A 30-year-old Northern California man undergoing a mental health episode died days after police officers kneeled on the back of his neck for nearly five minutes to subdue him, lawyers for his family said.
Senior diplomatic security official removed from Afghanistan role after declaring ‘death of America’ when Trump lost election
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Washington The top State Department diplomatic security official in Afghanistan was removed from his role for declaring the "death of America" and making racist comments about Kamala Harris in a post on his Facebook ...
Teenager dies after being stung by a box jellyfish in Australia
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A 17-year-old boy has died a week after being stung by a box jellyfish on a Queensland beach, Australia. The teenager was swimming at Patterson Point, near Bamaga in Queensland, on February 22 when he was stung by ...
Former police chief is facing charges over fires authorities say were linked to people he had disagreements with
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A former Maryland police chief is facing multiple arson and attempted murder charges in connection with 11 fires spanning from 2011 to 2020, according to a news release from the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Depar...
Feds charge man who claimed he dressed up like Antifa and beat, stole gear from police during Capitol riot
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South Carolinian William Robert Norwood III is facing federal charges after allegedly telling a family member he assaulted and stole gear from police officers during the Capitol riot. "I'm dressing in all black," No...
Vernon Jordan, civil rights leader and close ally of Bill Clinton, dies
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Washington Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close adviser to former President Bill Clinton, died Monday evening, multiple sources close to the family tell CNN. He was 85. The former president of the National ...
A Virginia Commonwealth University fraternity has been suspended after the death of a 19-year-old student
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Virginia Commonwealth University has suspended a fraternity after a student was found dead at an off-campus house on Saturday. The VCU chapter of the Delta Chi fraternity was also suspended by the national Delta Chi...
TV pioneer and former NFL star Irv Cross dies at 81
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Broadcasting pioneer and former NFL Pro Bowl cornerback Irv Cross died Sunday morning in Minnesota, the Philadelphia Eagles announced on the team's website. He was 81. Cross was the first African American sports ana...
Purple Heart left at thrift store is returned to the family of a deceased veteran
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Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for The Good Stuff, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. When Teresa Ferrin found a Purple Heart at the Phoenix thrift...
A Virginia police officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop and responding law enforcement killed the alleged shooter
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A police officer in northern Virginia was shot to death Friday afternoon during a traffic stop, and responding law enforcement fatally shot his killer, authorities said. Officer Dominic "Nick" Winum, 48, had been wi...
New Haven, Connecticut, police secure arrest warrant for suspect in Yale student’s killing
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Police in New Haven, Connecticut, say they have secured an arrest warrant charging MIT graduate student Qinxuan Pan with murder in the fatal shooting of Yale University student Kevin Jiang earlier this month. Pan re...
A family is trying to get ‘orbisculate’ into the dictionary to honor their dad who died of Covid-19
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You know when you dig into a grapefruit and, suddenly, its juice squirts you in the eye? There's a word for it. Hello, orbisculate. It's a word that the Krieger family of Boston is trying to get into the dictionary ...
15 years ago a woman found a photo of an unknown family in a used book. Through the power of Twitter, she’s mailing it back to surviving members
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Every few years, a New York City woman took a moment to admire the family photo tucked away on her shelf -- but it wasn't a photo of her own family. Victoria Johnson came across the decades-old photo 15 years ago i...