California's Kern County settles for $1m over sexual assault by sheriff's deputy

Lawsuit is second settled by sheriffs office in a week in county revealed by the Guardian to have a program of attempted cash payoffs to vulnerable women The young victim of a sexual assault carried out by a sheriffs deputy in Kern County, California, has settled a civil lawsuit for $1m, marking Read more...

Our 9 Favorite Feature Stories This Week: Miracle Cures, The Ebola Epidemic, And Tales From The Garbageman

This week for BuzzFeed News, Keegan Hamilton introduces the researchers who are coming close to discovering a cure for cocaine addiction. Read that and these other stories from BuzzFeed and around the web. 1. Meet The Scientists Who May Have Found The Cure For Drug Addiction -- BuzzFeed News View this image " Illustrations by Michael Wandelmaier for BuzzFeed Researchers are closer than ever before to finding a cure for dependence on stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine. But will big Read more...