Mary Kay Letourneau, the former Seattle teacher who was convicted in 1997 of raping a 12-year-old student who she would later marry, died on Tuesday from cancer, her lawyer told Q13 News.David Gehrke, the attorney, told the news station that she suffered from cancer for about nine months. FILE - In this Feb. 6, 1998,…
Getty Images The killing of Ahmaud Arbery by Travis and Greg McMichael has gradually, but forcefully, caught the attention of the the nation. It also has caught the attention of The Players Coalition. The group has sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr, requesting a federal investigation of the shooting. “The local investigation into…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…