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Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman has been suspended as the chair of Columbia University’s Department of Psychiatry following a racist comment on black model Nyakim Gatwech.

Hank the Tank, a Lake Tahoe bear, has yet to be captured after his food-searching spree that damaged more than 30 properties in the area. There have been talks of euthanizing the bear due to safety concerns as a final resort.

A number of truck convoys have confirmed plans to make their way into DC to protest during the State of the Union address of President Joe Biden.

The Democratic candidate for Oklahoma’s 5th district said she has no recollection of the events that took place at a slumber party wherein she was accused of getting drunk and insulting pre-teen girls.

Two winter storms will hit large swaths of the United States this week, with cold weather early in the week and icy imprints expected later in the week across west and central U.S.

Protesters, albeit much smaller in number to Canada’s Freedom Convoy, gathered outside the SoFi Stadium on Sunday to stand against vaccine and mask mandates.

A bike-riding suspect has been taken into custody after 11 people were injured in a stabbing spree that spanned at least seven different locations in Albuquerque on Sunday.

The flight diversion incident came just days after an American flight from North Carolina to Los Angeles was diverted to New Mexico following a threat from a passenger.

The DHS said a group of truck drivers could be “planning to block roads in major metropolitan cities in the United States in protest of, among other things, vaccine mandates.”

Stacey Abrams, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Georgia who championed mask mandates in school, is being hit with criticism after she was photographed without a mask in an elementary school.

Eric Lander, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), has submitted his resignation following a Politico report revealing his demeaning and bullying behavior against colleagues.

The DOJ statement regarding its possible openness to monitored injection centers marks a significant turnaround from its stance in the Trump administration when prosecutors fought against a plan to open a safe haven facility in Philadelphia.

Multiple regions across the United States have been placed under Winter Storm Warnings as a “large-scale and massive winter storm” is expected to bring cold temperatures and outages in several areas.

A regular floor session was canceled at the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday following COVID-19 exposure among a “large portion” of members.

A middle school student at the Sheldon Independent School District claimed that he was forced by an older student inside a clothes dryer. Now, the boy’s mother wants action following the incident she believes involved bullying.

The boy’s two younger siblings were with him in the back seat at the time of the incident. No other injuries were reported. 

The leaked summary notes from an Aug. 14 meeting at the White House Situation Room indicated a lack of urgency in implementing plans to get as many people out safely before the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital.

A Virginia college was placed in temporary lockdown after an “active shooter” shot and killed two campus police officers known in the community as the “dynamic duo.”

A 19-year-old from Florida told Elon Musk that $5,000 isn’t enough for him to delete his Twitter account that tracks the Tesla CEO’s private jet.

An initial victim of an armed robbery at a convenience store in Georgia has been arrested after deputies found evidence that she stole lottery tickets from the convenience store office where a clerk was fatally shot.

The Brooklyn public school teacher who allegedly posted an Instagram story that seemed to encourage violence against the police has been fired.

Wyndham Lathem, a former professor at Northwestern University and a well-known microbiologist, who was found guilty in the 2017 stabbing death of his boyfriend, has been sentenced to 53 years behind bars.

The National Weather Service said heavy snow is also possible along the East Coast although there could still be changes in the coming days regarding the impact on Washington D.C. and New York City.

A criminal investigation into 23-year-old Lauren Smith-Fields’ death will be conducted by the Narcotics and Vice Division and assisted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Prosecutors said 52-year-old Sabrina Thalblum “diverted fentanyl to her own use” at her former employer, First Choice Surgery Center, where she worked from October 2017 to August 2019.

Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said 56-year-old Michael Cleaver, an inmate at the Eric M. Taylor Center, was charged with forcible touching, unlawful imprisonment, sexual abuse, and attempted rape during his Monday arraignment.

Nevada Salina Jade Fortson is now faced with several charges including aggravated burglary and aggravated assault. She is being held at the Carter County Jail with a $130,000 bond.

Michael Ninomiya, who has been charged with attempted murder, reportedly refused to get mental health treatment in the past, and now his 5-year-old son is in critical condition after what initially appeared to be an accident at Cherry Creek Trail in Denver.

The St. Joseph County Council approved a total of $380,000 from the COVID-19 relief package to purchase and renovate a space that will become the county morgue.