A sit-in orchestrated by students at Providence College in Rhode Island ended late Tuesday night after a deal was struck with school leaders on how to address allegations of racism on campus. About 50 students occupied a space outside of President Brian J. Shanley‘s office for 13 hours before the agreement was signed to hear […]
A day after losing an appeal that would have stopped his criminal case in Pennsylvania, embattled entertainer Bill Cosby filed a lawsuit against the rape accuser at the center of the controversy. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter and other outlets, Cosby filed the lawsuit against former Temple University staffer Andrea Constand under the cloak […]
In most workplace scenarios, not showing up for the job for an unexcused for days on end would be cause for a swift termination. But in the case of one man, he went six years with skipping work before anyone even took notice, reports BBC. Joaquín García, 69, worked as a building supervisor in Spain […]
In what might be an extreme use of government resources, reports are coming forth that U.S. Marshals are serving warrants and arresting people for outstanding federal student loans. A Houston man says that seven armed marshals arrived on his doorstep for a $1500 loan he took out nearly 30 years ago, but there might be […]
Updated: February 15, 2016, 9:30 AM ET New York City police have arrested a 23-year-old man on charges of fatally stabbing his girlfriend and two infants at a Staten Island hotel that also serves as a homeless shelter, according to Reuters. Michael Sykes, of Brooklyn, was charged with three counts of first degree murder, as well […]
A Detroit cop is in hot water after making offensive remarks about Beyonce‘s Super Bowl 50 halftime performance and her backup dancers. A sergeant for the Detroit Police Department posted a photo on Facebook contrasting the singer’s dancers with an image of the Ku Klux Klan in what can only be assumed as a swipe at […]
The FBI on Thursday arrested 46 current and former Georgia correction officers in a statewide drug trafficking operation, reports CNN. The arrests came after a two-year federal investigation United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia John Horn announced details of the arrests and the FBI’s raids at the nine prisons where the trafficking took […]
Rookie NYPD officer Peter Liang, who gunned down unarmed Akai Gurley in the darkened stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing project, was found guilty of manslaughter late Thursday, reports the New York Daily News. Liang faces up to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced later this year. News of the verdict spread rapidly across social media mostly because it represents […]
Former Los Angeles County Lee Baca faces six months in prison after pleading guilty to a single felony charge of lying to investigators. Baca, 73, told investigators that he wasn’t aware that his deputies planned to harass a female FBI agent in 2011 who was looking into whispers of civil rights violations and corruption inside […]
Reginald Windham, a longtime employee of the Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center, amassed a record of misconduct, including charges of excessive force and negligence.
The special counsel for the state attorney general's office in Michigan said Tuesday that manslaughter and other related charges could come forth in relation to the ongoing Flint water crisis.
An unarmed, naked teenager identified as David Joseph, 17, was shot and killed by Austin police officer Geoffrey Freeman the morning of Feb. 8.