Tag: policing

According to two government officials, the Biden administration is gradually implementing new changes that would increase the speed with which the US government evaluates...

When David Lipson smelled the smoke, he was sitting in his dining room on the phone with his son. He ran out of his...

Brittney Griner may have been the most well-known American whose overseas detention was deemed unlawful by the United States. State Department, but she wasn't...

Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated by former President Trump's renewed focus on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot, fearing that it will jeopardize...

A judge ruled on Monday that an Oklahoma parent could not be barred from entering a school after confronting a member of the school...

Colonial Pipeline's CEO faced tough questions from lawmakers Tuesday about his company's ransomware attack, which caused a major disruption in the nation's fuel supply...

Helene Fox was recovering from surgery to remove endometriosis when she caught Covid-19. It had been six weeks since her laparoscopy and although she...

According to court documents filed Tuesday, the man accused of brutally attacking the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told police officers on...

According to a forthcoming book, former President Barack Obama chastised his own former White House physician for criticizing Joe Biden's cognitive health on the...

Floodwaters raced down streets and engulfed lawns along Florida's southwest coast Wednesday, courtesy of historic Hurricane Michael. Ian roared closer to the expected landfall...

After President Biden outlined his proposal for a massive $2.2 trillion spending bill on Wednesday, a bevy of Senate Republicans are speaking out against the plan...

"Tuvalu is sinking," Finance Minister Seve Paeniu declares of his island nation during an interview with Yahoo News at the United Nations Climate Change...

President Biden has started to call for Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons after yet another spate of mass shootings, despite the...

The Biden administration's new $500 million military contract with Saudi Arabia, critics claim, goes against the spirit of the White House's public policy of...

A new Senate panel's bipartisan investigation claims that one of the country's largest military housing companies put military families' health and safety at risk,...

Wei Chen wants visitors to Philadelphia's Chinatown to look through the community's gateway arch and see residents chatting in Mandarin on the steps to...

In the race for Pennsylvania governor, one of the country's most important midterm elections, Trump-backed Republican Doug Mastriano trails his Democratic opponent in fundraising,...

According to police in Florida, two students at a Daytona Beach university may have prevented a mass shooting by informing campus security about messages...

In June, approximately 20 engineers were invited to a meeting at the headquarters of rocket manufacturer SpaceX. Elon Musk, the company's founder and CEO...

Before the start of the 2020-2021 NBA season, Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, directed his team to stop playing the national anthem...

According to a report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, death rates for Americans aged 15 and older rose sharply...

The term "parasocial relationship" has recently gained popularity on Twitter. When it was revealed that comedian John Mulaney and actress Olivia Munn are expecting a...

Human bodies continue to emerge as the water level of the nation's largest man-made reservoir recedes due to drought. Human remains have been discovered in...

The school police chief who was chastised for allowing officers to remain on campus during a gunman's deadly siege last week in Uvalde, Texas,...

Moderna is about to administer the 200 millionth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine. Tiera May works at the facility in Bloomington, Indiana, a small...

Uganda's schools reopened to students on Monday, bringing the world's longest school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic to an end. The reopening caused traffic...

Taeyo Suarez didn't think he'd make it when he was assigned COVID-19 last year. The New Orleans barbershop owner was hesitant to get the vaccine...

Following the May massacre in Uvalde, Texas, a simple account of the police response took hold: Following his command, scores of officers from over...

Senate Republicans opened Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing by focusing on something else: old grievances, knowing they won't be able to stop her from...

The tax plan President Joe Biden laid out last week will likely hit technology and pharmaceutical companies particularly hard, although the challenge for legislators...

A new poll of 1,500 American citizens found that 43% believe a civil war will erupt within the next decade, indicating growing concern about...

Nissan is the latest automaker to announce a massive investment in an ambitious electrification strategy. The company stated that it will invest 2 trillion...

After more than a half-dozen attacks in trains and stations over the holiday weekend, New York's latest plan to combat both crime and homelessness...

Revital Healthcare EPZ Ltd, based in Kilifi, has been awarded a contract to supply medical equipment to Tanzania. Tanzania has placed an order for...

Hearing American progressives speak in 2021 is like picturing Luke Skywalker battling the overwhelming force of the Death Star. Despite the fact that liberals dominate...

Temperature-scanning devices that check for fevers in schools, workplaces and public venues across the United States distort the results in a way that could...

A group of people waits patiently by a blue bus parked beneath a bridge in Belgrade on a sunny autumn day. This will be...

As the Supreme Court appears to be on track to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, progressive prosecutors across the country are declaring that...

A digital currency issued by the United States could be on the horizon. The Biden administration is supporting research and development of a "U.S. Central...

