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By Bill Kirkos and Ray Sanchez, CNN A Texas jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of a former Fort Worth police officer accused of murder in the 2019 shooting of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her home. The deliberations got underway after closing arguments in which the state portrayed Aaron Dean as a power-hungry former
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau is putting on hold plans to apply by 2025 a controversial method for protecting the privacy of participants in its most comprehensive survey of Americans after facing pushback from prominent researchers and demographers. The statistical agency said Wednesday in a blog post that the science doesn’t
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By TERRY TANG and KARENA PHAN The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it hit theaters in 1991, Walt Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” captured audiences, critics and, later, a best picture Oscar nomination — a first for any animated movie. A TV special celebrating the 30th anniversary of that nomination hopes to bring
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft is gearing up for the first of a series of close encounters with the most volcanic place in the solar system. The Juno spacecraft will fly by Jupiter’s moon Io on Thursday, December 15. The maneuver will be one of nine flybys of Io made by Juno over
Continue ReadingBy Vince Rodriguez, Breana Albizu Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Several Albuquerque hospitals held a press conference to provide an update on rising cases of respiratory illnesses in New Mexico. During Monday’s virtual meeting, UNM Hospital, Lovelace Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital addressed hospital capacity and the steps they’re
Continue Reading CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — A shooting at an Amazon Flex warehouse facility in a Phoenix suburb left the suspect dead and another person wounded on Wednesday, authorities said. A person who wasn’t an Amazon employee went on the grounds of the facility in the suburb of Chandler and shot a contracted worker about 9:30 a.m.,
Continue Reading BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California city agreed Wednesday to pay $1 million and end a discriminatory housing program aimed at evicting criminals in what federal prosecutors said was the first settlement of its kind in the country. The city of Hesperia, San Bernardino County and its sheriff’s department violated
Continue ReadingBy WGAL Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW BLOOMFIELD, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Perry County investigators announced the arrest of a woman in a 35-year-old homicide at a news conference on Tuesday afternoon. Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Daryl Vankirk said troopers arrested Judith Ann Jarvis, of Millerstown, on Tuesday morning in Lancaster County.
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Giving the “National Treasure” movies a young-adult spin, “National Treasure: Edge of History” transforms the franchise into a Disney+ series, one that offers the same playful approach to the past while weighing that down with tiresome relationship issues and a protagonist with her own Scooby gang. The opening episodes have
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — World Cup quarterfinal audiences in the United States ranged from 13.5 million to 7.4 million. Defending champion France’s 2-1 win over England on Saturday, which started at 2 p.m. EST, was seen by 13.5 million, including 8.3 million on Fox, 3.1 million on Spanish-language Telemundo, 560,000 on Fox digital platforms and
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The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on the ongoing investigation into a deadly plane crash in Banning last month. William Hunter, 55, of Aguila Arizona was killed when a single-engine Gallagher XLT-RG was in a fiery crash near Interstate 10 and the Banning scales on Nov. 22. Hunter was the lone passenger on
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Survivors of last month’s deadly mass shooting at a Colorado gay nightclub testified Wednesday to Congress about the onslaught of threats and violence against members of the LGBTQ community as they urged lawmakers to pass a law banning some semiautomatic weapons. Michael Anderson, a 25-year-old bartender at
Continue ReadingBy David Collins Click here for updates on this story TOWSON, Maryland (WBAL) — A love triangle ended in the fatal shooting of a man in Baltimore County, according to police charging documents and court testimony. County police said they charged Timothy Brice, 23, of Woodstock, with first-degree murder and a firearm violation in connection
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story WAKEFIELD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Massachusetts girl who recently completed treatment for a brain tumor was surprised with a dream trip on Monday. The Make-A-Wish Foundation and Subaru of Wakefield surprised 10-year-old Anatole Pham Nguyen, of Newton, with a trip to Hawaii and a Hawaiian-themed
Continue ReadingBy WLKY Digital Team Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Ever played the white elephant gift exchange game? Imagine someone swipes your gift worth $25, and you end up with $175,000. That’s exactly what happened to a woman in Louisville. According to the Kentucky Lottery, Lori Janes works at Harmon
Continue ReadingBy Denise Koch Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As a child, Rachel Flowers’ parents were told she would never speak, behave or interact normally. In fact, they were told she should be put in an institution. Flowers calls herself “an autistic woman.” Now 22 years old, Flowers recently published a
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN A nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Texas sued the department Tuesday over its decision to offer abortions services in certain cases and abortion counseling to veterans, claiming the new rules violate her religious beliefs. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Waco, Texas, comes months
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story OLD SAYBROOK, Connecticut (WFSB) — A woman from New Jersey is one of three people accused of stealing $164,284 from a 94-year-old man in Old Saybrook. According to Old Saybrook police, Ashlee Crawford, 33, of Plainfield, NJ, fraudulently wrote and cashed checks she obtained from
Continue ReadingBy Dillon Thomas Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — As groceries skyrocket in pricing during record inflation, one small grocery chain in northern Colorado is helping Coloradans make ends meet during the holiday season. Esh’s Grocery Market, located in Dacono and Loveland, offers name-brand groceries at significantly discounted rates to customers
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — The Grinch came early for an Arizona driver who tried to pass off an inflatable figure of the Dr. Seuss character as a passenger. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a state trooper last week noticed a car in a high-occupancy vehicle lane on Interstate 10 in Phoenix with a “Seusspicious-looking”
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