Black Iowa police chief faces backlash after bringing change
By RYAN J. FOLEY The first Black police chief in Waterloo, Iowa, is facing intense opposition from some current and former officers as he works with city leaders to reform the department, including the removal of its longtime insignia that […]
Read MoreLawsuit: Blind man, guide dog forced from N. Carolina mall
Police officers violated civil rights law when they forced a blind man and his service dog to leave a mall and threatened to arrest him for trespassing if he didn’t, according to a lawsuit filed by a North Carolina advocacy […]
Read MoreMan charged in 2012 beating death of UNC-Chapel Hill student
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A man has been charged with murder in the 2012 beating death of a North Carolina college student, police said Thursday. Chapel Hill police announced at a news conference on Thursday that Miguel Enrique Olivares, […]
Read MoreBiles: FBI turned ‘blind eye’ to reports of gymnasts’ abuse
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, WILL GRAVES and MICHAEL BALSAMO Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress in forceful testimony Wednesday that federal law enforcement and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse […]
Read MoreAllegations fly as recall vote looms for California’s Newsom
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and EUGENE GARCIA LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a blitz of TV ads and a last-minute rally, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom urged voters Sunday to turn back a looming recall vote that could remove him […]
Read MoreAuthorities: 2 workers at eastern North Carolina plant die
Two employees at an eastern North Carolina industrial operation died at the site on Sunday, authorities said. Sheriff’s detectives were investigating what happened. Cumberland County deputies arrived Sunday afternoon at the Valley Proteins Inc. plant in Fayetteville after the employees […]
Read More‘Don’t focus on hate’: World marks 20th anniversary of 9/11
By JENNIFER PELTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN The world solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, grieving lost lives and shattered American unity in commemorations that unfolded just weeks after the bloody end of the Afghanistan war that […]
Read MoreTrial of 20 men accused in 2015 Paris attacks begins
By LORI HINNANT and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY In a custom-built secure complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse, France on Wednesday began the trial of 20 men accused in the Islamic State group’s 2015 attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead […]
Read MoreTwo North Carolina police officers on leave after shooting
CONOVER, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina police officers shot and wounded a man who was accused of ramming a police car and trying to hit his father, authorities said. A news release from the Conover Police Department says the […]
Read MoreEfforts To Recall The Mayor Are Heating Up
By Tyria McCray Staff Writer Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin has made history. Granted she is the 62nd mayor of Raleigh, but she is the first mayor to face a recall. This decision came after much deliberation after Mayor Baldwin took […]
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