A Ukrainian orphan who was accused by her former adoptive family of “masquerading” as a child wants to share her side of the story. Natalia Grace was the subject of Investigation Discovery’s (ID) docuseries “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace,” which premiered in May of this year. Now she is …
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Harvard Provost Alan M. Garber, an economist and physician who is the school’s chief academic officer, will serve as Harvard’s interim president after Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday. The Harvard Corporation announced Garber would temporarily take over for Gay, who left the school amid controversy over her handling of antisemitism on …
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A top federal transportation safety official on Thursday harshly criticized Washington’s regional transit agency, saying a “poor safety culture” led to an October 2021 derailment that caused hundreds of new Metro railcars to be pulled from service. A final National Transportation Safety Board report on the incident concluded that the …
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Charges against a Minnesota poison control doctor who allegedly poisoned his wife with unnecessary gout medication – a theory allegedly supported by the man’s search history and strange behavior after her death – have been upgraded from second- to first-degree premeditated murder, according to his indictment last week. Dr. Connor …
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Boston has reached a $2.4 million settlement with a high ranking female police commander who accused the department of gender discrimination, her lawyer said Wednesday. Beth Donovan, the first woman to reach the rank of deputy superintendent of the police department’s Bureau of Field Services, was demoted to sergeant from …
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Investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor, and flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified Thursday. Twenty-three of the bodies had death dates from 2019 …
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OKLAHOMA CITY – The principal chief of the Sac and Fox Nation says the tribe is launching a campaign aimed at moving Jim Thorpe’s remains from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma. Chief George Thurman intends to launch the “Bring Jim Thorpe Home” campaign Wednesday afternoon in Oklahoma City. The announcement comes a …
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MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis has wiped away laws that banned lurking and spitting, responding to critics who said they unfairly targeted minorities. The Minneapolis City Council voted 12-1 on Friday to repeal the ordinances. Mayor Betsy Hodges called the ordinances antiquated and unnecessary. Minnesota Public Radio reports (http://bit.ly/1KK6MQm ) that Council …
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The police officer whose video-recorded actions at a North Texas pool party have drawn national attention and comment has resigned from the police force. Officer David Eric Casebolt resigned Tuesday from the McKinney Police Department after almost 10 years on the force. His resignation was confirmed by his attorney, Jane …
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WASHINGTON – Lawyers for the government and Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. have come to an agreement on conditions he would have to abide by if he is allowed to live full-time outside a mental hospital. The lawyers filed a court document Wednesday laying out their agreements and …
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