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Former USA Gymnastics Coach Charged With 2 Dozen Criminal Charges, Dies By Suicide
Former USA Gymnastics and Olympic coach John Geddert died by suicide on Thursday, just hours after Michigan's Attorney General charged him with sexual assault and human trafficking.
House passes sweeping LGBTQ rights bill
The Equality Act faces a tougher battle in the Senate, where 60 votes must be found to bypass a filibuster.
How Did the ‘Worst of the Worst’ Become 3 Out of 4?
Merrick Garland can bring bail reform to the federal justice system.
McKinsey Partners Vote Out Leader in Wake of Opioid Settlement, Other Crises
Kevin Sneader’s single three-year term will end; partners will elect new head in March
A Black Soldier’s Heroism, Overlooked in 1965, May Finally Be Lauded in 2021
Comrades repeatedly told the Army that Capt. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers in the Special Forces, deserved the Medal of Honor. The Army kept losing the paperwork.
Shaka King Goes to Hollywood
How the “Judas and the Black Messiah” filmmaker went from outsider to trailblazer with a studio movie about the Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.
Ravi Zacharias, Influential Evangelist, Is Accused of Sexual Abuse in Scathing Report
An investigation found credible evidence of sexual misconduct spanning many years. Several massage therapists made accusations against Mr. Zacharias, who died last spring.
‘Race and Place Matter’: A Biden Adviser Tackles Coronavirus Inequities
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith discusses her role overseeing President Biden’s coronavirus equity task force and the challenge of tackling disparities in the pandemic.
Did Tennessee Execute an Innocent Man?
If DNA exonerates Sedley Alley, it could hasten an end to capital punishment.
The New Menendez Defenders
Young people are making impassioned arguments for the release of Lyle and Erik Menendez. Why now?
New York City to review shelter providers after sexual, financial abuse allegations emerge
The head of a major shelter provider faces allegations that he used his position to sexually abuse women and enrich family members.
A Century Ago, White Protestant Extremism Marched on Washington
Kelly J. Baker is a writer and scholar of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. She sees frightening similarities between that culture and the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Stutthof camp: Woman, 95, accused of aiding Nazi mass murder
A 95-year-old woman who worked for the commandant of a Nazi concentration camp has been charged in north Germany with aiding and abetting mass murder.
3 New Jersey prison guards accused in attack, cover-up at women's prison
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said prosecutors found that the guards tried to cover up the attack at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women by filing false reports.
From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
Protest expert Aldon Morris explains how social justice movements succeed