The city has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the family of the unarmed black man shot and killed by a white police officer in April.
Read More »SS United States, Once A Marvel Of Technology, May Be Sold For Scrap
The ship's conservancy has retained a broker to explore the potential sale of "America's Flagship" to a responsible, U.S.-based metals recycler if no investor comes forward by Oct. 31.
Read More »NASA Rover Finds Evidence That Mars Once Had Lakes
A new study suggests the Red Planet had some blue on it about 3.5 billion years ago.
Read More »Louisiana Chef Paul Prudhomme, Who Popularized Cajun And Creole Food, Dies
The internationally renowned chef sparked a cooking craze and inspired other New Orleans restaurateurs. He was 75.
Read More »Fukushima Study Links Children’s Cancer To Nuclear Accident
The study says rates of thyroid cancer are high for children who lived near the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant in Japan. But other scientists are skeptical of the findings.
Read More »Hero In French Train Attack, Spencer Stone, Stabbed In California
Stone, one of three Americans who helped stop a terrorist attack on a Paris-bound train in August, is said to be in stable condition following the incident in Sacramento.
Read More »Oklahoma Used The Wrong Drug To Execute Charles Warner
This is the second botched execution in a row for the state. Clayton Lockett died of a heart attack last year after a phlebotomist misplaced an IV line.
Read More »‘It Was Installed For This Purpose,’ VW’s U.S. CEO Tells Congress About Defeat Device
Michael Horn testified on the same day German prosecutors raided VW offices at its headquarters in Wolfsburg, seizing documents and records as they investigate the emissions scandal.
Read More »As Russia’s Cruise Missiles Strike At Targets In Syria, NATO Stands With Turkey
In his speech kicking off a NATO meeting, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also said the alliance will establish two "small headquarters" in Hungary and Slovakia.
Read More »FIFA Suspends President Sepp Blatter And Other Top Officials
The 90-day suspensions go into effect immediately and could be extended, FIFA says. Along with President Blatter, the group banned one of his rivals for six years.
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