An appellate court ruled that a Black man had a right to a new trial and vacated his 10-year sentence on drug charges after a white judge said he “looks like a criminal” at a pretrial hearing.
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'Barbie' joins $1 billion club, breaks record for pic helmed by female director
Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these days.
A key U.S. ally wants to walk back its 'atrocious' embrace of China
Italy suggested it will quit China’s Belt and Road Initiative and strengthen ties with the Western alliance headed by the United States and President Joe Biden.
Big, hot steel boxes: Warehouses are booming as summers heat up and safety rules lag
As e-commerce hastens a warehousing boom in some of the hottest parts of the U.S., regulations have struggled to keep up with growing workplace heat risks.
A Mississippi community takes on a U.K. energy giant over pollution concerns
During the last weeks of July, a handful of residents from Gloster, a majority-Black, low-income community in southwest Mississippi, prepared for a meeting with Drax Group, a U.K.-based energy company that operates a wood pellet production plant in the small town.
Forget the lantern fly. A mysterious new pest has scientists sounding the alarm.
Beech leaf disease has quietly raced across the country infecting a particular species of tree critical to forest ecosystems, the American beech.
High-stakes Ohio ballot measure sets the stage for another hostile Senate race
The first battle of Ohio’s Senate race arrives Tuesday with a special election on a hot-button ballot measure.
Twitter commandeers @music handle from user with half a million followers
Social network Twitter, recently rebranded as X, has commandeered the handle @music from an open-source software developer who told CNBC he created the account in 2007, and had built a community of around half a million followers there.
Broadway actor who played Simba in 'The Lion King' dies at 47
Broadway Actor Clifton Oliver, best known for playing Simba in ‘The Lion King,” has died at 47.
NASCAR suspends driver Noah Gragson for liking insensitive meme depicting face of George Floyd
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Driver Noah Gragson has been suspended indefinitely by NASCAR and Legacy Motor Club due to liking an insensitive meme with a photo of George Floyd’s face.