A former New Jersey school custodian who admitted putting bodily fluids and cleaning products in food meant for children and staff to eat as well as putting cooking utensils on his genitals has been sentenced to eight years in state prison
South Carolina inmate chooses to die by firing squad like condemned inmate before him
A second South Carolina inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets
Europe’s first Mars rover will have UK-built lander
Airbus also built the Rosalind Franklin rover, due to launch in 2028 to search for signs of past life Europe’s first rover to be sent to another planet is back on track to reach Mars, with the lander that will deposit it on the surface lined up to be built...
New drug for lower back pain could be ‘a gamechanger’
Exclusive: early stage trials of drug that uses antibiotics finds benefits for people whose pain is caused by infection Millions of people worldwide with severe back pain may be able to get relief from a new drug that uses antibiotics rather than painkillers to tackle the condition. Doctors who have...
Federal judge to consider releasing immigration activist who took refuge in churches
A federal judge in Denver is set to hear arguments over whether an immigration and labor activist who took refuge in Colorado churches to avoid deportation during the first Trump administration should be freed from detention
Trump says Signal chat isn’t ‘really an FBI thing.’ The FBI has a long history of such inquiries
FBI Director Kash Patel may not have been part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans
Family says man died after being injured then neglected for a week by rural Colorado jailers
The family of a 69-year-old man who died in a rural Colorado jail in 2023 says he slowly suffocated to death after his ribs were broken during an altercation with a deputy and he languished in a cell for a week without medical care
A federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at curbing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts among federal contractors and grant recipients
Georgia lawmakers won’t seek student database after deadly high school shooting
Georgia lawmakers are giving up on creating a statewide database to collect information on students who might commit violence
The US is on an egg hunt in Europe to ease prices at home
The U.S. government is on a global egg hunt