Month: February 2023

DENVER (AP) — The death of a man who was handcuffed after a mental health team responded to a call of him walking out into traffic last year was ruled a homicide according to an autopsy report. Lawyers for the family of Kevin Dizmang released the report Wednesday along with body camera footage. The report

KINGWOOD, W.Va. (AP) — An arrest has been made in the cold case slaying of a 13-year-old West Virginia boy. News outlets cited a statement on Tuesday from the Preston County Sheriff in reporting that 56-year-old David Monroe Adams was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jerimiah “Jerry” Matthew Watkins. The teen’s body

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The chancellor at New Mexico State expressed his confidence in athletic director Mario Moccia less than a week after the men’s basketball team was shut down for what the chancellor said was a culture of bad behavior, egregious violations of the student code of conduct and other “despicable acts.”

By CURT ANDERSON, MICHELLE L. PRICE and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Matt Gaetz says the Justice Department has ended a sex trafficking case with no charges against him. Gaetz, who represents much of the Florida Panhandle, issued a statement through his congressional office that the long-running investigation was over. Gaetz had

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When the texts began coming in about a shooter at Michigan State University, training that many students started receiving as schoolchildren automatically kicked in. They ran. They found a place to hide. They locked and barricaded the doors. They turned out the

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press In an interview two months after Alex Murdaugh’s wife and son were killed, investigators zeroed in on inconsistencies in what Murdaugh told authorities about their deaths. The videotaped interview was played Wednesday in Murdaugh’s double murder trial. The discussion between the state’s chief investigator and Murdaugh backed up much of

PARIS (AP) — A government audit says Noël Le Graët no longer has legitimacy to remain as French soccer federation president because his management style and behavior toward women are “incompatible with the exercise of his functions.” The 81-year-old Le Graët is currently under judicial investigation for alleged sexual and “moral” harassment as part of

By CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A loggerhead sea turtle named Rocky paused briefly on the sand Wednesday morning before slowly crawling into the Atlantic Ocean after spending six weeks rehabbing at Florida’s Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Turtle hospital staff and volunteers cheered as the turtle made its way