WATCH: Former NBA MVP Russell Westbrook announces retirement

Justin Tinsley, ESPN’s Andscape senior culture writer, breaks down why Russell Westbrook is retiring and what legacy he is leaving on the league. Source link

Years ago, she received a liver from an organ donor, now she’s engaged to the donor’s brother

23 years ago, Noah Waters’ older brother Michael died in an accident, but that tragedy is also what saved the life of Brooklyn Dotson. When she was 18 months old,…

Ex-Officer Held in New Orleans Mass Shooting Plot Is Freed Without Charges

A former North Carolina police officer who was accused of planning to carry out a mass shooting in New Orleans was quietly released over the summer after a grand jury…

Congressional Black Caucus urges DOJ to review Nolan Wells case

The Congressional Black Caucus is urging the Department of Justice to launch a federal review into the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells. The request for the “independent federal review of…

3 states carry out executions in a single day, first time since 2010

Tennessee and Oklahoma executed inmates within 30 minutes of each other on Thursday, followed by Alabama later in the day, marking the first time since 2010 that U.S. states executed…

Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.

Starting last fall, the Department of Homeland Security spent $464 million on a no-bid contract to buy 10 used airplanes from a firm in Northern Virginia. That was an enormous…

US intel officials assessed threat to Trump was not credible ahead of Air Force One switch: Sources

U.S. intelligence agencies had raised doubts about whether there really was an Iranian plot to target Air Force One before the extraordinary step was taken to secretly move President Trump…

Floodwaters submerge Midwest neighborhoods still bracing for more severe storms

Flooding submerged Indiana neighborhoods in water for the second day in a row, as parts of the state saw Wednesday the highest daily rainfall totals ever recorded in their areas.…

American Missionary Kidnapped in Niger Said to Be Released From Captivity

Kevin Rideout, an American missionary pilot who was seized in Niger last fall, is in U.S. custody and on his way to the United States, two U.S. officials said on…

Trump signs proclamations imposing new drone tariffs, orders Navy to allow shipbuilding abroad

President Donald Trump signed two proclamations on Thursday — one imposing tariffs on drones, and another ordering the Navy to restore older technology on aircraft carriers and allowing for American…