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By Shaquille Lord Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — The FBI is now launching a civil rights investigation into the death of an inmate at Metro Corrections. There were three deaths in less than one week at Metro Corrections. Director Dwayne Clark told Metro Council members Wednesday one of those
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GALENA, Mo. (AP) — A judge says he will decide next year whether three men charged after a tourist boat sank in Missouri in 2018 will go to trial. The three men, Kenneth McKee, Curtis Lanham and Charles Baltzell, were charged after a vessel known as a duck boat sank on Table Rock Lake near
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By Julia Jones, CNN Members of the cast and crew of “Rust” released a letter on Thursday saying the descriptions of the film set as a “chaotic, dangerous, and exploitative workplace are false” and distract from the tragic death of director of photography Halyna Hutchins, 42, and the need to reform “outdated industry firearm and
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The legal saga surrounding Jussie Smollett’s claim in 2019 that he was the target of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago has culminated in a trial, which concluded with a jury convicting him on five counts of disorderly conduct. Smollett was acquitted Thursday of
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech’s 2022 running back depth chart has taken another hit with Jordan Mason’s announcement he will enter the NFL draft. Mason was the Yellow Jackets’ second-leading rusher with 439 yards. Leading rusher Jahmyr Gibbs, who finished third in the nation in all-purpose yards, entered the transfer portal last month. Gibbs made his
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — A controversial socialist City Councilmember in Seattle appears to have survived a recall vote by a narrow margin. She had faced calls for her ouster due to her aggressive tactics while calling for higher taxes on hometown tech giant Amazon and pushing to cut the police budget. The latest ballot count Thursday
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer Receiver Allen Robinson expects to return to the Chicago Bears’ lineup when they visit the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night after missing the past three games because of a hamstring injury. Robinson says “everything is trending in the right direction.” Robinson has not played since Nov. 8, when
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A 9-year-old girl was killed and three children injured after being struck by a car that had struck a separate school bus near Desert Hot Springs Thursday afternoon. Monique Gonzalez Guzman, 9, was killed, the coroner’s office said late Thursday. #BREAKING: We now know it was 9-year-old Monica Gonzalez Guzman who was killed in the
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The al-Qaida extremist group has grown slightly inside Afghanistan since U.S. forces left in late August, and the country’s new Taliban leaders are divided over whether to fulfill their 2020 pledge to break ties with the group, the top U.S. commander in the
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook has returned to the lineup for a critical game against Pittsburgh. He missing just one week with a shoulder injury. Cook was on the active list for the Vikings despite the shortened recovery time with the Thursday night game. He sat out last Sunday at Detroit
Continue Reading NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who died when her car went into the icy rapids above Niagara Falls likely drove into the river on purpose. The New York State Park Police said Thursday “entry into the water appears to be an intentional act,” and an investigation was ongoing. The driver was
Continue Reading By Jade Gordon and Alta Spells, CNN The Board of Education for Atlanta Public Schools (APS) is taking steps to promote gun safety in homes. Less than a week after four students were shot and killed and seven additional people were injured in a high school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, the Atlanta Board of Education
Continue Reading By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say at least 49 people are dead and dozens more injured after a cargo truck carrying people who appeared to be Central American migrants rolled over and crashed in southern Mexico. The head of the Chiapas state
Continue Reading SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse coach Dino Babers has hired Bob Ligashesky as the Orange’s special teams coordinator. Ligashesky spent the 2021 season at Bowling Green in the same position and before that was Illinois’ special teams coordinator from 2016-20. The hiring comes less than two weeks after Babers began revamping his staff, firing offensive
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Jussie Smollett fue declarado culpable de cinco cargos de delito grave de alteración del orden público por un jurado de Chicago, por realizar informes falsos a la policía de que fue víctima de un delito de odio en enero de 2019. Smollett también fue absuelto de un cargo de delito grave
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Hoy en día, muchos estudiantes de Negocios probablemente pagarían mucho dinero por la opinión de Elon Musk sobre su trabajo escolar. Sin embargo, en 1995, mucho antes de que tomara el control de Tesla y, más tarde, fundara SpaceX, Musk era un asistente de profesor que ayudaba a calificar exámenes y
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Wisconsin’s partisan review of the 2020 election results has turned into an Arizona-style circus, with the Republicans behind it targeting local officials and casting doubt on the election’s outcome — without offering any evidence of wrongdoing. Those leading the Republican review in Wisconsin have consulted with
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By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The CEO of General Motors says the automaker learned valuable lessons last year when it stepped in to boost emergency production of ventilators to treat severely ill COVID-19 patients. Mary Barra said the company was able to help a small West Coast ventilator maker start large-scale
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California receiver Drake London has declared his eligibility for the upcoming NFL draft after three seasons with the Trojans. London was named the Pac-12′s offensive player of the year despite playing in only 7 1/2 games for the Trojans before breaking his right ankle in a game against Arizona in
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California receiver Drake London has declared his eligibility for the upcoming NFL draft after three seasons with the Trojans. London was named the Pac-12′s offensive player of the year despite playing in only 7 1/2 games for the Trojans before breaking his right ankle in a game against Arizona in
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