At least one person is dead after a helicopter crashed Tuesday into a marsh near an airport in Leesburg, Florida, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson. The Sikorsky UH-60 firefighting helicopter crashed during a training exercise around 4 p.m., according to the FAA. Four people were on board the helicopter. No survivors have been
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House Republican leaders have condemned incendiary remarks from GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene five days after she first publicly compared Capitol Hill mask rules to the Holocaust, amid a wave of criticism from Republican and conservative critics as well as Jewish groups aimed at the Georgia congresswoman and the party leaders’ silence. “Marjorie is wrong,
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One of the troopers involved in Ronald Greene’s arrest will be fired over an excessive force incident not involving Greene, according to a Louisiana state official with knowledge of the investigation. The dismissal of Trooper Dakota DeMoss by Louisiana State Police is pending official paperwork, the official said Tuesday. The official did not provide details
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Agentes investigan tiroteo con dos posibles víctimas en Thermal. Los agentes del alguacil del condado de Riverside están investigando un tiroteo con dos víctimas en la comunidad de Thermal. El tiroteo se informó a las 4:24 p.m. en el área de Avenue 69 y Pierce Street, la sargento correccional Deanna Pecoraro del Departamento del Sheriff
Continue ReadingAn American journalist working in Myanmar was detained by local authorities Monday, his family and his news organization told CNN. Danny Fenster, 37, was stopped at the Yangon airport as he tried to board a flight out of the country, his brother Bryan Fenster said. Fenster, a US citizen originally from Detroit, Michigan, works for
Continue Reading The family of Jamal Sutherland, who died in jail earlier this year while being forcibly removed by deputies, will receive a $10 million settlement. The Charleston County Council in South Carolina unanimously approved the settlement Tuesday night, according to video from the meeting viewed by CNN. The settlement was first approved by the finance committee
Continue ReadingOutside a nondescript building, guarded 24/7 by state troopers, the leaders of Windham’s election audit field questions on the type of tape they’re using to seal boxes, why the livestream briefly failed and whether any ballot boxes have gone missing. Unlike audits of 2020 election results that have popped up in Arizona and Georgia, New
Continue ReadingManhattan’s top prosecutor has convened a grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former President Donald Trump should prosecutors present criminal charges in their probe of the Trump Organization, two people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. The panel, convened by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, could also decide to
Continue Reading Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting with two victims in the community of Thermal. The shooting was reported at 4:24 p.m. in the area of Avenue 69 and Pierce Street, Correctional Sgt Deanna Pecoraro of the Sheriff’s Department told News Channel 3. There was no information available at this time on the first victim
Continue Reading(CNN) — La primera reunión cara a cara entre el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, y su homólogo ruso Vladimir Putin, se espera que sea el próximo mes en Suiza, dijeron dos funcionarios estadounidenses a CNN. Entre tanto, la Casa Blanca y el Kremlin se acercan esta semana a la finalización de los arreglos
Continue ReadingDemocrats confirmed Kristen Clarke on Tuesday as the first Black woman to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights division, a historic step that came on the anniversary of George Floyd’s killing — and after a vitriolic campaign by Republicans over her stance on policing. The vote was 51-48 with Sen. Susan Collins as the only
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El fuego de matorrales en Thermal crece a 25 acres… Los bomberos están trabajando para contener un creciente incendio que arde sin control en Thermal el martes por la tarde. El incendio aumentó a cinco más acres en los 30 minutos desde que se informó originalmente. A la 1:25 p.m., se expandió a 20 acres.
Continue ReadingGOP senators say that President Joe Biden has informed them he’d be willing to accept an infrastructure package of around $1 trillion, significantly lower than the White House’s public offer last week. Two key GOP negotiators — Sens. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and Roger Wicker of Mississippi — both indicated on Tuesday that
Continue Reading As the nation honored the life of George Floyd with memorial events and marches, Floyd’s family and supporters said they have been encouraged by the progress made in the year since he was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. From Dallas to Washington, DC, to Minneapolis, Floyd’s name is echoing across the country in recognition
Continue Reading A Maryland man is facing two counts of attempted murder and other charges after allegedly trying to run over police officers and driving his vehicle through the front doors of the station lobby Sunday night, according to information released by the Havre de Grace Police Department. Police said Monday that Timothy Joel Jackson Kahl, 24,
Continue ReadingGOP senators say that President Joe Biden has informed them he’d be willing to accept an infrastructure package of around $1 trillion, significantly lower than the White House’s public offer last week. Two key GOP negotiators — Sens. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and Roger Wicker of Mississippi — both indicated on Tuesday that
Continue Reading A shepherd in northwest China has been credited with saving six trail runners from dangerously extreme weather, according to state media. Twenty-one other runners died during the 100-kilometer (62-mile) race on Saturday. According to China National Radio, Zhu Keming was grazing his sheep near the high-altitude Huanghe Shilin Mountain in Gansu Province when the weather
Continue Reading One year since a nationwide movement sparked calls for slashing police funding in favor of other nontraditional forms of public safety, it’s not clear whether any city achieved anything resembling what protesters demanded: massively defunded or abolished police departments. The calls to cut funding and overhaul policing came after a police officer in Minnesota killed
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