Kidnapping suspect killed, 2 deputies wounded in gunfire exchange after pursuit, officials say

US senator’s son faces new charges in crash that killed North Dakota sheriff’s deputyUS historians ID a New Mexico soldier killed during WWII, but work remains on thousands of cases

Texas begins flying migrants from US-Mexico border to Chicago, with 1st plane carrying 120 peopleNorth Carolina governor commutes prisoner’s sentence, pardons four ex-offendersGov.-elect Jeff Landry names heads of Louisiana’s health, family and wildlife services

A passenger hid bullets in a baby diaper at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. TSA officers caught himTennessee judge pushes off issuing ruling in Ja Morant lawsuit

NYC Council approves bill banning solitary confinement in city jails

Arizona lawmaker Athena Salman resigning at year’s end, says she will join an abortion rights groupBills fans donate to charity benefitting stray cats after Bass misses field goal in playoff loss

Bill to allow referendum on northern Virginia casino advances in legislature15-year-old to be tried as adult in sexual assault, slaying of girl, 10

Missouri’s GOP Gov. Parson reflects on past wins in his final State of the State addressMan arrested outside Taylor Swift’s Manhattan townhouse reportedly spotted there about 30 times