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1 of 2 Colorado officers convicted in death of Elijah McClain after police stop, ketamine injection
By Colleen Slevin And Matthew Brown, The Associated Press on October 12th, 2023
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) – Jurors convicted a Denver-area police officer Thursday and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing. Aurora police officer Randy Roedema was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!GOP’s Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win gavel
By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri And Stephen Groves, The Associated Press on October 12th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Steve Scalise has ended his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win the gavel. Scalise told GOP colleagues at a closed-door meeting late Thursday of his decision. Next steps are uncertain as the House is now essentially closed while the Republican majority tries to elect ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!1 officer convicted, 1 acquitted in death of Elijah McClain
By Colleen Slevin And Matthew Brown, The Associated Press on October 12th, 2023
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) – Jurors Thursday convicted a Denver-area police officer of criminally negligent homicide and 3rd-degree assault and acquitted another in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing. Aurora police officer Randy Roedema was found guilty by the 12-person ... Read More »
2 responsesAs desperation in Gaza grows, Israel pledges to block vital aid until Hamas releases hostages
By Joseph Krauss And Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press on October 12th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – The Israeli military pulverized the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, prepared for a possible ground invasion and said Thursday its complete siege of the territory – which has left Palestinians desperate for food, fuel and medicine – would remain in place until Hamas militants free some 150 hostages taken during a grisly weekend ... Read More »
2 responsesUS and Qatar agree to prevent disbursal of recently unfrozen Iranian funds as Israel-Hamas war rages
By Matthew Lee, Mary Clare Jalonick And Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press on October 12th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. and Qatar have reached an agreement that the Qataris will not act on any request from Tehran for the time being to access $6 billion in Iranian funds that were unblocked as part of a prisoner swap last month, a U.S. official said Thursday. The move, which stops short of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gaza authorities say at least 45 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on a refugee camp
By Joseph Krauss And Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press on October 12th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – Gaza’s interior ministry on Thursday said that an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the densely populated Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza has killed at least 45 people and wounded dozens more. Eyad Bozum, the spokesperson of the interior ministry, told The Associated Press that a late afternoon airstrike hit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Defense Secretary Austin to visit Israel on Friday to discuss military aid following Hamas attack
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press on October 12th, 2023
BRUSSELS (AP) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin plans to visit Israel on Friday, the second high-level U.S. official to visit Tel Aviv in two days, in a deliberate show of support and an effort to determine what additional military aid is needed in the war with Hamas. Austin is expected to meet with Israeli ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five officers shot and wounded in Minnesota, authorities say; suspect arrested
By The Associated Press on October 12th, 2023
PRINCETON, Minn. (AP) – A man suspected of shooting and wounding five officers in Minnesota has been arrested, authorities say. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. PRINCETON, Minn. (AP) – Five law enforcement officers were shot and wounded Thursday morning in an incident near the east-central Minnesota city of Princeton, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Idaho officials order evacuation of town of about 10,000 people after gas line explodes nearby
By The Associated Press on October 12th, 2023
MIDDLETON, Idaho (AP) – Authorities ordered evacuations for most of the town of Middleton, Idaho, after a gas line exploded at nearby rural intersection late Thursday morning. Canyon County Sheriff’s spokesperson Joe Decker said he did not yet know if any injuries were reported in connection with the explosion in southwestern Idaho but said people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sen. Menendez is accused of being an unregistered agent of Egypt’s government in updated indictment
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on October 12th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey faced a new charge Thursday that he conspired to act as an agent of the Egyptian government, a remarkable accusation against a Democrat who had a powerful role in U.S. policy as head of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee. The superseding indictment, filed in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!San Francisco man, 31, identified as driver who rammed vehicle into Chinese consulate
By The Associated Press on October 12th, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A 31-year-old San Francisco man has been identified as the driver who was shot and killed by police after crashing a car into the Chinese consulate on Monday, drawing condemnation from the White House and Chinese government. The city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified the driver as Zhanyuan Yang ... Read More »
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