Massachusetts top court allows electric shock therapy for disabled patients
By Brendan Pierson A Massachusetts institution for the developmentally disabled can continue to use controversial electric shock devices
2023-09-08 04:18
Lying down contest enters 20th day as competitors vie for 'laziest citizen' record
Seven competitors lying down on mats are vying for the coveted title of "Laziest Citizen" after smashing the previous record in a satirical contest held annually in a holiday resort in northern Montenegro.
2023-09-07 22:59
House-Senate GOP tension rises as shutdown fears grip Capitol
GOP Sen. Mitt Romney thinks a government shutdown is "very likely," citing the House for his pessimism.
2023-09-07 12:22
Lee strengthens into a hurricane and could reach Category 5 strength in record-warm Atlantic
Lee has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves over a record-warm Atlantic, with 75 mph sustained winds, according to a 5 p.m. EDT advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
2023-09-07 05:53
Child dies after entering water at Irish beach
Irish police say a young girl has died after she entered the water at a beach in County Cork.
2023-09-06 05:28
Prosecutors ask for 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio
Former Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio is scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday for leading a failed plot to forcibly prevent the peaceful transfer of power from then-President Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 election.
2023-09-06 00:26
Electric Picnic festival site to house refugees
The Irish government says it has signed a six-week lease on the festival site in County Laois.
2023-09-04 13:53
Drugs are sold out in the open in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. Inside the fight to curb it
The California Highway Patrol may best be known for freeway chases and the Hollywood glamour of its motorcycle cops in television shows like "ChiPs." But now the storied agency is patrolling the streets of San Francisco's Tenderloin as part of a multiagency effort to crack down on rampant drug dealing that's decimating the 50-square-block area.
2023-09-03 15:58
Tennessee inmate gives birth to baby alone in her jail cell. She had been assessed by a nurse less than an hour earlier
A woman incarcerated in Middle Tennessee gave birth alone in her cell earlier this week -- less than an hour after she was assessed by a nurse at the facility, authorities said.
2023-09-02 11:49
5 Dalton Youth Detention Center employees indicted following teen's in-custody death
A Whitfield County grand jury has indicted five Department of Juvenile Justice employees in connection with an August 2022 in-custody death at the Dalton Youth Detention Center, according to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
2023-09-02 04:19
Tennessee woman sets record for world's longest mullet
Tami Manis, who sports a mullet that is 5ft 8in, says her hair was inspired by a 1980s music video.
2023-09-02 02:26
Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window on January 6 sentenced to 10 years
The Proud Boy who smashed through a window to the US Capitol with a police riot shield on January 6, 2021, allowing the first wave of rioters to storm the building as members of Congress were being evacuated was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison.
2023-09-02 00:57