Morale is high amongst Chadian troops fighting Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. Nathan Frandino reports.
A former McKinsey & Co partner sued the global consulting firm on Friday and accused it of defaming him and making him a "scapegoat" to distract attention from its work advising OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and other manufacturers of opioid pain medications. Arnab Ghatak, who was fired in 2021, filed the lawsuit in New York state court just two days after Reuters and others reported that the U.S. Department of Justice was conducting a criminal investigation of McKinsey's role in the U.S. opioid epidemic. Part of that investigation concerns whether McKinsey obstructed justice, an inquiry related to McKinsey's disclosure that it had fired two partners who communicated about deleting documents related to their opioids work, people familiar with the matter said.
The sentencing Friday closes out the last of three trials around the death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man.
Some experts say intermittent fasting is better than dieting. Here is what to know before you start.
A woman who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault said Friday she was not sure she could face testifying again if he is re-tried, after his New York rape conviction was thrown out this week.Weinstein, 72, was convicted in 2020 of the rape and sexual assault of ex-actress Jessica Mann in 2013, and of forcibly performing oral sex on former production assistant Haley in 2006.
Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the only capital they haven’t captured in the western Darfur region, the United Nations said Friday, warning that an attack would have “devastating consequences” for the city's 800,000 inhabitants. At the same time, the U.N. said, the rival Sudanese Armed Forces “appear to be positioning themselves.” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres again called on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and government forces to refrain from fighting in the North Darfur area around its capital, El Fasher, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
Twyla Stallworth, 40, sued the Andalusia, Alabama police department claiming an officer assaulted her in her home after she called the cops.
The story at the center of Netflix’s latest true crime drama, “The Asunta Case,” is captivating, horrifying and real.
The central question hanging over Donald Trump's legal cases, Mitch McConnell's next big fight, and why Joe Biden is feeling optimistic about the 2024 election.
Columbia University student Kyhmani James apologized for saying "Zionists don't deserve to die." The White House condemned the remarks.
The owner of a Michigan business that exploded in March has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after a flying canister from the blast hit and killed a 19-year-old standing outside a quarter-mile away.
The Biden Administration has delayed plans to ban menthol cigarettes, a proposal announced by the Food and Drug Administration years ago.
A young killer whale that was trapped for more than a month in a lagoon on Vancouver Island swam past a bottleneck at high tide early Friday, reaching an inlet that could take it to the open sea, officials said. The Ehattesaht and Nuchatlaht First Nations said in a statement that a team monitoring the 2-year-old calf saw it swim past the area where its mother had died, pass under a bridge and head down the inlet “all on her own.” The young orca still must leave the Little Espinosa Inlet to reach open ocean.
Jeremy Cooper, a former paramedic in Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to four years probation, 14 months of work release and 100 hours of community service on Friday.
Peter Meijer, who lost his House seat after voting to impeach then-President Donald Trump, has dropped out of a crowded Republican Senate primary in Michigan.
State legislators in Tennessee passed a bill Tuesday allowing teachers and school staff in the state to be armed.
The young daughter of a NASA research scientist is making a big bang on social media with her diagram showing how she loves her mom more.
Rhona Graff, who said she was testifying pursuant to a subpoena, testified that Trump’s contact list included information for Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.
The last batch of inflation news that Federal Reserve officials will see before their policy meeting next week is in, and none of it is very good.
An emergency slide fell off a Delta Air Lines jetliner shortly after takeoff Friday from New York, and pilots who felt a vibration in the plane circled back to land safely at JFK Airport. Delta said that after takeoff the pilots got an alert about the emergency slide on the plane's right side and heard an unusual sound coming from that area of the Boeing 767 jet, which is listed as having been manufactured in 1990. The Federal Aviation Administration said the crew reported a vibration.
After months of trying to reestablish communication with the Voyager 1 probe — the most distant human-made object in existence — NASA finally announced success.
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