5 Memphis officers fired for involvement in death of Tyre Nichols
Details of what exactly happened the night officers arrested Tyre Nichols have not been released.
U.S.
FAA blames contract workers for outage that grounded flights
Most airports in the U.S. held planes at the gate for about two hours on the morning of Jan. 11 while the situation was resolved.
| Scripps News Staff
Son seeks $50M from LA for dad's death from stun gun zaps
LA police restrained and shocked Keenan Anderson six times with a Taser in less than a minute, causing his heart to stop at a hospital hours later.
| AP
An African American study course is now banned from Florida schools
Florida's Department of Education has decided to block the state's schools from participating in the AP's African American Studies pilot program.
| Alexa Liacko
Elon Musk takes witness stand to defend Tesla buyout tweets
The tweets resulted in a $40 million settlement with securities regulators and a class-action lawsuit alleging he misled investors.
| AP
Search for actor Julian Sands on Mount Baldy continues by air
Dangerous snowy conditions on California's Mount Baldy have led to a pause in ground search operations for Julian Sands.
Elijah McClain's mom shares thoughts as trials for son's death begins
Three Colorado police officers and two paramedics pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and reckless homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain.
1 dead, 2 injured after Denny's sign falls on their car
A spokesperson for Denny's said they are working with authorities to better understand the incident.
| Scripps News Staff and AP
Historic Black churches receive $4 million in preservation grants
Churches across the U.S. will each receive tens of thousands of dollars to aid in restoring their historic house of worship.
| AP
Why are Americans spending more time alone?
Americans are spending more time by themselves than they have over the past 20 years. A professor who studies solitude helps explain why.
Cleaning up our nation's waterways is proving harder than expected
Of the more than 700,000 miles of waterways in the U.S., nearly 51% are impaired by pollution.
Survivors of Florida boys' school recount past and fight for change
A graveyard in Florida is nearly all that's left of Dozier School for Boys, where students endured mental, physical and sexual abuse.
Protests surge nationwide over drag shows
Online campaigns and in-person protests have targeted drag events across the nation.
Pres. Biden surveys California storm damage, increases funding
President Joe Biden visited areas of California devastated by storms, just as he increased available federal funding to aid in recovery.
2021 Scripps Bee Champion Zaila Avant-garde to publish 2 books
Scripps Spelling Bee winner Zaila Avant-garde is adding a new title to her impressive list of accomplishments: children’s book author.
Welcome Corps program lets private citizens sponsor refugees in US
The Welcome Corps aims to line up 10,000 Americans who can help 5,000 refugees during the first year of the program.
| AP
Why aren't keyboards in alphabetical order?
Here's how our society evolved into using the "qwerty" keyboard, straying from alphabetical organization used in the first typewriter in the 1860s.
Alec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter in 'Rust' shooting
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the movie set near Santa Fe, New Mexico, in October 2021.
| Scripps News Staff and Clayton Sandell
Uvalde, Texas shares concept for new elementary school after shooting
Parents and community members were walked through the latest design of the rebuild after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School last year.
Suspect Brian Walshe searched 'how to stop a body from decomposing'
Prosecutors linked a Massachusetts man accused of killing his wife with DNA blood evidence and disturbing internet search history.
| Matt Johnson
Police seize bedding, other items from Idaho stabbing suspect's home
Bryan Kohberger has not yet had an opportunity to enter a plea and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in June.
| AP and Scripps News Staff
Why officials haven't provided solutions to securing US power grid
Key pieces of U.S. infrastructure have been subject to attacks recently, but protecting against these isn't a simple feat for any certain agency.
Is there a link between the power grid attacks and extremism?
Recent attacks on the power grid seem to have a common thread of perpetrators sharing extremist ideologies hoping to create chaos and panic.
| Scripps News Staff
NYC first city to provide free abortion pills
A clinic in the Bronx is the first of four clinics run by the city that is offering abortion pills — free of charge.
What is ‘quiet hiring’ — and how can you benefit from it?
Quiet hiring is when employers acquire new skills without taking on more employees — typically by stretching existing employees' workloads.
Federal agencies address Asian hate crimes
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders is the first national plan of its kind.
| Mary Chao
Efforts underway across the US to uncover, preserve Black cemeteries
The Black Cemetery Network is a growing database of documented projects to uncover and restore Black cemeteries across the country.
| Liz Gold
Unused 529 college savings can be rolled into a Roth IRA next year
In the past, the only real option for 529 funds that weren't used for a secondary education program was to roll the money over to another beneficiary.
Record number of guns seized by TSA: Here's which airports fared worst
The agency reported that it confiscated 6,542 firearms in 2022. That's an increase of 570 firearms over 2021.
| Scripps News Staff
Idaho stabbing suspect made troubling social media posts
The newly uncovered social media posts, which Scripps News has not independently verified, shed light on Bryan Kohberger's desensitized past.
