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U.S. Prosecutors to Drop Felony Charges Against Illinois Protesters

MITCH SMITH AND JULIE BOSMAN

Prosecutors, in a significant retreat, said they would abandon conspiracy counts against activists, including a former congressional candidate, and refile with misdemeanors.

Civil rights leaders see the voting rights ruling as a ‘betrayal.’

AUDRA D. S. BURCH

Leaders and activists said a Supreme Court ruling had the potential to unravel decades of work toward giving Black Americans fair representation.

Brown University Gunman Planned Attack for Years, F.B.I. Says

MARK ARSENAULT

Investigators said the man’s transient lifestyle and social isolation made his intentions hard to track before shootings that killed two Brown students and an M.I.T. professor.

Jury Delivers Mixed Verdict in Case of Afghan Charged in 2021 Kabul Attack

CHARLIE SAVAGE

Jurors found the man guilty of conspiracy to support the terrorist group that took credit for a horrific bombing, but deadlocked on whether he was responsible for the attack itself.

Mississippi Middle School Students Avert Bus Crash After Driver Loses Control

CHRIS HIPPENSTEEL

Footage of the incident shared this week by a school district in Mississippi shows a group of students working together to avert disaster on a highway.

Hegseth Cites Falsehood to Defend His Firing of Senior Officers

GREG JAFFE

The defense secretary said at a House hearing that President Barack Obama had fired 197 generals, a figure that the Pentagon previously acknowledged was false.

Congressional Republicans Struggle to Do the Basics as Chambers Clash

CARL HULSE

House Republicans toiled to pass major measures as lawmakers scramble to fund homeland security, extend spy powers and deliver a farm bill.

Suspect arrested after mom, pregnant teen, 12-year-old found bound and murdered

Authorities arrested William Graham Oliver in connection with the murders of three family members found bound in an Alabama home, including two children.

Louisiana sheriff charged after toilet jailbreak let 10 inmates escape in lockup fiasco

Louisiana Sheriff Susan Hutson was indicted on 30 counts including obstruction of justice and malfeasance stemming from a major New Orleans jailbreak.

They Left for the School Bus. ICE Picked Them Up Instead.

CHRISTINA MORALES AND HAMED ALEAZIZ

A school transfer disrupted two brothers’ visas, their lawyer said, leaving them vulnerable to arrest and unsettling their Mississippi school community.

Romanian man sentenced to prison for swatting spree targeting dozens of US officials

A Romanian man has been sentenced to four years in prison for organizing a wave of swatting calls and bomb threats against dozens of U.S. government targets, including members of Congress, cabinet-level officials, federal judges and the heads of federa...