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By ADRIAN SAINZ and TERESA M. WALKER Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A lawyer for a prominent Memphis couple with a longstanding relationship to former NFL player Michael Oher says that they want to end a conservatorship that he’s challenging in court. Lawyer Randall Fishman told reporters on Wednesday that his clients Sean and
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — Authorities identify the off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy fatally shot by police as Alejandro Diaz. Diaz, age 45, was shot by police at the Sierra Lakes Golf Club, located at 16600 Clubhouse Drive, just after 3:45 p.m. Tuesday and later
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials have announced that 14 members of Minneapolis-based gangs have been charged with crimes including possession of machine guns, fentanyl trafficking and firearms violations. The arrests are part of a federal initiative to crack down on violent gangs. The Minneapolis police chief said a small
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Originally Published: 16 AUG 23 15:11 ET Updated: 16 AUG 23 15:35 ET By Marshall Cohen and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked a judge to set a trial date of March 4, 2024, for former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants. Willis also asked to schedule
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin stopped in Milwaukee Wednesday, Aug. 16, joining Mayor Cavalier Johnson in a north side neighborhood where crews are replacing old lead water pipes. This is a long-term project, dating back to 2017. Baldwin says there are still about
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, New Hampshire (WBZ) — Melissa Bagley, a 44-year-old mother from Lynn and the wife of a police officer, drowned trying to save her 10-year-old-son in New Hampshire. Investigators said Bagley’s family and a friend hiked to Franconia Falls Tuesday afternoon when the boy slipped
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY Oregon (KPTV) — Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office has announced a return to jailing anyone arrested for a felony or misdemeanor offense in the county. The “open booking” policy was narrowed during the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid outbreaks in jails, according to MCSO. The
Continue ReadingHAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Rural areas near California’s border with Oregon were under evacuation orders Wednesday after gusty winds from a thunderstorm sent a lightning-sparked wildfire racing through national forest lands, authorities said. The blaze in Siskiyou County, dubbed the Head Fire, was one of at least 20 fires — most of them tiny —
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SULLIVAN Click here for updates on this story ARLINGTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Imagine taking a stroll down a rainy bike path and having no idea you are stepping in sewage. Neighbors in Arlington say it happens all too often, and they are sick of it. Last Tuesday, the Alewife Greenway bike path flooded
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor who obtained an indictment this week against former President Donald Trump and 18 others wants to take the case to trial in March. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said in a proposed scheduling order filed with the court Wednesday that she wants the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER Associated Press MARION, Kansas (AP) — A police raid that drew national attention to a small Kansas newspaper over threats to press freedoms wasn’t supported by evidence, a prosecutor said Wednesday, as the paper’s staff scrambled to print its first weekly edition since their cellphones and computers were seized.
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A police dispatcher and a detective have testified in the trial of two white men in Mississippi who are accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver. Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Case, are charged with attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy and shooting
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Immigration officials say a former Brazilian military police officer who was convicted of multiple murders and sentenced to more than 200 years in prison for his role in the 2015 deaths has been arrested in New Hampshire. Immigration officials based in Boston say 29-year-old Antônio José de Abreu Vidal Filho became the
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under consideration to bring an end to their more than decadelong prosecution, the Pentagon and FBI have advised families of some
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Despite the loss and devastation, there are amazing stories of survival out of maui. We spoke to Palm Desert native, Erik Schumann who has more than 50 family members living in Lahaina, who were able to escape the fires. “‘The kids are on one side of the island, your sister is on one side. And
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN, MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — Hurricane-fueled flash floods and mudslides. Lava that creeps into neighborhoods. Fierce drought that materializes in a flash and lingers. Earthquakes. And now, deadly fires that burn block after historic block. Hawaii is increasingly under siege from disasters, and what
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By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Catholic school that terminated a teacher for having premarital sex, according to court documents. Victoria Crisitello began as a caregiver at St. Theresa School in Kenilworth in 2011, and in 2014, the school’s principal, Sister Theresa Lee, approached
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at some statistics from Hurricane Katrina. August 29, 2005 Katrina makes landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana as a Category 3 storm with winds near 127 mph.– Severe flooding damage to cities along the Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to Biloxi, Mississippi. – Numerous failures of levees around
Continue ReadingBy WXMI Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. JOSEPH, Michigan (WXMI) — An investigation is underway after a Berrien County inmate died in the wake of displaying signs of medical distress at the Berrien County Jail on Tuesday. The Berrien County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) says 40-year-old Robert Maurice Graves of Benton Harbor
Continue ReadingBy WXYZ Staff Click here for updates on this story MACOMB COUNTY (WXYZ) — The Macomb County Health Department announced that two rabies-positive skunks were recently discovered in Macomb Township, within three miles of each other. The department notes a third skunk that was rabies positive was also found in Clinton Township in June. The
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