Olympic gymnastic champion Aly Raisman is calling for an independent investigation into USA Gymnastics, after former gymnastics coach John Geddart killed himself after charges were announced against him for human trafficking and sexual assault.
A new warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging states to rethink reopening, even as the country has hit a plateau in the number of recent cases and deaths. Health officials fear a fourth wave of the pandemic could strike if restrictions are lifted too abruptly.
A federal judge has ordered Exxon Mobil to pay a $14.25 million civil penalty in a lawsuit accusing the company of violating the Clean Air Act for eight years at its Baytown, Texas, refinery
Authorities are looking into whether human smuggling was involved after 13 people died when an SUV and a big rig collided on a Southern California highway near the U.S.-Mexico border
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing criticism after the disclosure of two additional employment-separation deals for former top officials, a day after a $155,000 payout to Michigan’s ex-health director Robert Gordon came to light
The United States is demanding that the status of tens of thousands of civilians detained in Syria during the country’s 10-year conflict be made public, and that the bodies of those who died be returned to their loved ones
A Chicago man is facing a federal charge of inciting a riot after he allegedly went online last August to urge other to take part in the widespread vandalism of stores and others businesses
A central Florida sheriff’s deputy was suspended for nearly a month after a civil rights group asked for an investigation into his Facebook posts about Muslims
More than 75 former U.S. attorneys are throwing their support behind President Joe Biden’s nominee for associate attorney general and urging congressional leaders to quickly confirm her to the post