2016 Presidential Election Investigation Fast Facts
Here’s a look at investigations into Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. For details…
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Ousted Sudan President Omar al-Bashir sentenced to 2 years in correctional facility
Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a correctional facility after being found guilty of corruption and…
Continue Reading Wet and windy weekend forecast along the East Coast
Soggy, windy conditions are expected to continue up and down the East Coast this weekend, forecasters say. A severe thunderstorm watch has been…
Continue Reading 100 Jewish graves were desecrated in France. A search for the websites that fueled the hate led to the US
Guillaume Debré didn’t know how to break it to his young daughters and has yet to show them a photograph of the swastika. “They are…
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A runner who smacked a reporter’s backside on air now faces charges
The man accused of slapping a news reporter on the backside while she was reporting live in Savannah, Georgia, last week has been arrested and…
Continue Reading In Hindu-nationalist India, Muslims risk being branded infiltrators in their own country
Fears are growing among India’s 200 million Muslims that they could soon be classified as illegal immigrants under new, far-reaching government…
Continue Reading California governor rejects PG&E’s $13.5 billion plan to get out of bankruptcy
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has rejected the bankruptcy reorganization plan proposed by utility giant Pacific Gas and Electric, saying that the…
Continue Reading Two of Georgetown’s accused basketball players to transfer
Myron Gardner and Galen Alexander, two of the Georgetown University basketball players accused of burglary earlier this month, are transferring from…
Continue Reading Michael Jordan’s high school basketball coach, Clifton ‘Pop’ Herring, dead at 67
Clifton “Pop” Herring, who coached basketball superstar Michael Jordan in high school, died this week, according to his daughter Paquita…
Continue Reading Arizona police find body believed to be third child missing in flood
Arizona authorities said Friday they believe they have found the third child who went missing during a flash flood two weeks ago. Three children went…
Continue Reading Demetrice Allen, lawyer reported missing in Georgia, died in car crash, police say
An attorney was reported missing in Atlanta earlier this week was injured in a car wreck and died at a local hospital, the South Fulton Police…
Continue Reading Police release 911 calls from shootout with men who stole UPS truck
After a police chase in Florida ended in a shooting at a crowded intersection last week, leaving four people dead, authorities released audio of…
Continue Reading A 13-year-old has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a Barnard student, source says
The 13-year-old suspect in a crime that’s shocked a close-knit college community is not all that much younger than the teenage victim. The boy…
Continue Reading Barnard student stabbed to death just blocks from her college in Manhattan
An 18-year-old student at Barnard College was stabbed to death just blocks from the school in Manhattan in an armed robbery on Wednesday, Barnard…
Continue Reading New Orleans mayor declares state of emergency in wake of city cyberattack
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell declared a state of emergency Friday after the city was hit by a cyberattack. Phishing attempts and suspicious…
Continue Reading An employee was shot and killed at a food-service container plant in Georgia, sheriff says
A worker at a food-service container plant near Atlanta was shot and killed Friday, and the shooter was later caught in Alabama, Rockdale County…
Continue Reading The West turned Aung San Suu Kyi into a saint. She was always going to disappoint
Few people have risen so high in the international imagination only to fall as dramatically as Aung San Suu Kyi. In 2013, after the Nobel Peace Prize…
Continue Reading A student running a company aiming to end gun violence receives 25 college offers
A high school football captain and advocate against gun violence from Washington, DC has landed offers from 25 universities, including Ivy League…
Continue Reading After 25 years on the air, radio legend Tom Joyner signs off
“Oh, oh, oh, it’s the Tom Joyner Morning Show!” has been heard for the last time. Tom Joyner, host of the beloved “Tom Joyner…
Continue Reading Two killed in protests over controversial Indian citizenship bill
Hundreds of people joined a hunger strike in northeast India after a controversial citizenship bill was approved this week, which opponents worry…
Continue Reading Slain Barnard student Tessa Majors ‘was committed to music. It was her art form’
The Barnard College freshman killed in New York was a creative spirit who loved music and had interned at a local news website in her home state of…
Continue Reading When a coffee shop owner went into hospice, a competitor worked there for free to help out
Dave McAdams and his wife, Tina, opened their coffee shop in Oak Grove, Oregon, a year ago, but he’s been an active part of the community for…
Continue Reading A customer escaped the Jersey City attack. He says it was clear the shooters ‘came to kill’
When bullets started flying at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, David Lax pushed his way past one of the shooters to escape. Lax was in the JC…
Continue Reading Judiciary Committee sends articles of impeachment to U.S. House floor for vote next week
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Friday voted to approve two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump,…
Continue Reading Mourners remember Peter Frates, man who popularized the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Family, friends and community members paid tribute Friday to the life of Pete Frates, who used his ALS diagnosis to raise millions of dollars for…
Continue Reading A woman got sentenced to 5 years for trying to scam a wedding website twice
A woman in California was injured so badly that she had to call off her wedding reception. Authorities say it was actually a scheme to commit fraud…
Continue Reading The ex-concierge who killed two Boston anesthesiologists in their penthouse gets life in prison
A man who left a couple dead in pools of blood in their Boston penthouse heard his punishment Friday by video conference, preemptively banished from…
Continue Reading LAPD officer charged after allegedly fondling a dead woman’s breast
Los Angeles Police Department officer David Rojas was charged Thursday with one felony count of having sexual contact with human remains without…
Continue Reading Charlottesville police to remove same version of car that killed Heather Heyer from its fleet
Two years ago, James Fields plowed through a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. He killed a…
Continue Reading Runner who slapped a reporter’s backside on live TV says he’s sorry
A reporter said she was “violated, objectified, and embarrassed” when a runner “smacked” her backside while she was reporting…
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