The case of Ethan Couch, the Texas 18-year-old who was behind a fatal drunken driving wreck in 2013, will be moved to adult court, a Texas judge ruled Friday, meaning that he could face jail time, the New York Post reports.  Couch, who was 16 at the time of the incident, used the “affluenza” defense…

By now we’ve all heard about the Florida teen who was arrested for posing as a doctor, practicing in his own clinic without a license.  Well, an Ohio teen is now facing charges of posing as a representative of a state senator at a high school, where he was given a tour before giving students…

One Flint, Mich., resident, who prided himself on drinking a lot of water and being healthy, now has a blood-lead level that is five times what is considered toxic, the Detroit Free Press reports.  For the past six months, Aaron Stinson has suffered from excessive sweating, fatigue and severe headaches, among other inexplicable symptoms that…

A Chicago Black Lives Matter activist declined an invitation to meet with President Barack Obama on Thursday before a Black History Month reception at the White House, saying that she was not interested in “a photo opportunity and a 90-second sound bite for the president,” the Chicago Tribune reports.  Aislinn Pulley, co-founder of Black Lives Matter…

The superintendent of the Belton Independent School District in Texas, Susan Kincannon, has apologized to an 8-year-old student and his family after the boy was handcuffed during an attempt to restrain him when he had a tantrum as a reaction to medication for his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, KWTX reports.  “While we are continuing to…

Two Los Angeles police officers are accused of forcing four women to engage in sex acts by threatening them and using their authority, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, while one officer acted as a lookout in the front seat of a squad car, a 19-year-old woman, who was a drug informant, was…

A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter in the death of his mother a mere two days after he completed a 30-year prison sentence for murdering a neighbor, the New York Post reports.  Steven Pratt, 47, pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges in the killing of his mother, 64-year-old Gwendolyn Pratt, at their home…

Top Texas A&M University officials visited a Dallas high school to personally apologize to students who were subject to racial slurs and harassment while visiting campus last week, the Texas Tribune reports.  University President Michael Young and A&M System Chancellor John Sharp were accompanied by state Sen. Royce West of Dallas for a morning meeting…

A St. Paul, Minn., police sergeant who made a Facebook comment encouraging drivers to run over Black Lives Matter protesters and telling them how to avoid being charged while doing so resigned Wednesday, Mediaite reports.  Last month Jeffrey Rothecker, using a profile with the name JM Roth, commented under a news story about protesters blocking…

A candidate for District Court judge in Van Buren County, Ark., has withdrawn from the race following scrutiny of text messages he sent in which he called a local county clerk a “hair lipped niger whore,” the Arkansas Times reports.  The texts, in which the candidate in question, Kent Tester, misspells what is presumably meant…