A barrel containing human remains was found in the receding shoreline of Lake Mead near Las Vegas and more bodies are likely to be exposed in the giant reservoir as drought continues to send the water level to record lows, police said on Monday.
The three known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre that saw a white mob murder scores of Blacks and raze much of their neighborhood can proceed with a lawsuit seeking reparations for the death and destruction, a judge in Oklahoma ruled on Monday.
Prosecutors have been successful in cases against the rioters.
Authorities searching for an escaped murder suspect in Alabama issued an arrest warrant on Monday for the female corrections officer who vanished with him from jail and was initially feared to have been taken hostage when he made his getaway last week.
A former Amazon.com Inc employee sued the online retailer on Monday, saying it wrongly fired her and demanded she repay wages after she contracted "long COVID."
Tennessee will stop all executions until the end of 2022 pending an independent review of procedures used by the state to carry out lethal injections, which opponents say can cause undue suffering to those put to death, Governor Bill Lee said on Monday.
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the former president asked why police and soldiers could not be ordered to shoot racial justice protestors in June 2020.
The FBI expects sexual assaults on aircraft to rise as the pandemic comes to a close.
Alabama law enforcement authorities suspect a corrections officer helped a capital murder suspect escape prison.
An effort by U.S. Senate Democrats to move forward on President Joe Biden's nominees for the Federal Reserve and Federal Trade Commission appeared headed for a second week of delay on Monday, after another Democratic lawmaker tested positive for COVID-19.
A death row inmate convicted of brutally murdering his estranged wife and two teenage sons has received a temporary reprieve after Tennessee put a pause on lethal injections in the state.
Hundreds of households in the historic New Mexico city of Las Vegas were told to evacuate immediately on Monday as intense winds and bone-dry conditions fueled a huge wildfire burning on the outskirts of town.
Hundreds of households in the historic New Mexico city of Las Vegas were told to evacuate on Monday as fierce winds and drought pushed the largest active wildfire in the United States closer to town.
Hundreds of households in the historic New Mexico city of Las Vegas were told to evacuate on Monday as fierce winds and drought pushed the largest active wildfire in the United States closer to town.
Amazon.com Inc workers voted against unionizing a second warehouse in New York City, a ballot count on Monday showed, representing a defeat for labor organizers just weeks after they celebrated their first U.S.
A elderly woman was found dead inside of a large freezer chest in her garage after missing for an extended period of time.
A lawyer for three Black coaches accusing the National Football League of racist hiring on Monday told a federal judge their case should not be sent to arbitration because the designated mediator, league commissioner Roger Goodell, was biased.
Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Monday called on state, local and tribal governments to use more of their shares of a $350 billion COVID-19 relief fund to address a severe shortage of affordable housing.
Black farmers in the United States lost roughly $326 billion worth of acreage during the 20th century, according to the first study to quantify the present-day value of that loss.
A former New York City police officer was found guilty on Monday of assaulting a Washington, D.C., police officer during the Jan.
A special grand jury is being assembled to investigate former President Donald Trump on allegations that he attempted to intervene in the 2020 presidential election by pressuring Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social app will launch on a web browser at the end of May, Chief Executive Devin Nunes said on Monday.
The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has called for the end of race-based medicine across all healthcare fields, settings, and treatments which disproportionately impact children of color.
Three U.S. abortion rights advocacy groups will spend $150 million on the 2022 midterm elections, focusing on battleground states as they step up efforts to safeguard abortion access across the country, they said on Monday.
“He fled past her — didn’t help, didn’t call 911. I can’t begin to tell you the horror of this event,” Florida's Polk County Sheriff said.
Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group by refusing to fly a flag bearing the image of a cross at City Hall as part of a program that let private groups use the flagpole while holding events in the plaza below, the U.S.
Wall Street's main indexes fell in volatile trading on Monday, dragged down by Amazon.com and financial stocks, with investor focus squarely on the Federal Reserve meeting this week where policymakers are widely expected to raise interest rates.
Southern U.S. experienced COVID-19 surges in the past two summers, Dr. Deborah Birx noted.
A more transmissive and fatal COVID-19 variant could appear in the future, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said.
