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seng kui Lim/500px/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — A lawsuit filed against Northwestern University’s law school claims that its hiring practices give preference to less-qualified women and applicants of color, taking away opportunities from better qualified white men. The lawsuit, which was filed in Federal District Court in Chicago, alleges that faculty hiring practices at universities in […]

(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) — A New Zealand tourist was killed during a robbery at a California mall after the suspects struck her with their vehicle as they fled the scene, police said. The incident unfolded Tuesday afternoon at Fashion Island, an outdoor shopping mall in Newport Beach, police said. The woman and her husband were […]

Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The 74-year-old woman who was pushed into an approaching train at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station has died and a man has been arrested in connection with her death, according to BART police. The woman hit her head on the train and fell […]

(PHOENIX) — A 10-year-old boy has died after he suffered a “heat-related medical emergency” during a hike in Arizona on Tuesday. Firefighters from the Phoenix, Tempe and Chandler fire departments were called to South Mountain Park and Preserve around 2 p.m. local time, according to a release from Phoenix Fire. Phoenix Police Department said officers […]

James C Hooper/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man has been arrested in connection with the attempted rape of a woman sunbathing in Central Park last month, police said. Jermaine Longmire has been charged with attempted rape and sex abuse by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, police said Wednesday. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny […]

(KOKOMO, Ind.) — A former Indianapolis Colts player has been arrested after his teenage son, who had been missing for two weeks, was found at the family’s home in Kokomo, Indiana. Bryson Muir, 14, was found “safe and well” and is now in the care of the Cass County Department of Child Services, according to […]

PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (LAFAYETTE, Wis.) — A house in Lafayette, Wisconsin exploded Tuesday afternoon, officials said. One man who was in the home at the time was taken to the hospital by helicopter, according to Elkhorn Fire Chief Trent Eichmann. It took 30 to 40 minutes for firefighters to get to the man, who was […]

Law enforcement members watch as the Thompson fire burns over Lake Oroville in Oroville, California on July 2, 2024. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Three firefighters sustained heat-related injuries while battling the Thompson Fire in Butte County, California, as red flag conditions persist in the area, according to Cal Fire. The state […]

(NEW YORK) — With Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case delayed until September following Tuesday’s decision by Judge Juan Merchan, the judge now faces the task of applying the Supreme Court’s new test for the limits of presidential immunity to the former president’s criminal conviction. Trump in May was found guilty […]

(TULSA, Okla.) — Two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are calling on President Joe Biden to open an investigation into the deadly attack following the Oklahoma Supreme Court decision last month to dismiss the survivors’ lawsuit that sought reparations. Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, and Viola Ford Fletcher, 110, made a plea to the […]