The Justice Department is taking legal action against Florida over a new law federal prosecutors call unconstitutional because it restricts Chinese citizens from owning land in the state. A professor and two students were hospitalized and a suspect was taken into police custody following a stabbing Wednesday afternoon on the campus of a Canadian university, authorities said. A new report claims Connecticut state troopers may have falsified thousands of traffic stops to show fewer infractions for Black and Hispanic drivers, and more for White drivers. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters warned Wednesday that a nationwide UPS strike is "imminent" after the powerful union walked away from the bargaining table. A Florida police officer admitted in an interview to locking his young child in a jail cell to potty train him, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Wednesday. Overstock, the Utah-based online retailer known best for selling furniture, has purchased the intellectual property for Bed Bath & Beyond amid the company's bankruptcy proceedings and will relaunch the store's website. An Amtrak train, carrying nearly 200 people, partially derailed Wednesday in Southern California after slamming into a truck at a crossing. At least 15 people suffered minor injuries. The truck driver was hospitalized. Yusef Salaam, one of five teenagers who was wrongly convicted of raping a woman in Central Park in 1989, is now positioned to win a seat on the New York City council. Canadian wildfire smoke created dangerously unhealthy air over the Midwest on Wednesday, and New Yorkers have been warned the bad air is heading their way -- again. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging his country to legalize medical marijuana to help those suffering from the "trauma of war" with Russia. A Florida couple said Wednesday that they were dropping their lawsuit against OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush after his Titan submersible imploded. Police in Warren, Mich., arrested over 400 people in what officials call "the largest directed enforcement operation in department history," Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer confirmed on Wednesday. One man was arrested after reportedly killing a dog in an unprovoked attack, police in Asheville, N.C., confirmed on Wednesday. President Joe Biden delivered a lengthy speech Wednesday in Chicago in which he said "Bidenomics," a term used to describe his progressive economic policies, is turning around the U.S. economy. President Joe Biden has started using a CPAP machine to treat sleep apnea, the White House confirmed Wednesday, after reporters noticed strap marks on both sides of the president's face. Madonna has postponed her "Celebration" tour after coming down with a bacterial infection, according to her manager, Guy Oseary. A Connecticut animal shelter is asking members of the public to keep an eye out for a flock of "adorable sheep" that escaped from their pen. Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker died at age 92, his family confirmed Thursday. A Michigan man who won a $300,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket said he arrived at the store just in time to buy the winning ticket. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated as fire crews work to contain a large wildfire near Scottsdale, Ariz., authorities said on Wednesday. Israeli police Wednesday quickly arrested 15 Palestinians after Eid al-Adha morning prayers at the Temple Mount after they allegedly hung a banner with photos of people described by police as terrorists. Turkey has condemned yet another incident of the burning of the Koran, Islam's holy book, during a protest in Sweden which could threaten the Nordic country's application for membership in the NATO alliance. The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an outreach program to help address cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people. |
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