Alex Murdaugh’s friend gets almost 4 years in prison for helping steal from his dead maid’s family

North Dakota lawmakers eye Minnesota free tuition program that threatens enrollmentTexas A&M reaches $1 million settlement with Black journalism professor

Court throws out conviction after judge says Black man ‘looks like a criminal to me’Delaware county agrees to pay more than $1 million to settle lawsuit over fatal police shootingEx-police union boss gets 2 years in prison for $600,000 theft

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh announces layoffs, furloughs to shrink $18 million deficitMore Pac-12 movement? Arizona and Washington regents call special meetings

Investigators name the trooper who fatally shot a Black Minnesota man during a traffic stop

Italy approves extradition of priest wanted for murder, torture during Argentina dictatorshipMississippi seeks new court hearing to revive its permanent stripping of some felons’ voting rights

Fired founder of right-wing org Project Veritas is under investigation in New YorkNearly 4,000 pages show new detail of Ken Paxton’s alleged misdeeds ahead of Texas impeachment trial

New York governor blocks discharge of radioactive water into Hudson River from closed nuclear plantGeorge Santos says ex-fundraiser caught using a fake name tried a new tactic: spelling it backwards