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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minnesota police officer who was convicted of killing a Black motorist when she used her handgun instead of her taser during a traffic stop is out of prison and delivering presentations at law enforcement conferences, stirring up a heated debate over how officers punished for misconduct should atone for their

If you’re a McDonald’s aficionado who has worked your way through the various burgers on its menu, you may have noticed that one stands out in terms of moisture, taste, and overall satisfaction. That burger is the Quarter Pounder, and the reason why is that it’s the only McDonald’s burger cooked fresh, rather than frozen.

In a windowless room, somewhere in the bowels of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) headquarters, Chief of Staff Lt Gen Herzi Halevi jabbed his index finger forward. Israel had just assassinated the Hezbollah leader and was about to invade Lebanon when he summoned his generals and commanders to take instructions. But pictures of the meeting

Striking machinists at Boeing (BA) are getting support from Congressional representatives as their work stoppage enters its third week. Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state, the senior whip in the Democratic Party House caucus, visited the workers on the picket line and spoke in support of them. “We have seen in dramatic fashion this year

Editor’s note: This story contains a graphic image and descriptions of violence. Up to 600 people were shot dead in a matter of hours by al Qaeda-linked militants in an August attack on a town in Burkina Faso, according to a French government security assessment that nearly doubles the death toll cited in earlier reports.

Under the cover of night on Sept. 27, high winds and hard rain stirred Jerry and Marcia Savage from slumber inside their one-story Beech Island home. It also rattled their 22-year-old grandson in the living room where he had been keeping watch on the inland South Carolina home where the couple had lived since 1975.

LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size plastic turkey decoys made for hunters, colorful squirt guns. And Crocs — so many mismatched Crocs. If you find a single

Special counsel Jack Smith has outlined new details of former President Donald Trump and his allies’ sweeping and “increasingly desperate” efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, in a blockbuster court filing Wednesday aimed at defending Smith’s prosecution of Trump following the Supreme Court’s July immunity ruling. Trump intentionally lied to the public, state election

(Reuters) – Russia will run a nationwide test of its emergency public warning systems on Wednesday, letting sirens wail and interrupting television and radio broadcasts in a twice-yearly initiative amid the war in Ukraine. At around 10.30 a.m. in most of Russia’s 11 time zones, sirens will sound for a minute, with loudspeakers broadcasting an

Sciutto shared footage from Israel, where reported Iranian missiles flew overhead as he reported on ongoing conflict in the region. CNN reporter Jim Sciutto has shared terrifying footage from Tel Aviv, Israel, where the on-air personality took cover Tuesday from Iranian missiles that rained down on the city close to his post atop a tall

Part of the border between Italy and Switzerland is set to be redrawn as the glaciers that mark the boundary melt, in yet another sign of how much humans are changing the world by burning planet-heating fossil fuels.. The two countries have agreed to change the border under the iconic Matterhorn Peak, one of the

A fortnight ago, there would have been no questioning the devotion felt by Lebanese Shia Muslims for Iran. As for their brethren across the Middle East, Iran has long been their political and spiritual lodestar. “What the Vatican is for you Christians, Iran is for us Shia – only more so,” one is often told

BANGKOK (AP) — Indonesian shrimp farmer Yulius Cahyonugroho operated more than two dozen ponds only a few years ago, employing seven people and making more than enough to support his family. Since then, the 39-year-old says the prices he gets from purchasers have fallen by half and he’s had to scale back to four workers

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on Sept. 28, 2024. Credit – Kamil Krazaczynski—AP As the border continues to play an important policy role in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, former President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump criticized the government’s

Former President Donald Trump expressed his frustration over a fly that approached his lecturn in a bizarre moment during a rally speech. Trump was on stage at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, making a point about a hat, when he appeared to get distracted by the creature. “Oh there’s a fly,” the former president said. “I