Philadelphia police release video in corner store shooting that killed suspect, wounded officer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two Philadelphia police officers had their weapons holstered before a scuffle with a man inside a corner deli when one of the officers was shot by a suspect who was then fatally shot by the wounded officer’s partner, the city’s police commissioner said Tuesday.
The department promised full “transparency” about the Friday night encounter inside a corner store and released several minutes of security video as concerns grew about the police use of force in the . Two officers were wrestling with Spencer on the floor as
Wisconsin man gets life sentence in 2021 killings of 3 men whose bodies were found outside quarry
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A man charged in the men whose bodies were found outside a Wisconsin quarry has been sentenced to life in prison.
A La Crosse County judge sentenced Khamthaneth Rattanasack on Monday to a life sentence specifying that the Wausau man cannot seek early release until he’s served 35 years in prison, news outlets reported.
Rattanasack, 46, pleaded guilty in October to one count of first-degree intentional homicide as a party to a crime. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to
Andrew Tate loses his appeal to ease judicial restrictions as human trafficking case continues
A Romanian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by influencer Andrew Tate to ease judicial control measures imposed while the legal case continues in which he is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
The Bucharest Court of Appeal’s decision upheld a ruling by another court on Jan. 18 which extended by 60 days the geographical restrictions against Tate, 37, stipulating that he cannot leave the country.
Tate lost his appeal more than a year after he was first arrested near Bucharest
Toyota Canada reissues ‘do not drive’ warning for 7,300 cars; recall for airbag defects
Toyota Canada Inc. has reissued an urgent “Do not drive” warning for about 7,300 cars as part of a decade-old campaign to remind customers their vehicles may have a defective Takata airbag.
Phillip Crowe, media spokesperson of Toyota Canada, says the recall isn’t new but a repeat of an existing recall for Takata airbags at risk of exploding and hurling shrapnel.
The warning affects the 2003 and 2004 Corolla and Corolla Matrix models as well as 200
White House-hosted arts summit explores how to incorporate arts and humanities into problem-solving
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will assign artists to treasured bodies of water in the United States under a new program announced Tuesday at a White House-sponsored conference on exploring ways to use the arts and humanities as another instrument for problem-solving.
Leaders from government, the arts, academia and philanthropy gathered in Washington for .” Panel discussions focused on turning to the arts and humanities to solve challenges, from improving health to bridging divides.
The and the hosted the daylong conference, which was the product
Rare whale found dead off Massachusetts may have been entangled, authorities say
A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts shows potential evidence of injury from entanglement in fishing gear, which is one of the most pressing threats to the vanishing species, federal authorities said.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was notified about the dead female North Atlantic right whale on Sunday off Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The right whale in the world and it is vulnerable to entanglement in gear and collisions with large ships.
NOAA officials said members of the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
New Hampshire lawmakers consider multiple bills targeting transgender students and athletes
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers considering whether to ban transgender athletes from competing in school sports that align with their gender identities heard from two former athletes Tuesday who took opposite positions on the bill.
At least 20 states have approved a version of playing on K-12 and collegiate sports teams. New Hampshire lawmakers have rejected , but this year are considering two bills. The version heard by the Senate Education Committee on Monday goes further than the House proposal in that it also would
Marineland seeks to have charges over bears stayed, pleads not guilty
Marineland has pleaded not guilty to alleged offences regarding its care of three young black bears and has asked to have the charges stayed.
The Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction filed a motion on Friday to have the case stayed over what it alleges is an abuse of process.
Ontario’s Animal Welfare Services, part of the Ministry of the Solicitor General, laid three charges against Marineland last May for failing to comply with an order.
The province had previously ordered Marineland to build an enclosure for the bears – named
Official found it ‘strange’ that Michigan school shooter’s mom didn’t take him home over drawing
A Michigan school official told jurors Tuesday that he felt he had no grounds to search a teen’s backpack before , even though staff met with the teen’s parents that morning to discuss a violent drawing he had scrawled on a math assignment.
Nick Ejak, who was in charge of discipline at Oxford High School, said he was concerned about Ethan Crumbley’s mental health but did not consider him to be a threat to others on Nov. 30, 2021.
After the meeting about the
Legislative panel shoots down South Dakota bill to raise the age for marriage to 18
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Sixteen- and 17-year-olds call still wed in South Dakota after a legislative committee shot down an effort to raise the age of marriage to 18.
The House State Affairs Committee on Monday voted 8-5 to reject the bill and let stand the current law, which lets 16- and 17-year-olds marry if they have the consent of a parent or guardian,
“The statistics speak volumes,” the prime sponsor,