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A critic of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is led out of the room by police during a House Judiciary Committee field hearing on violent crime in New York on April 17.

Some Republicans say New York is in the grips of a crime wave. Experts say not at all

Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing in Manhattan about New York City's crime problem. But experts say there is no problem.

Singer-songwriter Coles Whalen's legal battle has reached the Supreme Court. At issue is whether invasive messages sent to her over a number of years constitute a "true threat" in the eyes of the law.

The Supreme Court ponders when a threat is really a 'true threat'

The court hears arguments Wednesday in a case that looks at whether the prosecution has to show that the defendant frightened his target intentionally.

Students help run the Circle C Market in rural Cody, Neb., as part of classwork. As rural areas struggle to keep traditional grocery stores, some communities are finding innovative ways to keep the stores running.

Rural grocery stores are dying. Here's how some small towns are trying to save them

When a town loses its grocery store, it also loses a local source of healthy food and a place for neighbors to gather and connect. But some communities are finding innovative ways to keep shops open.

Local officials issued evacuation orders for at least 20 homes as temperatures spiked and snowmelt coursed through the streets on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in Kaysville, Utah. A record-breaking snow season has raised fears of spring flooding throughout Utah as the weather in mountain regions warms.

Utah is in a state of emergency as melting snow is likely to cause months of flooding

The state experienced record snowfall last winter, and as snow melts, it could cause natural disasters, such as avalanches and mudslides, Gov. Spencer Cox says.

The OSF director and the story of the first woman presidential candidate

Story of first woman presidential candidate.

Savor: celebrating the glory of fromage with Oregon Cheese Cave

Seasonal recipes

Exchange Exemplar: Intolerance toward viewpoint diversity on campus, viewed from the inside

Viewpoint intorlerance in higher education

Musician Pras Michel undergoes withering cross examination about foreign money

Pras Michel faces several federal criminal charges stemming from money he accepted from a fugitive billionaire, allegedly seeking to win access to the White House.

President Biden speaks at an event in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 18.

It's Tax Day. Here's what President Biden paid

The Bidens paid a 23.8% effective federal tax rate on $579,514 in earnings for 2022, their filings show. Meanwhile, Vice President Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff earned $456,918.

Oregon Rural Action's Ana Maria Rodriguez conducts a rapid test on a jar of water brought from Boardman, OR., which tested above the federal standard of 10 milligrams per liter.

Oregonians with polluted wells demand state of emergency

Residents from Eastern Oregon affected by ongoing groundwater pollution demand Gov. Tina Kotek to declare state of emergency

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