Watchdog to review conduct of federal agents in Portland & D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department inspector general said Thursday that it will conduct a review of the conduct of federal agents who…
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At least 15 prisoners at a California prison have died of apparent complications from Covid-19
At least 15 people incarcerated at California’s oldest prison have died since June from apparent Covid-19-related complications amid a growing…
Continue Reading University professors fear the risks of classroom teaching in pandemic hot spots
Dr. Joe Gerald will be lecturing students in person this fall. But what he might teach them in his public health course is that being in the…
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The Boston Red Sox put up a Black Lives Matter billboard over the Massachusetts Turnpike
The Boston Red Sox are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. The phrase “Black Lives Matter” — written in the…
Continue Reading Washington’s football team to call itself Washington Football Team until it settles on a new name
The Washington NFL franchise, formerly known as the Washington Redskins, is officially going to change its name to the Washington Football Team. The…
Continue Reading Portland mayor tear gassed after speaking with protesters on presence of federal agents
Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear gassed in downtown Portland early Thursday morning, according to video and posts on Twitter from a New York Times…
Continue Reading World will have 710M tons of plastic pollution by 2040 despite efforts to cut waste, study says
If the world embarked on an immediate and globally-coordinated effort to reduce our plastic consumption, there would still be an estimated 710…
Continue Reading Black Lives Matter protests across America continue nearly 2 months after George Floyd’s death
The national Black Lives Matter protest movement, rekindled in the days after an unarmed George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis last May,…
Continue Reading To stop vote meddling, Western leaders have to want to do something about it
The question is not whether Russia and China will try to influence Western elections — it’s whether Western governments have the wit and…
Continue Reading Convent outside Detroit lost 13 nuns to Covid-19 with 12 dying in one month
Coronavirus spread so quickly through a convent in Michigan that it claimed the lives of 12 nuns in one month, beginning on Good Friday. They were…
Continue Reading The newest NHL team officially has a name. Meet the Seattle Kraken
Seattle’s new hockey team got a name this week, and it’s a nod to what haunts the city’s mysterious, murky waters. Meet the Seattle…
Continue Reading Search for a mass grave from the 1921 Tulsa race massacre ends without finding human remains
A search for potential mass graves from the 1921 Tulsa race massacre has ended without uncovering any evidence of human remains. The test excavation…
Continue Reading Have a low pain threshold? You might be part Neanderthal
Do you wince as you walk, or wake up with aches and pains? It could be down to your genes — your Neanderthal genes, that is. Many of us are…
Continue Reading Judge rules to unseal documents in 2015 case against Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged accomplice
A federal judge ruled on Thursday to publicly release documents that have been kept under seal in a case involving Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey…
Continue Reading Nursing home worker deaths going unscrutinized by federal government
Less than a month before he died of Covid-19, Victor Sison posted photos of himself at the New Jersey nursing home where he had worked for many…
Continue Reading All charges dropped against Red Bull heir accused in death of police officer, Thai Police say
Charges have been dropped against the heir to the Red Bull energy drink empire, Vorayuth Yoovidhya, relating to a crash that killed a policeman in…
Continue Reading China harboring military-linked fugitive scientist at San Francisco consulate, FBI says
Tensions between the United States and China have continued to ratchet up following the forced closure by Washington of Beijing’s consulate in…
Continue Reading Ultraviolet flash detected by astronomers after ‘peculiar’ white dwarf supernova
Astronomers witnessed a flash of ultraviolet light after a white dwarf star exploded in a supernova, according to a new study. This is only the…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 23: Coronavirus, economy, stimulus, China, MLB
This week was supposed to mark the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Sigh. Hopefully we’ll be back to obsessing about gymnastics and…
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Woman who invited Texas governor to her mother’s funeral says she would be alive if state had mandated masks sooner
DALLAS, Texas — The woman who invited Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to her mother’s burial “to witness first-hand the tragedy” of…
Continue Reading North Korea ‘ghost ships’ washed up in Japan because of China’s ‘dark’ fishing fleet, NGO says
The dead just kept coming in 2017. For years, Japan’s north coast had been the site of a macabre phenomena: fishing boats washing up on shore…
Continue Reading Philadelphia police officer charged for pepper spraying Black Lives Matter protesters, prosecutors say
A Philadelphia police officer is facing criminal assault charges for allegedly pepper spraying three protesters without provocation, according to the…
Continue Reading Fired Minneapolis police officer Chauvin and estranged wife face 9 felony tax charges
The former Minneapolis police officer who was charged in George Floyd’s death and his estranged wife face nine felony income-tax charges,…
Continue Reading Charles Evers, brother of Medgar Evers, dies at 97
James Charles Evers, the older brother of civil rights icon Medgar Evers, died in Mississippi Wednesday morning of natural causes, Rankin County…
Continue Reading US defense chief pushes allied effort to challenge China
United States Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that Washington is counting on Asian partners to help rein in an increasingly aggressive…
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AP poll finds very few Americans support full school reopening
BOSTON, Massachusetts — A new poll finds very few Americans think schools should return to normal operations this fall, even as President…
Continue Reading New York’s Planned Parenthood will remove founder’s name over her views on eugenics
If Margaret Sanger sounds familiar, it’s because you might have encountered her in history class. A nurse and educator, Sanger opened in 1916…
Continue Reading Murder of men’s rights activist linked to suspected shooter of federal judge’s family, FBI confirms
Authorities have evidence linking Roy Den Hollander, the men’s rights attorney suspected of shooting a federal judge’s family on Sunday,…
Continue Reading Dave Grohl, whose mom taught public school, says we need to protect America’s teachers like the national treasures they are
As a high school dropout and self-proclaimed “terrible student,” Dave Grohl is the last person you’d expect to defend teachers…
Continue Reading Ohio governor orders statewide mask mandate as of Thursday
Starting Thursday, everyone in Ohio must wear a mask when out in public, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Wednesday. More and more state and local leaders…
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