On Wednesday last week, Google's Fiona Cicconi wrote to company employees. She announced that Google was bringing forward its timetable of moving people back...

It's one of the most grueling hunts in the seafood industry. Every year, up to 73 million shark fins are slashed from the backs of...

President Joe Biden praised New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday for her success in combating domestic extremism and gun violence, as he...

A co-founder of the global scheme to provide vaccines for poor people said Thursday India was delaying exports of much-needed jabs, as EU leaders...

Dr. Darien Sutton's first thought when a woman in her 30s showed up in his Los Angeles County hospital emergency room this week with...

New polls show that President Joe Biden's approval ratings remain stubbornly low, even in Democratic strongholds like New York and California. According to a Siena...

At least six major automakers, including Ford, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, and Volvo, and 30 national governments pledged on Wednesday to work toward phasing out...

California is on track to become one of the first states in the country to explicitly enshrine the right to abortion and contraception in...

The Justice Department will ask the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, despite...

A Florida internet law is on hold while a lawsuit is being heard. Judge Robert Hinkle has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the implementation...

An anecdote told by Meghan Markle in a recent magazine interview has been criticized by Nelson Mandela's grandson for equating the celebrations in South...

The murder trial of a man accused of killing 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in 2019 has devolved into a...

People familiar with the investigation said on Wednesday that federal prosecutors have significantly broadened their Jan. 6 investigation to look into the possible culpability...

According to police, the shooting of a California teenager by a school safety officer is now being investigated as a homicide. Manuela "Mona" Rodriguez, 18,...

Nearly seven years after the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage to be the law of the land, New Jersey enacted legislation on Monday to...

Deaths in the Brazilian city of Serrana have decreased by 95 percent since all adult residents were offered a trial Sinovac vaccine. In addition to...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming new report on the state of the climate today, based on 14,000 pieces of...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI stated on Monday that he attended a meeting where the case of a priest accused of pedophilia was discussed, contradicting...

Truckers protesting a state labor law effectively shut down cargo operations at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, it was announced. "The shutdown will exacerbate...

According to senior administration officials and others briefed on the material, the US has obtained intelligence about a Russian plan to use a faked...

The Summer Olympics are just around the corner and, for the first time since 2000, Jamaican sprinting superstar Usain Bolt won't be on the track. It's...

Rudy Giuliani may have his law license suspended or revoked as a result of a preliminary finding that he broke at least one professional...

Beginning this weekend, Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world will gather at the Vatican for events that could serve as a dress rehearsal...

French President Emmanuel Macron hopes that his three-day trip to Algeria beginning Thursday will end a diplomatic squabble and allow him to strengthen ties...

The dire warning implicit in President Joe Biden’s more than $2trillion American Jobs Plan — which promises to rebuild American infrastructure, create union jobs, and...

Viktor Orbán, Hungary's far-right prime minister, is hoping Donald Trump will visit Budapest in the coming weeks to help his reelection campaign. According to a...

The congressional panel investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol will hold its ninth and possibly final hearing on Donald Trump's "state...

The elite Russian state hackers behind last year's massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign haven't slowed down this year, infiltrating a slew of US and allied...

Joseph Moore led a double life for nearly ten years. The US Army veteran dressed up in a white robe and hood as a hit...

On Tuesday morning, Tiger Woods was hospitalized after being involved in a single vehicle rollover accident in southern california. The professional golfer was taken...

As the global economy emerges from the pandemic's 15-month slumber, Deutsche Bank has launched a series of research articles to spark debate and discussion...

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' space company, filed a lawsuit against NASA's Moon program in federal court on Monday. The complaint escalates the company's months-long...

Ronald Rhoades and his coworkers formed a union last October, concerned about unsafe rigging, overcrowding, and other conditions at the Morton, Illinois, shop where...

After warnings that a tropical storm could make the site unsafe, demolition crews used explosives to bring down the remaining structure left behind after...

The government announced on Monday that all adults in the United Kingdom will be able to get their booster Covid-19 vaccine doses three months...

The Russian military said Wednesday that it used long-range missiles to destroy a depot in Ukraine's western Lviv region that housed ammunition for NATO-supplied...

Michael Storm, a retired Army captain, wanted to take advantage of a new federal plan that requires health insurers to cover up to eight...

Marty Chavez arrived at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport early Tuesday for his flight to Ohio and immediately began looking for his mask. He approached a...

Brown, Ketanji Jackson does not have the typical background of a US Supreme Court justice. Not just because she's a woman of African-American descent. While many...

Britain awoke Friday without its queen for the first time in 70 years. And, as the country entered a lengthy period of national mourning...

A former Irish soldier was convicted of belonging to the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group. Lisa Smith, a former member of the Defence Forces,...