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Demonte Ward-Blake was injured when a Prince George's County police officer slammed him to the ground in a 2019 encounter, his family said in a federal civil rights lawsuit.

BNSF said about 22 rail cars carrying mixed freight derailed, and four cars caught fire. There were no injuries or deaths.

Today's trains employ fewer people while carrying heavier cargo across longer distances.

The panel installed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the Reedy Creek Improvement District transferred much of its power to Disney in an 11th-hour agreement.

At least three children and three adults are dead after a shooting at a private Nashville grade school, authorities. The shooter is also dead, authorities said.

Crash, a one-eyed cat rescued by an animal shelter in Boise, Idaho, after a car hit him, won a competition to star in Cadbury's Easter advertisement.

It took Britney Spears years to fight a “protective” legal arrangement. A proposed new law calls for giving more rights to people in similar situations.

An associate of the group, who defendants in the Jan. 6 trial say asked for details about their trial strategy and gave them advice, was also reporting to the FBI.

The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources is investigating after swimmers in Hōnaunau Bay approached a pod of spinner dolphins.

Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky pleaded guilty to felony cheating this week, six months after officials found weights in fish they entered at a contest.

In an Instagram video, Melissa Joan Hart said the Nashville shooting happened near her children’s school. “Enough is enough,“ she added.

Alexis Elling has been charged as an accomplice in the killing of Rodney Pendegayosh Jr., who may have been involved in her brother's overdose death, officials say.

A prominent figure in Washington as well as on Wall Street, he rallied donors in the financial industry behind Bill Clinton’s first presidential campaign.

Nashville police identified the six shooting victims as three Covenant School students and three staff members.

A Republican-led Idaho House bill would limit minors’ ability to travel for an abortion without parental consent, even in states where the procedure is legal.

Averianna Patton received disturbing messages on Instagram from her former basketball teammate shortly before the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville.

“It’s a weird duo, but it works for them,” said Jennifer Federico, director of animal services at the Wake County Animal Center. “Who are we to judge? They obviously love each other.”

Oregon's approach to addressing bias is gaining momentum across the country as the U.S. contends with a rise in prejudicial abuse and limited recourse.