An alternative mental health court to compel treatment for people with severe mental illness has received more than 100 petitions since launching in seven California counties in October, state officials said Friday. The state believes between 7,000 and 12,000 people statewide will eventually be eligible for “CARE Court,” which launched […]

Gov. Roy Cooper and health care advocates celebrated Friday’s official start of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, the result of state legislation this year that’s expected to help roughly 600,000 low-income adults obtain the government health insurance. Visiting a Goodwill location in Charlotte that hosted a Medicaid enrollment event, Cooper […]

A New Hampshire state trooper who fatally shot a man at a psychiatric hospital shortly after the man killed a security guard likely prevented further injuries or deaths, the attorney general said. The trooper, identified in a news release Thursday as Nathan Sleight, fired at John Madore on Nov. 17 […]

Detroit Lions star Amon-Ra St. Brown was recently slapped with a hefty fine for what the NFL described as unnecessary roughness.  St. Brown was blocking downfield when he hit Jaquan Brisker during the Lions’ Week 11 game against the Chicago Bears.  Although referees did not flag St. Brown during the […]

Los Angeles authorities who have been struggling to deal with a homelessness crisis in the city for years urged “unhoused” individuals to “come in” Friday, saying that a serial killer is believed to be on the loose targeting people sleeping alone outdoors. Three shooting murders happened in the early morning […]

More than 30 people are trapped under rubble at an open-pit mine in Zambia after part of a waste pile was thought to have collapsed on them, a government minister said on Friday. Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu said in Parliament that the collapse happened in the […]

A 20-year-old content creator for the NFL was suspended for the rest of the season after his “participation” in a Tyreek Hill touchdown celebration. In Week 6, Hill celebrated a score by grabbing Kevin Fitzgibbons’ phone and recording himself doing a backflip.  The NFL pulled Fitzgibbons’ game day credentials for […]

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is seeking answers from the U.S. Department of Commerce on why the Chinese Communist Party’s Institute for Forensic Sciences was removed from the department’s Entity List, which restricts trade from certain groups or individuals.  Entities listed by Commerce are typically involved in activities […]

An inmate transport van driver is facing kidnapping charges after authorities in North Carolina said he quit mid-trip and refused to stop with the prisoners at the intended destination. NORTH CAROLINA TEEN FACES MURDER CHARGES AFTER FATALLY STABBING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, INJURING ANOTHER The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said it […]

Federal prosecutors announced attempted murder charges against an Arizona inmate Friday, a week after ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin was stabbed 22 times inside a library at the Tucson penitentiary where they are both inmates. John Turscak, 52, is also facing multiple assault charges and inflicting serious bodily injury with an […]