Gunfire erupted on a South Carolina beach during a “senior skip day” event involving numerous teenagers Friday, wounding six people, police in South Carolina said. The shooting took place around 5:20 p.m. on Isle of Palms, 94 miles (151 kilometers) south of Myrtle Beach. Hundreds of people — including high …

A Kansas bill that would bar transgender people from using public bathrooms or changing their name or gender on their driver’s license cleared the GOP-controlled legislature on Tuesday by margins suggesting backers could override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s expected veto. The state Senate voted 28-12, with one vote more than …

Prosecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death of a man who screamed “I can’t breathe” while multiple officers restrained him as they tried to take a blood sample. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced …

Elkhorn Valley Packing is recalling 1.7 tons of ground beef after a sample from the Kansas-based meat packer tested positive for E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday.  The notice said that more than 3,400 pounds of the boneless beef chuck was packaged on Feb. 16 and shipped …

A grand jury has indicted the 10 people charged in the death of Irvo Otieno, a mentally ill man who suffocated to death earlier this month while in law enforcement custody in Virginia. Seven deputies from the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office — Randy Joseph Boyer, Dwayne Alan Bramble, Jermaine Lavar …

Travelers looking to fly out of a modern, attractive airport with efficient security, tasteful restaurants and top-notch shopping should bypass the U.S. According to aviation ranking website Skytrax, only one U.S. airport ranks among the top 20 in the world — Seattle-Tacoma Airport in Washington state, at No. 18. The rest …

Washington — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to serve as U.S. ambassador to India, with Republican senators helping President Biden reward a political ally and early campaign supporter after a bruising nomination battle. The Senate voted 52 to 42 to approve Garcetti’s nomination the …

We know our sleep impacts our mental health and well-being, but a new survey is showing us just how much. In its annual “Sleep in America” poll, released Thursday, the National Sleep Foundation found “strong associations between sleep health characteristics and depressive symptoms.” Half of all individuals who reported getting …

Federal authorities arrested a Maine man who planned to wear a full-size latex mask he’d asked undercover FBI agents to provide while committing the murder of a Manhattan businessman. Hyunkook Korsiak was arrested on Wednesday night in a hotel parking lot after undercover FBI agents handed him  $25,000 in cash …

Republican lawmakers and Tennessee’s governor signed off Thursday on cutting Democratic-leaning Nashville’s metro council in half, a move that follows the council’s rejection of efforts to host the 2024 Republican National Convention in Music City. Gov. Bill Lee signed the proposal into law a little less than an hour after …