Actor Felix Silla, who portrayed Cousin Itt on the 1960s TV series "The Addams Family," died on Friday. He was 84.Silla passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his manager Timothy Beal told CNN."He was a great friend, a…
Samaria Blackwell dreamed of being a police officer.John Weisert would have celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary in the fall.Amarjit Sekhon and Jasvinder Kaur were the backbones of their families and members of Indianapolis' close-knit Sikh community.Instead of coming home from…
With jury deliberations in Derek Chauvin's trial in the death of George Floyd expected next week, Minneapolis and other US cities are preparing for protests and possible civil unrest.The verdict in one of the most closely watched police brutality trials…
The bodies of two men found inside a commercial vessel that capsized earlier this week off the Louisiana coast have been identified.Lafourche Parish Coroner Dr. John King identified the two men as Anthony Hartford, 53, of New Orleans and James…
Google takes many opportunities to celebrate trailblazers with its homepage doodles.On Saturday, the search engine featured Laura Maria Catarina Bassi, an Italian physicist and professor who was a pioneer for women in science.Born in 1711, Bassi debated top academics on…
Picking out the perfect engagement ring can be a lot of pressure for someone preparing to propose. A man in Atlanta seemed to have a solution -- just propose with five rings.In a video posted to Instagram, William Hunn gets…
Two people have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting at a Nebraska mall, Omaha police said.The shooting took place Saturday at the Westroads Mall in Omaha. Trequez Swift, 21, was killed. Ja'Keya Veland, 22, was injured and is…
An 18-year-old from Ohio is facing weapons charges after officers patrolling a Times Square subway station on Friday found him with an AK-47 and a loaded magazine, police said.Saadiq Teague, of Canal Winchester near Columbus, was arrested Friday afternoon, the…
As Daunte Wright's loved ones reflected on a son who will grow up without a father, a peaceful march and protest calling for justice in his death devolved into unrest and, authorities said, at least 100 people were arrested on…
More than four months after the first coronavirus vaccine hit American arms, a week-long drive to vaccinate the homeless against Covid-19 is underway in Phoenix.With the goal of vaccinating 500 people in a five-day period that ended on Friday, it's…
When a gunman killed eight people and wounded several others at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday night, the city was already experiencing a plague of rising homicides.The killings mark the latest mass shooting in America -- a troubling…
This week's deadly mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis struck deeply into the area's Sikh community after it suffered the loss of four members in the bloody onslaught."Our community has a long road of healing physically, mentally…
When the world goes back to normal, Shanan Cale's life won't change much.She'll still work mostly from her home in California. She'll mother her two college-aged daughters. And she'll continue to ponder intimacy and connection as a 54-year-old woman experiencing…
Dasia Taylor didn't expect to become a nationally recognized scientist at 17 years old.The Iowa student has dedicated her life to equity work, from serving as one of her school district's diversity equity leaders to participating in her high school's…
Liberty University has filed a lawsuit against former school president Jerry Falwell Jr. that alleges he breached his employment contract and conspired to withhold damaging information from the university's board of trustees.The university's lawsuit alleges Falwell was dishonest with the…
Police in Portland, Oregon, said they used pepper spray and smoke canisters to break up a crowd that gathered on Friday as they investigated the fatal shooting of a suspect by police in Lents Park.A suspect who has only been…
Authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the killings of two transgender women in Charlotte, North Carolina.Dontarius Long, 21, and Joel Brewer, 33, were charged in the deaths of Jaida Peterson, 29, and Remy Fennell, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny…
A court in Texas has thrown out the death sentence of convicted killer Raymond Riles, who has spent more than 40 years on the state's death row.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled on Wednesday that Riles' death sentence "can…
A Loveland, Colorado, police officer is on administrative leave and two other officers have been reassigned to administrative duties after a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging excessive use of force was filed against the city of Loveland and the three…
Two people are dead and police officer was wounded after a traffic stop Friday ended in gunfire, according to the San Antonio police chief.A fourth person was wounded and has been hospitalized, Chief William McManus said during a brief news…
