Authorities say a Northern California adolescent who went missing while reportedly completing research for a school assignment was found dead on Thursday, while no foul play is suspected. Dante de la Torre, 16, went missing Wednesday while out collecting soil samples near
Another complaint has been filed against Twitter in connection with the recent layoff of half of its personnel, alleging the social media corporation disproportionately targeted female employees for layoffs. According to a proposed class action filed late Wednesday in federal court in
The Federal Communications Commission announced Thursday that it had barred all U.S. phone providers from accepting calls from a small communications firm accused of delivering robocalls promoting fake student loan relief services. According to Alex Quilici, CEO of the anti-robocall startup YouMail,
Authorities claimed a FedEx driver in Texas panicked after hitting a 7-year-old girl with his work van and tossed her in the truck, where he killed her. Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, is charged with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping after allegedly striking
The Florida state lawmaker who introduced the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, as it was nicknamed by opponents, resigned on Thursday, a day after being accused of fraudulently collecting tens of thousands of dollars through a federal Covid-relief program. State Rep. Joseph Harding,
A three-day search in southwestern Iowa after a lady claimed her late father was a serial killer yielded no results, state officials said Thursday. According to Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the dig took place on
Mongolian protesters gathered in the capital for a fifth day on Thursday to decry perceived government corruption, despite the arrests of eight officials suspected of so-called coal theft. Thousands of people have gathered at Ulaanbaatar’s Sukhbaatar Square since Sunday, requesting the authorities
South Korea enacted legislation on Thursday to abandon its traditional system of calculating ages in favour of the international standard, thereby making its residents one or two years younger on official documents. Koreans are considered a year old when they are born,
Following a physical fight at a metro station in Washington, D.C., an off-duty FBI agent shot and killed the victim, according to authorities. Shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the D.C. Metro Transit Police said they were called to reports of multiple
According to Dallas police, a 12-year-old kid has been detained and charged with murder in connection with a hit-and-run car accident that claimed the life of an 82-year-old woman last month. In north Dallas on November 7, Florence Kelly was struck by
The long-awaited report of the panel looking into the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 will be made public on Wednesday, December 21, according to Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House committee looking into the incident. According to Thompson,
Despite continuing inflation, there are some areas where high costs are decreasing, according to Walmart‘s CEO on Tuesday. According to Doug McMillon, costs are decreasing across the board for toys, apparel, and sports gear. “In toys, sporting goods, apparel, and categories like
A Department of Justice Inspector General report issued on Tuesday found that female trainees in the FBI’s training program experienced sexism from instructors were fired at a higher rate than male trainees, and were subjected to harsher evaluations. Male and female trainees
After identifying “substantial evidence” that Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina unlawfully promoted a cryptocurrency while serving in Congress, the House Ethics Committee ordered him to donate roughly $15,000 to a charity on Tuesday. The consequence closes a probe into whether
Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed in her home in 2019 by a former Fort Worth, Texas, the officer who is currently on trial for murder. Dean’s police partner claimed in court on Tuesday that he never claimed to have seen someone
While the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving a web designer’s attempt to avoid working on same-sex weddings because she is a devout evangelical Christian, Justice Samuel Alito made jokes about Black Santa, kids in Klan uniforms, and dating websites.
