Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo says the death of George Floyd was “murder” and that the officer who was seen pressing his…
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Popular Asian matchmaking website Shaadi.com has removed its skin tone filter following an online backlash. The backlash was brought about by three…
Continue Reading Trude Lamb, an incoming high school sophomore, has won countless medals for her school’s cross country team. But with each victory and…
Continue Reading Protests in Madison, Wisconsin, over a man’s arrest resulted in toppled statues and a state senator in an ambulance. Devonere Johnson, a Black…
Continue Reading If you’ve been losing sleep lately over fireworks every night, it’s not just you. There’s a sudden wave of fireworks exploding in…
Continue Reading North Korea has suspended plans to increase military pressure against South Korea, after weeks of rapidly deteriorating ties which included blowing…
Continue Reading Hundreds of thousands of people trapped near fierce fighting in Myanmar’s far west may know nothing of Covid-19 thanks to a yearlong internet…
Continue Reading Despite warnings from public health officials, new research suggests Black Lives Matter protests across the country have not led to a jump in…
Continue Reading The father of 1-year-old twins who died when he left them in a hot car while he was at work has been sentenced after pleading guilty. “These…
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KILLEEN, Texas — Investigators are suspecting foul play in the disappearance of a Texas soldier who has been missing for two months, according to a…
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An 8-year-old girl, her mother and grandfather found dead in the pool of their New Jersey home died as a result of accidental drowning, the medical…
Continue Reading Major League Baseball has announced the 2020 regular season will open approximately one month from now, on July 23 or 24. “Major League…
Continue Reading A 16-year-old Michigan boy went into cardiac arrest and died after several staff members of the residential treatment facility he stayed at…
Continue Reading A review of newly obtained disciplinary records of the former police officer who held Eric Garner in a chokehold before he died shows the officer had…
Continue Reading The Fourth of July is still over a week away, but in many cities, it’s already arrived. From New York to San Francisco, the skies light up…
Continue Reading Nearly a month after the death of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement, and after repeatedly refusing requests for comment on an incident…
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NEW YORK, NY — Major League Baseball players have agreed to report to training camp starting July 1, as all remaining issues have been resolved.…
Continue Reading The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday demanded an independent investigation into the shooting death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado…
Continue Reading A police officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, has been fired more than three months after Taylor’s…
Continue Reading Rayshard Brooks was remembered at his funeral Tuesday as a smiling, oft-dancing, hard-working father brought down by a racist legal system of…
Continue Reading Microplastics have been discovered in the gut of an animal on a remote island in the Antarctic, raising concerns that plastic pollution could be…
Continue Reading The FBI said Tuesday a noose found in the team garage of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace at the Talladega Superspeedway has been there since last year…
Continue Reading Covid-19 has “brought this nation to its knees,” Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said…
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A noose. It’s simply the loop at the end of a rope, under a running knot, which tightens as it’s pulled. And yet it has the power to spur…
Continue Reading The Georgia legislature, spurred by public outrage over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, on Tuesday approved a hate crime bill that will allow enhanced…
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TALLADEGA, Alabama — The noose found hanging in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway had been there since at least last…
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WASHINGTON, DC — The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday —…
Continue Reading A mysterious astronomical object merged with a black hole 780 million light-years away and created gravitational waves that could be detected on…
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