Breakthrough in forensic genealogy leads to the arrest of a suspect in the brutal 2009 slaying of his uncle.

During the weeks Donald Trump stood trial on state criminal charges, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate’s allies in Congress used the power of their office to aid his defense in the court of public opinion. Guilty verdicts on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records on Thursday against the former president came after key Republican lawmakers held a hearing, wrote letters, released a report, filed an ethics complaint about the judge and spoke to media cameras near the...

‘Rigged” is a favorite word of Donald Trump and his allies. It describes how institutions and processes have been distorted by a progressive elite to tilt the playing field against Trump and his supporters. For the former president, it’s an all-purpose charge lodged against anything he dislikes and is especially useful as applied to the 2020 election, since it can vaguely encompass everything from sharp practices by the other side to outright theft. When Trump made his ...

A 12-person Manhattan jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts in what was an enormously risky case to bring, with unfairly high stakes. Let’s be honest with each other. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case was convoluted, and the jury convicting Trump shows that he got lucky in this case.

Former President Trump's New York felony conviction Thursday on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels can't stop him from becoming president if the voters put him back in office, legal scholars seem to agree.  The Constitution imposes very few prerequisites for the presidency — a candidate must be at least 35 years of age, natural-born citizens and a U.S. resident for a minimum of 14...

Twitch on Friday will terminate all members of its Safety Advisory Council, according to sources familiar with the situation and documents viewed by CNBC. The council is a resource of nine industry experts, streamers and moderators who consulted on trust and safety issues related to children on Twitch, nudity, banned users and more. The Amazon-owned game-streaming company formed its Safety Advisory Council in May 2020 to “enhance Twitch’s approach to issues of...

President Biden’s re-election campaign touted his predecessor Donald Trump’s conviction Thursday as evidence that “no one is above the law” — while trying to raise money off what the presumptive Republican nominee charged was a prosecution to aid the incumbent. “In New York today, we saw that no one is above the law,” campaign communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement emailed shortly after Trump was found guilty by a Manhattan jury on 34 criminal counts of...

What happens when the proudest moment of a parent's life is also the strangest? Just ask Mark and Lindsey Lashley from Georgia. On March 19, they welcomed their first child Cason, a healthy baby boy, into the world. Nothing out of the ordinary there.Then Cason's grandmother decided to send a text to family members about her newest bundle of joy. Again, nothing unusual there either.But when that text went to a stranger named Dennis Williams, and he decided to join in on the celebration, things became even more interesting. Check out the exchange below.And just like that, the Williams brothers arrived at the hospital with gifts and well-wishes for the new mom and dad.The following note from the Lashley family was posted on Williams' Facebook page praising the brothers' kindness and generosity for providing a small token to a family they didn't even know a few hours beforehand.The best sentiment from the Lashleys:"If we all only had this kind of heart.”This hilarious and heartwarming story is going viral for all the right reasons.Plenty of stats and polls point to a depressing truth: Our world is becoming more and more divided by racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural lines.But it's easy to forget just how far we've come:Two random black dudes showed up in the hospital room of a white family to provide gifts and love to their newborn baby, and the Internet universally loved it. That, in itself, is an epic feat.These families will be connected forever due to a random act of kindness that warmed the hearts of millions.Not to mention, when baby Cason grows up, his parents will have one amazing birth story to share with him.But first, let's share this great story with everyone who needs a smile.This article was originally published on 3.22.16