• Associated Press

    He didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead

    Jameek Lowery entered the dimly lit lobby of the city’s police headquarters in a panic. Barefoot and wearing only pajama pants and a sweatshirt in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 5, 2019, Lowery pulled out his cellphone and began a social media broadcast of an anti-police rant. “Why y’all trying to kill me?” Lowery asked several Paterson police officers on his Facebook Live video feed.

  • USA TODAY Sports

    Terrence Shannon Jr. powers Illinois to Elite Eight amid controversy

    On the court, Terrence Shannon is powering Illinois, which is one win from the Final Four. But controversy follows him.

  • Reuters

    Investors eye Fed rate cut, earnings as key to sustaining market rally

    After a stellar start to the year for stocks, investors are on guard for potential bumps in the second quarter as they gauge whether the Federal Reserve delivers on an expected interest rate cut by June and turn their focus on the health of upcoming earnings. The S&P 500 ended the first quarter with a gain of more than 10%, its largest first quarter advance since the nearly 13.1% jump in the first quarter of 2019. Whether the rally continues through June will likely depend on the Fed, which has not yet signaled that inflation has come down enough to justify a rate cut.