The FBI in San Francisco is implementing new strategies to combat hate crimes after two Asian women were stabbed at a bus stop in the city earlier this week.The San Francisco division of the agency announced on Thursday that it…
The mother of a Latino man who died in police custody in Alameda, California, after being restrained for about five minutes says her son asked the officers for help, but they didn't have compassion for him.Mario Gonzalez Arenales died on…
Nearly three years before Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than 9 minutes, the former Minneapolis police officer allegedly knelt on the neck and back of a teen for almost 17 minutes.Chauvin, who was…
A judge in North Carolina has issued a written order to allow the immediate family of Andrew Brown Jr. to see the videos of his fatal encounter with law enforcement. The Pasquotank County Sheriff now says some family members will…
Kidde is voluntarily recalling about 226,000 smoke alarms and combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms over concerns that they can fail to alert users to a fire.The company and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission identified seven affected models on…
A federal grand jury has indicted four former Minneapolis police officers in connection with the death of George Floyd, alleging the officers violated Floyd's constitutional rights, according to court documents filed in federal court in Minnesota.The indictment says Derek Chauvin…
Louisiana State University has hired the first African American president in the Southeastern Conference.William Tate IV will begin in July, LSU said on its website.Tate is currently at the University of South Carolina as provost and executive vice president for…
Scientists were in for a shock when they encountered a "real life river monster" -- a giant fish believed to be more than 100 years old.Staff from the Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office caught the fish -- a female…
Steel prices have tripled since plummeting at the beginning of the pandemic. That sounds like good news, but analysts warn it could be a bubble just waiting to burst.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and…
Washington, DC, police are searching for a suspect in a possible hate crime following the assault of an Asian store owner on Tuesday that was captured on the business's surveillance camera.The Metropolitan Police Department said it is investigating the offense…
The family of a Black 16-year-old is demanding accountability and transparency after authorities announced an investigation into the teenager's death last month in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.Mikayla Miller's body was found by a jogger in the woods off a walking path during…
Two men were charged Thursday in the connection with the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy in New York City last year, according to a news release from the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office.The baby, identified as Davell Gardner, was killed…
A Florida school district is investigating an incident that happened at an elementary school after a mother secretly recorded her 6-year-old being paddled on the buttocks by staff, the school district tells CNN.The student's mother said she received a call…
A suspect who held five people captive during an eight-hour standoff at a Wells Fargo bank in St. Cloud, Minnesota, has been arrested and will be charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping and second-degree assault., authorities said.It was a "peaceful resolution,…
For young people who are experiencing social isolation and loss during the pandemic, the mental health effects have been taxing. Research shows that depression and anxiety are prevalent among children and adolescents due to Covid-19.Keren Taylor, who started WriteGirl, a…
Ma'Khia Bryant was charging at two young women with a knife, police body camera video footage shows, when an officer arrived and fatally shot her outside the foster home she had been living in for about two months.Ma'Khia's foster mother…
A center tracking reports of racism and discrimination against Asian Americans says it has received 6,603 firsthand complaints since last year.Stop AAPI Hate began tracking violence and harassment on March 19 last year as more Asian Americans were verbally and…
Two students and one adult suffered non-life-threatening injuries during a shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho, on Thursday, according to a statement from the school district obtained by CNN affiliate East Idaho News.The suspect, a 6th-grade student, pulled…
A Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after allegedly hijacking a school bus full of students on its way to Forest Lake Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina, the Richland County sheriff said.Sheriff Leon Lott called the incident "a very…
Asian American women keep getting attacked in cities across the US.Horrifying assaults have been reported in San Francisco, Baltimore and New York City within the last week.A man was arrested last Tuesday after two Asian women were stabbed while waiting…
