According to preliminary recommendations released Thursday by the Biden administration in what would be the first update to race and ethnicity standards in a quarter century, a Middle Eastern and North African category could be added to federal surveys and censuses, and
A former Russian Orthodox monk who denied the existence of the coronavirus and defied the Kremlin was sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday. Nikolai Romanov, 67, known as Father Sergiy until his ex-communication by the Russian Orthodox Church, urged his
According to Finnish media, two investigative journalists for a major daily newspaper in Finland were convicted Friday of revealing national defense secrets in a 2017 article that prosecutors claimed included information from classified documents. According to Huvudstadsbladet, another Finnish newspaper, the prosecution
A student nurse appeared in court in the United Kingdom on Friday, accused of plotting an attack on an air force base and bringing a homemade bomb to a hospital maternity unit where he worked. Mohammad Farooq, 27, was arrested outside St.
After being extradited to New York City following an undercover New York Police Department sting that went international, a Jamaican cleric accused of recruiting support for the Islamic State group was convicted Thursday of state terrorism charges. According to Manhattan District Attorney
Police in southern Oregon were looking for a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive, less than two years after he was convicted in Nevada of holding another woman captive for weeks before the victim escaped. Grants Pass Police Chief
A group of death row inmates filed a federal lawsuit against the Texas Prison system on Thursday, claiming that the policy of mandatory and indefinite solitary confinement for all prisoners awaiting execution causes severe physical and psychological harm. The suit claims that
A man from mid-Michigan claims he is innocent of the charges brought against him in connection with the Capitol Riot in Washington on January 6, 2021. WJRT-TV reported that Isaac Thomas of Genesee County appeared in U.S. District Court in Flint on
South Korea says it will continue to restrict short-term Chinese visitors until the end of February, fearing that the spread of COVID-19 in that country will worsen after the Lunar New Year holidays. South Korea stopped issuing most short-term visas at its
According to police, a pop-up urinal crushed a man to death in London‘s theatre district on Friday. After becoming trapped beneath a hydraulic urinal at Cambridge Circus, a busy intersection in the city’s West End, firefighters used a winch to free the
During her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, President Joe Biden‘s judicial nominee appeared to be stumped by Sen. John Kennedy‘s basic constitutional questions. Spokane County Superior Court Judge Charnelle Bjelkengren, who has been nominated to be the United States District Court for
A couple from North Carolina is accused of performing an amateur exorcism on their 4-year-old son, who died as a result. On Jan. 13, Joseph “Joe” Paul Wilson, 41, and Jodi Ann Wilson, 38, of Mount Airy, were arrested on suspicion of
If you’ve ever been perplexed by miniature bottles labelled as Fireball Cinnamon, the popular cinnamon-flavoured drink sold in gas stations and supermarkets, you’re not alone — and there’s now a lawsuit about it. Lawyers for Chicago plaintiff Anna Marquez are suing Fireball
Jessie Lemonier, a defensive end who played for the Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions in the NFL, died on Jan. 26 at the age of 25. “We are shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of former Detroit Lion Jessie
The Justice Department announced Wednesday that a Louisiana man was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for kidnapping and attempting to murder a gay teen as part of a larger hate crime scheme targeting men on an LGBTQ dating app. Chance
According to local officials, a curious bear has become the surprise star of wildlife cameras set up in Boulder, Colorado, taking hundreds of “selfies” in an apparent impromptu photoshoot. The city’s Open Space and Mountain Parks team set out to track animals
