Over the last two years, U.S. cities have paid out millions of dollars in legal settlements with the families of men killed by police in some of the nation's most controversial cases. The goal is often to avoid costly litigation or potentially enormous damages handed out by juries at civil trials. … [Read more...]

Hundreds of refugees traveling across the Mediterranean Sea towards Europe were rescued from two wooden boats by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The MSF-run boat the Argos first rescued 242 people from a wooden boat in distress. … [Read more...]

Mexican food night was too hot for one Clemson University student to handle, and the unidentified Tiger's tweet complaining that it was insensitive was all it took to end a campus tradition. Maximum Mexican night was just one of several thematic events put on by the South Carolina school's dining service throughout the academic year. … [Read more...]

A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has linked hydraulic fracturing — the process of pumping chemical-laced water into shale to extract the oil or gas embedded within — to premature births and high-risk pregnancies. … [Read more...]

A Hungarian photographer's recent refugee-themed fashion photo shoot -- including scantily clad models wearing headscarves -- has sparked outrage on social media. Some of Norbert Baska's photographs from the shoot show a model wearing a headscarves while baring skin, while others show the same model copying the way refugees have been dragged by police to stop them from crossing … [Read more...]

The recent emissions scandal at Volkswagen left the world stunned: How can such a major carmaker allow itself to downright cheat on emissions tests? As it turns out, though other carmakers weren't caught with their pants down, many of their diesel cars also fare much better in those tests than in real life. … [Read more...]

After a Michigan football team had their meals paid for at a Michigan restaurant, they decided to "pay it forward." It all started on Tuesday when a group of six Lake Orion High School football players were dining at Iris Café in Orion Township. … [Read more...]

There are still 24 staffers from Doctors Without Borders missing after the airstrike that hit the charity's hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. At least 22 people died in the Saturday morning strike, including 12 staffers, the charity's international president said Wednesday. … [Read more...]