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CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — An Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia on Sunday causing a derailment, killing two people and sending more than 30 others to hospitals, authorities said. Train 89 was heading from New York to Savannah, Georgia, at about 8 a.m. when it hit a backhoe that […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Additional San Francisco police officers have been accused of exchanging racist and homophobic text messages, following a scandal that implicated 14 officers in a department now under federal review, authorities said. The new allegations in the liberal and diverse city come amid a national debate over police relations with minority communities. […]
CHICAGO (AP) â Chicago Police spokesman Frank Giancamilli says detectives are waiting to speak with a shooting victim who may have been videoing himself when he was shot multiple times. He says the 31-year-old man is sedated in a Chicago hospital Friday, a day after the shooting on the city’s South Side. Police say the […]
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — Police say a baby boy who was kidnapped from an upscale shopping mall in suburban Philadelphia has been found safe, and a suspect is in custody. Upper Merion Township police say 7-week-old Ahsir Simmons was found safe Thursday night, about five hours after he was abducted from the King […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Thursday approved the nation’s highest statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour to take effect by 2022 after it was hailed by Democrats as an example to the nation as it struggles with a growing gap between rich and poor. The legislation now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown, […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A veteran Miami police officer with two decades of experience dealing with the media and community leaders will take over as police chief in Ferguson, hoping to help the St. Louis suburb heal as it rebounds after the fatal 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown. Miami Police Maj. Delrish Moss was […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A gunman fatally shot a Virginia state trooper Thursday at a busy bus terminal in the capital city of Richmond before he was shot dead by two other troopers, police said. Two civilians were also shot but were expected to recover. Trooper Chad P. Dermyer, 37, died after being shot multiple […]
There is no worse feeling in the world than for a mother to not know where her child is or what may have happened to her. That is the sad reality for Greensboro, North Carolina’s Danielle Williams. Her daughter, 19-year-old Tyarra Williams, has been missing since January. MyFox8.com reports: “It’s my worst nightmare,” Williams said. […]
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CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting of a black teenager has been hired to work as a janitor for the city’s police union as he awaits trial, the union president said Thursday. Dean Angelo, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Chicago, says the union hired Jason […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.S.-based advocacy group says 98 girls in Central African Republic reported they were sexually abused by international peacekeepers, and three girls told U.N. staff they were tied up, undressed and forced to have sex with a dog by a French military commander in 2014. AIDS-Free World’s Code Blue Campaign to […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh television station WTAE said it has ended its relationship with anchorwoman Wendy Bell over racial comments she posted on Facebook about an ambush shooting at a cookout that left five people and an unborn baby dead. In a statement Wednesday, parent company Hearst Television said Bell’s comments were “inconsistent with the […]
