A man who died earlier this year in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody had been sick for months, his condition seeming to worsen as he was held at a troubled detention center in Louisiana, advocates say and ICE records show. Ousmane Ba, a 33-year-old man from Senegal, died Feb. 23 after being hospitalized for nearly … Read more
An Arizona State University academic seen in viral video confronting a woman in a hijab during a pro-Israel protest near campus has been booted from the institution, ASU said this week. Jonathan Yudelman, a postdoctoral research scholar at ASU’s School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership who taught a pair of classes in spring, … Read more
KING CITY, Calif. — Three suspects have been arrested in connection with a March shooting by masked men at a party in rural central California that killed four people and left seven others wounded, officials said Friday. The three people were arrested on multiple gang-related charges and included one juvenile, Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto … Read more
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TikToker Kimberley Nix, who documented her three year journey with metastatic sarcoma, has died at the age of 31. As a final farewell, Nix published a last video on her TikTok page to her 148,000 followers saying, “If you’re seeing this message, I have passed away peacefully.” Nix, who worked as a resident doctor, was … Read more
The Social Security Administration is set to implement new rules to make it easier for beneficiaries to access certain benefits and increase the payments some may receive. The new changes affect Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, which provides more than 7 million Americans with monthly benefit checks. Those benefits are for seniors ages 65 and up, or adults … Read more
An Illinois man was arrested and charged with a hate crime after he allegedly shot his neighbor several times in what authorities say is a racially motivated incident. Around 5:37 p.m. Tuesday deputies were called to an area in Lockport Township for reports of shots fired. The responding deputies were told that the victim, a … Read more
A severe solar storm is expected to supercharge the northern lights on Friday, with forecasts indicating that auroras could be seen as far south in the United States as Alabama. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center said Thursday that a series of solar flares and eruptions from the sun could trigger … Read more
SEATTLE — Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday he’s seeking a court order to force the Seattle Archdiocese to turn over files on priests accused of sexual abuse and make its archbishop answer questions under oath as part of a sweeping probe into how the state’s three Catholic dioceses handled claims of child … Read more
The first shark bit him in the knee. The second shark bit him in the shoulder. But somehow, Marlin Deere Wakeman was able to pull himself out of the water and into a boat. And two weeks later, the 24-year-old Florida native remains amazed that he survived his brush with death in one piece. “Thankfully, … Read more