Federal jury acquits Louisiana trooper caught on camera pummeling Black motorist
A federal jury Wednesday acquitted a white Louisiana trooper charged with violating the civil rights of a Black motorist despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling the man 18 times with a flashlight.
Advocates accuse New York City of using migrants as ‘props’ in bid for federal money
For days now, newly arrived migrants have been waiting outside New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel, hoping for a bed in an overly crowded shelter system.
Saguaro cacti, fruit trees and other plants are also stressed by Phoenix’s extended extreme heat
Phoenix this week climbed back up to dangerously high temperatures.
Family of a Black man killed during a Minnesota traffic stop asks the governor to fire troopers
Racial justice groups and relatives of a Black man shot and killed this week by a Minnesota State Patrol trooper demanded that the governor fire three officers who were involved in stopping the man on a Minneapolis freeway.
Alabama researcher will succeed Fauci in infectious disease post
A research scientist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been named to succeed Dr. Anthony Fauci as the nation’s top infectious disease expert.
Video showing soldier guarding Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in terrible weather goes viral
As South Florida continues to get pounded by wild weather every day this week, video of heavy storms in our nation’s capital is spreading viral worldwide.
Fitch downgrades US credit rating from top score citing ‘deterioration in standards of governance’
The financial world is watching closely as Fitch Ratings downgraded the U.S. debt rating from a perfect AAA to an AA+ on Tuesday.
Adidas gives Yeezy sneaker sales a silver lining via donations to anti-hate groups, some US Jews say
Last October, sportswear giant Adidas cut ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, due to his antisemitic comments.
FBI looks for more possible victims after woman escapes from cinderblock cage in Oregon
Authorities say a man who posed as an undercover police officer kidnapped a woman in Seattle, drove her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon, and kept her makeshift cell from which she eventually escaped and found help.
Republican National Committee boosts polling and fundraising thresholds to qualify for 2nd debate
Some Republican presidential candidates haven’t met polling and fundraising thresholds for the first 2024 debate, and now requirements for making it to the second debate will be even higher.