The long-time civil rights leader is stepping down from the organization he founded in 1971. Jackson, who will turn 82 in October, has remained active in civil rights despite health setbacks.
Read more ...Northwestern baseball coach Jim Foster is fired days after football hazing scandal National News
In an announcement posted to Northwestern University's athletics page, head baseball coach Jim Foster was "relieved of his duties effective immediately."
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The dust, which came from distant stars, is thought to be similar to grains that eventually helped form the planets, including Earth.
Read more ...Suspect arrested in Gilgo Beach serial killings searched updates on police probe National News
A man connected to the Long Island murders that inspired the 2020 Netflix film Lost Girls was arrested in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday night.
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Climate-warming greenhouse gasses from natural gas could be as damaging as those from coal, according to a new analysis.
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Taylor Taranto, the accused Capitol rioter arrested while looking for the Washington, D.C., home of former President Barack Obama, was indicted on felony firearms charges and four misdemeanors.
Read more ...78 pilot whales were slaughtered near a cruise ship carrying marine conservationists National News
Passengers of the Ambassador Cruise Line had just arrived in the Faroe Islands when a group of small boats drove the whales to shallow water for killing, part of a long-standing local tradition.
Read more ...House passes defense bill mostly along party lines with culture war measures attached National News
What's normally a bipartisan piece of legislation has turned into a culture war battleground.
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