Brianna Sacks is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Los Angeles.
Three men on the US épée team took a stand against their teammate Alen Hadzic's inclusion in the Olympics despite sexual assault allegations against him.
The US Center for SafeSport was tasked with investigating sexual abuse claims at Olympic programs. But in the first Summer Games since the agency’s creation, Team USA fencers say the system failed them.
“People are getting retriggered with each new calamity in a way that’s paralyzing. The level of grieving is almost electric.”
In one year, people in southwestern Louisiana lived through five major disasters on top of a pandemic. Another bad hurricane season is already here, and thousands still have holes in their roofs.
“It’s like a foreshadow of your own death.”
They cheered, jumped in the air, and even broke down in tears.
“It’s everyday life to me. I don’t know how else to describe it because I am so used to surviving that way.”
Search through BuzzFeed News’ database to find out if the police department in your community is among the hundreds of taxpayer-funded entities that used Clearview AI’s facial recognition.
A BuzzFeed News investigation has found that employees at law enforcement agencies across the US ran thousands of Clearview AI facial recognition searches — often without the knowledge of the public or even their own departments.
The suspect was also shot and killed after he ran at officers with a knife near a checkpoint, officials said.
The US Center for SafeSport was tasked with investigating sexual abuse claims at Olympic programs. But in the first Summer Games since the agency’s creation, Team USA fencers say the system failed them.
“People are getting retriggered with each new calamity in a way that’s paralyzing. The level of grieving is almost electric.”
On the upside, we finally know the gender of the baby...😬
Lizzy Martinez says she wants her Florida high school to change dress code policies that "body-shame women." The district acknowledged that the "matter should have been handled differently."
A congressional report found that the agencies had opportunities to stop the doctor but failed to do so and “knowingly concealed” his abuse.
"I feel absolutely horrible about it," the father-to-be said in court. "It was probably one of the worst days of my life."
The 33-year-old who confessed to strangling his family in November told investigators how he committed the murders in a newly released report.
A lawsuit also claims one coach — the head of Harvard’s diving program — solicited nude photos from female athletes. The university placed him on leave Tuesday.
We regret to inform you that "Brother Nature" has milkshake ducked.