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Sheriff: Deputies shoot, kill woman who pointed gun at them
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies in Orlando fatally shot a 42-year-old woman who confronted them with a firearm on Tuesday, authorities said, A man told deputies the woman hit him after they got into an argument involving his 16-year-old daughter, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said in a recorded...
Swift firings for Minneapolis officers in death of black man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was horrifying. Four officers were fired a day after George Floyd's death, a stunning and swift move by the...
Man charged with murder in fatal beating of his grandmother
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio man was charged Wednesday with murder after police found his grandmother fatally beaten inside a Cincinnati home. Anna Kidwell, 79, was found around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday by officers who had gone to the home in the city's Mount Washington neighborhood to do a welfare check. She was...
Japan police arrest man in Kyoto anime arson that killed 36
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he recovered enough from his own severe burns to respond to the police investigation. Kyoto police said they arrested Shinji Aoba, 42, on murder and arson allegations, 10 months after...
North Carolina woman dies after being beaten in park
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A woman who was assaulted in a city park in North Carolina has died, police said. Ella Lorine Crawley, 50, was found near a walking path in Gateway Commons Park in Winston-Salem last Saturday morning, the Winston-Salem Journal reported Tuesday. Police said Crawley had visible...
Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving. Mayor...
Law school urges Whitmer to release prisoner with COVID-19
DETROIT (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is being asked to release a prisoner who has been fighting his murder conviction for years and now is stricken with COVID-19. Temujin Kensu, also known as Fred Freeman, has been in prison for 33 years on a life sentence. The University of Michigan law school's Innocence...
In a first, Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets
For the first time, Twitter has flagged some of President Donald Trump's tweets with a fact-check warning. On Tuesday, Twitter added a warning phrase to two Trump tweets that called mail-in ballots “fraudulent” and predicted that “mail boxes will be robbed,” among other things. Under...
Man scheduled for trial in death of Sioux City homeowner
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 45-year-old Carroll man is scheduled to go on trial for murder in the death of a Sioux City man whose home he was reportedly trying to burglarize. Gary Dains Jr. has been jailed since last summer on charges of burglarizing the home of Paul Smith, 65, in July. Dains pleaded not...
Police: Barricaded suspect killed after firing at officers
PARMA, Ohio (AP) — Police officers shot and killed a man after he emerged from an Ohio home after an hours-long standoff and fired at them, police said. Parma Heights police said they responded to a report at about 8:45 p.m. Monday that a man had pointed a gun at another man's head. Officers in Parma went...
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