Neetu Chandak

CALIFORNIA - A University of California at Berkeley student was punched in the face by another person while at a recruiting event for Turning Point USA Tuesday. A man wearing a black shirt and pants walked up to UC Berkeley student…

CALIFORNIA - Oakland, California teachers walked out of a school district with more than 36,000 students Thursday to protest what they believe to be unlivable salaries. An entry-level teacher with only a bachelor’s degree can earn…

CHICAGO - Video footage from a Chicago hardware store shows the two brothers connected to Jussie Smollett’s alleged attack buying a red hat and ski masks. The items were bought on Jan. 28, a day before the alleged attack, CBS 2…

NORTH CAROLINA - Vandals went after the wrong Confederate monument Thursday night and instead burned a World War 2 general’s statue in North Carolina. Major General William C. Lee’s statue was burned around 10 p.m. Thursday after…

CHICAGO - “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded no contest to not only driving under the influence of alcohol, but also for driving without a license and giving law enforcement false information in 2007. Smollett was sentenced…

Toledo police mug shot of Lashauwna Tucker, 26, who left her children 4 and 6 years old, alone in her house before going to Burger King. TOLEDO - Police arrested and charged an Ohio mother for endangering children, arson and criminal…

RICHMOND - The West Virginia teachers’ strike caused every school district but one to shutdown Tuesday. The state has a 55 districts and 265,755 students enrolled in public schools, according to data from the West Virginia…

WEST VIRGINIA - West Virginia teachers are planning to go on a statewide strike Tuesday over an education bill they feel does not include input from educators. Three unions — West Virginia Education Association, the state’s American…

NEW YORK - Children two-years-old and under watched more than twice as much TV in 2014 than in 1997 even with the rise of other technology like smartphones and tablets, according to study published online Monday. The study,…

CHICAGO - Jussie Smollett’s case about an alleged attack in January could be headed to a grand jury. Law official sources reported the case could be headed to a grand jury sometime this week, according to TMZ Sunday. Law…

NEW YORK - Vox senior video correspondent Liz Plank said celebrities — not media outlets — were reporting on the “This is MAGA country” quote in “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s alleged attack. “The quote, I remember reading about…

CALIFORNIA - An Oakland, California, teachers’ union announced Saturday that a strike will begin on Feb. 21 after failing to reach an agreement with the school district over increased pay and smaller class sizes. Oakland Educators…

CHICAGO - Jussie Smollett’s attorneys said reports claiming the “Empire” actor planned his own attack on Jan. 29 “further victimized” him and were lies, according to a Saturday night statement. Smollett reported two men beat…

ILLINOIS - The Chicago Police Department (CPD) said Friday night that two men arrested in connection with the alleged attack against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett were released with no charges. “Due to new evidence as a result of…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump expects court challenges over declaring a national emergency to secure border wall funding, but pointed out it rarely happens and believes he should not be sued, according to a Friday press…

MINNEAPOLIS - A 911 call revealed the suspected gunman shot a Minnesota bus driver stopped in traffic during a snow storm on Feb. 5 because he feared getting run over. Kenneth Lilly, 31, reported to police in a phone call Feb. 5…

FLORIDA - Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday he wants a grand jury to look into possible mistakes made by Broward County Public Schools in addressing the Parkland, Florida, shooting. The grand jury would have…

SANFORD - A Florida teacher is under investigation after reading an unapproved book about gay bunnies to first grade students. The book, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver presents A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo,” is meant to…

BALTIMORE - A mother in her 50s was eager to find a Valentine’s date by asking students at a Maryland college campus, but it was not for herself — it was reportedly for her son. Police sent an alert to the Towson University…

RICHMOND - Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam restored the right to vote, serve on a jury, run for public office and become a notary public for nearly 11,000 people previously convicted of a felony, his office announced Tuesday. …

FLORIDA - University of Miami students were asked whether they were for or against New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal” in a video released by Campus Reform Monday. Students were initially for the…

Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said on “Morning with Maria” Monday that the National Enquirer’s parent company could have committed blackmail but not extortion if Jeff Bezos’s allegations are true. “If the…

MASSACHUSETTS - Harvard University announced Friday that it would move to dismiss complaints about a rule that punishes students in single-gender clubs from holding leadership positions on sports teams and campus groups. The…

NEW YORK - “The View” host Joy Behar has been quiet about her “beautiful African woman” costume since a 2016 clip resurfaced Wednesday as politicians and organizations are in hot water over blackface controversies. Behar went as a…

RIVERDALE - Georgia school district is investigating a teacher who was caught on video beating up a student Friday. Chief of Communications for Clayton County Public Schools Jada Dawkins confirmed to The Daily Caller News Foundation…

NORTH CAROLINA - A University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) student thought she heard a ghost in her bedroom closet, but it turned out to be a 30-year-old man allegedly wearing her clothes over the weekend. …

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to connect with religious college leaders at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities conference Wednesday by sharing her favorite Bible verse – except there was one problem. The…

JACKSON HEIGHTS - An MS-13 gang member suspected of shooting and killing a man at a New York City subway station Sunday afternoon was taken into custody Monday. A cellphone video that has gone viral shows a man getting beaten on a …

MESA - An Arizona migrant shelter worker was sentenced to 19 years of prison for sexually abusing “numerous teenage boys” between August 2016 and July 2017. Levian Pacheco, 25, sexually abused seven boys, some on multiple occasions,…

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump called out Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam for his recent apology over a racist photo appearing in his 1984 medical school yearbook and comments on late-term abortions. “Democrat Governor…