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Phoenix Police Officers Fired in Video, Social Media Cases
Two Phoenix police officers involved in separate incidents that drew national outrage, including one who pointed a gun and yelled profanities at a black family, will be fired, the chief of police said Tuesday. “I expect more. You deserve more,” Chief Jeri Williams said at a news conference. “Unlike other professions, we don’t have a luxury of a do-over.”
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CT LIVE!: Kal Penn Talks “Sunnyside”
“Sunnyside” airs Thursdays on NBC Connecticut.
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Dad in Baby Twins' Hot Car Death: ‘I Blanked Out': Criminal Complaint
A father who left his 1-year-old twins in his car while he went to work told investigators “I blanked out, my babies are dead, I killed my babies,” according to the criminal complaint released Saturday.
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Sacramento Police Officer With Bay Area Ties Shot, Killed
A Sacramento police officer was fatally shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call Wednesday, police said.
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Sacramento Police Officer With Bay Area Ties Shot, Killed
A Sacramento police officer was fatally shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call Wednesday, police said.
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Man Says Fire Phoenix Officers Who Aimed Guns at His Family
The young black man shown in a videotaped encounter that showed Phoenix police pointing guns and yelling obscenities at him and his pregnant fiancee told the City Council on Wednesday that he wants the officers fired. Dravon Ames, 22, told councilmembers that he and his family “could have lost their lives over something senseless … over a 4-year-old taking a...
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Man Says Fire Phoenix Officers Who Aimed Guns at His Family
The young black man shown in a videotaped encounter that showed Phoenix police pointing guns and yelling obscenities at him and his pregnant fiancee told the City Council on Wednesday that he wants the officers fired. Dravon Ames, 22, told councilmembers that he and his family “could have lost their lives over something senseless … over a 4-year-old taking a...
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Phoenix Police Chief ‘Disturbed' by Cop Reaction to 4-Year-Old and Family
Video surfaced of officers allegedly threatening to shoot a black couple and their young children over a reported shoplifting incident from last month. After the videos emerged and the couple involved, Dravon Ames and Iesha Harper, filed a $10 million notice of claim — a precursor to a lawsuit — against the city. Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams says the...
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Powerful Philly Union Leader Johnny Doc, Councilman Bobby Henon Embezzled Union Funds, Prosecutors Allege
Federal officials announced 116 corruption charges Wednesday morning against powerful union leader John J. “Johnny Doc” Dougherty, Philadelphia City Councilman Bobby Henon and several IBEW Local 98 union employees.
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Prada Pulls Monkey Figurines from NYC Store Amid Blackface Outcry
Luxury fashion company Prada has pulled a set of monkey trinkets from its lower Manhattan store amid outcry that the items depict blackface.
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3 Arrested in NYC Clashes After Speech by Far-Right Leader
Three people were arrested in New York City following violent clashes after a speech by the founder of a far-right group, and police say they are reviewing video and may make additional arrests.
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Officials Sympathetic to Undocumented Seek to Allay Post-Election Fears
The election of Donald Trump to the presidency, after a campaign pledging mass deportation, has elevated the concern of people who are undocumented.
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Woman in Park Slope Crash That Hurt Pregnant Tony Actress, Killed 2 Young Children, Had Been Ordered Not to Drive for a Year, Indictment Says
The 44-year-old woman who plowed into a pregnant Tony-winning actress walking with her friend and their two young children, killing both kids, in Park Slope two months ago is due in court Thursday in connection with the case.
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Proposed NYC Law Would Make It Illegal to Force Employees to Respond to Work Emails During Non-Work Hours
A proposed local New York City law would make it illegal for employers to demand their workers to respond to work emails during non-work hours.
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MLK III: American Dream Is ‘a Nightmare'
The oldest son of Martin Luther King Jr. says the “American Dream is decidedly a nightmare,” as the country celebrates the civil rights leader.
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Protesters Block Entrance to Arena After Fatal Sacramento Police Shooting of Unarmed Man
Protesters decrying this week’s fatal shooting of an unarmed black man formed a human chain blocking fans trying to attend a professional basketball game between the Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks. The protest briefly delayed the game Thursday while dozens of police attempted to clear entrances.
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Videos Released After Sacramento Police Shot 20 Times at Unarmed Man in His Yard
Two officers yelled for a suspect to show his hands then shouted “gun, gun, gun” moments before fatally shooting the man who turned out to be unarmed, audio from body camera footage released by Sacramento police shows. Footage from the body cameras and an overhead helicopter does not clearly depict what the man, who was only holding a cellphone, was...
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States Mull ‘Sanctuary' Status for Marijuana Businesses
Taking a cue from the fight over immigration, some states that have legalized marijuana are considering providing so-called sanctuary status for licensed pot businesses, hoping to protect the fledgling industry from a shift in federal enforcement policy. Just hours after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Jan. 4 that federal prosecutors would be free to crack down on marijuana...
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Largest eSports Stadium in US Opening in Arlington
Arlington is home to AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Park, the College Park Center and the now under-construction Globe Life Field. Wednesday, the city announced it’s getting yet another new stadium — one that will home to the one of the fastest growing sectors in the sports entertainment world.
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How Los Angeles Has Changed 25 Years After Violence Tore the City Apart
On April 29, 1992, rioters took to the streets of Los Angeles, lighting fires, looting stores and causing mayhem after a jury acquitted four white Los Angeles Police Department officers of the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King.