This Election Day, Alabama voters once again will decide whether to remove racist language from the state’s constitution and other sections that ground it in its segregationist past. Although segregation hasn’t been legal in Alabama since the 1950s, a section remains in the state’s constitution requiring Black and White children to attend schools separated by…… MORE
Several players and staff of the Los Angeles Chargers have been forced to leave their homes because of the ongoing fires in Southern California. The order came due to mandatory evacuation mandates in the area due to the wildfires, team spokesperson Josh Rupprecht confirmed to CNN. Justin Herbert, starting quarterback for the NFL team, was…… MORE
The girlfriend of Marcellis Stinnette, who survived the shooting that killed the 19-year-old in Waukegan, Illinois, last week, told reporters Tuesday the police harassed her and Stinnette before opening fire without warning after she drove away. Following the shooting, she said, police took her away and threw a blanket over Stinnette while he was still…… MORE
Orca Bay Foods is recalling more than 350 cases of Trader Joe’s brand Gluten Free Battered Halibut because the fish were packaged without listing milk or wheat as allergens. So far, there have been no illnesses reported. “People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to wheat and milk run the risk of serious or…… MORE
It’s mid-afternoon, and Shonda Johnson just wrapped up her third hair appointment of the day. Her phone rings, and it’s her 13-year-old son calling from home. He wants to know if he can have some snacks. “You can have a little bit,” she tells him. “OK. Is that all you needed? OK. Bye-bye.” Johnson, a…… MORE
The actions of Louisville, Kentucky, police on the night Breonna Taylor was fatally shot were “negligent” and “criminal,” two anonymous grand jurors in the case said in a broadcast interview to air Wednesday. “They were criminal leading up to this in everything that they — the way they moved forward on it, including the warrant,…… MORE
John Bjorkman’s life revolved around children — his own children, his children’s children, and those he taught in South Dakota schools for more than three decades. When he wasn’t in a classroom, first as a teacher and later a principal and a superintendent, he’d lug his own children around the state while he refereed girls’…… MORE
Protesters took to the streets for a second night after officers in Philadelphia shot and killed a Black man who was holding a knife in an encounter city officials say raises questions. While one group marched peacefully on Tuesday evening, chanting Walter Wallace Jr.’s name and saying, “Whose streets? Our streets,” there was trouble in…… MORE
Earlier this year, Gabrielle Perry went on one of the best dates she’d ever had. She was impressed by her date’s life experiences and conversation. She had a lovely time and agreed to meet him again. Then the onslaught of threats began. The man started texting her a torrent of personal information — the make…… MORE
Keith Raniere, founder of the group Nxivm, has been sentenced to 120 years in prisson. US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis read the sentence in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday, after more than a dozen people gave victim impact statements at his sentencing. Raniere, 60, was convicted in 2019 by a jury in Brooklyn federal court of…… MORE
