Lawmakers in Washington state passed a bill Friday that would allow human remains to be composted.If Gov. Jay Inslee signs Senate Bill 5001 into law, it will take effect May 1, 2020.Right now, if a person dies in Washington, the…
An African-American employee who claimed she was subject to stress and racial harassment after she complained about a coworker's "Blue Lives Matter" flag and after she put up an "equity wall" has settled her lawsuit with an Oregon county, her…
The partially decapitated body of a young woman was found early Saturday in a Brooklyn apartment where police also discovered a 4-year-old girl who was unharmed after her mother fled with lacerations on her head and body, according to a…
Kim Kardashian West is making her case to become a lawyer after working with the White House to help commute the life sentence of a first-time nonviolent drug offender."I know I got so many times people would say to me,…
A Louisiana man has been arrested and booked on charges including committing a hate crime after he allegedly accelerated his truck toward an interracial couple in a suburban New Orleans parking lot, according to the local sheriff's office.James Descant, who…
A zookeeper is recovering in the hospital after she was attacked Saturday morning by a tiger at the Topeka, Kansas zoo.The woman and a male tiger named Sanjiv were in the "same space" when the incident occurred about 9:15 a.m.,…
Investigators searching for a 5-year-old Illinois boy missing since at least Thursday are focusing on the family's residence, police said.The boy's parents reported Andrew "AJ" Freund missing Thursday morning, telling police they last saw him around 9 p.m. the evening…
An Ohio church is apologizing for an "inappropriate" Easter lesson in which a pastor urged students to spit on him, slap him and cut him with a steak knife.Impact City Church lead pastor Justin Ross and part-time associate pastor Jaddeus…
A former Tallahassee police investigator pleaded guilty to assaulting a handcuffed 24-year-old man after his arrest.According to the guilty plea, Brandon Smirnoff, 27, was on duty in pursuit of the victim on a four-wheeler. Several officers had placed the man…
Warm weather is just a few more thunderstorms away.The storm system that made its way through the South and Mid-Atlantic states, killing four people, is now pouring over the Northeast and will move into New England by Sunday, the National…
Police are hoping an anonymous letter can help solve the 45-year-old cold case murder of a teenage girl in Texas.In 1974, Carla Walker was a 17-year-old junior in the Fort Worth suburb of Benbrook when she and her high school…
Frank DeAngelis stood in his home office, his hair graying over his ears, and pointed to each frame on the wall, telling the story behind the mementos he's collected over the last two decades.There are letters from President Bill Clinton,…
Magic is real. How else do you explain the glimmering northern lights, the phosphorescent glow of the mysterious sea creatures of the deep? What, short of true sorcery, could account for the ancient majesty of a rainforest or those really…
Four firefighters were injured in an explosion while responding to a hazmat at an electric company in Arizona on Friday night, authorities said.An additional four others were transported for evaluation following the blast at the Arizona Public Service Electric Company…
Marijuana possession, production and distribution, even in states where it is legal, will remain a barrier in many cases to immigrants hoping to gain US citizenship, the federal government said.Violation of controlled substance laws, including marijuana, "remains a conditional bar…
The latest spy story to captivate the entertainment world has it all: World War II espionage in enemy territory, a determined American woman once called the "most dangerous" Allied spy and, of course, her prosthetic leg named Cuthbert.But Virginia Hall's…
Two Virginia police officers were fired after allegations of involvement with white supremacist groups surfaced.Virginia Division of Capitol Police announced on Wednesday that officer Robert Stamm was fired after a review of possible violations of state and division policies. Stamm…
As the children of David and Louise Turpin spoke about taking their life back and the nightmares they still have, a yellow Labrador sat quietly next to them.The dog, Raider, has been meeting with the siblings ever since their parents…
Lorraine Warren was one of America's most well-known paranormal investigators. She and her husband, Ed, traveled widely researching paranormal and occult phenomena, writing books and lecturing.She died "peacefully" in her sleep Thursday night, her son-in-law, Tony Spera, wrote on Facebook.…
Residents of Flint, Michigan, can proceed with lawsuits that had been filed against the federal government in connection with the city's water crisis, a federal judge ruled.The lawsuits claim the Environmental Protection Agency was too slow to intervene in the…
Two women who were part of an alleged pyramid scheme that involved sex trafficking and racketeering each pleaded guilty to related charges Friday in a New York federal court.Clare Bronfman, an heiress to the Seagram's liquor fortune, pleaded guilty to…
The 5-year-old boy who was thrown off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America is showing "real signs of recovery," according to a post on behalf of the family."Our miracle child Landen is showing real signs or recovery. New…
Climbing was in his DNA.The 28-year-old Austrian climber David Lama is one of three professional mountain climbers caught in an avalanche in Canada's Banff National Park, according to park officials and The North Face, the company that sponsors the men.All…
The Ohio man who allegedly claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen, a boy who disappeared in 2011, pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges of making false statements to federal agents.Brian Michael Rini, 23, of Medina appeared in federal court, where…
Salt Lake Temple will shut its doors by the end of the year and remain closed for the next four years as major renovations are underway, church officials said Friday.The temple in downtown Salt Lake City, where The Church of…
