This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. Texas state regulators are investigating a medical school’s failure to notify surviving family members before cutting up and leasing out the bodies of their loved ones. The Texas Funeral Service Commission notified the University of North Texas Health...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Workplace communications platform Slack experienced an outage Wednesday morning as thousands of users reported they were unable to use the service. The tech company, based in San Francisco, said it was investigating reports of trouble connecting or loading Slack. On an update on the company’s website, Slack said it had “determined...
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired more than 100 intelligence officers from 15 agencies for using a government chat platform for discussions that included topics like polyamory, gender transition surgery and politics. “I put out a directive today that they all will be terminated and their security clearances will be revoked,” Gabbard told...
Former child star and beloved millennial actor Michelle Trachtenberg, best known for her work on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl,” was found dead at her New York City home, police said Wednesday. She was 39. Police responded to a 911 call shortly after 8 a.m. at 1 Columbus Place, where “officers observed a...
A Nebraska father who has been struggling to get a Social Security number and a valid birth certificate for his toddler finally got a reprieve Wednesday. Jason Kilburn’s 2-year-old, Caroline, has been listed in state records as “Unakite Thirteen Hotel” since she was born. In addition to not having a birth certificate with her real...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet secretaries for the first meeting of his new term on Wednesday, gathering agency leaders who are working to implement his agenda at a spitfire pace — and the billionaire adviser whose work on Trump’s behalf is touching all of their agencies. The group, which included nominees who...
A woman suspected to be involved in an attempted arson and repeated vandalization of a Northern Colorado Tesla dealership was arrested on Monday—the fourth such incident reported at the location in recent weeks. Lucy Grace Nelson, 40, was taken into custody after Nelson was allegedly found returning to the Tesla dealership on Monday in possession...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is directing federal agencies to prepare for mass layoffs of their workers, according to the heads of the White House budget office and Office of Personnel Management. Budget Director Russell Vought and acting OPM Director Charles Ezell said in the memo to the heads of departments and agencies the they...
A Maryland judge on Wednesday sentenced “Real Housewives of Potomac” star Karen Huger to a year behind bars, 11 months after she got drunk and crashed her Maserati into a street sign. An original “RHOP” cast member known as the “grande dame” of high society in suburban Washington, Huger was convicted late last year by...
President Donald Trump said he wants to replace a long-standing visa program for foreign investors with a “gold card” that would provide them legal permanent residency and a path to citizenship for $5 million. Trump floated the idea during an impromptu question-and-answer session at the Oval Office on Tuesday as he signed a series of other...