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The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has challenged the continued use of affirmative action in higher education. During Monday’s lengthy arguments, the justices have been grappling with the issue of race.
A former Michigan police officer who shot a black driver in the back of the head will stand trial for second-degree murder. That was the decision announced Monday morning by a judge in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
David DePapp faces charges after attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
About six years ago, authorities arrested a pharmacy worker who killed two teenage girls in the woods outside their northern Indiana town.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are defending the decision by OPEC and its allies to cut oil production. The development came at a meeting in the United Arab Emirates on Monday – despite a U.S. envoy warning of “economic uncertainty” about the world’s future.
President Joe Biden plans to raise the possibility of a “windfall profits tax” on oil companies if they don’t boost domestic production.
Massive Russian strikes hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkov and other Ukrainian cities. The attack on Monday morning caused water and power outages, apparently in retaliation for what Moscow called a weekend attack by Ukraine on its Black Sea Fleet.
Police are investigating the collapse of a newly restored 143-year-old suspension bridge. At least 134 people were killed in a collapse in Gujarat state on Sunday night that plunged hundreds into a river.
South Korean police are investigating the cause of a surge in crowds that killed more than 150 people during Halloween celebrations in Seoul over the weekend.
In this week’s Religious Roundup, rapper Yeh, formerly of Kanye West, saw his fortunes decline over anti-Semitic remarks.
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