The day has arrived for Elizabeth Holmes to report to a Texas prison
Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Tuesday will be moving to her new home —-a federal prison where she has been sentenced to spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley.
Trial for accused gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre slated to start
The suspect in a 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre is going on trial before a jury that could decide whether he will face the death penalty in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack.
Florida police search for 3 gunmen who wounded 9 at crowded beach on Memorial Day
Police are searching for three gunmen who they believe opened fire along a crowded Florida beach promenade, wounding nine.
Teenager walks at brain injury event weeks after getting shot in head for knocking on wrong door
Ralph Yarl has walked at a brain injury awareness event, just weeks after he was shot in the head for accidentally knocking on the wrong door in Kansas City, Missouri.
Site of Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36 sold to community group
A converted artists’ warehouse in Oakland that burned in 2016 and killed 36 people has been acquired by a nonprofit community development organization.
Exclusive secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion
The word list for the Scripps National Spelling Bee is crafted by a panel of 21 people, including five former Scripps champions.
Biden marks Memorial Day nearly 2 years after ending America’s longest war, lauds troops’ sacrifice
President Joe Biden has lauded the sacrifice of generations of U.S. troops who died fighting for their country as he marked Memorial Day with a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
What California’s Ravidassia community believes and why they want caste bias outlawed
In California, members of an under-the-radar, minority religious community are stepping into the public eye to advocate for making the state the first in the nation to outlaw caste bias.
Casteless utopia: California religious group backs bill to ban caste discrimination
There are about 20,000 members of the Ravidassia community in California’s Central Valley.
Historic acquittal in Louisiana fuels fight to review ‘Jim Crow’ verdicts
Criminal justice advocates have struggled at the Louisiana Legislature as they seek legal relief for hundreds of people convicted of serious crimes by nonunanimous juries.