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May 29, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday after three days of often-violent protests that resulted in fires and looting across parts of Minneapolis. Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington…
April 19, 2019
Photo: Shutterstock By LISA MASCAR WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Friday for special counsel’s Robert Mueller’s report as Congress escalates its investigation of President Donald Trump. “It now falls to Congress to determine the full scope of that alleged misconduct and to decide what steps we must…
December 14, 2018
By Christopher Rugaber associated press WASHINGTON–U.S. job growth declined modestly in November, a move that could signal a slower but still steady pace of hiring and growth next year. The potential for a more anemic economy contributed to a sharp drop in the stock market Friday, December 7, sending the Dow Jones average down 560…
December 14, 2018
ABOVE PHOTO: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) By Paul Steinhauser associated press MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Cory Booker, returning to the first-in-the-nation primary state Saturday for a two-day trip that could turn out to be a tuneup for the New Jersey Democrat’s potential presidential campaign, said the visit leaves him “a lot more confident in making…
October 25, 2018
LONDON (AP) — British regulators slapped Facebook on Thursday with a fine of 500,000 pounds ($644,000) — the maximum possible — for failing to protect the privacy of its users in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. At the same time, European Union lawmakers demanded an audit of Facebook to better understand how it handles information, reinforcing…
November 28, 2017
NEW YORK –More than 100 passengers have been rescued from a ferry that ran aground in New York’s East River. Police say it happened Monday evening just off a pier near the South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan. The U.S. Coast Guard says the ferry was heading to the Rockaways area of Queens when it…
September 6, 2017
September 5, 2017
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –Hurricane Irma strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 storm Tuesday as it roared toward the northeast Caribbean on a path toward the U.S. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Irma had sustained winds of 175mph (280 kph) and was centered about 270 miles (440 kilometers) east of Antigua. It was moving…
September 2, 2017
UPDATE, 5:33 pm: AP is reporting that an autopsy examination has determined that Jenna Burleigh was killed by a combination of blunt force trauma and strangulation. ————– By Monica Peters Joshua Hupperterz, a former Temple student with a criminal history, has been charged in the death of a 22-year-old missing woman. Police confirmed during a…
September 1, 2017
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A judge on Friday threw out involuntary manslaughter and felony assault counts filed against members of a Penn State fraternity in a pledge’s alcohol hazing-related death, ordering 12 of the frat brothers to stand trial on lesser counts. District Justice Allen Sinclair dismissed charges altogether against four of the members of…
July 3, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Cars are lined up at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site Wednesday, June...
July 3, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Mary J. Blige (Photo: Joe Seer / Shutterstock) By Florence Anthony Quarantine Billionaire Family Alert!...
July 3, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Jeannine Lee Lake, Democratic candidate for Indiana’s 6th congressional district, speaks to the crowd gathered...
July 3, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: (Photo by Bill Z. Foster) Dear Cultural Coach: My comments may sound racist on the...
July 3, 2020
BPT Whether you’ve had exposure to someone who tested positive for COVID-19, have symptoms you’re worried about,...
July 3, 2020
All Signs: Does it feel like things are stalled in the water? Well, it so happens that...
