A Chicago Police Department (CPD) officer has been sacked from the force and is facing charges after she allegedly reported a fake story of her being robbed of $5,000 at gunpoint. CPD Officer Zondranika Williams, 37, was charged with felony disorderly conduct and false report of an offense at a court hearing […]

With some U.S. states beginning to report outbreaks of childhood pneumonia cases, experts are sharing tips for parents to prevent the illness from making its way into their households. Dr. Robert Frenck, a pediatrician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Cincinnati Children’s and director of the health system’s Vaccine […]

Jameelah Elena Michl, the homeless woman accused of killing Los Angeles movie marketer and social justice activist Michael Latt in his home, allegedly warned she had a gun and would use it earlier this year, according to court documents. “My Glock is loaded as I write this,” the 36-year-old wrote […]

Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the nation’s high court, has died, the Supreme Court announced. She was 93. O’Connor died Friday morning in Phoenix, Arizona, of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness, the Supreme Court said […]

A federal watchdog is investigating how the Biden administration chose a site for a new FBI headquarters following a contentious competition marked by allegations of conflict of interest from the bureau’s director. The inspector general for the General Services Administration is probing the decision to replace the FBI’s crumbling headquarters […]

Israeli authorities have announced the death of three Israeli hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas during their deadly attack on Oct. 7. All three deceased were from Kibbutz Nir-Oz, an Israeli border community. The hostages were identified as 85-year-old grandfather Aria Zalmanowicz, 56-year-old mother and kindergarten teacher Maya Goren, and […]

Television star Julianna Margulies revealed that she had clashed with The New York Times over an op-ed about antisemitism she said the paper “sat” on before turning to USA Today.  Margulies penned an emotional letter to her “non-Jewish friends,” saying their “silence on antisemitism is loud.” The letter was published […]

County commissioners in Georgia are asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit by Black residents descended from slaves who fear new zoning changes will force them to sell their island homes in one of the South’s last surviving Gullah-Geechee communities. Residents and landowners of the tiny Hogg Hummock community […]

Former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Thursday that he is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court against incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in 2025, casting the race as a chance for conservatives to win back a majority and serve as a check on liberals. Bradley is part of a […]

A family member of two Israeli boys released from Hamas captivity this week said they were branded like cattle, among other abuses, in the weeks they were held in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to a report. Brothers Yagil Yaakov, 12, and Or Yaakov, 16, were freed Wednesday during a […]