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Army's first female infantry officer says lowering fitness standards for women would put 'mission at risk'

GREG NORMAN

The woman who became the Army’s first female infantry officer is now speaking out against lowering fitness standards for females in a test that evaluates troops’ combat readiness, arguing that doing so would "not only undermine their credibility, but also place those women, their teammates and the mission at risk."

Newly Declassified U.S. Report Holds Saudi Crown Prince Responsible for Khashoggi Killing

JULIAN E. BARNES

The release of the report by the Biden administration was a sign that the new president will try to isolate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

No charges to be filed in 2017 death of Missouri inmate

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Friday that no charges will be filed in the 2017 death of Tory Sanders, a Black inmate at a rural jail

Sentences reduced for some men convicted in 1993 WTC bombing

Decades after going to prison, some of the men responsible for the World Trade Center bombing that killed six people 28 years ago Friday are still trying to whittle down their onetime life sentences on the remote chance that they could someday be freed.

Kansas Supreme Court suspends foul-mouthed judge from bench

A foul-mouthed Kansas judge accused of bigotry who cursed at courthouse employees so often that a trial clerk kept a "swear journal" documenting his obscene outbursts has been suspended from the bench for one year

Florida city where Trayvon Martin died seeks racial injustice reform days before his ninth death anniversary

Commissioners in the city where Black teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer nine years ago Friday have agreed to form an advisory committee to study how race, class and gender can lead to social inequities.

What's Mohamed Hadid Doing in Franklin Canyon?

ADAM POPESCU

Mohamed Hadid (father of Bella and Gigi) has been trying to build an enormous compound on one of the most popular hiking spots in the Los Angeles area. What could possibly go wrong?

Biden Won’t Penalize Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi’s Killing, Fearing Relations Breach

DAVID E. SANGER

The decision will disappoint the human rights community and members of his own party who complained during the Trump administration that the U.S. was failing to hold Mohammed bin Salman accountable.

Claudette White, Innovative Tribal Judge, Dies at 49

PENELOPE GREEN

Judge White was an advocate for her people, the Quechan of Southern California. She had been calling out injustice since the third grade. She died of Covid-19.

United will pay $49 million to settle air mail fraud case

United Airlines will pay more than $49 million to settle criminal and civil accusations of defrauding the post office in the handling of international mail

Massive fire tears through Compton

A huge fire visible across Los Angeles burned stacks of pallets in a commercial yard and buses parked in a neighboring lot early Friday.

Florida restricts some exotic reptiles

Pythons, iguanas, monitor lizards, oh my! Florida is moving to restrict 16 invasive reptile species that have wreaked havoc in the Everglades and across the state.

Feds say Massachusetts man scammed 3 women out of $500,000

Federal prosecutors say a Massachusetts man told three women he met at online dating sites fantastic stories about being involved in explosions on foreign oil rigs and needing money to get out of a French jail to scam them out of more than $500,000

EXPLAINER: Why economic optimism unsettled Wall Street

Rising expectations for the economy and inflation have caused U.S. Treasury yields to spurt higher, with the jump unsettling stock markets

Overlooked No More: Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Whose Art Chronicled Black Life

KWAME OPAM

She believed that life for her people in America was an act of near-superhuman perseverance, and she was determined to capture that history in every medium she could.