Louisville police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor appeals to get his job back
Myles Cosgrove was one of the seven officers assigned to execute a no-knock search warrant on Taylor's apartment in March 2020.
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A North Carolina city begins to reckon with the massacre in its white supremacist past
In 1898, a white supremacist mob burned the offices of Wilmington's Black-owned newspaper and gunned down scores of the city's African American residents. Now, the city is honoring some of the dead.
Supreme Court conservatives are skeptical on spiritual advisers in death chamber
The subject has, at times, divided the court's conservative majority and it has also at times embarrassed the court, as minority religious advisers have sometimes been excluded from the chamber.
McDonald's CEO apologizes after saying 2 slain children were failed by their parents
Chris Kempczinski held a town hall with employees on Monday after reports revealed he messaged Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and appeared to blame the death of two shooting victims on their parents.
Prosecutors in Rittenhouse trial rest their case, but face questions about strategy
Legal experts say the jury's verdict could come down to how well the prosecution made its central argument that Rittenhouse was the aggressor and not just acting in self-defense, as he claims.
Oklahoma's Supreme Court tossed out a landmark $465 million opioid ruling
This ruling and a recent state court in California raise questions about thousands of opioid lawsuits filed against Big Pharma.
Pfizer and BioNTech ask FDA to authorize COVID vaccine booster for people 18+
The companies say a study of more than 10,000 volunteers showed a vaccine efficacy of 95% or greater for people receiving the booster.
'Blue Velvet' and 'Quantum Leap' actor Dean Stockwell has died at age 85
The veteran actor was known for his wide variety of roles — from sci-fi tv shows such as Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica, to arthouse classics like Paris, Texas and Blue Velvet.
An original Apple-1 computer sells for $400,000
The computer is one out of the 200 Apple-1 computers that were designed and built by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs.
They're the invisible victims of climate change
At summits like COP26, attention is paid to those who find their livelihood — and health — at risk and who might become climate change refugees. But who will speak up for the stateless?