NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of stalking Taylor Swift after being spotted multiple times outside the singer’s Manhattan townhouse was found unfit to stand trial and will be committed to state custody for psychiatric treatment, attorneys said Friday. David Crowe, 33, was arrested three times late last month in front of the pop star’s home in Manhattan’s exclusive …
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Prosecutors dismiss charges against Louisiana troopers who bragged of beating a Black motorist
Louisiana prosecutors have quietly dismissed charges against state police troopers who were recorded beating a Black motorist and hoisting him to his feet by his hair braids before bragging in text messages that the “whoopin’” would give the man “nightmares for a long time.” The violent 2020 arrest of Antonio Harris was among a series of beatings of Black men …
Read More »Senado de EEUU empieza a trabajar en ayuda para Ucrania, Israel y otros aliados tras colapso del acuerdo sobre frontera
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senado de EEUU empieza a trabajar en ayuda para Ucrania, Israel y otros aliados tras colapso del acuerdo sobre frontera.
Read More »Minneapolis passes Gaza cease-fire resolution despite mayor’s veto
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council overrode a mayoral veto on Thursday and approved a resolution that calls for a cease-fire in Gaza and for an end to U.S. military funding to Israel. The office of Mayor Jacob Frey, who is Jewish, said he has been “clear and consistent” in his support for a cease-fire, but he vetoed the …
Read More »Hawaii’s high court cites ‘The Wire’ in rebuke of US Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights
HONOLULU (AP) — A ruling by Hawaii’s high court saying that a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit cites crime-drama TV series “The Wire” and invokes the “spirit of Aloha” in an apparent rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights nationwide. “The thing about the old days, they the …
Read More »As long school funding lawsuit ends in Kansas, some fear lawmakers will backslide on education goals
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court has closed out a nearly 13-year-old lawsuit that repeatedly forced the Republican-controlled Legislature to boost funding for public schools, and Democrats predicted Wednesday that GOP colleagues soon would be trying to backslide on lawmakers’ promises. The state Supreme Court’s brief order Tuesday shutting down the suit said legislators have fulfilled promises of annual …
Read More »Gov. Lamont gives upbeat assessment of Connecticut as pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt opening day
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday gave an upbeat assessment of the state and its finances, countering calls from some of his fellow Democrats to raise taxes on the wealthy and spend more money on urgent needs including higher education and social services, as well as help for those struggling to make ends meet. The two-term …
Read More »Fire in Pennsylvania duplex kills 3; cause under investigation
YORK, Pa. (AP) — A predawn fire in a Pennsylvania duplex claimed the lives of three people, authorities said. Fire crews in the city of York were called to the home about 6:15 a.m. Wednesday. Two female victims and a male victim were pronounced dead following the blaze, the York County coroner’s office said. Their names and ages are to …
Read More »What’s next for Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of the Michigan school shooter?
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A conviction in the unprecedented trial of a Michigan school shooter’s mother will stand as a milestone to law enforcers across the U.S. as well as a stark reminder to parents with guns in their home. But experts who followed Jennifer Crumbley’s involuntary manslaughter case note that events related to the Oxford High School attack were …
Read More »High school football gave hope after deadly Maui wildfire. Team captains will be at the Super Bowl
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Teva Loft, a high school football player in the Hawaii town that was destroyed by the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century, has never been to Las Vegas nor has he watched an NFL game in person. But he and three of his fellow Lahainaluna High School captains will be at Super Bowl LVIII this …
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