Oklahoma’s new Attorney General Gentner Drummond plans to ask the state’s Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday to recommend sparing the life of death row inmate Richard Glossip, a highly unusual move for the state’s top prosecutor’s office that typically urges the board to reject clemency. Glossip was almost executed …

Customers of First Republic Bank pulled more than $100 billion in deposits out of the bank during last month’s crisis, as fears swirled that it could be the third bank to fail a fter the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. San Francisco-based First Republic said Monday that …

While she was in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic and watching political unrest unfold over the 2020 death of George Floyd, Michelle Obama found herself knitting.   “I had a lot of time on my hands to just sort of stew and to mull over questions that young people in particular …

General Motors, Ford, Stellantis and Tesla are the only four automakers with electric vehicles that qualify for $7,500 in tax credits this year, according to rules released by the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday.  The new tax credits, which last until 2032, were enacted last year in the Inflation Reduction …

One sheriff’s deputy died on his 44th birthday and two other law enforcement officers were injured after a shootout in west-central Minnesota that also killed the suspect in a domestic assault call Saturday night. Pope County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Owen died at the hospital after the shooting, which happened around 7:30 …

Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit that kicked off in a Delaware court this week. Dominion’s goal is to prove to a jury that the network knowingly defamed the company following the 2020 presidential election.  Dominion found itself at the center of conspiracy …

Many Americans aren’t yet sold on going electric for their next cars, a new poll shows, with high prices and too few charging stations the main deterrents.  About 4 in 10 U.S. adults are at least somewhat likely to switch, but the history-making shift from the country’s century-plus love affair …

A Houston man declared innocent in 2021 after being convicted in a fatal stabbing and serving seven years in prison has been charged with murder in the shooting of a fellow motorist, police said. Lydell Grant, 46, is accused of killing Edwin Arevalo, 33, following a minor traffic collision Thursday …

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said in his annual letter to shareholders on Tuesday that the deposit crisis rattling the banking industry is “not yet over” and could affect the financial services sector “for years to come.”  Although Dimon said the bank runs that led to the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley …

A woman incarcerated in Florida is accused of attempting to hire fellow inmates to kill her family members and an assistant state attorney, authorities said this week. Tureygua Inaru, 29, faces charges that include three counts of solicitation to commit murder and cyber stalking, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s …