The U.S. Labor Department reported that the four-week moving average for jobless claims through the week ending May 6 was the highest it’s been since November 2021. First-time claims for unemployment insurance increased by 22,000 from last week to reach… Read More »U.S. weekly jobless claims hit highest mark since late 2021
The Food and Drug Administration eased restrictions specifically for gay and bisexual men to donate blood. The agency said in a news release that blood donor eligibility will now be determined using a set of “individual, risk-based questions to reduce the… Read More »FDA eases blood donation restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men
A Louisiana man walked free after spending nearly three decades behind bars for a rape the victim herself insisted he did not commit. Patrick Brown was convicted in 1994 of aggravated rape in a case involving his 6-year-old stepdaughter, the… Read More »Man freed after 29 years in Louisiana prison for rape the victim says he didn’t commit
Rep. George Santos of New York pleaded not guilty to a 13-count federal indictment unsealed by the Justice Department at a Long Island courthouse on Wednesday. The 34-year-old Santos has been charged with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts… Read More »NY Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to 13-count federal indictment
A Utah mother who published a children’s book on grief following her husband’s death last year has now been accused of poisoning him with a lethal dose of fentanyl. Court documents show that 33-year-old Kouri Richins faces charges including aggravated… Read More »Woman who wrote children’s book on grief after husband’s death charged with his murder
A Manhattan jury unanimously found former President Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation in the sexual assault case brought by E. Jean Carroll. The jury found, beyond a preponderance of evidence, that Trump unlawfully touch Carroll without her consent… Read More »Jury finds Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll case
The man who drove a vehicle into a group of people near a migrant shelter in Brownsville, Texas on Sunday, killing eight and injuring 10 more, has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter. Brownsville Police chief Felix Sauceda said Monday… Read More »Driver charged with manslaughter after 8 migrants killed outside Texas shelter
Officials confirmed on Monday that a suspect is in custody after a shooting on a Dallas Area Rapid Transit train that killed one person and injured two others. Dallas Area Rapid Transit assistant vice president Gordon Shattles said in a… Read More »Suspect arrested in shooting on Dallas train that killed 1, injured 2
Senior law enforcement officials confirmed that seven people — believed to be migrants — who were waiting at a bus stop in a Texas border city were killed, and a dozen more were injured when a vehicle rammed into them… Read More »7 killed, driver arrested after car runs into crowd near Texas migrant center
On Sunday, the suspected gunman involved in the mass shooting at an Allen, Texa outlet mall that killed eight (including the shooter) was identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia — described as a neo-Nazi sympathizer who lived in Dallas. CNN reported… Read More »Suspect identified in shooting at Texas outlet mall that killed eight