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Historian sues NY prisons over ban of Attica uprising book
Historian sues NY prisons over ban of Attica uprising book

Heather Ann Thompson, University of Michigan professor and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971," about the revolt at the Attica Correctional Facility in 1971, sued New York state prison authorities, saying they've unconstitutionally banned her book behind bars. More

March 31, 2022

Police: Student shoots peer at South Carolina middle school
Police: Student shoots peer at South Carolina middle school

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A student was shot and taken to the hospital Thursday at a South Carolina middle school after being shot by another student, authorities said. The teenage shooter was taken into custody near Tanglewood Middle School not long after the shooting that happened in the front part of the school, Greenville County […] More

March 31, 2022

Alex Jones agrees to appear at deposition in Sandy Hook case
Alex Jones agrees to appear at deposition in Sandy Hook case

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones agreed to appear at a deposition in Connecticut to answer questions in a lawsuit by relatives of some Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, a day after a judge ordered fines for defying orders to attend a deposition despite his claim of illness. More

March 31, 2022

Prosecutors rest their case in Gov. Whitmer kidnap trial
Prosecutors rest their case in Gov. Whitmer kidnap trial

A man accused of leading a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was "antigovernment" and believed officials were out to "line their own pockets," his longtime companion testified Wednesday before prosecutors rested their case. More

March 30, 2022

Sandy Hook families reject Alex Jones settlement offer
Sandy Hook families reject Alex Jones settlement offer

Infowars host Alex Jones offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to resolve a lawsuit by relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who said he defamed them by asserting the massacre never happened. The offer was quickly rejected. More

March 29, 2022

‘The Flash’ actor Ezra Miller arrested at Hawaii karaoke bar
‘The Flash’ actor Ezra Miller arrested at Hawaii karaoke bar

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — An actor known for playing “The Flash” in “Justice League” films was arrested after an incident at a Hawaii karaoke bar, where police say Ezra Miller yelled obscenities, grabbed a mic from a singing woman and lunged at a man playing darts. Miller took issue late […] More

March 29, 2022

Jury selection begins in terror trial of British national
Jury selection begins in terror trial of British national

Jury selection began in the trial of British national El Shafee Elsheikh, charged in a scheme by the Islamic State group to take Americans and others as hostages for ransom, resulting in the deaths and beheadings of multiple U.S. citizens. He is better known as one of "the Beatles," a nickname he and three other Brits were given by their captives because of their accents. More

March 29, 2022