By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff has released video of a violent struggle between a deputy and a Black man he pulled over that shows the driver forcing the deputy’s head backward with his hands before the deputy shoots him at point-blank range. The slain man’s brother, Michael Cure,
Continue ReadingBy SIAN WATSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Streets’ Mike Skinner acts as director, writer and leading man in his film project “The Darker the Shadow, the Brighter the Light.” That was out of necessity. He says he couldn’t get any money to do it and it took seven years. An album of the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RAMOS Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — A historic church in San Jose that was under threat of demolition could be saved with a possible city landmark designation. The possibility is giving the tiny congregation hope that their beloved building “shall have everlasting life.” Like a lot
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The search continues for an inmate who escaped from a Houston courthouse after being left unattended by deputies when they responded to a brawl in a nearby courtroom. Michael Devon Combs remained on the run Wednesday after removing a leg shackle and fleeing from a normally
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Wilson, Mark Oliver and Alex Newman, CNN (CNN) — United Nations officials are warning that millions of Palestinians face dehydration and are at risk of waterborne disease in an escalating water crisis as Israel continues to withhold essential supplies from Gaza in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. The last functioning desalination
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The trial of a Fugees rapper, who was convicted in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies, stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment. Now the case is touching on the tech world with arguments that his defense attorney used an “experimental” artificial intelligence program to write his closing arguments.
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A spectator at Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial was arrested Wednesday after standing up in the middle of testimony and walking toward the front of the courtroom where the former president sat. The woman expressed a desire to aid Trump, and the
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A trial date has been pushed back to March 18 for a former Las Vegas-area elected official who remains jailed and has been serving as his own attorney in the killing of an investigative reporter more than a year ago. One-time Democratic county administrator Robert Telles
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Deschutes County commissioners voted 3-0 Wednesday to approve changes to the county’s Employee Benefits Plan for 2024, which changed course from last year and included fully covering abortion services for county employees.
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, Melissa Alonso, Isabel Rosales and Kevin Conlon, CNN (CNN) — Two months after the state of Florida formally apologized to Leonard Cure for the 16 years he lost following a wrongful conviction for armed robbery, authorities say he was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop just across
Continue ReadingBy LEZLA GOODEN Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — Silicon Valley will now get an interim housing complex for unhoused individuals that is fully solar-powered after the San Jose City Council voted unanimously for it on Tuesday. It will be a first of its kind here. The site would
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Teresa Brown is a fitness trainer who hosts classes every week at the Redmond Senior Center. Last year, students in her ‘Silver Sneakers’ class gave her the support she needed and taught her some valuable lessons, after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Because of the fracture in her right leg, Karin Journo had talked herself out of going to the Tribe of Nova music festival and sold her ticket. But a week before Hamas militants turned the party into a killing ground, she bought another. The 24-year-old French-Israeli airport
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell’s path to the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida has become a bit clearer. Her main primary opponent dropped out of the race on Wednesday to seek a U.S. House seat. Retired Navy Commander Phil Ehr, who left the Republican Party
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference increased travel rosters from 70 to 74 players this season. It’s a change coaches pushed for at the SEC’s annual spring meetings in May. It also helps with roster engagement that puts freshmen on the field and potentially keeps them out of
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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an effort to raise awareness about the importance of staying safe online. When it comes to cybersecurity, it’s important to keep yourself safe online, and a COCC professor has some suggestions on how to do that.
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The chance for our area to re-write a few entries into the record books may become a reality this week. The high pressure to our south is in just the right spot to allow for us to get into the upper 70s and possibly the low 80s. Records will be approached, but may not fall.
Continue ReadingBy JESSI MITCHELL Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A charter school system that got its start in Harlem is setting a new standard for mental health care on campuses everywhere. The first Success Academy students started as kindergarteners in Harlem in 2006. Now, one of the most popular electives
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story YORKTOWN, New York (WCBS) — Police in northern Westchester County are investigating taunts directed at cheerleaders during a high school football game. It happened Friday in Yorktown as Nyack visited Lakeland High School. Nyack cheerleaders reported being taunted during halftime and after the game. Some
Continue ReadingBy SHARDAA GRAY Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — After neighbors told CBS 2 about an arsonist setting fire to Halloween decorations, police said the suspect is wanted for setting eight fires, all on the North Side. CBS 2’s Shardaa Gray tracked down video of one of his crimes. An arsonist
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