The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Mobile County Sheriff's Office in Alabama and Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran over allegations of sex discrimination from 12 current and former female corrections officers.The complaint alleges the women --…
Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan mansion was sold for approximately $51 million to an undisclosed buyer Tuesday, an attorney for the estate said.Funds from the sale will be transferred to the Epstein Victims' Compensation Program so new claims can be issued, Dan…
Five Oklahoma City Police officers were charged with first-degree manslaughter in last year's fatal shooting of a 15-year-old armed robbery suspect who had already dropped his weapon, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Oklahoma County.Officers Bethany Sears, Jared Barton,…
A FedEx Express driver is being hailed a hero by police after he jumped into freezing water to save a woman who had crashed her car.Brandon Alt said he was just getting started on his delivery route that goes through…
A man who was charged with murder in 2018 was released prematurely from Rikers Island prison, officials said.Christopher Buggs, 26, was arrested three years ago in connection to a second-degree murder charge. During a routine virtual hearing on February 16,…
The University of Texas has long faced allegations that its famous alma mater, "The Eyes of Texas," had a racist past, but a committee tasked with researching the tune's history and intent found it's not as clear as it seems.UT…
A group of bipartisan senators is reintroducing a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent.In the United States, most states observe DST -- which starts on the second Sunday in March at 2 a.m. and ends on the…
The new details emerging daily at the US-Mexico border are tough to track.It's a fast-moving situation, described by the Biden administration as a "stressful challenge" and decried by critics of immigration as a "crisis." There are a lot of developments…
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has received the vial from the first authorized Covid-19 vaccine dose administered in the United States, along with other artifacts related to the record-breaking vaccine process.Northwell Health, which administered the vaccine, donated the…
Beth Moore, a popular evangelical Christian and Bible teacher, says she is no longer a Southern Baptist and is parting ways with the denomination's publishing arm.Moore disclosed her departure during a recent interview with Religion News Service."I am still a…
Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter on Tuesday after jury of 12 people, unnamed and unseen during the trial in Minneapolis, deliberated more than 10 hours.The jury of five men and seven women began deliberations Monday to…
The nation's second-largest school district has reached a tentative deal with a teachers' union to reopen its schools for at least some in-person learning by April.Los Angeles Unified School District, which closed its buildings to in-person learning in March 2020…
Prosecutors and a defense attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse agreed to move the start of Rittenhouse's trial in fatal shootings during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, from March to November 1.Rittenhouse,18, was arraigned January 5 on two felony charges of homicide in…
March 26 marks the one-year anniversary of Lauren Thomas Mandel's Covid-19 infection -- and she and her family are still feeling the effects of the illness.The worst part of a year of symptoms, she told CNN's Chris Cuomo, is the…
Alaska, one of the states leading the US in vaccinations, has made the Covid-19 vaccine available to any resident ages 16 and up.It's the first state in the US to remove nearly every eligibility requirement for the Covid-19 vaccine --…
A Utah woman's new home came with an old mystery -- a tombstone from the 1890s.Elise Armand was going through her storage shed over the weekend when she saw the tombstone on the ground between the building and her garage.She…
Many of us are looking back through our phone's camera roll right about now, reminiscing on where we were this time last year.We all have a photo or video of that last time we gathered with friends at a crowded…
A Harvard professor has sparked international backlash after publishing an academic article arguing that Korean comfort women -- sent against their will to imperial Japan to have sex with soldiers -- were not actually forced into their prostitution but that…
It wasn't until Yusuf Nur was inside the execution chamber, standing next to a condemned man strapped to a gurney, that he understood why he'd been asked to be present.The inmate, Orlando Hall, had asked Nur to be his Muslim…
Sea levels are rising, and of course that's affecting coastal cities. But the very infrastructure that makes those cities run compounds the problem.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also…
