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NC lawmakers likely to propose tougher pretrial release laws after fatal stabbing 09/11/2025 04:49pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's top legislative leaders said Thursday that they are aiming to advance a package of proposed laws in part designed to tighten pretrial release rules following the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train that prompted national attenti How Charlie Kirk shaped a generation of young people into a conservative force 09/11/2025 03:36pm • Charlie Kirk began plotting a way to mold young minds into conservatism at an age when he was still sorting out his own path. Looking to channel his political inclinations into action after a rejection from West Point, Kirk was 18 when he launched a grassroots organization from an Illinois garage th Today in Sports - Week Ahead, September 12 - 18 09/11/2025 10:05am • Sept. 12 1895 — Defender wins three straight matches from the British challenger Valkyrie II to defend the America’s Cup for the United States. 1936 — Fred Perry becomes the first foreign player to win three U.S. men’s singles titles when he defeats Don Budge, 2-6, 6-2, 8-6, 1-6, 10-8. Alice Charlie Kirk, who helped build support for Trump among young people, dies after campus shooting 09/10/2025 09:44pm • Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster and ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during one of his trademark public appearances at a college in Utah. He was 31. Kirk died doing what made him a potent political force — rallying Today in History: September 6, President McKinley fatally shot 09/06/2025 04:10am • Today in History Today is Saturday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2025. There are 116 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL’-gawsh) at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (M US Park Police chief to report directly to Interior secretary under new order 09/04/2025 05:22am • The Department of the Interior is restructuring the U.S. Park Police, moving its leadership one step closer to the White House by placing the chief under direct supervision of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In an order signed by Burgum, Chief Jessica Taylor will now report directly to Burgum or 4 former Milwaukee hotel workers get probation and time served in dogpile death 09/03/2025 06:33pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge sentenced four former Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man in a suffocating dogpile to a mix of probation and time served Wednesday, sparing them any more time behind bars. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge David Swanson handed down the sentences in D'Vontaye Friday's Scores 08/29/2025 11:56pm • PREP FOOTBALL= Abingdon 62, John Battle 13 Alleghany County, N.C. 28, Grayson County 21 Atlantic Shores Christian 48, Roanoke Catholic 16 Bath County 36, Stonewall Jackson 0 Bethel 53, Patrick Henry 0 Blacksburg 40, Giles 8 Bluefield, W.Va. 20, Graham 10 Broadway 49, Buffalo Gap 7 Brookville 20, App Minneapolis, a series of shootings and the grim realities of a tough summer 08/29/2025 08:39am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The bad news began in the early days of summer and has never seemed to end in this corner of the Upper Midwest. There was the deadly attack on state politicians in the Minneapolis suburbs. The gunfire that erupted during a gathering at a popular city picnic spot, leaving one per San Francisco 49ers aim to return to contention in NFC after injury-filled 2024 08/28/2025 02:13pm • SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (6-11) Expectations Despite coming off a six-win season, the 49ers enter 2025 as one of the favorites to contend in the NFC. Injuries derailed last season with stars such as Trent Williams, Christian McCaffrey and Brandon Aiyuk all missing significant time. The Niners came into t Today in Sports - Week Ahead, August 29 - September 4 08/28/2025 10:05am • Aug. 29 1885 — John L. Sullivan wins the first world heavyweight title under the Marquess of Queensbury rules when he beats Dominic McCaffrey in six rounds. The fight features 3-ounce gloves and 3-minute rounds. 1952 — Dr. Reginald Weir becomes the first black man to compete in the U.S. Tennis C Jury awards more than $2 million to protester shot in face with nonlethal projectile 08/27/2025 09:42pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester who was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition by a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy during a demonstration against police brutality in 2020. In the verdict last week, the jury found LA County liable for the injuries su Pro-DEI organizers fired up to maintain Target boycott as promises go unfulfilled 08/27/2025 04:53pm • Organizers of a Target boycott that began in January are pointing to their tactics as a hopeful sign that actions against corporate retailers can still make a deep impact. When Target announced its current chief executive officer will be stepping down in February 2026 and an insider was taking the What's the cost of the National Guard deployment in DC? 08/26/2025 03:49am • D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is calling for the Pentagon to provide an estimate of the cost of deploying 2,000 National Guard personnel in the District during the federal law enforcement surge against crime. Norton sent a letter on Monday to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Chief of the What one expert says makes the deployment of the National Guard into DC different from other deployments 08/25/2025 09:01pm • The federal law enforcement surge in D.C. continues, and with new executive orders, President Donald Trump may be indicating that the deployment to fight crime could remain in the nation’s capital and soon stretch into other American cities. The White House declared a crime emergency in D.C. du