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A shaken Minnesota community waits for answers on the killings of 2 officers and 1 firefighter
By Steve Karnowski, The Associated Press on February 19th, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A man who died after fatally shooting two police officers and a paramedic in a wooded Minneapolis-area neighborhood wasn’t legally allowed to have guns and was entangled in a years-long dispute over the custody and financial support of his three oldest children, court records show. Authorities on Monday identified Shannon Gooden, 38, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Widow of slain Haitian president, ex-prime minister and a former police chief are indicted in case
By Dánica Coto And Evens Sanon, The Associated Press on February 19th, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued a final report on Monday that indicts his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others. Charles, who now serves as Haiti’s permanent representative to the Organization of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wisconsin’s Democratic governor signs his new legislative maps into law after Republicans pass them
By Scott Bauer, The Associated Press on February 19th, 2024
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed new legislative district maps into law on Monday that he proposed and that the Republicans who control the Legislature passed to avoid having the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court draw the lines. Democrats hailed the signing as a major political victory in the swing state where ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid and asks UN court to declare its occupation illegal
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press on February 19th, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The Palestinian foreign minister on Monday accused Israel of apartheid and urged the United Nations’ top court to declare that Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state is illegal and must end immediately and unconditionally for any hope for a two-state future to survive. The remarks came at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Palestinian FM tells top UN court Israel’s occupation of lands is illegal and imposes apartheid
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press on February 19th, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The Palestinian foreign minister on Monday accused Israel of apartheid and urged the United Nations’ top court to declare that Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state is illegal and must end immediately and unconditionally for any hope for a two-state future to survive. The remarks came at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gaza Health Ministry says over 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on February 19th, 2024
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said on Monday that 107 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours. That brings the total number of fatalities to 29,092 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top UN court opens hearings into Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press on February 19th, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Six days of hearings opened on Monday at the top United Nations court into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state. Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al-Maliki is expected to open the presentation by Palestinian representatives at the International Court of Justice that is scheduled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say 53 men massacred in Papua New Guinea tribal violence, Australian state media reports
By The Associated Press on February 18th, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Police say 53 men have been massacred in tribal violence in Papua New Guinea, Australian state media reported on Monday. The men were shot dead in an ambush in Enga province in the remote highlands region of the South Pacific island nation, Australian Broadcasting Corp reported. Police in the capital of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2 officers, 1 first responder killed at the scene of a domestic call in Minnesota; suspect dead
By Steve Karnowski And Heather Hollingsworth, The Associated Press on February 18th, 2024
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) – Two police officers and a first responder were shot and killed early Sunday and a third officer was injured at a suburban Minneapolis home in an exchange of gunfire while responding to a call involving an armed man who had barricaded himself inside with family, including seven children. The suspect in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suspect dead amid shooting that claimed the lives of 2 officers, 1 first responder, group says
By Steve Karnowski And Heather Hollingsworth, The Associated Press on February 18th, 2024
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) – A suspect has died in connection with a shooting in Minnesota that claimed the lives of two police officers and a first responder early Sunday, a police organization says. The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association says the negotiations with a suspect went on for four hours before a SWAT team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2 officers, 1 first responder shot and killed at the scene of a domestic call in Minnesota
By The Associated Press on February 18th, 2024
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) – Two police officers and one first responder were shot and killed early Sunday while responding to a domestic abuse call in a Minneapolis suburb, according to an association that represents police officers. The deaths of the two Burnsville police officers and the first responder were confirmed by the Minnesota Police and ... Read More »
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