Federal Hate Crime Charges Brought in Kentucky Kroger Shooting
David R. Lutman/Courier Journal/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday, federal prosecutors announced that they will bring three federal hate crime charges against a white gunman who allegedly shot and killed two black people at a grocery store in Jeffersontown, Kentucky. Gregory Bush, 51, faces one count each for the deaths of 69-year-old…
Beto O’Rourke Mobilized So Many Democratic Voters That They Swept Even Local Judges Out of Office
The 19 black women who were elected as judges in Harris CountyHarris County Democratic Party Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Beto O’Rourke didn’t manage to boot Ted Cruz from the Senate this week, but he got a consolation prize: His long-shot race for Congress drew an unprecedented number of Democratic…
Parent of California Shooting Victim: “I Want Gun Control”
Jason Coffman, right, talks to the media about his son, Cody Coffman, who died in the shooting, and holds onto his father-in-law, Mike Johnston, in Thousand Oaks, California. Jonathan J. Cooper/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday night, a gunman entered a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, California,…
This May Be the Most Horrifying Surgery Story You’ve Ever Heard
Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The pain from the pinched nerve in the back of Jeff Glidewell’s neck had become unbearable. Every time he’d turn his head a certain way, or drive over bumps in the road, he felt as if jolts of electricity were running through his…
Here’s What It’s Like When You Can’t Vote in an Election
People gather around the Ben & Jerry’s “Yes on 4” truck to learn about Amendment 4 in Miami, Florida. Wilfredo Lee/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On election day, Susanne Manning plans to wake up early and head to the polls—but not to vote. Manning, 57, can’t cast a ballot because…
These Prisoners Locked Up for Life as Children Could Have a Chance at Freedom After the Midterms
A juvenile lifer in Michigan wears handcuffs as he appears for his resentencing hearing at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids in September 2016. Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Kevin Boyd distracts himself these days by running 10Ks around the track. Or…