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Guilty or insane? Jury begins deliberations in Colorado grocery store shooting trial
BOULDER, Colo. — Prosecutor Ken Kupfner loaded dummy bullets into a 30-round magazine in a hushed courtroom Friday morning.
He slowly pushed each bullet into the magazine — the same type of magazine used by the man who carried out a mass shooting at a Boulder King Soopers grocery store in 2021, killing 10 shoppers, employees and a ...Read more
Gaetz attended drug-fueled parties with call girls at Florida lobbyist's home, witnesses say
ORLANDO, Fla. — In the summer of 2017, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, attended a party filled with drugs and paid escorts that was hosted by former state Rep. Chris Dorworth at his Heathrow home, according to witness testimony in newly filed federal court documents.
One of the escorts attending the get-together was the 17-year-...Read more
How Google allegedly monopolized the ad technology market
Google has monopolized the technology used to buy and sell online display ads by restricting or eliminating the choices of its customers — both website publishers and advertisers — the U.S. Justice Department alleged at a federal antitrust trial.
Antitrust enforcers have sought to illustrate how the Alphabet Inc. unit’s complex ad ...Read more
Kamala Harris denounces Trump for abortion bans after 'preventable' deaths
Vice President Kamala Harris Friday denounced former President Donald Trump for pushing extreme abortion bans after a bombshell new published report called the deaths of two Georgia moms “preventable.”
The Democratic presidential nominee slammed Trump for backing restrictive abortion laws like Georgia’s, which a state panel said played a...Read more
ACLU calls for federal investigation into Massachusetts State Police recruit's death
BOSTON — The ACLU is calling for a federal investigation into the death of Massachusetts State Police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia.
Delgado-Garcia, 25, died after suffering a “medical crisis” following a boxing “training exercise” earlier this month at the New Braintree Academy, according to the MSP.
An ACLU statement said his “...Read more
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USS Harry S. Truman to deploy to Red Sea next week
NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and its 6,500 sailors will deploy early next week, according to an announcement from the U.S. Navy.
The Truman and Carrier Air Wing 1 will head to the Red Sea, where U.S. sailors have fought almost daily for months to down drones ...Read more
Jet smashes through window of Teterboro Airport terminal during maneuvering
NEW YORK — A business jet hit a terminal building at New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport Thursday night after rolling off the ramp while maneuvering, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The incident, first reported by NJ.com, occurred just before 10 p.m.
A Dassault Falcon business jet with five people on board had just ...Read more
Federal investigators subpoena NYC Mayor Adams' asylum seeker ops director for information on top adviser
NEW YORK — Federal authorities slapped Mayor Eric Adams’ asylum seeker operations director, Molly Schaeffer, with a subpoena Friday requiring her to turn over records, including communications with Tim Pearson, a top adviser to the mayor with deep involvement in city migrant contracts, the Daily News has learned.
Schaeffer, a 10-year city ...Read more
4th and final Apalachee High School shooting victim laid to rest
ATLANTA — As Georgia students walked out of their classrooms on Friday to demand safety from gun violence, one of their own was laid to rest.
At St. Matthew Catholic Church in Winder, a funeral mass was held in honor of 14-year-old Christian Angulo, who was remembered for his gentle soul and the love he exuded for the people in his life. His ...Read more
Ex-Atlanta police officer found not guilty in 2019 fatal shooting of teen
ATLANTA — A former Atlanta police officer was acquitted Friday afternoon in the death of an 18-year-old who allegedly tried to steal his unmarked patrol car.
The Fulton County jury found Oliver Simmonds not guilty of felony murder and aggravated assault in the fatal shooting of D’Ettrick Griffin at a gas station in 2019.
Simmonds became ...Read more
Diocese holds vigil, protesters gather as Freddie Owens heads to South Carolina death chamber
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Death penalty opponents began rallying outside the Broad River Correctional Institution Friday afternoon as South Carolina prepares to execute its first death row inmate in more than 13 years.
Freddie Owens, 46, was sentenced to death for the Nov. 1, 1997, murder of Irene Graves, a gas station clerk. A jury found that Owens, ...Read more
Florida tells doctors abortions to save a woman's life do not violate new state ban
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials reiterated Thursday that state law allows abortions at any point in pregnancy to save the life of the mother, responding to concerns that Florida’s new six-week abortion ban is tying doctors’ hands and putting women in danger.
The state’s “provider alert” said abortions can be performed “to...Read more
On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, some veterans say too few POW/MIA flags are flying
PHILADELPHIA — When Michael Reid moved to Wynnefield about 25 years ago, he came upon a small, unkempt plot of weeds and trash at 54th Street and Wynnefield Avenue during a stroll around his new neighborhood.
Curious, he pushed aside the overgrown grass to get a closer look and found a long hidden memorial plaque attached to a boulder. It ...Read more
California: Parents of 4 Pepperdine students killed on Pacific Coast Highway sue state and local agencies
LOS ANGELES — The families of the four Pepperdine University students who were struck and killed on Pacific Coast Highway last year and a fifth student who was injured in the incident have sued the local and state agencies they say are responsible for the deadly roadway.
In four separate lawsuits filed in the Santa Monica Courthouse, the ...Read more
Jury to start deliberations in Boulder King Soopers mass shooting trial
BOULDER, Colo. — Prosecutor Ken Kupfner loaded dummy bullets into a 30-round magazine in a hushed courtroom Friday morning.
He slowly pushed each bullet into the magazine — the same type of magazine used by the man who carried out a mass shooting at a Boulder King Soopers grocery store in 2021, killing 10 shoppers, employees and a ...Read more
Fire engineer arrested on suspicion of setting blazes in Northern California
While fellow firefighters were battling voracious blazes throughout Northern California, Cal Fire engineer Robert Hernandez is accused of igniting his own fires, according to authorities.
Hernandez, 38, was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of committing arson on forest land in the areas surrounding Geyserville, Healdsburg and Windsor, ...Read more
Georgia Election Board passes election night hand-counting rule
ATLANTA — The Georgia Election Board’s Republican majority voted Friday to require a hand count of all ballots after polls close on election night, a new requirement that could delay results of the presidential race.
County election directors universally opposed the eleventh-hour counting mandate, saying it would undermine voter confidence ...Read more
Too soon to elaborate on motive in Kentucky judge's murder, Gov. Beshear says
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear declined Friday to comment on the motive behind the shooting of an Eastern Kentucky judge by a sheriff.
As a former prosecutor, Beshear said at a morning news conference in Frankfort, it was not appropriate to discuss what may have led up to Thursday’s death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54.
...Read more
Israel strikes Beirut suburb as conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon intensifies
BEIRUT — With the danger of a wider Middle East war looming, Israel on Friday bombarded part of the Lebanese capital, killing at least 14 people and wounding 66 others, Lebanese authorities said.
The strike came just days after thousands of sabotaged electronic devices exploded across the country, killing 30 and wounding thousands, an action...Read more
Florida tells doctors abortions to save a woman's life do not violate new state ban
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials reiterated Thursday that state law allows abortions at any point in pregnancy to save the life of the mother, responding to concerns that Florida’s new six-week abortion ban is tying doctors’ hands and putting women in danger.
The state’s “provider alert” said abortions can be performed “to...Read more
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