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Police shooting of Black man near Portland raises tension
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The shooting of a Black man by law enforcement in Washington state threatened to increase tensions around Portland, Oregon, where protesters against racial injustice have clashed repeatedly with right-wing groups. Friends and family identified the dead man as Kevin E. Peterson Jr.,...
Missouri deaths investigated as possible murder-suicide
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the deaths of two people earlier this month in a southwest Missouri home as a possible murder-suicide. The Springfield News-Leader reports that a search warrant shows that Greene County sheriff's deputies were dispatched Oct. 11 to a home southwest of...
Ohio utility at center of $60 million bribery case fires CEO
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A power company under investigation for its role in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme involving one of Ohio’s most powerful politicians fired its chief executive following an internal review. FirstEnergy Corp. said its investigation found that CEO Chuck Jones and two other...
West-central Missouri police investigating suspicious deaths
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — The bodies of two people have been found in the west-central Missouri city of Sedalia, and police say the deaths are suspicious. Police identified the men as 66-year old Steven Klein and 59-year-old Russell Bain, both of Sedalia. They were found Thursday at Klein's home, television...
Official: Rifle shell casings found at Breonna Taylor scene
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two long-rifle shell casings were found in and near Breonna Taylor's Louisville apartment after a botched police drug raid that ended in Taylor's death, Kentucky's attorney general said. It's the first time these specific shell casings have been mentioned by authorities...
Raptors to cooperate with Davis probe after assault charge
TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Raptors say they will cooperate fully with the NBA’s investigation into guard Terence Davis following his arrest in New York on charges including assault. The team made its first public comment on the case in a statement Friday. Davis faces several charges after police...
AP: Use of slurs not 'isolated' at Louisiana State Police
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Black trooper with the Louisiana State Police was on a break when his cellphone buzzed with an unusual voice message. It was from a white colleague, unaware his Apple Watch had recorded him, blurting out the Black trooper’s name followed by a searing racial slur. ...
France mourns 3 killed in church attack, tightens security
NICE, France (AP) — Mourners lit candles and prayed silently Friday to honor three people killed in a knife attack at a church, as France heightened security at potential targets at home and abroad amid outrage over its defense of the right to publish cartoons mocking the prophet of Islam. The attacker,...
Prosecutor asks judge to overturn murder conviction
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee prosecutor's office is asking a judge to overturn the conviction of man serving life in a 1998 slaying after finding new evidence. The Davidson County District Attorney’s Office filed a motion Thursday in the case of Joseph Webster, who was convicted of murder in...
Ex-embassy worker suspected of sexually assaulting 24 women
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former U.S. embassy worker in Mexico is believed to have drugged and sexually assaulted as many as two dozen women, filming many of them while they were unconscious, according to federal prosecutors. Brian Jeffrey Raymond was arrested earlier this month in San Diego, where he had moved...
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