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A defense attorney said Thursday he wants a mental health evaluation for a Las Vegas man now jailed in protective custody after being accused of keeping a widow and her daughter captive at his home, killing the woman’s 4-year-old son and storing the boy’s body in a garage freezer. Meanwhile, …

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. A judge had already declared that if the jury sided with …

Authorities are looking for a suspect after a student was stabbed and a security guard was shot outside a Buffalo high school on Wednesday afternoon, CBS affiliate WIVB-TV reports. Officials earlier had said both the student and security were shot, but later said the student had been stabbed multiple times and …

The Environmental Protection Agency is vowing to address environmental justice concerns throughout marginalized communities with a series of actions announced Wednesday. Some vulnerable populations in the South could begin to see changes “immediately,” according to EPA Administrator Michael Regan. “These communities deserve to know what’s in the air they’re breathing …

Homicides in major American cities ticked up in 2021, with a 5% increase from 2020 and a 44% increase over 2019, according to a new analysis of crime trends released Tuesday by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ).  The study drew on crime data from 22 cities nationwide — including …

Just before Thomas Randele died, his wife of nearly 40 years asked his golfing buddies and his co-workers from the dealerships where he sold cars to come by their home. They gathered to say goodbye to a guy they called one of the nicest people they’d ever known — a …

The family of a student who was shot during a deadly school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, last week filed two lawsuits Thursday against the school district and several school employees. The lawsuits, which seek $100 million in damages, say the defendants’ actions prior to the shooting “created the danger and increased …

A Florida high school student was found safe after she went missing during a school field trip in Georgia, officials announced Monday. Police said they located 16-year-old Mia Brailford at an Alabama address and detained a male suspect in connection with her disappearance. Brailford went missing while her school was …

The skeletal remains of a child, and three surviving siblings who appear to have been abandoned, were found inside an apartment in the Houston area, a sheriff said. One of the children, a 15-year-old, called the Harris County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday afternoon and told authorities his 9-year-old brother had …

The Food and Drug Administration is urging the food industry to voluntarily reduce the amount of salt in products amid a “growing epidemic of preventable, diet-related conditions,” the agency announced in updated guidance Wednesday. The new recommendations seek to decrease the nation’s average sodium consumption by 12% over the next …