Posted 1:32 PM 7/26/2024 by JOHN O'CONNOR and RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Autopsy findings released Friday on Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff's deputy charged in her death, confirm that she died from a gunshot wound to the head.

The report was released shortly before (More)

Posted 12:33 PM 7/25/2024 by Ray Sanchez, CNN

(CNN) — The law enforcement killing of Sonya Massey in her Illinois (More)

Posted 7:32 PM 7/24/2024 by ZEKE MILLER, SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country's democracy as he laid out in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for reelection and throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Posted 8:21 AM 7/23/2024 by COLLEEN LONG Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service said Tuesday she is resigning following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core (More)

Posted 10:12 AM 7/22/2024 by ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, FARNOUSH AMIRI and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump during a highly contentious congressional hearing with lawmakers of both major political parties demanding she resign over security failures (More)

Posted 4:12 PM 7/21/2024 by LISA MASCARO and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats quickly rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee Sunday after President Joe Biden 's ground-shaking decision to bow out of the 2024 race. But the fast-moving political situation remained volatile just months before the (More)

Posted 4:14 PM 7/20/2024 by DAVID KOENIG and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press

As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, malicious actors are trying to exploit the situation for their own gain.

Government cybersecurity agencies across the globe and CrowdStrike (More)