California to Nova Scotia ends Thursday

A busy Atlantic hurricane season is now coming to a close

Drivers would pay $15 to enter busiest part of NYC under plan to raise funds for mass transit

Most drivers would pay $15 to enter Manhattan’s central business district under a plan released by New York officials

US says Mexican drug cartel was so bold in timeshare fraud that some operators posed as US officials

U.S. authorities say a Mexican drug cartel was so bold in operating frauds targeting elderly Americans that the gang’s operators posed as U.S. Treasury Department officials

Entertainment consultant targeted by shooter who had been stalking his friend, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say a high-profile entertainment marketing consultant was targeted by a woman who had been stalking one of his friends before she fatally shot him inside his Los Angeles home

Georgia county seeking to dismiss lawsuit by slave descendants over rezoning of their island homes

County commissioners in Georgia are asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit by Black residents descended from slaves who fear new zoning changes will force them to sell their island homes

Ferry operators around the country to receive $200M in federal grants to modernize fleets

The Biden administration will issue $200 million in grants to modernize the country’s ferry systems

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme Court ethics probe as Republicans stage walkout

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have voted to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices