40 Confederate symbols have been removed since the death of George Floyd, SPLC says
At least 40 Confederate symbols have been removed from across the US since George Floyd‘s death in May, according to the Southern Poverty Law…
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Colorado attorney general investigating whether Aurora police’s ‘patterns and practices’ are unconstitutional
Colorado’s attorney general has announced an investigation into whether the “patterns and practices” at the Aurora Police…
Continue Reading Widower installs wax statue of late wife in dream home she tragically never got to see
An Indian widower has installed a life-sized wax statue of his late wife in the dream house they were building together before she died. Businessman…
Continue Reading An ‘admitted leader of the KKK’ is sentenced to 6 years in prison for driving his truck through Black Lives Matter protesters
A Glen Allen, Virginia, man has been convicted of six misdemeanor charges and sentenced to six years in prison for driving his car through a group of…
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Key West Police arrested an 8-year-old at school. His wrists were too small for the handcuffs
Police officers at a Florida elementary school arrested an 8-year-old boy who had allegedly hit a teacher — only to realize the boy’s…
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Trini Lopez, singer mentored by Sinatra & actor in ‘The Dirty Dozen,’ dies from Covid-19
PALM SPRINGS, California — Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions of “Lemon Tree” and “If I Had a Hammer” in…
Continue Reading The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences won’t play football this fall
The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences each voted Tuesday to postpone college football and all other fall sports seasons as a result of the ongoing…
Continue Reading Former Victoria’s Secret mogul agreed to written deposition in Epstein accuser suit
Les Wexner, the former head of the parent company that owns Victoria’s Secret, has agreed to answer written deposition questions in a lawsuit…
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Joe Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate
WASHINGTON, DC — Former Vice President Joe Biden named his former campaign trail rival, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as his running mate on…
Continue Reading New Zealand reinstates coronavirus restrictions after first locally transmitted case in 102 days
New Zealand’s most populous city has gone back under lockdown after new locally transmitted coronavirus cases broke the 102-day streak the…
Continue Reading Philadelphia homicides second-highest in the country in 2020, police say
Philadelphia ranks second in the nation in the number of homicides so far this year, just behind Chicago, according to statistics presented by…
Continue Reading Gray reef sharks form long-lasting social groups likely for hunting, study shows
We can’t quite say sharks can be friends, but new evidence is showing us that sharks form social bonds with others and can work together — to…
Continue Reading Elijah McClain’s family files civil rights lawsuit against Aurora, Colorado
The family of Elijah McClain filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against the city of Aurora, Colorado, in federal court. “Aurora’s…
Continue Reading Seattle police chief announces her retirement after city council votes to cut the police budget by nearly $4 million
Police Chief Carmen Best announced her retirement Monday night, shortly after Seattle’s City Council voted to cut nearly $4 million from the…
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Big Ten and Pac-12 pull plug on college football amid pandemic
CHICAGO, Illinois — The Big Ten and Pac-12 won’t play football this fall because of concerns about Covid-19, taking two of college football’s…
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Food bank doles out tons of food as Texans, like many Americans, fight to feed themselves
American food insecurity is an under-told story amid the coronavirus pandemic, but as more people find themselves unemployed or underemployed,…
Continue Reading Ghislaine Maxwell petitions judge over jail restrictions, citing ‘onerous conditions’ related to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide
Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Monday to direct the Bureau of Prisons to release her into the general population of the…
Continue Reading Dwarf planet Ceres is an ocean world with salty water under the surface, NASA mission finds
Ceres is a dwarf planet and the largest known object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. And now we know it may be an ocean world with…
Continue Reading Woman without mask allegedly pushed against wall by police in Australia
Police in Australia have referred an arrest to its standards unit after footage emerged appearing to show a male officer pushing a woman up against a…
Continue Reading Meet ‘Mad Hatterpillar,’ the caterpillar that uses its old heads for defense
In the dense eucalyptus forests of Australia, deadheads forage leaves and wriggle their bodies around. No, these aren’t Grateful Dead fanatics…
Continue Reading Lifelike robotic pets are helping isolated seniors avoid loneliness
For some, limiting the spread of coronavirus has meant long periods of isolation. And for older adults — who are among the most vulnerable to…
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Putin says Russia has approved ‘world first’ Covid-19 vaccine. But questions over its safety remain
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the approval of a coronavirus vaccine for use on Tuesday, claiming it as a “world first,” amid…
Continue Reading A man faces hate crime charges after feds say he burned a cross and displayed a swastika to intimidate his Black neighbor
An Indiana man who burned crosses, displayed swastikas and made signs with racist slurs was charged with a hate crime for intimidating his Black…
Continue Reading A school nurse in the district with the crowded hallway photo quit over a scarcity of Covid-19 precautions. Rising cases are ‘not the validation’ she wanted
A school nurse in Georgia who quit over what she considers a lack of Covid-19 precautions said a viral photo of students crowded last week in a high…
Continue Reading Two weeks after it imposed a security law on Hong Kong, China says 600,000 people may have broken it
A primary election held by Hong Kong’s democratic opposition may have been illegal under the new security law, China said Monday, in a…
Continue Reading Two police body cameras capture the struggle leading to George Floyd’s death
Police body camera footage showing Minneapolis police pointing a gun at George Floyd and struggling with him during his fatal arrest was released by…
Continue Reading Russia claims to have 1st coronavirus vaccine ready for use
MOSCOW, Russia — Russia on Tuesday became the first country to officially register a coronavirus vaccine and declare it ready for use, despite…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 11: Coronavirus, immigration, China, US election, Beirut
The G7 meeting, which was going to be held in June and then was moved to September, is now officially postponed until after the US election.…
Continue Reading This 21-year-old thought he had overcome a mild case of Covid-19. Then he went into organ failure
Spencer Rollyson says he didn’t think much of it when he experienced mild coronavirus symptoms in May. Weeks later, the disease almost took his…
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