A Brooklyn man has been charged with arson after allegedly attempting to set a synagogue and Jewish school, or yeshiva, on fire Wednesday, according to court documents.Ali Alaheri, 29, was allegedly caught on camera "piling numerous garbage bags against the…
Amazon has temporarily shut down construction of a new fulfillment center in Connecticut after the discovery of seven apparent nooses at the site.Police in Windsor, Connecticut, say the nooses were found placed around the construction site starting on April 27.…
Emmanuel Kelly Cooper was resurrected last year.After spending 27 years behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit, Cooper was released in January 2020, just before the coronavirus began wreaking havoc across America. The pandemic has not…
A man has been arrested for assault with a deadly weapon in connection to an altercation earlier this week that Los Angeles police are investigating as a possible anti-Semitic hate crime.In a news release Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department…
A 2-year-old girl is in an "exceptionally critical condition" after being shot by her 3-year-old brother late Friday when he found a handgun that had been hidden in a couch, according to a Florida sheriff's office.The shooting took place at…
Two Bureau of Prisons guards who were on duty at the Metropolitan Correctional Center when Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide have entered into agreements with Manhattan prosecutors that could end the criminal case against them if they cooperate with an…
The National Basketball Association will no longer require head coaches who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to wear masks during games, according to a memo obtained by CNN.The memo, sent to all teams on Saturday, says coaches don't have to…
A Maryland candy company is selling chocolate covered cicadas to celebrate the emergence of the noisy insects that have spent the last 17 years underground.Chouquette Chocolates is selling the cicadas -- dipped in either milk or dark chocolate -- online,…
Yoga classes will return to Alabama public schools after a nearly 30-year hiatus but the traditional "namaste" greeting as well as chanting remain forbidden.Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed legislation this week that reversed a longtime ban on yoga instruction…
Two people died and four others were injured during a shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey, Friday night.Six people were sitting in a car near Crescent Avenue and Brinkerhoff Street when two shooters walked up to them and fired, shooting…
Charlie will soon bite his brother's finger for the last time.The memorable and meme-able YouTube video "Charlie bit my finger," one of the most viewed videos in the website's history, was auctioned off as a non-fungible token, or NFT, on…
Tennessee State University announced it is exploring adding men's and women's ice hockey teams, a development that would make TSU the first of the historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, to do so.TSU, in partnership with the National Hockey…
America's rural ambulance services, often sustained by volunteers, are fighting for their survival -- a crisis hastened by the impact of Covid-19.More than one-third of all rural EMS are in danger of closing, according to Alan Morgan, CEO of the…
When he gives a speech, Ben Crump often springs an uncomfortable question on his audience.The man who has been called "Black America's attorney general" asks listeners if they can name five Black people who have been killed by excessive police…
A Connecticut man has been charged with manslaughter in connection with his wife's death Friday, hours after her body was found in a wooded area in East Hartford, police told CNN.Tahj Hutchinson has been charged with first-degree manslaughter and is…
When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its new mask guidance last week, it didn't include guidance to vaccinated parents who have unvaccinated children, leaving many parents confused about what to do.The new guidance says people who…
Newly released videos show the sequence of events that led to the death of Ronald Greene, a Black man, in Louisiana in 2019, offering a graphic account of an encounter with the state police that has drawn fresh attention this…
Four Seattle Mariners relief pitchers were placed on the injured list after a potential positive Covid-19 test on the team was reported, the team's general manager said in a press release.The person with the potential positive test was not named,…
Two men were killed and eight other people were injured in a shooting early Saturday in downtown Minneapolis, police said.Seven of the victims were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries and one man was in critical condition, according to the…
For all the people who are clamoring to get back out in the world post-vaccine, there are plenty who are saying, "nope, we aren't ready."Even with science of the vaccine on their side — and liberating new CDC guidance on…
