A Chicago pastor called Father’s Day “horrible” after 14 people, including a 3-year-old boy, were killed on the city’s most violent weekend this year. The Rev. Ira Acree of Greater St. John Bible Church met with neighbors and family members of 3-year-old Mekhi James, who was fatally shot Saturday, to …

Donald Trump gained momentum for his political career by promoting the unfounded “primitive” conspiracy theory about President Obama. Now, in the face of a pandemic, a shattered economy, and riots after more than three years in the White House, Trump continues to push incendiary and unsubstantiated theories about his predecessor. …

Mixer, Microsoft’s soon-to-be-closed streaming platform, always had a difficult road ahead. In a space already dominated by Twitch, and with YouTube using its unmatched audience scale to create its own share of the market, Microsoft’s offering was difficult to sell. But while Mixer was ultimately a failure, as evidenced by …

A Los Angeles councilman was charged Tuesday with taking bribes from a number of developers, including a Chinese billionaire, as part of a comprehensive “pay-per-play” scheme, authorities said. José Huizar, 61, was arrested at his home on a federal organized crime charge amid an ongoing FBI corruption investigation, according to …

The Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed 639 new cases of coronavirus in Alabama Tuesday. That’s 200 more than Monday’s total new cases, though it is still below some of the records set earlier this month. It is the ninth highest single-day case count in the state since the start …