Feds charge 4 police officers in fatal Breonna Taylor raid
By DYLAN LOVAN The federal government filed civil rights charges Thursday against four Louisville police officers over the drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose fatal shooting helped fuel the racial justice protests that […]
Read MoreRussian prosecutors seek 9 1/2-year sentence for Griner
By JIM HEINTZ Russian prosecutors asked a court outside Moscow to sentence American basketball star Brittney Griner to 9 1/2 years in prison as closing arguments in her cannabis possession trial were made Thursday. The trial is nearing its end […]
Read MoreIndiana Rep. Walorski, 2 staffers killed in head-on crash
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and TOM DAVIES Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed Wednesday in a car crash in her northern Indiana district along with two members of her congressional staff and another person, police said. The crash happened about […]
Read MoreThousands of N. Carolina offenders can now register and vote
Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren’t behind bars can now register to vote and cast ballots following an appeals court ruling. Expanding the scope of those able to register and […]
Read MorePope in headdress stirs deep emotions in Indian Country
By ANITA SNOW It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers fastened in place by a colorful, beaded headband after he apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s “disastrous” […]
Read MorePolice: Woman opened fire in Dallas airport; cop shot her
A 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love Field Airport on Monday before an officer shot and wounded her, authorities said. The woman was dropped off at the airport at about 11 a.m., walked […]
Read MorePolice: Woman opened fire in Dallas airport; cop shot her
A 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love Field Airport on Monday before an officer shot and wounded her, authorities said. The woman was dropped off at the airport at about 11 a.m., walked […]
Read MoreGovernor declares emergency over wildfire near Yosemite
By NOAH BERGER and JOCELYN GECKER A fast-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size Saturday into one of California’s largest wildfires of the year, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people and shutting off power to more […]
Read MoreEx-cop Thomas Lane faces sentencing in George Floyd killing
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane is hoping for a sentence Thursday that could let him go free after as little as two years in prison for his role in the killing of George Floyd. His attorney, […]
Read MoreNC’s Budget – What’s in it for you?
DR. JOYNICOLE MARTINEZ, Staff Writer North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed the state budget into law this week, marking the second year in a row that he’s accepted the Republican’s comprehensive state spending plan after vetoing budget bills in 2017, […]
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