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Former Mississippi 'Goon Squad' officer accused in lawsuit of another beating prior to conviction for racist attack
Christopher Mack filed a lawsuit accusing former Rankin County deputy Brett McAlpin and eight others of beating him for 45 minutes following a 2021 arrest.
Boeing will try again to launch astronauts on its Starliner spaceship on Saturday
NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams are expected to lift off at 12:25 p.m. ET Saturday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Police investigating theft of over 200 pride flags in Massachusetts
The flags were taken from the rotary at the center of Carlisle near the intersection of Lowell Street and Bedford and Westford roads overnight Monday, according to police.
The number of deaths in ICE custody is already more than double all of last year
There have been more deaths in the first eight months of the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, than in all 12 months of five of the six preceding years.
Despite First Step Act, some federal inmates remain in prison extra months
Qualifying offenders can earn “time credits” that move up their release dates. But “capacity concerns” at halfway houses are leaving them in prison longer, advocates say.
UFC fighter Dustin Poirier gets frank about the damage done in the octagon
Dustin Poirier will face lightweight champ Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 302.
Woman has pig kidney transplant removed after issues, back on dialysis
Lisa Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig. The first, Richard Slayman, died nearly two months after his transplant.
Florida deputy who fatally shot U.S. airman fired after sheriff's investigation
“The objective facts do not support the use of deadly force as an appropriate response to Mr. Fortson’s actions,” Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden said.
Simone Biles leads by 3 points after Day 1 of U.S. Championships
The GOAT is eyeing her third Olympic team this summer.
One climber rescued, another dead on Denali in Alaska
A team of three climbers, all from Malaysia, climbed the 23,310-foot peak in Alaska earlier this week and sent a distress signal Tuesday.
Shilese Jones pulls out of U.S. Championships and plans to petition to Olympic Trials
The rising gymnastics star is a key contender for a spot on the Paris Olympic team.
