A California state senator introduced a bill Monday night to repeal a law commonly known as "walking while trans" that advocates say has led to decades of discrimination against the transgender community, particularly Black and brown trans women.State Sen. Scott…
A fireball, traveling at an estimated 42,000 miles per hour, was spotted over the skies of northern Vermont and Canada on Sunday night, officials said.NASA Meteor Watch said on Facebook that more than 100 people saw the meteor around 5:38…
Derick Almena, the leaseholder of a dilapidated Oakland warehouse -- dubbed the "Ghost Ship" -- that went up in flames, killing 36 people, was sentenced to 12 years in a plea deal that was accepted by Alameda County Superior Court…
The mayor of Maui has asked some residents to evacuate and others to shelter in place due to flooding that threatened to cause a dam failure earlier Monday and has already damaged or destroyed at least half a dozen homes.The…
Two giraffes died in a fire at a zoo in Virginia on Monday, according to the zoo and the local fire department.Roer's Zoofari said in a Facebook post that staff were "devastated" by the loss of their "beloved giraffe" named…
The University of Kansas and head football coach Les Miles have agreed to part ways effective immediately, the school's athletics department announced Monday.The announcement comes days after KU director of athletics Jeff Long said Miles would be placed on administrative…
The names of four Los Angeles County Sheriff Department (LASD) deputies who allegedly took or shared grisly photos of the scene of the helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant will be released to his wife Vanessa Bryant, a…
Three professors at the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave after photos surfaced of them wearing and holding racist symbols at a campus event in 2014, according to a statement from the school.In two photos verified by…
A Kentucky judge on Monday dismissed charges against Kenneth Walker III, the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor who was killed by police when a "no-knock" search warrant was executed on her home in Louisville on March 13, 2020.Walker "is relieved that,…
The mayor of Maui has asked some residents to evacuate and others to shelter in place due to flooding that has threatened to cause a dam failure and has already damaged or destroyed at least half a dozen homes.The Maui…
Daniel Prude's son is suing the city of Rochester, New York, and police officers involved in Prude's death in federal court for alleged gross negligence and wrongful death.Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, died last year in police custody. He was…
As Texans look ahead to the mask mandate ending and businesses reopening fully on Wednesday, one Houston restaurant is dealing with hateful comments because it said it will require customers to keep wearing masks.A co-owner of Arnaldo Richards' Picos Restaurant…
A Michigan high school student accidentally detonated a homemade explosive device he brought to school Monday morning, injuring himself and four of his classmates, police said.Officers from the Newaygo Police Department responded to Newaygo High School in west-central Michigan at…
A bust of the enslaved explorer who accompanied Lewis and Clark was mysteriously put in a Portland, Oregon, park last month. Weeks later, the artist still hasn't formally come forward -- but the work has sparked a citywide reflection on…
A rare Kobe Bryant rookie card sold for more than $1.795 million on Saturday, "an all-time record" for any Bryant card, according to the Goldin Auctions, an online auction house.The Topps trading card is a chrome refractors edition sold from…
Pets are often celebrated for matching their owner's mannerisms.Walking at the same pace? A sign of good training. Cuddling and watching TV together? Adorable.Stress-eating together because you're both home all day due to a harrowing pandemic? Less endearing -- and…
There are a few reptile fanatics that smile when they see snakes, but maybe only one snake that can smile right back at you ... three times.After eight years of breeding, this lavender albino piebald ball python has three smiley…
Jennifer Williams wants students to love reading the way she did as a child.So, she decided to give away 1 million books to people in her small town of Danville, Virginia -- and she's earned the nickname "book lady" in…
Three Texas teachers heard giggles as they insistently knocked on the front door of their student's home."We knocked and knocked and knocked," Emily Countryman, an eighth-grade teacher at Rawlinson Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, told CNN."Finally, the older brother…
The death that sparked a worldwide movement took center stage in a heavily fortified Minneapolis courtroom on Tuesday as jury selection began in Derek Chauvin's trial in the death of George Floyd.Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died on May 25,…
