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4 Missouri prison guards charged with murder, and a 5th with manslaughter, in death of Black man
By Summer Ballentine, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Four Missouri prison guards were charged Friday with murder, and a fifth with involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a Black man who died after the officers pepper sprayed him and covered his face while in custody at a correctional facility, according to a complaint filed Friday. The guards at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four Missouri prison guards charged with murder, and fifth with manslaughter, in death of Black man
By Summer Ballentine, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Four Missouri prison guards were charged Friday with murder, and a fifth with involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a Black man who died after the officers pepper sprayed him and covered his face with a mask while in custody at a correctional facility, authorities said. According to a complaint ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court rejects Trump ally Steve Bannon’s bid to delay prison sentence
By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid to delay a prison sentence for longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon as he appeals his conviction for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol insurrection. Bannon filed an emergency appeal after a judge ordered him to report to prison July ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Number of homeless residents in Los Angeles County decreases in annual count
By Christopher Weber And Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The number of homeless residents counted in Los Angeles County has dipped slightly, decreasing by about 0.3% since last year as California continues to struggle with the long-running crisis of tens of thousands of people sleeping in cars and encampments. Results released Friday from a federally required tally conducted in January ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy. Dems stick by him — for now.
By Zeke Miller, Steve Peoples, Darlene Superville And Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden forcefully tried on Friday to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him atop the ticket. Biden’s halting delivery and meandering comments, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mongolia’s ruling party won only a slim majority in parliamentary election, early results show
By Ken Moritsugu, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) – Preliminary results reported by Mongolia’s ruling party show that the party has won a parliamentary election but by only a slim majority. The results say that the Mongolian People’s Party won 68 to 70 seats in the 126-seat parliament, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai told media early Saturday morning. That would be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutors rest in seventh week of Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Prosecutors rested on Friday after presenting evidence for seven weeks at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, enabling the Democrat and two New Jersey businessmen to begin calling their own witnesses next week to support defense claims that no crimes were committed and no bribes were paid. Before resting, prosecutors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas jury convicts driver over deaths of 8 people struck by SUV outside migrant shelter
By Valerie Gonzalez, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
McALLEN, Texas (AP) – A Texas jury on Friday found a driver guilty of intoxication manslaughter over the deaths of eight people who were struck by an SUV that plowed into a crowded bus stop outside a migrant shelter on the U.S.-Mexico border. The verdict was handed down by a Cameron County jury more than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yellowstone officials: Rare white buffalo sacred to Native Americans not seen since June 4 birth
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
Yellowstone National Park officials said Friday a rare white buffalo sacred to Native Americans has not been seen since its birth on June 4. The birth of the white buffalo in the wild, which fulfilled a Lakota prophecy that portends better times, was the first recorded in Yellowstone history and is a landmark event for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US will remove Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say
By Tara Copp And Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza is being removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not re-installing it unless aid begins flowing out into the population again, several U.S. officials said Friday. While the military has helped deliver desperately needed food ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putin calls for resuming production of intermediate missiles after scrapping of treaty with US
By The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called for resuming production of intermediate-range missiles that were banned under a now-scrapped treaty with the United States. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, which banned ground-based missiles with a range of 500-5,500 kilometers (310-3,410 miles) was regarded as an arms control landmark when Soviet leader Mikhail ... Read More »
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