A North Carolina sheriff says he wants body camera footage of Andrew Brown Jr.‘s fatal shooting to be made public, but there will have to be a court motion to do it. “Only a judge can release the video,” Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten said in a video message posted Saturday on Facebook. “That’s why
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The Supreme Court is staring at its self-imposed end of June deadline, but the justices have not yet released some of the most significant opinions of the term, including a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the Voting Rights Act and a case on religious liberty, an issue that has split the justices along familiar
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Lindsey Graham denied on Sunday that there is systemic racism in the US, claiming “America’s not a racist country” as President Joe Biden and others urge people to directly confront the issue as the nation grapples with a spate of police killings of Black Americans. Citing the elections of former President Barack Obama,
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Manchester City clinched a fourth consecutive League Cup title on Sunday after beating Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 at Wembley. A late second-half header from Aymeric Laporte topped off a brilliant performance from City, which has dominated this trophy in recent years. It has now matched Liverpool’s record of eight League Cup titles. It’s the first of
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After several weeks of reporting concerning Covid-19 case increases, the United States could be seeing the beginning of a hopeful trend, a leading health official says. The country’s seven-day average of new reported infections is going down, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House Covid-19 briefing on
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Hundreds of people named Josh from around the United States have fought over their shared name with pool noodles in a Nebraska field. Sure, that sounds a little weird, but it’s been a weird 12 months. The battle has been brewing since April 2020, arguably the peak of US boredom. It started as a joke,
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President Joe Biden‘s first term passed the three-month point last week and will hit the 100th-day mark this week. We’re now at the point where the Biden presidency is well underway, and the American public has a track record to judge him by. The verdict so far has been historically consistent. Biden sports the steadiest
Continue ReadingSix people are dead and several others are injured after a passenger van crashed on I-85 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Saturday night, police said. Everyone in the van at the time of the crash appeared to be adults, according to a release from the Gwinnett County Police. Police are still trying to figure out what
Continue ReadingOfficials in Torrance County, New Mexico, lifted evacuation orders Sunday for residents near the Paradise Loop Fire. The wildfire was sparked Saturday by burning debris on private land, officials said, and has burned at least 52 acres as of Sunday afternoon, including three buildings. It’s now 65% contained, according to a news release from New
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As the federal government ramps up its mass inoculation campaign, one Canadian hematologist is reassuring people that the benefits of receiving the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine still outweigh the risks, despite a rare risk of blood clots. Dr. Menaka Pai, an associate professor of
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ont. (CTV Network) — Procurement Minister Anita Anand says she is in continuous communication with her American counterparts about securing more doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine manufactured in the U.S., following an initial loan of 1.5 million. In an interview with CTV’s Question Period airing Sunday, Anand
Continue ReadingDemocratic state Sen. Troy Carter will win the special election runoff for Louisiana’s vacant US House seat, CNN projects, capturing the state’s only Democrat-held seat in Congress. Carter, a former New Orleans city council member, ran as the more moderate candidate in the runoff and as someone willing to work across the aisle. His win
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Timbers had their first Major League Soccer Match Saturday night with fans back in the stands for the first time since March 2020. “It’s gonna be really strange,” Whitney Reed, a Timbers fan, said. “There were only three matches last year we were
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — Twelve counties in Oregon are on the brink of moving back to the Extreme Risk category for COVID-19. The change would mean that restaurants would be limited to only providing outdoor dining and take-out options for patrons. For Gail Herman, the Viewpoint Restaurant
Continue ReadingAs President Joe Biden nears the milestone of his first 100 days in office, anti-death penalty advocates are growing frustrated with his silence and inaction on a campaign promise to end capital punishment. While there haven’t been any federal or state executions since Biden took office, about 2,500 men and women sit on death row
Continue ReadingFormer UK soccer player turned reality TV star, Ashley Cain, has announced on social media that his baby daughter, Azaylia, died on Saturday after battling a rare, aggressive cancer. She was 8 months old. Azaylia Diamond Cain was born August 10, 2020, to parents Cain and partner Safiyya Vorajee. Cain, a former Coventry City soccer
Continue Readinghere is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,485, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday.
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw says he is “hopeful and confident” in his recovery after undergoing emergency eye surgery earlier this month, but cautioned he has “a while to go.” “I can lift my head again and no longer have to position myself face down which is a relief. This is obviously good news, but it doesn’t
Continue ReadingOne of this year’s Oscar nominees, “Do Not Split,” is a documentary about the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests. But residents of Hong Kong who participated in — or were affected by — the movement cannot watch the awards ceremony this year. That’s because Hong Kong’s leading broadcaster, Television Broadcasts Limited (TBL), is not airing the
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday that he’s not a “roadblock” for President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, even as he uses his key position in the Senate to push against some aspects of Biden’s massive infrastructure proposal. “I’m not a roadblock at all,” Manchin, a moderate from West Virginia, told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State
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