Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionExhuming the bodies buried at the Dozier school in 2014 Excavators have found up to another 27 suspected graves near the grounds of a notorious reform school in Florida. Workers hired to clear up a fuel storage site detected new “anomalies” buried near the state-run Dozier School…
Image copyright @SummerSongDes After a major winter storm hit parts of the US this week, residents of Minnesota have noticed something unusual about the fresh snowfall. Rather than blanketing the state in bright white powder, the snow was marbled with patches of brown and orange. But what is causing the so called “dirty snow”? Chris…
A 90-year-old US lottery winner is suing her son and his financial advisers for allegedly mismanaging her fortune. Gloria Mackenzie became the biggest single Powerball winner in US history when she took home the $278m (£209) windfall six years ago. But the Florida resident claims the money was put into poor investments, costing her millions…
President Donald Trump’s policy of effectively banning certain transgender people from serving in the US military has come into effect.BBC LGBT correspondent Ben Hunte explains what the new rules mean.Read more: How many transgender people are in US military? Producer: Tobias Chapple
Image copyright SpaceIL Image caption Pictures of the moon taken by Beresheet as it made its descent Preliminary data from the Beresheet spacecraft suggests a technical glitch in one of its components caused the lander to crash on the Moon.The malfunction triggered a chain of events that eventually caused its main engine to switch off.Despite…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Georgetown is an elite American university Georgetown University students in Washington DC have voted in favour of a reparations fund to repay descendants of slaves sold by the school in 1838.A “Reconciliation Contribution” fee of $27.20 (£21) each semester would benefit descendants of the 272 slaves.Undergraduate students passed the…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Assange was found guilty of a British charge, but he could be extradited to the US to face a separate charge Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange could face a renewed investigation into an allegation of rape in Sweden.Assange, 47, who had been granted asylum in Ecuador’s London embassy for seven years,…
(WASHINGTON) — Former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig was indicted Thursday on charges of making false statements and concealing information in a federal foreign lobbying investigation that intersected with the Russia probe. Craig, 74, was charged in a two-count indictment that accuses him of willfully concealing material facts from the Justice Department about work…
Michael Avenatti, who is best known for representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in her suit against President Donald Trump, has been indicted on 36 federal charges in California related to his legal practice. Among the allegations made by the Internal Revenue Service and federal prosecutors in Los Angeles on Thursday are charges that he…
(Bloomberg) — Tens of millions of people use smart speakers and their voice software to play games, find music or trawl for trivia. Millions more are reluctant to invite the devices and their powerful microphones into their homes out of concern that someone might be listening. Sometimes, someone is. Amazon.com Inc. employs thousands of people…
