WAYCROSS, Georgia, EE.UU. (AP) — Dos jóvenes integrantes de una fuerza militar ciudadana que se hicieron amigas cercanas después de alistarse en la Reserva del Ejército fueron recordadas en sus funerales en el sureste de Georgia el sábado, casi tres semanas después que murieran en un ataque con drones cuando estaban desplegadas en el Oriente Medio. Una ceremonia para la …
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2 officers, 1 first responder killed at the scene of a domestic call in Minnesota; suspect dead
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — A man armed with multiple guns and large amounts of ammunition shot at police officers from inside a suburban Minneapolis home that was filled with children on Sunday, killing two officers and a firefighter who was providing medical aid to one of the wounded, authorities said. A third officer was wounded in the shooting in a …
Read More »Driver of stolen tow truck smashes police cruisers during Maryland chase
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The driver of a stolen tow truck led police on a chase through Maryland on Friday, using the vehicle to break through a barricade of law enforcement vehicles and ram private cars that got in its way. Troopers from the College Park barrack responded to a report of a stolen State Highway Administration truck shortly …
Read More »Judge rejects Texas AG Ken Paxton’s request to throw out nearly decade-old criminal charges
HOUSTON (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ’s attempts to throw out felony securities fraud charges that have shadowed the Republican for nearly a decade. The decision by state District Judge Andrea Beall, an elected Democrat, keeps Paxton on track for an April 15 trial on charges that he duped investors in a tech …
Read More »Proposed questions on sexual orientation and gender identity for the Census Bureau’s biggest survey
The U.S. Census Bureau this year plans to test questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for its most comprehensive survey of American life. The test questions will be sent to 480,000 households, with the statistical agency expecting just over half to respond. If the questions are approved, it will be the first time sexual orientation and gender identity questions …
Read More »Baltimore County police officer indicted on excessive force and other charges
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore County police officer is accused of using excessive force when he pepper sprayed a handcuffed man in the face and closed him inside a hot patrol car, even as the man repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe. In addition to excessive force, Cpl. Zachary Small has been charged with reckless endangerment, misconduct in office and multiple …
Read More »A $355 million penalty and business ban: Takeaways from Trump’s New York civil fraud verdict
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suffered a big blow Friday as a New York judge ordered the former president and his companies to pay $355 million in penalties for what the judge described as a scheme to deceive banks and insurers by exaggerating Trump’s wealth on his annual financial statements. The stunning ruling adds to Trump’s legal woes as …
Read More »Seven of 9 Los Angeles firefighters injured in truck blast have been released from a hospital
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven of nine firefighters injured when a truck’s fuel tank exploded have been released from a hospital, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said Friday. The two firefighters who were most seriously injured remained hospitalized, Capt. Erik Scott said in a video update on social media. One was in stable but critical condition at Los Angeles …
Read More »Dispute may have led to the mass shooting after the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, police say
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mass shooting that unfolded amid throngs of people at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration, killing one person and wounding almost two dozen others, appeared to stem from a dispute between several people, authorities said Thursday. Police Chief Stacey Graves said the 22 people injured Wednesday ranged between 8 and 47 years old, …
Read More »New Hampshire Senate rejects enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Another attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the New Hampshire Constitution failed Thursday, this time in the Senate. State law prohibits abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy except when the mother’s health or life is in danger or there is a fatal fetal anomaly. The Republican-led House earlier this month voted 193-184 in favor of a …
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