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Tetsu Nakamura (right) is pictured in 2008 during a memorial service for a slain aid worker. The Japanese doctor was among six gunned down in an attack Wednesday in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.

Widely Respected Japanese Humanitarian Among 6 Killed In Afghanistan Attack

Tetsu Nakamura, a native of Fukuoka, spent years working to improve living conditions in rural areas of Afghanistan. He was gunned down Wednesday along with five associates.

Judge blocks Trump effort to withhold documents from Jan. 6 investigation

Trump's lawyers had argued executive privilege allowed them to conceal those documents.

Former interpreters for U.S. and NATO forces gather during a demonstration in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 30, on the eve of the beginning of Washington's troop withdrawal.

The U.S. Will Relocate Thousands of Afghan Citizens Who Worked With U.S. Troops

Most of those who will be relocated are translators or interpreters and their families. "Those who helped us will not be left behind," President Biden said.

Shooting in Fresno, Calif., Leaves 4 Dead, 6 Others Wounded

A mass shooting in Fresno, Calif., has left four dead and six others wounded. It took place Sunday evening at a football viewing party. Authorities say the shooter is still at large.

A homemade sign hangs on the fence surrounded Paradise Elementary School. The school was destroyed by the fire and the rubble is now being bulldozed and cleaned up.

6 Months After Paradise Burned, Trauma Endures For Kids And Adults

Mental health specialists working in the area of the deadly Camp Fire are seeing a second wave of trauma from survivors. But counseling services are in short supply.

CDC OKs vaccinations for children 6 months to 5 years old

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky has cleared the way for the roll out of vaccines for children five years and under as early as this coming week.

Michigan economic outlook predicts revenue to beat expectations by $6.8 billion

Michigan is surpassing revenue predictions by around 6.8-billion dollars for the current and next couple fiscal years. That’s the conclusion of the Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference on Friday, May 20.

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, pictured on Capitol Hill Wednesday, said of the attack on the Capitol last year, "Anyone who commits an act of violence should be prosecuted, and anyone who assaults a law enforcement officer should go to jail for a very long time."

Republicans criticize Ted Cruz for calling Jan. 6 a violent terrorist attack

"Of all the things that Jan. 6 was, it was definitely not a violent terrorist attack," Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson said in reply to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

After six trials and 23 years behind bars, charges are being dropped against Curtis Flowers (pictured here in Dec. 2019) over a 1996 quadruple killing in Mississippi. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a conviction last summer, citing among other things, the deliberate elimination of Black jurors from Flowers' trials.

After 6 Trials, Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Curtis Flowers

Flowers spent 23 years behind bars for a 1996 quadruple killing at a Mississippi furniture store. Prosecutors said Friday that there were no credible witnesses available for a seventh trial.

Sergei Klimov is the eighth Jehovah's Witness to be sentenced since ban calling the banned the religious group as an extremist organization went into effect in 2017, Reuters reports.

Russian Court Sentences Jehovah's Witness To 6 Years In Prison For 'Extremism'

A string of Jehovah's Witnesses have been convicted since Russia's Supreme Court banned the Christian denomination as an "extremist organization" in 2017.

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