Former Alabama police officer charged with murder in shooting of Black man
A former Alabama police officer has been charged with murder in the of a man in front of his own home during a dispute with a tow truck driver, the district attorney announced Friday.
Steve Perkins, 39, was shot and killed by a police officer on Sept. 29 when officers accompanied a tow truck driver trying to repossess Perkins’ truck. A grand jury indicted Mac Bailey Marquette, a 23-year-old police officer who responded to the scene, on a murder charge accusing him of intentionally
Nashville is reassigning 10 officers following the leak of a school shooter’s writings, police say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ten officers with the Nashville police department’s specialized investigative unit will be reassigned following who , at The Covenant School last year.
A spokesperson for Metro Nashville Police Department said Friday the officers, who have not been named, will transition out of the division next month.
“This is a reassignment, only,” said Kristin Mumford in an email.
To date, the department has been unable to identify the person who to a conservative commentator nearly two months ago. The unsanctioned
Belarus’ authoritarian leader tightens control over the country’s religious groups
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law into effect that significantly tightens control over various religious denominations and organizations.
The law, published on the presidential website this week, mandates that all denominations and religious groups reapply for state registration, which authorities reserve the right to refuse.
It’s the latest step in Lukashenko’s a crackdown on dissent, which intensified after a disputed presidential election in 2020 gave the authoritarian leader a sixth term in office. The government arrested more
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shakes a wide area of Southern California, no injuries reported
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation’s second largest city Friday and shook things off shelves near the epicenter in a small mountain community east of Los Angeles, but there were no reports of major damage or injuries.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the 10:55 a.m. quake was centered about a mile (1 kilometer) northwest of Lytle Creek, in the San Gabriel Mountains about 45 miles (70 kilometers)
17-year-old and 19-year-old arrested in North York home invasion, car theft
A 17-year-old and 19-year-old are facing charges for their alleged involvement in a home invasion and car theft in North York, Toronto police said.
Officers were called to a home in the Yonge Street and Florence Avenue area at around 4 a.m. on Dec. 21 for reports of break-and-enter.
It’s alleged that five suspects approached the residence, and two of them forcibly entered the home through a back patio.
Once inside, police said
Abortion initiative hits milestone for getting in front of Florida voters
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A that would enshrine abortion rights in the Florida constitution on Friday reached the necessary number of verified signatures to qualify for the 2024 ballot, officials said.
More than 911,000 signatures have been verified, according to the Florida Division of Elections, surpassing the more than 891,500 petition signatures required by the state to put a ballot initiative before voters.
If the measure ultimately makes it on the fall ballot, voters in
The teacher shot by a 6-year-old still worries, a year later, about the other students in the room
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A year after she was in a Virginia classroom, former teacher Abby Zwerner said she still worries about the other children who saw it happen, and wonders how they’re faring.
Wounded by a bullet that struck her hand and chest and punctured a lung, Zwerner rushed the other first-graders into the hallway before she .
“I hope that they are enjoying school, enjoying their second-grade year,” Zwerner, 26, . “I hope that they
With banku and jollof rice, Ghanian chef tries to break world cook-a-thon record
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A chef in Ghana has been preparing banku and other regional dishes on live TV since New Year’s Day as she tries to break a world record for marathon cooking — an attempt being cheered on and widely celebrated in this West African nation.
Failatu Abdul-Razak had cooked for over 110 hours as of Friday afternoon at a hotel in the northern city of Tamale where she is aiming to break the Guinness World Record for a cook-a-thon of 119
Quebec man sought by U.S. after pregnant Mexican migrant dies crossing border
MONTREAL — New York authorities are seeking the extradition of a Colombian man living in Quebec who has been charged with smuggling in connection with a migrant woman who died trying to cross illegally into the United States from Canada in December.
The attorney’s office for the Northern District of New York has charged Jhader Augusto Uribe-Tobar, 35, with three smuggling-related counts in relation to the death of Ana Karen Vasquez-Flores.
The body of Vasquez-Flores, 33, who was pregnant, was found
Republican US Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado announces he won’t seek reelection
Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado announced Friday that he won’t seek a 10th term in Congress in the latest shakeup of Colorado’s U.S. House races for the 2024 election.
Lamborn, who represents the Colorado Springs area, about an hour south of Denver, talked about his plans to retire at the end of 2024 on a radio show Friday morning, saying he wants to spend more time with family.
His planned departure comes on