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Former judge to review call from suspended Alberta justice minister to police chief
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2022
EDMONTON – A retired judge from Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench is to determine whether suspended justice minister Kaycee Madu interfered with the administration of justice. Premier Jason Kenney’s office, in a news release, says Adele Kent will investigate a phone call Madu made to Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee 10 months ago regarding a ... Read More »
1 responseVancouver Canucks name former agent Emilie Castonguay assistant GM
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2022
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks have hired former player agent Emilie Castonguay to be assistant general manager. She is the first female assistant GM in Canucks history. Jim Rutherford, Vancouver’s president of hockey operations and interim GM, said in a statement that Castonguay will play a lead role in player contracts and negotiations, and managing ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta man faces child pornography charges after investigation with U.S. authorities
By Amy Forliti And Steve Karnowski, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2022
DRUMHELLER, Alta. – RCMP in southern Alberta say a man is facing child luring and child pornography charges after being alerted by authorities in the United States. Mounties say the investigation began in January 2021 when RCMP officers in Drumheller, Alta., were contacted by a police agency in Indiana about a man having sexually explicit ... Read More »
1 responseHope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity
By Carla K. Johnson, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2022
World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they warn of difficult weeks ahead and the possibility of another, more dangerous variant arising. In the U.S., cases have crested and are dropping rapidly, following a ... Read More »
1 responseSoldiers say military junta now controls Burkina Faso
By Sam Mednick, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2022
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) – More than a dozen mutinous soldiers declared Monday on state television that a military junta now controls Burkina Faso after they detained the democratically elected president following a day of gunbattles in the capital. Capt. Sidsore Kaber Ouedraogo said that the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration would work to ... Read More »
1 responsePolice: 6 found dead at Milwaukee home had been shot
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2022
MILWAUKEE (AP) – The six people found dead in a Milwaukee home apparently had been shot, police said Monday. The victims had injuries that are suspected to have been caused by gunfire, Milwaukee Police Sgt. Efrain Cornejo said in an email to The Associated Press. The police department continues to seek “unknown suspects,” he said. ... Read More »
1 responseProsecutor: 3 officers stood by as Chauvin killed Floyd
By Amy Forliti And Steve Karnowski, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2022
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A prosecutor told jurors that three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights did nothing to intervene as fellow officer Derek Chauvin pinned the Black man’s neck to the street. “For second after second, minute after minute, these three CPR-trained defendants stood and knelt next to ... Read More »
1 responseTrial begins for cops accused of violating Floyd’s rights
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2022
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Opening statements have begun in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights. J. Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are the other three officers who were at the scene May 25, 2020, as Derek Chauvin pinned Floyd’s neck to the ground ... Read More »
1 responseUAE, US intercept Houthi missile attack targeting Abu Dhabi
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The United Arab Emirates and the U.S. military intercepted two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over the skies of Abu Dhabi early Monday, authorities said, the second attack in a week that targeted the Emirati capital. The missile fire further escalates tensions across the Persian Gulf, which ... Read More »
1 responseOfficial: US, UAE military both shot at Houthi missiles
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – A U.S. official says both the American and Emirati military fired interceptor missiles during an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Abu Dhabi. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss military operations, said the combined counterattack prevented the missiles from hitting the country Monday. At Al-Dhafra Air ... Read More »
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