By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A deadly traffic stop where plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 shots in under a minute has raised serious questions about the use of force and role of tactical officers in police departments. Family and community members are mourning the shooting death of 26-year-old Dexter Reed
Continue ReadingBy Ana María Cañizares, Sahar Akbarzai and Veronica Calderon (CNN) — Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas on Wednesday started a hunger strike in a Guayaquil maximum security prison, where he has been held since Saturday, a member of his team told CNN. “He is in a hole, without light,” the source said. On Monday,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC and NICK PERRY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. Air Force veteran who fled a charge of possessing sexually explicit images of a child told his lawyer he joined Russia’s army. And video appears to show him signing documents in a military enlistment office in Siberia. Wilmer Puello-Mota is also a
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts city has approved a $900,000 settlement after the family of a Vermont woman who died in police custody sued authorities for failing to provide her with adequate medical care. The Springfield City Council voted Monday to approve the settlement in the case of Madelyn Linsenmeir, whose obituary drew national
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have killed a bipartisan bill for the year that would have let residents convicted of felonies apply to vote again without also restoring their gun rights. Democratic Rep. Antonio Parkinson and Republican Sen. Paul Bailey advanced the bill late in Tennessee’s annual legislative session.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is urging lawmakers to pass her $6.3 billion budget proposal that boosts spending on a new school voucher program. But she stopped short of making new policy proposals as she delivered her first state of the state address. The Republican
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A 26-year-old Alabama man was arrested Wednesday after being indicted on federal charges in connection to the detonation of an explosive device outside the state attorney general’s office in February. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, of Irondale, will face charges of malicious use of an explosive and possession of an
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A judge in Wisconsin is hearing testimony to help determine whether a woman should be released from a psychiatric center, a decade after she nearly killed a girl at age 12. Two psychologists say Morgan Geyser isn’t ready yet. Geyser is now 21 years old. She told authorities that she
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say two Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies have been injured and a suspect is dead following an exchange of gunfire in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka. The shootout happened just before 11:20 a.m. Wednesday. Sheriff Dawanna Witt says one deputy was taken to a hospital with injuries
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristen Holmes, Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — As Mike Johnson stares down a serious threat to his speakership, he’s taking steps to show alignment with the most powerful figure in the Republican Party: Donald Trump. Johnson has made plans to trek down to Mar-a-Lago on Friday to appear at a
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — More than 800 Black actors are denouncing backlash aimed at actor Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who was cast to play Juliet opposite Tom Holland in an upcoming stage production of “Romeo & Juliet” in London’s West End. After Amewudah-Rivers’ casting announcement, online backlash was fierce, even prompting the Jamie Lloyd Company
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rescuers were searching Wednesday for a gray whale last spotted off Northern California’s coast with its tail entangled in a massive gill net. The 30-foot (9-meter) whale was spotted Tuesday near San Francisco swimming north as part of gray whales’ annual migration from Mexico to
Continue ReadingJhasua Razo Boeing alguna vez tuvo una reputación de seguridad y calidad inigualables: fue un gigante económico y un ejemplo destacado del poderío industrial estadounidense. Pero ya no más. Desde finales de 2018, una serie de reveses han asediado a la compañía, incluidos dos accidentes fatales que inmovilizaron a su avión más vendido y un
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW and MORGAN LEE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature devolved into shouts of “Shame! Shame!” on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers quickly shut down discussion on a proposed repeal of the state’s newly revived 1864 law that criminalizes abortion throughout pregnancy unless a woman’s life is at risk. The state Supreme
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Bogota (CNN) — Latin America has seen plenty of diplomatic wrestling in recent weeks, from Argentina’s president calling his Colombian counterpart “a terrorist murderer” to Venezuela’s latest attempt to take back a territory ruled by neighboring Guyana. But none of that has been quite as hands-on as Ecuador’s highly controversial decision to raid Mexico’s embassy – a major
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — En cuestión de semanas saldrán del subsuelo, con sus ojos rojos brillantes y su ensordecedor canto llenando el aire. Será una confluencia de criaturas como no se ha visto en Estados Unidos desde que Thomas Jefferson era presidente, y no volverá a ocurrir hasta 2245. Es una rara aparición de insectos a
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) –– La investigación sobre por qué un buque de carga se quedó sin energía y chocó contra un puente de Baltimore en febrero pasado, causando su derrumbe, se centra actualmente en el equipo de la sala de máquinas, informó este miércoles la Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte (NTSB, por sus
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Central Oregonians turned in dozens of unwanted guns on Saturday, to be turned into garden tools. The second annual Guns to Gardens firearm safe surrender event took place at Antioch Church in Bend. This year, a total of 45 guns were collected.
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Feeling seen and accepted, and having your skills and talents appreciated, are both key ingredients for job satisfaction and employee retention. That’s one reason why it’s notable that a new study finds a full 40% of Hispanic and Latino/a professionals in corporate America say they feel it
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Family members representing the six people killed in a Nashville school shooting last year have filed an ethics complaint against a Tennessee state senator. They claim a bill sponsored by Sen. Todd Gardenhire that would prevent people like them from intervening in public records disputes is
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