By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN An initial police report filed in the hours after the Tyre Nichols traffic stop suggested he was violent and made claims that were contradicted by video later released by police. Nichols was subdued on the ground yet continuously beaten after the stop by Memphis police on
Continue Reading CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz reports that video of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols is at odds with the initial police report from the Memphis officers involved.
Continue Reading Tyre Nichols’ older brother, Jamal Dupree, talks to CNN for the first time since the release of the Memphis police body cam footage.
Continue Reading By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Mark Morales and Rachel Clarke, CNN Memphis moved quickly to shut down its SCORPION unit when five members of the squad were charged with murder for beating Tyre Nichols after stopping him for an alleged traffic violation. But across other major American cities, such teams remain common. From New
Continue Reading Aggressive tactics and even deaths have been blamed on specialist police teams long before members of the Memphis SCORPION unit beat Tyre Nichols. CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz reports.
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EL PASO, Texas- According to Business Insider, “Swatting” is the act of sending police to an unsuspecting victim’s home under pretenses. ABC-7 spoke with Los Angeles based comedian and content creator, Dick Masterson who was ordered out of his home at gun point by police after a viewer said he had just murdered his wife.
Continue Reading By Veronica Miracle, Augie Martin and Taylor Romine, CNN A California father has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after he allegedly drove a car off an oceanside cliff with his wife and two children inside earlier this month, prosecutors said in court Monday. Prosecutors accuse Dharmesh Patel, 41, of intentionally steering his
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By Donald Judd and Jack Forrest, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to two former NASA astronauts at the White House. Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken were awarded the medals for their “bravery in NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2) to the International Space Station in 2020,” NASA
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The number of babies born each year in the United States has been steadily dropping since the Great Recession of 2008. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit and brought another burst of uncertainty, many expected an even steeper dropoff. But a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech coach Mark Adams was just happy fans stuck around for the biggest comeback in school history, and the first Big 12 win of the season for a Sweet 16 team from a year ago. The Red Raiders erased a 23-point deficit after halftime to end an eight-game conference skid,
Continue Reading By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The Justice Department has closed an investigation into whether retired Marine Gen. John Allen lobbied the US government on behalf of Qatar during the Trump administration without bringing any charges against him, according to his attorney. “We have been informed by the Department of Justice National Security Division and the
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Sir’Jabari Rice scored 21 points and Timmy Allen added 18 to send No. 10 Texas to a 76-71 win over No. 11 Baylor on Monday night, ending the Bears’ six-game win streak and keeping the Longhorns in a share of first place in the Big
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EL PASO, Texas – Another UTEP great has died. News came down early Monday of the death of former UTEP basketball star Kent Lockhart. Lockhart was 59 years old. A force to be reckoned with on the hardwood, Lockhart played for the Miners from 1981 to 1985 under legendary head coach Don Haskins. It was
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic had 53 points in his return to the lineup and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 10 of his 12 in the fourth quarter as the Dallas Mavericks rallied to beat the Detroit Pistons 111-105 on Monday night. Four of Doncic’s five career 50-point games have come this season. He scored a career-best
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Lynda Bennett, who was backed by then-President Donald Trump and Mark Meadows in her run for the latter’s former House seat in North Carolina, has agreed to plead guilty to accepting an illegal campaign contribution during the 2020 primary election cycle, court filings show. Bennett accepted an illegal
Continue Reading By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Deni Avdija had a career-high 25 points, Bradley Beal had 21 points and the Washington Wizards ended a 22-game losing streak to the Spurs in San Antonio with a 127-106 victory Monday night. Washington, which last won in San Antonio on Dec. 11, 1999, has won
Continue Reading By Sara Murray, CNN The US House of Representatives has moved to intervene in an ongoing legal battle between the Justice Department and Rep. Scott Perry over whether the department should be allowed to access the contents of the Pennsylvania Republican’s phone. One person familiar with the situation said the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group —
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UPDATE: El Paso Water said water service has been restored. They added that no cause for the break has been found at this time. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Residents in Northeast El Paso told ABC-7 Monday evening that they were without water after a main broke near the intersection of Duster Dr. and John
Continue Reading By Kyung Lah and Taylor Romine, CNN The failed GOP candidate accused of shooting at Democratic officials’ homes in Alburquerque, New Mexico, was indicted by a grand jury on 14 counts of shooting and firearms charges, the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office announced in a statement Monday. Solomon Peña is currently in jail awaiting trial
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Two monkeys were taken from the Dallas Zoo on Monday, police said, the latest in a string of odd incidents at the attraction being investigated — including fences being cut and the suspicious death of an endangered vulture in the past few weeks.
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who stored files with classified information at his Florida home is set to plead guilty in February to one count of unlawful retention of national defense information, according to court documents. The defendant, Robert Birchum, served in the Air Force for more than 30 years
Continue Reading By Fredreka Schouten Freshman Rep. George Santos, whose finances and fabrications are under investigation, is facing new questions about the accuracy of the campaign reports filed during his unsuccessful 2020 bid for Congress. Someone named Stephen Berger, for instance, is described in the New York Republican’s campaign filings as having contributed $2,500 on July 31,
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cindy Williams, who was among the most recognizable stars in America in the 1970s and 1980s for her role as Shirley opposite Penny Marshall’s Laverne on the beloved sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” has died. She was 75. Williams died in Los Angeles on Wednesday after
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A high school student was killed and four others were injured when a person opened fire over the weekend at a hookah lounge in Austin, Texas, authorities said Monday. Brayden Bolyard, 17, died at the scene of the shooting at the lounge Saturday night, Austin police said in a news release.
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) ARLINGTON, Texas – In a release issued by the Western Athletic Conference Monday afternoon, it was announced that senior guard Soufia Inoussa was named this week’s WAC Women’s Player of the Week after having a career night against Abilene Christian last Thursday when she scored 28 points helping her team to a
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Originally Published: 30 JAN 23 18:11 ETUpdated: 30 JAN 23 19:22 ETBy Phil Mattingly, Jeremy Diamond and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden intends to end the Covid-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, the White House said Monday.The White House, in a statement of administration policy announcing opposition to two Republican
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN A group of Southern Democrats is urging President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee to host its presidential nominating convention in Atlanta, arguing in a letter sent Monday that Biden owes his 2020 victory and a Democratic majority in the Senate to Georgia. Atlanta is one of the top three
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN Months of bitter negotiations between seven states that rely on the Colorado River’s vanishing water have collapsed along a clear fault line over the past week: California versus everyone else. The multi-state talks, which have been ongoing in fits and starts for months, were focused on achieving unprecedented water cuts to
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Letting infants watch tablets and TV may be impairing their academic achievement and emotional well-being later on, according to a new study. Researchers found that increased use of screen time during infancy was associated with poorer executive functioning once the child was 9 years old, according to the study published Monday
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Two people who found two classified documents in a Florida storage facility for Donald Trump have testified before a federal grand jury in Washington that’s looking at the former president’s handling of national security records at his Mar-a-Lago residence, according to sources familiar with the investigation. The two
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