Three Muslim families were not allowed to board a New York City ferry after they were told they posed a “security issue,” according to a discrimination complaint filed with the New York City Commission on Human Rights this week. The complaint was filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on behalf of the families,…… MORE

One person has died after a plane carrying 42 people, including a high school swim team, went off an airport runway while trying to land Thursday in Alaska. The deceased passenger has been identified as 38-year-old David Allan Oltman of Washington state, according to a spokesman for the Alaska State Troopers. PenAir Flight 3296 from…… MORE

More than a dozen correctional employees in Illinois are under investigation after they were accused of mocking transgender inmates in private Facebook groups, state officials said. Earlier this week, a review by Injustice Watch, a nonprofit journalism organization, found that at least 25 employees with the Illinois Department of Corrections — including prison guards, a…… MORE

A grand jury in Alaska returned an additional murder indictment Thursday against a man already charged with the murder and sexual assault of another woman. Brian Steven Smith, 48, had already been indicted in the death of Kathleen J. Henry, 30, whose assault was captured on a memory card that contained videos and photos of…… MORE

A dozen women are alleging that a former dorm supervisor at the New York School for the Deaf sexually abused them while they were students, a new lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of New York says. According to the lawsuit, Joseph Casucci, the dorm supervisor, sexually abused the women, minors at the time, in…… MORE