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On most of the teams he played on growing up, Jonny Lazarus found himself the only Jewish player in the locker room. Lazarus has always had a deep connection to hockey and Judaism. When he got an opportunity to get involved with the Israel Elite Hockey League (IEHL) Israel's premier professional hockey league he saw an opportunity to make Jewish players feel more represented in the game.

Driving the news: Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast "violated federal law" when it held a two-day employer-sponsored trip and networking event in Connecticut that invited women only in September 2024, EEOC alleges. "Coca-Cola Northeast privately invited female employees and then excused the female employees who attended the event from their normal work duties," EEOC alleged in a Wednesday statement. The drinks giant "paid them their normal salary or wages without requiring them to use vacation or other paid time off"

West Texas cops knew, in 1981, that just about anything could happen at the Sand and Sage Motel in Odessa. An oil boom that year had brought droves of fortune seekers, almost all of them men, ambitious, but some of them hungry for trouble. Roughnecks and wildcatters drank and fought when they weren't deep in the dangerous oil fields and by 1982, Odessa had become the murder capital of the United States.

They were right. If you've been around interscholastic sports long enough, you can sense trouble. The real problem arrived in the fourth quarter, when two players tackled each other at half court. Coaches and teammates rushed in, and one boy appeared to kick the player from the opposing team. Security and administrators broke up the tussle, but this time parents made it to the center of the action.

In a new report obtained by PEOPLE, the New York Police Department confirmed that a "suicidal note" left in the in the primary bedroom of Burrell's home in Brooklyn, New York, was found by an investigator following her death on June 17, 2025. The investigator also discovered "suicidal" journal entries on a bed in the same room, according to the police report.

At a Juvenile Court hearing this week in East Lost Angeles, sheriff's deputies led shackled defendants into a courtroom reserved for youths accused of serious crimes. Most were baby-faced teenagers wearing orange jumpsuits. Then they brought out a 39-year-old father of four. The man, Victor Perez, is accused of killing a woman in Hollywood in 2003. But because he was 17 at the time, Perez, who has pleaded not guilty, is being prosecuted as a juvenile - at least for now.

MIKA and WARSAW, Poland The hike to the site of what local authorities believe to be Russia's latest act of rail sabotage on Polish soil leads police officer Piotr Pokorski trudging through a couple of feet of snow across a stark white farm field, through a thatch of dead cattails and across a frozen creek before he pauses underneath an embankment. "The explosion happened here," he says, pointing to a small section of railroad track that catches the frozen sunlight, reflecting a bronze-colored sheen from a recent

People think that when there is no water, we and our families, we have special water, we don't. We also go through the samesuffer the same pain,

The outcome of the election was a direct rebuke of everything that we had been trying to do for the last 10 years,

Of all the ways President Trump has pushed the boundaries of executive power, one stands out to lawyers and watchdogs. The president wants the government he leads to pay him billions of dollars. Trump has filed multiple claims arguing he's been hurt by Justice Department investigations and the leak of his tax returns years ago. Now it's up to his own political appointees to determine whether to settle with their boss and for how much taxpayer money.

Tesla recently dropped Autosteer from new cars, effectively killing off the Autopilot name. It appears this may be related to an administrative ruling issued by the California DMV over long-standing allegations of deceptive marketing. The California DMV labels this a compliance action, noting that Tesla "successfully took the required action" necessary to avoid a suspension of its dealer's license.

Air Force Survival School at Fairchild Air Force Base trains aircrew for the moment they could become isolated behind enemy lines or stranded in hostile environments after a crash.

The Nancy Guthrie investigation is now in its third week, which means it was only a matter of time before the case piqued the interest of online armchair detectives. Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing on Feb. 1. In the weeks since, the street outside her home in Tucson, Arizona, has become a destination for true-crime livestreamers.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Fox News on Tuesday that he believes 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie is the victim of a targeted kidnapping as the search for her continues. In an interview with Fox News' Jonathan Hunt, Nanos revealed no DNA match had been found from a glove retrieved from the crime scene. Guthrie, mother of Today anchor Samantha Guthrie, was reported missing at the beginning of the month.

The proposed settlement comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments in April on Bayer's assertion that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's approval of Roundup without a cancer warning should invalidate claims filed in state courts. That case would not be affected by the proposed settlement. But the settlement would eliminate some of the risk from an eventual Supreme Court ruling. Patients would be assured of receiving settlement money even if the Supreme Court rules in Bayer's favor.

It's not just the letters that we received from the person demanding money in return for information, it's also the ransom note we got. I will tell you, the FBI is very interested in both the ransom letter and these demand letters in particular today. I mean, there was a lot of communication between us and the FBI. So they are really interested in this, replied Levin, who continued:

The San Francisco medical examiner released a report Tuesday ruling her death accidental, the result of the toxic effects of cocaine. The 34-year-old was discovered dead at the Fairmont San Francisco in the early hours of Jan. 1. San Francisco police responded to a call at 3:14 a.m. regarding a report of a deceased person at the hotel. Officers met with medics at the scene who declared an adult female dead.

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College football's 2026 recruiting class featured a record-breaking 28 five-star prospects in the final rankings. The 2027 class is tracking even higher, with 18 prospects already holding the distinct honor in our junior class rankings. This class has come out of the gates fast on commitments as well, with 30 prospects already committed to Power 4 schools in our top 100.

"The full executive board of Player representatives met this afternoon with MLBPA staff and outside counsel to discuss next steps; as always, the Players remain focused on their ongoing preparations for collective bargaining this year," the union's statement read. "The strength of this union is - and will always be - the solidarity of our membership. We have a long history of fighting for the rights of every Player, and we're committed to making sure we can continue that fight successfully."

LINDENHURST, NY - Suffolk County police are investigating an assault that seriously injured a 27-year-old man at a Lindenhurst apartment building Tuesday evening, police said. The incident occurred on North Putman Avenue on Feb. 17 at around 6:05 p.m., according to Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries, police said.