April 19 (Reuters) – Florida education officials voted on Wednesday to ban classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in all public school grades, expanding on a law signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that barred such lessons for … Read More
Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit from the voting machine company, Dominion, over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. In a last-minute settlement before trial, the network agreed to pay $787.5m (£634m) – about half of the $1.6bn … Read More
US prosecutors have arrested two men in New York for allegedly operating a Chinese “secret police station” in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighbourhood. Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, both New York City residents, face charges of conspiring to act as … Read More
The shooting of a 16-year-old Black boy in Kansas City, Missouri, has sparked national outcry as police investigate whether race played a motivating factor. Ralph Yarl has been identified by his family online as the teenager who was shot after … Read More
DADEVILLE, Ala. – Authorities in Alabama were imploring people to come forward with information Sunday about a shooting that killed four people and injured 28 others during a teenager’s birthday party. The shooting happened at a birthday party in downtown Dadeville at around 10:30 … Read More
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the arrest Thursday of Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman in Massachusetts suspected of leaking classified documents about the war in Ukraine. Teixeira, 21, is charged with the alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified … Read More
Six people are dead and eight others were injured after a mass shooting Monday atOld National Bank in downtown Louisville, and the city is still working to recover Tuesday. Louisville Metro Police officers responded to reports of an active shooter … Read More
The Federal Trade Commission plans to sue Amazon over allegations the company illegally collected and used children’s data via its Alexa-powered smart speakers, according to reports by Politico and Bloomberg. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans to sue Amazon over … Read More
Executive director of the San Jose Police Officers Association charged with attempt to unlawfully import valeryl fentanyl The executive director of a US police union has been charged with attempting to illegally import a fentanyl analogue, and has been accused … Read More
At least 11 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning transgender medical procedures for minors, including Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Utah, South Dakota and West Virginia Kentucky and neighboring West Virginia on Wednesday became the latest … Read More