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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Josh Shapiro’s school voucher record gets renewed scrutiny as Harris seeks running mate

Thrust into the national limelight as a leading candidate to become Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential running mate, Gov. The conservative Commonwealth Foundation is airing a television ad starting this weekend in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., media markets that flips Shapiro’s “Get S**t Done” slogan on its head, claiming Shapiro “Ain’t got s**t done.” The ads are critical of Shapiro’s …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Capturing the sound of war as U.S. forces charged for Baghdad

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Capturing the sound of war as U.S. forces charged for Baghdad Enlarge this image toggle caption John Moore/AP John Moore/AP On March 20, 2003, I was embedded with the lead attack elements of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division deployed along the Kuwait-Iraq border when a fierce artillery volley rang out. Sponsor Message The Army units that would lead the …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Officer won’t face charges in killing mentally ill Black man

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A former police officer already imprisoned for one fatal shooting in a wealthy San Francisco suburb won’t face criminal charges in a second slaying, this one of a homeless Black man who asked the officer to kill him during a 30-second confrontation, a prosecutor said Friday. “The loss of Tyrell Wilson’s life weighs on our community and …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Civil rights lawyer John Burris confronts police narratives

Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — Before John Burris became the go-to lawyer for Northern California families grieving a loved one killed by police, the civil rights legend was a child suspicious of the Santa Claus narrative. “Police didn’t have to do certain things,” Burris said. “I cannot be tired, I cannot quit,” Burris said, “because they did not quit.” Rodney King’s first …

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3 years ago

Mississippi deluges: low salinity kills baby oysters

Associated Press

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — Deluges along Mississippi’s coast have damaged the state’s current generation of oysters two years after fresh water from a Louisiana flood control structure all but wiped out live adults on reefs. “We lost a little bit more than we usually do,” said Sam Yates of High Tide Oyster Co. “But as far as a terrible …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2

Associated Press

DANVILLE, Calif. — Two fatal shootings by the same police officer in a wealthy San Francisco suburb have cast a spotlight on what criminal justice activists are calling a case of delayed justice and its deadly consequences. The Danville police chief, the Contra Costa County sheriff, the county’s district attorney and Hall’s lawyer declined to be interviewed for this story. …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2

Associated Press

DANVILLE, Calif. — Just past the Village Theatre and a quaint corner chocolate shop is the intersection where Officer Andrew Hall shot and killed a 33-year-old mentally ill man in 2018. He was handsome and a bit shy, with “big brown puppy eyes,” said his father, Marvin Wilson, a retired correctional officer with the Orange County sheriff’s department. One resident …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Bridgewater, Burris lead Panthers; Falcons fire Quinn

Associated Press

ATLANTA — The Carolina Panthers have managed just fine without Christian McCaffrey. Teddy Bridgewater threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns, Juston Burris made a huge interception in the end zone and Carolina held on Sunday for a 23-16 victory over the winless Falcons — the final blow to Quinn’s coaching tenure. “The first two weeks, we were just trying …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Miles Hall: California city announced $4 million settlement over fatal police shooting of mentally ill Black man

CNN

CNN — A California city announced a $4 million settlement of a federal lawsuit with the family of Miles Hall, a 23-year-old Black man who was shot by police last year while having a mental health episode. “While the City recognizes the continuing loss for the Hall family, it is the City’s sincere hope that settlement of this civil lawsuit …

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Josh Shapiro’s school voucher record gets renewed scrutiny as Harris seeks running mate

Capturing the sound of war as U.S. forces charged for Baghdad

Officer won’t face charges in killing mentally ill Black man

Civil rights lawyer John Burris confronts police narratives

Mississippi deluges: low salinity kills baby oysters

Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2

Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2

Bridgewater, Burris lead Panthers; Falcons fire Quinn

Miles Hall: California city announced $4 million settlement over fatal police shooting of mentally ill Black man