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Jayme Closs: 1 year after abduction, I'm feeling stronger
BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin girl whose parents were fatally shot before she was kidnapped and held captive for 88 days before escaping from her abductor said she's feeling stronger every day and is thankful for the kindness and concern expressed to her from people all over the country in the year...
Ex-Texas sergeant acquitted of assault in 2017 inmate death
ANGLETON, Texas (AP) — A former Texas prison sergeant accused of throwing a handcuffed inmate onto a floor so hard that the convicted robber later died has been acquitted. Lou Joffrion was acquitted last month of aggravated assault in the 2017 death of David Witt. Texas Department of Criminal Justice...
The Latest: Riot police charge Barcelona airport protesters
MADRID (AP) — The Latest on the conviction of Catalan politicians and activists (all times local): 6:25 p.m. Police in riot gear have charged protesters blocking the entrance to Barcelona's international airport over the criminal convictions of a dozen politicians and activists who pushed for the Catalonia...
Family: Cop who killed black woman should be fired, charged
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The family of a 28-year-old black woman who was shot and killed by a white police officer in her Fort Worth home as she played video games with her nephew expressed outrage Monday that the officer has not been arrested or fired. The Fort Worth Police Department said officers...
The Latest: Slain woman's family wants outside investigation
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the fatal police shooting of a black woman inside a home in Fort Worth (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Family members of a black Texas woman who was shot to death inside her home by a white police officer are calling for an independent investigation of her killing as...
Police say Iowa slaying suspect arrested in Georgia
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Georgia authorities have found a man suspected in an Iowa slaying. Fort Dodge police say in a news release that 19-year-old Damion Chavez was spotted by a sheriff's deputy in Lowndes County, Georgia, on Saturday in a vehicle on Interstate 75. The vehicle was pulled over and Chavez...
Protests erupt as Spain convicts leading Catalan separatists
MADRID (AP) — Riot police charged at protesters outside Barcelona's airport Monday after the Supreme Court sentenced 12 prominent Catalan separatists to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a 2017 push for the wealthy Spanish region's independence. Police used batons against the protesters who converged...
The Latest: Jayme Closs: Feeling stronger every day
BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the one-year anniversary of the abduction of Jayme Closs and slaying of her parents (all times local): 10:53 a.m. The Wisconsin girl whose parents were fatally shot before she was kidnapped and held captive for 88 days says she's thankful for the kindness and concern from...
Police searching for man involved with hit-and-run
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — Vermont authorities are searching for a man who hit a pedestrian with his car, stopped and promised to get help, but never returned. Vermont state police say 53-year-old Jeffrey Dorsey, of Putney, was walking in the breakdown lane of Route 5 in Dummerston Saturday morning when he...
Man shot, wounded by police during standoff in Michigan's UP
FORSYTH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 68-year-old man has been shot and wounded during a standoff with police in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. State police say Monday that a shot was fired Sunday afternoon from the window of a home toward local officers and sheriff's deputies performing a well-being check in...
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