Federal and local officials in Maryland and Washington, DC, on Wednesday announced a new regional task force to crack down on spikes in crime in the area.In announcing the carjacking prosecution task force, acting US Attorney for Maryland Jonathan Lenzner…
With Demi Lovato revealing that they are non-binary and using they/them pronouns, it's a good time to make sure you're up to speed on pronoun etiquette.Because the English language lacks gender-neutral pronouns, those who fall outside the gender binary --…
Viola Fletcher was 7 years old when she witnessed one of worst acts of racial violence the US has ever seen.An angry White mob rampaged through Tulsa's Greenwood District in Oklahoma, killing hundreds of Black people and leaving her thriving…
Duke University has hired the first woman -- and first person of color -- to serve as the school's director of athletics.The university announced Wednesday that Nina E. King would be replacing Kevin M. White, who is retiring in September…
Nearly twenty buildings in Philadelphia are dimming their lights this spring after thousands of birds perished in the city's largest mass collision in recent history.The voluntary measure has been coordinated by "Bird Safe Philly" and continues until May 30 with…
An 11-year-old girl waiting for her school bus in Pensacola, Florida, was able to fight off an alleged kidnapping attempt on Tuesday morning and get to safety, authorities said.A 30-year-old suspect was arrested later that day after a search involving…
Nearly three years after the body of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was found in a cornfield, prosecutors delivered opening statements in an Iowa courtroom Wednesday accusing a farmworker of following her on a run, fatally stabbing her, putting her in his…
CNN will air a star-studded prime-time special on Sunday honoring the class of 2021, as millions of students across the nation graduate following a year shaped by the coronavirus pandemic."Graduation 2021: A CNN Special Event" will air Sunday, May 23…
Ongoing lumber shortages may put a dent in new US home construction, but the housing market is still red-hot.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also get "5 Things You…
A 38-year-old Illinois man was pulled over Sunday after a deputy saw him apparently sleeping behind the wheel of a 2019 Tesla operating on autopilot, the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.When one deputy pulled alongside the…
The attorneys for the family of Andrew Brown Jr. are asking the Department of Justice to intervene after a North Carolina district attorney said that deputies would not be charged in connection to his fatal shooting."We certainly got neither transparency…
The trial of millionaire Robert Durst, the subject of the HBO crime documentary "The Jinx," restarted Tuesday in Los Angeles after a break of more than a year because of Covid-19.The day began with a juror being dismissed and ended…
A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted so-called qualified immunity to Louisiana officers who were accused of forcing an unarmed Black man to the ground and beating him into compliance, a case that experts say exemplifies how difficult it can…
A federal jury has awarded $75 million to two brothers in North Carolina, decades after they were convicted of rape and murder they did not commit.Leon Brown and Henry McCollum were arrested in 1983 and spent nearly 31 years in…
A former Virginia doctor was sentenced to 59 years in federal prison for scheming more than 25 patients into having unnecessary medical procedures, including irreversible hysterectomies, and fraudulently billing insurance companies for more than $20 million, the Justice Department announced…
In the last 7 months, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have seized more fentanyl than the total for the year before, according to data from the agency.The agency released updated statistics last week of the amount of drugs…
On Tuesday morning, District Attorney Andrew Womble said the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. by Pasquotank County sheriff's deputies was justified. He held a press conference explaining his decision, outlining his understanding of the law, and he played four…
A Florida judge facing discipline for allegedly missing work and having court staff drive him to events, do his online shopping and perform other personal errands has resigned from the bench, according to the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission.The Commission opened…
A transgender woman in New Jersey was moved to a men's prison after filing a lawsuit alleging abuse at her facility, and seeking transfer to another facility that houses women, according to her lawyer.Rae Rollins, 25, is a trans woman,…
Decades ago, the Green Book allowed Black Americans to safely navigate a violently segregated country. On Monday, that concept was reimagined with the launch of the Lavender Book.The Lavender Book, a crowd-sourced app created by the National Black Justice Coalition…
