Pueblo County Sheriff's Deputy Charles McWhorter received a Purple Heart award just days before the family of Richard Ward — who McWhorter shot and killed — sued him for wrongful death.
Read more ...EPA tells Norfolk Southern to temporarily stop shipping toxic train derailment waste National News
The agency heard concerns from residents and officials in Texas and Michigan, where some of the contaminated waste had already been shipped.
Read more ...Brittney Griner urges the return of U.S. detainees abroad at NAACP Image Awards National News
In one of her first public appearances since her release from a Russian prison, Griner took the stage to thank everyone for their support and to remind the audience of those still detained abroad.
Read more ...Israelis and Palestinians meet for talks on how to de-escalate recent wave of attacks National News
Sunday's meeting followed the killing of two Israelis in the occupied West Bank, the latest violence in a wave of fighting that has has left dozens dead on both sides of the conflict in recent months.
Read more ...The rights to a famed PSA of a crying Native American now held by an Indigenous group National News
The anti-pollution ad debuted in 1971 and showed a man in Native American attire shed a single tear at the sight of pollution over a once unblemished landscape.
Read more ...Inside tent cities, Turkey's quake survivors wonder when they'll have a home again National News
Some of those who lost their homes in the earthquakes that devastated southern Turkey still need tents - and dream of someday having a container to live in.
Read more ...Child labor violations are on the rise as some states look to loosen their rules National News
The total number of violations is still much lower than it was two decades ago. But violations have more than tripled since 2015, a trend that has experts troubled.
Read more ...Dozens of migrants have been killed in a shipwreck off the coast of Italy National News
Officials feared the death toll could top 100 since some survivors indicated the boat had as many as 200 passengers when it set out from Turkey, United Nations refugee and migration agencies said.
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