GRAPHIC: Jury selection starts in trial of 3 officers in Manuel Ellis' death

A Black high school student who was suspended over his locs hairstyle and his mother have sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s attorney general for allegedly failing to enforce the state’s CROWN Act, a law that protects against hair discrimination.

The house in West Milford, New Jersey, was heavily damaged by the explosion around 9 p.m., police said. (WCBS)

An alligator suspected of eating a person in Largo, Florida, has been caught and killed. (WFTS)

A Maine infant's nearly monthlong hospitalization is cited in a national recall. (WMTW, FOLICHIA MITCHELL, CONSUMER REPORTS, CNN)

Tropical Storm Ophelia lashed the East Coast ahead of an early Saturday landfall. (CNN)