Five former employees at a northwest Georgia juvenile detention center have been indicted following the August 2022 death of a 16-year-old who was in custody. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Friday that a Whitfield County grand jury on Monday had indicted the former director and nurse at the Elbert …

“Blue Zones” — parts of the world where people tend to live the longest — are coming to life in a new series focused on tapping into their lessons on longevity. In the four-part series “Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones” (streaming now on Netflix) Dan Buettner, the explorer …

A federal rule that took effect on Tuesday will largely consign one of the world’s great inventions — the incandescent light bulb — to the technological dustbin. The rule from the U.S. Department of Energy bans the production and sale of traditional light bulbs in the U.S., encouraging consumers to …

An inmate who escaped from a New Hampshire correctional facility was shot and killed by a police officer after threatening two people with a knife, officials said.  On July 21, Darien Young walked off the grounds of the Calumet House transitional housing unit — a facility for prisoner re-entry in …

Lowe’s has rehired a Georgia employee who had been fired by the home improvement chain after she attempted to stop shoplifters, getting a black eye in the process. Her firing sparked a social media backlash against the company, with hundreds of Facebook users posting criticisms. Lowe’s fired Donna Hansbrough, 68, …

The 65,000 Hollywood actors now on strike in the U.S. have much in common with the 11,000 script writers who remain off the job because of a labor dispute with the motion picture studios. Among those shared grievances: concerns that studio executives want to replace them with artificial intelligence. For …

DNA from a pizza crust that was discarded earlier this year was used to link the suspect charged in the Gilgo murders case with one of the victims, prosecutors allege in court documents released Friday. Rex Heuermann, 59, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts …

Helsinki, Finland— President Biden on Thursday declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin “has already lost the war” in Ukraine. Mr. Biden was wrapping a four-day long European trip which included the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where the alliance reaffirmed their commitment to Ukraine. But as Mr. Biden celebrated Finland’s …

On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last week in favor of a Christian graphic artist who said it would violate her religious beliefs to create wedding websites for same-sex couples, a man whose name and contact information appeared in case documents with an alleged request to use …

Los Angeles — Once a coveted summer job, lifeguards are hard to come by this year, forcing some pools in Los Angeles to shut down. “We’re short about 200 lifeguards, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Hugo Maldonado, regional operations manager for the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department, …