Drug lord El Chapo’s eldest son captured, but then released by Mexican military after gun battles
The eldest son of “El Chapo,” the jailed notorious Mexican drug kingpin, was captured by Mexico’s military on Thursday, but then…
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Prison workers under investigation for allegedly mocking transgender inmates in private Facebook groups
More than a dozen correctional employees in Illinois are under investigation after they were accused of mocking transgender inmates in private…
Continue Reading Police investigate several assaults on men in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina
Eleven men, including several members of the military, have been assaulted near downtown bars in Wilmington, North Carolina, over the course of…
Continue Reading Suspect arrested because of a lost SD memory card charged with killing another woman
A grand jury in Alaska returned an additional murder indictment Thursday against a man already charged with the murder and sexual assault of another…
Continue Reading New York City Council votes to close notorious Rikers Island jail
The New York City Council voted overwhelmingly to close Rikers Island jail Thursday and open four new borough-based facilities instead. “Today…
Continue Reading Scientists just discovered ‘stormquakes’ — but don’t worry, you’re not in danger
Hurricanes and earthquakes are bad enough on their own. Now imagine them combined. That’s kind of what a stormquake is, a phenomenon just…
Continue Reading New Orleans officials are about to blow up the cranes at the collapsed Hard Rock hotel. Here’s why
The City of New Orleans plans to bring down two cranes at the construction site of the Hard Rock Hotel that collapsed over the weekend, killing at…
Continue Reading Former students of New York School for the Deaf allege abuse by dorm supervisor, new lawsuit says
A dozen women are alleging that a former dorm supervisor at the New York School for the Deaf sexually abused them while they were students, a new…
Continue Reading Venezuela wins seat on UN Human Rights Council
It’s like a defendant on trial getting to sit on the jury too. Venezuela has become the latest accused human rights abuser to win a seat on the…
Continue Reading Chicago teachers’ strike continues, leaving about 300,000 kids in limbo
Moselean Parker’s 25 years of simmering frustration have boiled over. “I don’t have any reading books in my room! I don’t…
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In Texas, Trump tours Louis Vuitton workshop ahead of rally
President Donald Trump toured a new Louis Vuitton leather workshop in Texas on Thursday before headlining a campaign rally in Dallas. Trump began his…
Continue Reading A Utah state trooper recalls the moment he rescues a man from an oncoming train
Utah State Trooper Ruben Correa headed to a call of a car on the train tracks, but when he got to the scene a man was still in that car — and a…
Continue Reading She lost her son in a shooting. Now her homeowners association wants her to move his remembrance flag
A mother who lost her son to a workplace shooting several months ago is now battling with her homeowners association over her right to fly flags in…
Continue Reading He’s doing the ‘dirty work’ to keep plastic out of the ocean
Afroz Shah, a lawyer in Mumbai, hasn’t had a weekend off in four years. But he hasn’t spent this time writing briefs or preparing for…
Continue Reading Latin AMAs 2019: You may know Bad Bunny and Daddy Yankee, but here are more nominees you should listen to
The Latin American Music Awards (AMAs) feel and sound like the best house party you’ve ever attended. The one-night celebration of the best…
Continue Reading InSight mission is digging into Mars again
NASA’s stationary InSight lander is slowly but surely getting to know Mars on a deeper level. Since landing on Mars in November 2018, InSight…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about the Fort Worth police shooting
A concerned neighbor called police at 2:23 a.m. to check on the woman across the street because her front door was open. At 2:30 a.m., she would be…
Continue Reading The Fort Worth officer who shot Atatiana Jefferson wasn’t actually asked to do a wellness check
When Atatiana Jefferson‘s neighbor called police, he says he expected them to go check to see if she was OK. But the officer who shot her in…
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Chicago teachers’ strike leaves parents, students in lurch
Chicago teachers went on strike Thursday, marching on picket lines in defense of their union’s “social justice” agenda after…
Continue Reading Parkland shooter’s death penalty trial set to begin in January
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s death penalty trial is set to begin in January 2020, according to a court order issued Thursday by…
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Former Nazi guard, 93, to stand trial in Germany over thousands of camp murders
A 93-year-old former guard at a Nazi concentration camp will go on trial in Germany on Thursday on the charge of being an accessory to thousands of…
Continue Reading A Colorado officer shot an armed man through the window of the man’s home, police say
A Colorado police officer is on administrative leave after shooting an armed man in the buttocks though the window of the man’s house,…
Continue Reading Putin must be ‘tired of winning’ — Meanwhile in America
Vladimir Putin is doing so much winning, he must be getting tired of winning — to borrow a phrase from President Donald Trump. Russia’s…
Continue Reading How the jailing of pro-independence leaders triggered unrest in Catalonia
Road blockades, street clashes and burning containers: furious protests across Catalonia continued for a fourth day on Thursday, triggered by the…
Continue Reading Two years ago a bomb killed a journalist in Malta. Now justice for her murder seems as far away as ever
Flowers, photographs, candles, and messages demanding “Who killed Daphne?” line Malta’s Great Siege Monument, in tribute to…
Continue Reading Get a bird’s-eye view of NASA’s missions on Mars
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been keeping an eye on its namesake planet since 2006. It’s searched for evidence of water, identified…
Continue Reading Another man in the iconic Iwo Jima photo was misidentified, Marine Corps says
The US Marine Corps said it misidentified another one of the six men featured in the iconic World War II photo of a flag being raised over Iwo Jima.…
Continue Reading From the aquarium to synagogues, here are the places that have stepped in as Chicago teachers go on strike
About 25,000 educators are on strike in Chicago, forcing the country’s third biggest school district to cancel classes and leaving about…
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