Connecticut detectives opened an investigation into the accidental fatal drug overdose of Lauren Smith-Fields hours after the medical examiner issued her cause of death, which her family questioned. Smith-Fields, 23, was killed by “acute intoxication due to the combined effects ...
All 14 of Mississippi’s black, state senators refused to vote on a bill banning the teaching of critical race theory in the state's public schools, walking out in protest instead. ...
Carlos Serafin died trying to save his granddaughter Ma’Liyah White who fell through a frozen pond in Illinois on Saturday morning. ...
Beloved comedian and “Full House” star Bob Saget has died at the age of 65, officials said Sunday. The actor was found dead in his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. A ...
Dueling vigils were held in Washington DC Thursday night to mark the one-year anniversary of the Capitol riot, emphasizing a larger clash over what people believe really happened that day. ...
Former President Donald Trump was “very appreciative” and “surprised” that President Biden publicly credited his administration’s role in helping to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to Americans. ...
Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell said the GOP would “certainly welcome” West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin “if he was so inclined” to flip parties. ...
New Jersey officials announced the state’s first confirmed case of the COVID-19 variant Omicron on Friday in a woman who had recently traveled to South Africa. The patient, a fully-vaccinated Georgia resident, tested positive on Nov. 28 and has remained ...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) shrugged at the Biden administration's release of 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Tuesday. ...
A Florida judge on Monday officially exonerated four young black men — known as the Groveland Four — who were falsely accused of raping a white women over 70 years ago. Administrative Judge Heidi Davis dismissed the indictments of Ernest ...