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Amy Cooper, who was fired last May after she was videotaped calling police on a Black birdwatcher in New York City’s Central Park, is suing her former employer, claiming it did not adequately investigate the incident. Cooper filed suit Tuesday in US District Court against financial services firm Franklin Templeton, CEO Jenny Johnson and unnamed

After yet another apparent noose was discovered at the construction site of an Amazon fulfillment center in Windsor, Connecticut on Wednesday, local NAACP officials and town leaders voiced their outrage with Amazon and law enforcement authorities for not taking the proper precautions before workers returned earlier this week. The latest discovery of a noose at

A chance to win a $1 million prize has helped boost Ohio’s Covid-19 vaccination rate by 45%, Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday. The jump came after DeWine’s May 13 announcement of special lotteries offering millions of dollars in giveaways to adults — and full scholarships to younger Ohioans who get vaccinated. Across the country, governments,

A transgender woman placed in a men’s prison after filing a lawsuit alleging abuse at New Jersey’s Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women has been moved to an out-of-state women’s facility, according to her lawyer. Rae Rollins had filed a lawsuit in March, alleging she was one of several inmates attacked by corrections officers at

When members of the National Park Service’s (NPS) turtle patrol were scouting the South Texas shore for sea turtles, they spotted an unusual visitor — an American alligator. The alligator was discovered on the sandy Malaquite Beach on the Padre Island National Seashore in Corpus Christi on Monday. The reptile is thought to have floated

A gunman opened fire at a public transit rail yard in San Jose, California, Wednesday morning, killing at least eight people and wounding others, Deputy Russell Davis of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said. The gunman, a male employee of the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), is dead, Davis said. He has been identified as

“Water bears” and baby squid are about to hitch a ride to space. No, we’re not starting an aquarium in space. These animals will be joining the astronaut crew aboard the International Space Station for research purposes. SpaceX is scheduled to launch its 22nd cargo resupply mission to the space station on June 3 at

Four young adults in France have been found guilty of “public insult of racist nature and incitement to commit a crime” by a Paris court for publishing anti-Asian tweets blaming Chinese people for the spread of coronavirus. The four students, aged 19-24, were sentenced to paying back the plaintiffs’ lawyer fees and around €1,000 in