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Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(FRESNO, Calif.) — The Fresno State University professor who described the late Barbara Bush as an “amazing racist” on Twitter last week won’t be punished, the university’s president, Joseph Castro, announced Tuesday. Jarrar [Read More…]

Cole Burston/Getty Images(TORONTO) — The police officer who stopped the man accused of mowing down pedestrians in Toronto on Monday does not want to be called a hero. Officer Kenny Lam apprehended the suspect, 25-year-old [Read More…]

Jason Davis/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A Waffle House near Nashville, Tennessee, that a gunman turned into a bullet-riddled scene of carnage Sunday reopened for business Wednesday morning. Customers, grief counselors and clergy members filled the [Read More…]

Jason Davis/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A Waffle House near Nashville, Tennessee, that a gunman turned into a bullet-riddled scene of carnage Sunday reopened for business Wednesday morning. Customers, grief counselors and clergy members filled the [Read More…]

Franco Origlia/Getty Images(VATICAN CITY) — The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis had invited three Chilean victims of clerical sexual abuse to visit him at his residence in the Vatican this weekend and meet with [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) — U.S. inspectors have swept the Russian consulate in Seattle after the Trump administration ordered Russia to vacate the property in a dramatic response to Russia’s alleged poisoning of an ex-spy in the United [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, also referred to as the lynching museum, opens in Montgomery, Alabama, on Thursday. The memorial and museum are a project of the nonprofit Equal Justice [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A team of U.S. investigators has been on the ground with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, conducting interviews and gathering evidence for a possible criminal case against Myanmar’s government for allegedly committing atrocities [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A 72-year-old man has been arrested in the decades-old “Golden State Killer” case in California, according to officials in Sacramento. The “Golden State Killer” is believed to have killed at least 12 [Read More…]

Sacramento Police Department(LOS ANGELES) — A 72-year-old former police officer has been arrested in the decades-old “Golden State Killer” case in California, according to officials in Sacramento. The “Golden State Killer” is believed to have [Read More…]

Sacramento Police Department(LOS ANGELES) — A 72-year-old former police officer has been arrested in the decades-old “Golden State Killer” case in California, according to officials in Sacramento. The “Golden State Killer” is believed to have [Read More…]

Mark Makela/Getty Images(NORRISTOWN, Pa.) — Bill Cosby’s fate is in the hands of a Pennsylvania jury that began deliberating this morning after hearing evidence over the past two weeks in which prosecutors portrayed the comedian [Read More…]

Linkedin(TORONTO) — Alek Minassian apparently wrote a chilling post on Facebook about an “incel rebellion,” an abbreviated term for “involuntary celibate,” minutes before he allegedly mowed down mostly female pedestrians with a rented van in [Read More…]

University of Delaware(NEWARK, Del.) — A Delaware woman broke into the Pennsylvania home of her husband’s mistress and shot her in the head before turning the gun on herself, according to police. The suspect, 47-year-old [Read More…]

WABC(NEW YORK) — A Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioner has resigned after she is seen berating two police officers during a traffic stop involving her daughter, newly released police video shows. [Read More…]

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Today is National Hug a Plumber Day, but before you embrace yours, let’s have a laugh. From fixing a busted toilet or a broken pipe, most plumbers try their best [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A pregnant woman has reportedly been fined for deliberately tripping a 4-year-old boy at a restaurant in northern China, where social media users are questioning her parenting skills. The incident occurred in [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two Australian teen brothers are doing well after they spent Tuesday night at sea in an inflatable raft. According to Australia’s 9News, brothers Jordan Guerts, 18, and Tyson Guerts, 12, spent 21 [Read More…]

Korea Summit Pool/Getty Images(TOKYO) — Japan has lodged a complaint over the dessert planned for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un when he meets South Korea’s president this week. After South Korea announced it would [Read More…]

ABC News(DALLAS) — A Dallas police officer has died after he was shot in the line of duty Tuesday afternoon, officials said Wednesday. A second Dallas police officer and a Home Depot employee were also [Read More…]