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CINCINNATI (AP) — The killing of a 400-pound gorilla to save a little boy who had slipped into its enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo has triggered outrage, second-guessing and a police investigation into whether the boy’s family did anything wrong. Some have been quick to blame the 3-year-old boy’s mom, while others think the zoo […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a fired Florida police officer who fatally shot a legally armed black musician who was waiting for a tow truck. The Palm Beach County Grand Jury on Wednesday indicted former Palm Beach Gardens officer Nouman Raja on charges of manslaughter and attempted murder for […]
Ghana's FDA spokesperson, James Lartey, confirmed the products will no longer be imported to the country in a statement.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the federal investigation into whether the civil rights of a young black man who was shot by Minneapolis police were violated (all times local): 12:30 p.m. The attorney for a Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a man last fall says the officer and his partner have been vindicated […]
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teacher is on leave after giving middle school students a test with math questions about prostitutes, drugs and guns, a school official said Wednesday. Rena Philips, a spokeswoman for Mobile County’s public schools, said the educator from Burns Middle School was placed on administrative leave after a parent complained. […]
ELLETTSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Police say six Indiana churchgoers who were hospitalized after eating cookies given to them by a fellow congregant after Mass later tested positive for THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana. Police are sending a cookie for analysis from the batch distributed May 22 at St. John the Apostle Church in Ellettsville, […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A blind Louisiana man is suing McDonald’s for the right to get served at the chain’s drive-thru windows. The Chicago Tribune reports the lawsuit filed in Chicago federal court on behalf of Scott Magee claims McDonald’s is violating the American with Disabilities Act by refusing to serve customers at its drive thru […]
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey doctor says a baby born to a mother with the Zika virus appears to be affected by the disease. Officials at Hackensack University Medical Center say the 31-year-old woman from Honduras delivered the baby girl through a cesarean section Tuesday. Dr. Abdulla Al-Khan, the hospital’s director of maternal-fetal […]
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A former Oklahoma volunteer sheriff’s deputy who said he mistook his handgun for his stun gun when he fatally shot an unarmed suspect last year was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison. A judge gave Robert Bates, 74, the maximum penalty recommended by jurors who last month convicted the wealthy […]
Atwo-year-old Detroit girl lost her life in a gun battle that began over spilled juice. Makanzee Oldham was hit by a stray bullet while she sat in a car with her father on May 24. She succumbed after spending days on life support, reports the Detroit Free Press. Authorities say Antoine Smelley, 32, was inside a home […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Televangelist Jan Crouch, who co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network with her husband more than four decades ago, has died just days after she suffered a stroke. Crouch, instantly recognizable for her mountain of blonde hair, warm smile and long eyelashes, was 78. Her family made the announcement Tuesday on the California-based […]
