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Sarah Boone called 911 and said her boyfriend got trapped in a suitcase and died during a game of hide-and-seek, according to court records. The Florida couple had been drinking Chardonnay and doing puzzles Sunday night in their Winter Park apartment, Boone told authorities, when they thought “it would be funny” to hop in a…

Dale Hudson was supposed to go out for an after-work drink near Milwaukee on Wednesday. The bar’s owner had his usual Miller High Life Light waiting on ice — but he never showed up. Kim Thompson, who owns the bar, found out Thursday that her friend and ice fishing partner was one of five people…

The US Department of Education is demanding “sweeping changes” at the University of Southern California after an investigation found the school failed for years to protect students after reports alleged sexual abuse by former gynecologist George Tyndall. The department’s Office for Civil Rights’ investigation into the handling of allegations against Tyndall found USC “systemically failed”…

A Texas art teacher who was placed on administrative leave after talking about “her future wife” in class hopes her settlement with a school district will change the lives of other LGBTQ people. Stacy Bailey, who was on paid leave, reached a $100,000 settlement with the Mansfield Independent School District last week, her attorney said.…

A doctor at the University of Michigan sexually abused students and athletes, including an Olympic wrestler, for decades, three former wrestlers and their attorneys said in a news conference Thursday. University doctor Robert E. Anderson, who worked at Michigan from 1968 to 2003, allegedly molested them during unnecessary medical examinations, the wrestlers said. Anderson died…

Sports mascots that invoke Native American imagery and traditions have long been considered offensive by tribal nations. Two Illinois lawmakers want to ban them. Two representatives in the state House have introduced a bill that would prohibit schools from using Native American logos, mascots or other imagery unless they: receive written permission from a tribe…

Four people with alleged ties to a neo-Nazi group known as Atomwaffen Division have been arrested after authorities said they conspired to harass journalists and people affiliated with the Anti-Defamation League. The group focused on targets who were Jewish or people of color, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington,…

A bill that’s steadily progressing in Washington state would reduce the penalty for intentionally exposing another to blood-borne pathogens like HIV. The bill, which passed the state House earlier this month, is now in committee in the Senate. If it passes, the bill — originally proposed by the state’s Department of Health — would make…

Rappers Yo Gotti and Jay-Z filed a second lawsuit this week against the Mississippi Department of Corrections targeting the state’s notorious Parchman prison, where at least nine inmates have died since the beginning of the year. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of more than 150 inmates housed in the prison — formally known as…