Category Archives: World
Policeman who appeared to kick man in head on video is fired
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A police officer who subdued a restrained suspect in a way that appeared to show him kicking the suspect in the head has been fired. The city’s public safety director announced ...
Jul 10, 2017
Judge orders changes at Wisconsin youth prisons by next week
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Corrections must make a series of changes at Wisconsin’s juvenile prisons to “drastically reduce” the use of solitary confinement, pepper ...
Jul 10, 2017
Authorities: 3-year-old killed for drinking milk from jug
ORLANDO, Fla. - A woman and her mother beat her girlfriend’s 3-year-old boy with a plastic rod and then threw him across a room because he drank milk from a jug, authorities said Monday. The boy...
Jul 10, 2017
Chicago cop, 2 ex-cops enter pleas in Laquan McDonald case
CHICAGO - A Chicago police officer and two former officers pleaded not guilty Monday to conspiring to cover up what happened the night a white officer killed a black teenager by shooting him 16 times....
Jul 10, 2017
Animal advocates challenge Connecticut's dog death penalty
HARTFORD, Conn. - A federal judge is being asked to decide whether Connecticut has violated the rights of dog owners by holding animals deemed dangerous for years on what amounts to a canine death row...
Jul 10, 2017
After spending 9 months alone in mountains, lost dog is home
BOISE, Idaho - A lost Boise dog is back home after nine months and a brutal winter alone in the Idaho mountains. Mo, an elderly Chesapeake Bay Retriever, wandered away from her owners during a hunting...
Jul 10, 2017
Rescuers robbed at gunpoint trying to aid distressed hiker
LOS ANGELES - Add armed robbery to the threats facing hikers this year on the Pacific Crest Trail. A section of the popular trail running from Mexico to Canada remained closed Monday as Kern County SW...
Jul 10, 2017
Oakland's police chief apologizes for misconduct scandal
SAN FRANCISCO - Oakland’s new police chief apologized Monday in federal court for a sexual misconduct scandal involving a teenage prostitute and vowed to clean up the city’s troubled polic...
Jul 10, 2017
Feds: Most of $18M owed for California firefighting repaid
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Forest Service repaid most of the $18 million that a California official said it owed the state for fighting fires last year in national forests, a spokesman said Monday. About ...
Jul 10, 2017
Family: Alcohol withdrawal lead to actor Nelsan Ellis' death
LOS ANGELES - “True Blood” actor Nelsan Ellis’ death was caused by heart failure due to alcohol-withdrawal complications, according to a statement released on behalf of his family. T...
Jul 10, 2017
