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Major funders bet big on rural America and ‘everyday democracy’

Jul. 25, 2024 09:13 AM EDT

Someone may need to tell Carlton Turner that he’s working to save democracy. Turner is co-director of the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production in the town of Utica, population 600, where his family has lived for eight generations. The organization, better known as Sipp...

Teen killed by police in New York laid to rest

Jul. 06, 2024 16:01 PM EDT

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy shot to death by police in upstate New York after he pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at officers was laid to rest Saturday. Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral for Nyah Mway in Utica, with mourners filling up the funeral home...

What we know about the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old boy in upstate New York

Jul. 02, 2024 06:19 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Police in upstate New York tackled and then shot a 13-year-old boy to death after he pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at officers during a foot chase. Utica officials released body camera footage of Friday night's shooting on Saturday and held a contentious...

Family demands accountability for NY police killing of 13-year-old boy. Police said he aimed BB gun

Jun. 30, 2024 19:42 PM EDT

On Wednesday, Nyah Mway finished middle school in the central New York city where his family moved about a decade ago as refugees from Myanmar, relatives said. By Friday night, the 13-year-old was fatally shot by police who’d tackled him to the ground after he allegedly pointed...

Video shows NY officer fatally shooting 13-year-old on ground. Police say he pointed a replica gun

Jun. 30, 2024 00:06 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Video released late Saturday shows an officer in upstate New York fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy who had been tackled to the ground after he ran from police and pointed a replica handgun at them. The teen was killed a little after 10 p.m. Friday in Utica after...