A judge in Minneapolis Friday rejected defense motions to postpone and relocate Derek Chauvin's murder trial in the death of George Floyd. Judge Peter Cahill's rulings came one week after the city agreed to pay $27 million to Floyd's estate…
With 30 compressions and two rescue breaths, 16-year-old Torri'ell Norwood saved her best friend's life, just a day after completing a basic life support class at her high school."I never would have thought that I would be the one, out…
In the pitch-black night, the teens' eyes blink in confusion as the bright beam of a constable's flashlight shines in their direction.They are in Texas, less than a mile north of the US-Mexico border, trying to find their way.It's a…
Tuesday was not the first time the street with two of the three spas targeted in shootings has witnessed horrific violence.Next door to one of them, 24 years earlier, a bomb exploded at an LGBTQ bar, injuring four people.This week,…
After the difficult year we've all seen, this year's list of the world's happiest countries feels even more relevant. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also get "5 Things…
A cardiologist at a grocery store almost had her mask ripped off. A young man was verbally accosted, and his White friend didn't notice. A retired woman was called a racial slur and blocked from exiting a parking lot.These are…
Surveillance video recorded by a business next to Youngs Asian Spa, where a spate of shootings started that left eight people dead near and in Atlanta this week, appears to show the suspect parking his vehicle in front of the…
Police are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed a restaurant manager multiple times after he was told to wear a mask inside a Jack in the Box restaurant in League City, Texas."It's a very polarizing situation," League City Police…
The New York Senate passed a bill Thursday limiting the amount of time an inmate can spend in solitary settings and ban it altogether for some populations.The bill specifically would put a 15-day limit on solitary confinement, making New York…
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it has relaunched its climate change website as part of the Biden administration's efforts to tackle the climate crisis.The digital reboot marks a shift from the Trump administration's approach, in which several changes were…
Covid-19 infections are on the rise across the country, with Michigan (+50%) among the states witnessing the largest spikes, according to Johns Hopkins University.Michigan cases have been climbing since the last week of February, and the state has reported the…
A 75-year-old Asian woman says she fought back after being punched in the eye Wednesday morning in what police believe was an unprovoked assault."He bullies old people," Xiao Zhen Xie said in a video taken after the attack by CNN…
As the third round of stimulus payments goes out, many Americans are obsessively checking their bank accounts. But more than half a million people in the US might not have a bank account to eye or a mailbox to open…
Seven sandbar sharks now swim the waters of the New York Aquarium at Coney Island.Their new digs are definitely more spacious than their previous home -- a New York man's above-ground pool.Joshua Seguine, 40, is facing a $5,000 fine for…
A photo allegedly posted by Capt. Jay Baker, a public information officer at the Cherokee County, Georgia, Sheriff's Office, shows shirts with a racist and anti-Asian message about Covid-19."Covid 19 imported virus from Chy-na," the racist shirt in the photo…
All 68 teams in the men's NCAA college basketball tournament have been cleared to play ahead of today's First Four games.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also get "5…
There has been a marked rise in anti-Asian violence across the United States, an issue that once again rattled a community on edge after the Tuesday mass shooting deaths of eight people at spas in the Atlanta area, six of…
In a series of Instagram posts on Wednesday, Vanessa Bryant revealed the names of the four Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies who allegedly took or shared grisly photos of the scene of the helicopter crash that killed her husband,…
At least two of the eight people killed at Atlanta-area Asian massage spas Tuesday lived in the same spa where they worked, Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen said."This one fact alone highlights the vulnerability, the invisibility, and the isolation of…
Boston Marathon icon Dick Hoyt died Wednesday morning at age 80, according to his son, Russ Hoyt. He passed peacefully in his sleep due to heart failure, his son said.Dick Hoyt and his son, Rick, became Boston Marathon legends after…
