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By JAMIE STENGLE and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press A former Texas police officer was convicted of manslaughter Thursday for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019, a rare conviction of an officer for killing someone who was also armed with a gun. Jurors also considered a murder charge against
Continue Reading By RAMI MUSA Associated Press BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — One of Libya’s rival prime ministers admitted his government was involved in the extradition of a former Libyan intelligence agent to the U.S. He says the extradition was lawful and his government was cooperating with an ’’international judicial framework to extradite accused citizens.” He also labels
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will stop making companies pay employees who can’t work because they caught the coronavirus while on the job. For the past two years, California workplace regulators have tried to slow the spread of the coronavirus by requiring infected workers to stay home while also guaranteeing
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY and DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The parents of a University of Virginia football player killed in a shooting last month are calling for stricter gun laws and more mental health support to prevent future gun deaths. Happy Perry is the mother of D’Sean Perry. She told reporters
Continue Reading By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The body of a California Highway Patrol captain was found just days after a man was arrested in the shooting death of her husband in Kentucky, investigators said. Julie V. Harding, 49, a commander with the highway patrol, was found dead Saturday at a home in
Continue Reading By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge handed guns rights advocates a victory Thursday and placed a new, voter-approved ban on high-capacity magazines that was intended to curtail mass shootings on hold until questions about its constitutionality can be decided. Harney County Judge Robert Raschio released the written ruling after
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City’s ban on the sale of foie gras had already been delayed by a court challenge. Now it has been found in violation of state agricultural law. The state Department of Agriculture and Markets informed city officials Wednesday that the ban “unreasonably restricts” the business of two upstate foie
Continue ReadingBy TRUDY RING Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (The Advocate) — The Los Angeles restaurant manager who admonished gay actor Drew Droege and his male date for showing affection in public has been fired. Droege and his date were at the El Compadre restaurant in the Echo Park neighborhood Monday evening
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board will investigate an unfair labor practice complaint involving the rights of University of Southern California football and basketball players. In February, the National College Players Association filed an unfair labor practice charge against USC, the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA alleging misclassification of college players as
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El plan de seis pilares del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU. (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) para la finalización prevista del Título 42 la próxima semana incluye aumentar los recursos en la frontera sur; incrementar la eficiencia en el procesamiento; imponer consecuencias a quienes entren al país de manera
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have ordered a review of security standards at the nation’s far-flung electricity transmission network. The review follows shootings at two electric substations in North Carolina that damaged equipment and caused more than 45,000 customers to lose power. The order by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WIGGINS Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (The Advocate) — Major movie studios are dropping the ball on LGBTQ+ representation in films, according to LGBTQ+ group GLAAD. The organization’s tenth annual Studio Responsibility Index saw the percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive films, including racial diversity and screen time, drop. The study measures
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Congress has passed a bipartisan $858 billion defense bill that would give service members a hefty pay raise, bolster support for Ukraine and Taiwan, and rescind the US military’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate. The Senate voted Thursday to pass the massive National Defense Authorization Act, known as the NDAA, with bipartisan support.
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Three men were sentenced Thursday for providing material support for a terrorist act and two other state-level charges related to the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to a statement from the Michigan attorney general’s office. Pete Musico, Joseph Morrison and Paul Bellar, who prosecutors
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday granted Spire Inc. a permanent certificate to operate a natural gas pipeline in Missouri and Illinois, angering the environmental group that had sued over the project. The pipeline carries natural gas to the St. Louis region, where Spire serves around 650,000 customers. But the Environmental Defense Fund
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Residents of The Dalles, Oregon, are learning how much of their water Google’s data centers have been using to cool the computers inside the cavernous buildings — information that previously was deemed a trade secret. Google says its data centers in the Oregon town consumed 274.5 million gallons (1 billion
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Residents of The Dalles, Oregon, are learning how much of their water Google’s data centers have been using to cool the computers inside the cavernous buildings — information that previously was deemed a trade secret. Google says its data centers in the Oregon town consumed 274.5 million gallons (1 billion
Continue Reading DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — A Cochise County Sheriff’s deputy arrested in connection with a recent hit-and-run crash in Douglas resigned Thursday, authorities said. Sheriff’s officials said Abraham Peraza was off-duty when he allegedly drove away from the scene after hitting an unoccupied parked vehicle on Dec. 9. Douglas police took Peraza into custody after officers
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border helped orchestrate the escape of eight girls he considered his wives from a group home where they were placed after authorities learned of what was happening, prosecutors allege in a Wednesday court filing. An
Continue Reading By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES RAMS (4-9) at GREEN BAY (5-8) Monday, 8:15 p.m. EST, ESPN FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NFL LINE: Packers by 6½ AGAINST THE SPREAD: Rams 5-7-1, Packers 5-8 SERIES RECORD: Packers lead 48-47-2 LAST MEETING: Packers beat Rams 36-28 on Nov. 28, 2021, in Green Bay LAST WEEK: Rams beat Las Vegas
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