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Tom Shannon Daniels, principal of Stanley Elementary School in Swampscott, Massachusetts, says they are undergoing a transition and dropping "Tom" as a first name to now be known as Shannon Daniels.

Videos surfaced online of racist, homophobic chanting at a high school basketball game in Ohio.

Lucas Warren, a 1-year-old Georgia boy with Down syndrome, became the first child with the condition to win Gerber's spokesbaby contest.

A California judge will face a recall after a controversial decision in a sexual assault case.

Not giving it a second thought, Michelle Carr dug in and took a few mouthfuls of the salad before realizing that her fork was not holding up a vegetable, but something dead and squishy.

Photos of the reptile were posted on Facebook by Boca Raton Police Services Department.

Patrick Soon-Shiong was born in South Africa in 1952 to immigrant parents who fled from China during the Second World War. According to reports, he is the richest doctor in the United States.

Kern County Superior Court Judge David Lampe said the defendant reserved the right to refuse to bake cake as withholding her right equates to curbing her free speech and artistic expression and hence is protected by the First Amendment.

A Tennessee sheriff ordered the shooting of a fleeing suspect rather than risk damaging his patrol cars, according to a federal lawsuit and body camera footage recorded after the encounter in April 2017.

The contract awarded to a small company for $156 million to provide 30 million meals delivered only 50,000 meals.

The girl fell from a height of at least 1,000 feet, while hiking on Angels Landing Trail in Zion National Park. She was the 8th official fatality from the trail since 2004.

No charges have yet been brought against any person who might be the man Heaven ran away with in November.

According to reports, an independent investigator concluded that the senator groped and gave lingering hugs to many women working in the Oregon Capitol.

Anthony Perez was found under a break in the ice and he was not breathing. He was taken to a medical center in serious condition where he died after two hours.

A three-judge panel of the United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said a district judge was right in approving a $25 million settlement deal, which was reached days after the election of Trump as president in 2016.

Valentino Gutierrez, 56, was charged with one count of murder and one count of arson of property.

Syed Ahmed Jamal was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on Jan. 24 on his front lawn in Lawrence, Kansas.

The game involved the Zeta Beta Tau members who received points by sleeping with overweight women at the Ivy League campus.

The employees at the daycare facility are not only trained professionals but are also bound by the law to report on suspicious activities involving child abuse and neglect.

Police said the previous owner did not represent the property as it should have been represented, and could possibly face criminal charges.

A police officer in North Carolina is now in custody at the Rowan County Sheriff's Office. Officials said he was a deputy with the Davidson County Sheriff's Department for at least a year.

A mother who stabbed her children called the incident an act of "voodoo."

Authorities in Arizona are hoping the public can identify a woman who was seen on surveillance footage abandoning a newborn baby at the Tucson Airport last month.

The man was reportedly found Monday night.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed defense for Guam.

Someone hunting squirrels with an air rifle caused enough alarm to lock down an entire Pennsylvania elementary school.

Access to the island will be granted through a pre-approved membership.

An Akron, Ohio, toddler was found by her mother unresponsive on their porch after being out in the cold.

An Amtrak train out of Washington, D.C., and bound for New York City's Penn Station broke apart in a Maryland section of the tunnel at its top speed of 125 mph.