A Baltimore family is suing a Sesame Street-themed amusement park for $25 million U.S. over claims of racial discrimination, alleging multiple costumed characters ignored a 5-year-old Black girl during a meet-and-greet event last month.
Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced Wednesday in a federal court to three years in prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights during the May 2020 killing.
James Lovelock, the environmental scientist whose influential Gaia theory sees the Earth as a living organism gravely imperiled by human activity has died on his 103rd birthday.
A big, pink diamond of 170 carats has been discovered in Angola and is claimed to be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years.
Gangs throughout Haiti's capital and beyond have grown more powerful since last year's assassination of president Jovenel Moïse. Kidnappings have skyrocketed and increasingly violent turf wars have shut down the main roads leading to the country's northern and southern regions.
