As Minnesota schools prepare for the return of students, police officers assigned to schools say new statewide restrictions on the use of physical holds will curb their ability to do their job effectively. A provision in the education bill signed by Gov. Tim Walz in May prohibits school-based officers from […]

Former NFL player Michael Oher, a first-round draft pick and the subject of the 2009 blockbuster film “The Blind Side,” filed a petition Monday to end a nearly 20-year conservatorship with Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, the Tennessee family that claimed to have adopted him. Oher revealed in those filings […]

A New Hampshire sheriff has been arrested and charged with eight felonies as part an investigation into his misuse of county credit cards, the state attorney general announced Thursday. Strafford County Sheriff Mark Brave, who campaigned in 2020 to be the state’s only Black sheriff, is charged with one count […]

Mexican authorities have found four burned and decapitated bodies that may be linked to a gruesome video showing one of five kidnapped young men forced to kill one of his friends on camera.  Prosecutors in the western state of Jalisco said the bodies were badly burned and had not yet […]

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson will serve a five-game suspension for fighting Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez Aug. 5.  The suspension, initially six games, was reduced by one game following an appeal by Anderson.  “White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson has reached a settlement regarding the discipline issued on […]

Hunter Biden’s misdemeanor tax charges have been dismissed by a federal judge in Delaware, an expected move after his “sweetheart” plea deal fell through last month during his first court appearance in the case. The Justice Department submitted a filing last week to dismiss the case ahead of a possible […]

A man who was a teenager when he killed and beheaded another Grand Rapids-area teen in 1996 was given a shorter prison sentence Thursday and an opportunity for release. Federico Cruz, now 44, has been in prison for 27 years as part of a life sentence. He’ll now be eligible […]

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy fired back at his primary rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, suggesting he’s a “super PAC puppet” after a leaked memo outlined attacks towards the political outsider ahead of next week’s GOP debate.  On Thursday, The New York Times reported on a document released by a […]

Hawaii state Sen. Angus McKelvey dressed down the federal government over its response to the wildfires that devastated the Lahaina community on the island of Maui, Hawaii in recent days. The lawmaker noted that while he appreciated President Joe Biden’s plans to visit the Island state, he urged him and […]

Los Angeles sports teams have come together to help those dealing with the aftermath of the Maui wildfires, which decimated the Hawaiian island. The Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams (NFL), LA Galaxy and LAFC (MLS), Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels (MLB), Los Angeles Lakers and Los […]