The latest about racial injustice and sexual abuse, spurred by the #MeToo movement, mass shootings and police violence in light of George Floyd’s death.
The complaints were filed on the two-year anniversary of the massacre by Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder, the same law firm that reached a $73 million settlement with rifle manufacturer Remington in 2022. Read more
This time, it was the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which, like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Read more
Daniel Perry was found guilty in April 2023 of murder in the shooting death of 28-year-old Garrett Foster, a U.S. Air Force veteran. Read more
The rhetoric is inspiring widespread calls for violence. Read more
The site has accused over 250 U.S. students and academics of supporting terrorism or spreading antisemitism and hatred of Israel. Read more
The dawn raids were the latest efforts by school and local authorities to end such demonstrations at dozens of universities around the country. Read more
Six shots hit Roger Fortson, 23, a senior Air Force airman who was stationed nearby, according to attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Fortson’s family. Read more
A UCLA spokesperson later said that 44 people had been taken into custody. Read more
The encampment had sprouted up nearly two weeks ago in Alumni Park, a central quad on USC’s campus in Los Angeles. Read more
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Some of the demonstrators were students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which is affiliated with the institute, the school said in a statement. Read more
The ceremony did not stop. Neither did the chanting, although how distracting it was might have depended on where people sat in the stadium. Read more
The pre-dawn police crackdown at UCLA marked the latest flashpoint in mounting tensions on U.S. college campuses. Read more
The suspect they were seeking was also killed. Read more
When police arrived at the scene they found five adult victims suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Read more
The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts. Read more
Jeremy Cooper had faced up to three years in prison after being found guilty in a jury trial last year of criminally negligent homicide. Read more
Authorities said the case appears to be among the first of its kind in the country and called for new laws to guard against the technology. Read more
At the University of Texas at Austin, hundreds of local and state police — including some on horseback and holding batons — clashed with protesters, pushing them off the campus lawn and at one point sending some tumbling into the street. Read more
The man, who police said recently traveled from Florida to New York, had not breached any security checkpoints to access the park. Read more
Thousands of U.S. election workers who have received threats since the 2020 election Read more
The annual Eid al-Fitr event, held outside a large mosque in the city’s Parkside neighborhood, came to a sudden end when some 30 shots rang out at about 2:30 p.m., Philadelphia police said. Read more
