Search

Former Colorado police officer appeals conviction in Black man Elijah McClain's death 02/22/2024 06:01pm • DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado police officer is appealing his conviction by a jury for his role in the death of Eljiah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after being stopped by police in a Denver suburb in 2019. Lawyers for Randy Roedema filed a notice of appeal with the state appeals Tuesday's Scores 02/20/2024 11:29pm • BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Banner Christian 82, Amelia Academy 11 Blue Ridge School 103, Va. Episcopal 67 Brunswick Academy 85, Fuqua School 31 Carlisle 79, North Cross 61 Carmel 77, Guardian Christian 52 Catholic 76, Nansemond-Suffolk 36 Faith Christian-Roanoke 45, Regents 43 Grace Christian 66, Dayspri Three slain Minnesota first responders remembered for their commitment to service 02/20/2024 05:09pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two young police officers and a firefighter-paramedic were killed in a burst of gunfire Sunday as they responded to a domestic disturbance call in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville. Another officer also was injured, and the man identified as the shooter fatally shot himself, Louisiana governor declares state of emergency due to police shortage 02/16/2024 03:46pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency due to a police officer shortage. Landry's executive order issued Thursday lifts limits on how many new employees Louisiana sheriffs can hire and on payroll increases for their departments. Landry, who previo Team owner, Hall of Fame driver Tony Stewart vows changes, puts team on blast after winless 2023 02/16/2024 12:31pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tony Stewart put his NASCAR team on blast ahead of the Daytona 500 and in the wake of a winless 2023 season: get to victory lane, hang banners — or else. Stewart-Haas Racing is in more than a small slump. SHR has been downright dismal. The team once among NASCAR's best Thursday's Scores 02/16/2024 12:50am • BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Bellevue 74, Bishop Brossart 61 Boone Co. 63, Cin. McNicholas, Ohio 60 Bowling Green 73, Evangel Christian 68 Campbell Co. 60, Beechwood 38 Cumberland Co. 79, Somerset Christian 73 Floyd Central 89, Huntington Prep, W.Va. 66 Fort Campbell 78, Community Christian (Paducah) 61 Fo Teaching Black history is under national scrutiny. At DC-area museums and historic sites, it's the status quo 02/15/2024 09:55am • Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. When you walk across D.C.'s National Mall or into the suburbs in nearby Maryland and Virginia, you are almost certain to come Wednesday's Scores 02/14/2024 11:55pm • BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Auburn 70, Galax 42 Benedictine 68, Trinity Episcopal 61 Brooke Point 64, Stafford 52 Chilhowie 66, Rural Retreat 33 Christchurch 62, Fredericksburg Christian 47 Clarke County 79, Luray 56 Colonial Forge 38, North Stafford 35 Cosby 75, Huguenot 62 Floyd County 49, Radford 41 Fr Jimmie Johnson struggled in his first year as NASCAR team owner. Can he make Legacy a winner? 02/14/2024 11:50pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth forged a deeper friendship bantering on all those punishing bicycle rides than they did as rivals on four wheels over their Hall of Fame NASCAR careers. Johnson gained an understanding of Kenseth’s often unassuming demeanor and the time Ex-officer acquitted of assault in 2020 encounter with racial injustice protester in Philadelphia 02/14/2024 02:34pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police inspector has been acquitted of assault in the use of a baton during an encounter with a protester in a 2020 racial injustice demonstration. Jurors acquitted 57-year-old Joseph Bologna on Wednesday of charges of simple assault and possessing an inst Tuesday's Scores 02/13/2024 11:59pm • GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Abingdon 63, John Battle 40 Archbishop Carroll, D.C. 48, Paul VI Catholic High School 45 Atlantic Shores Christian 29, Gateway Christian 26 Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot 56, Amelia Academy 36 Brookville 45, Heritage (Lynchburg) 36 Bullis, Md. 76, Potomac School 62 Carlisle 78, Ro Law enforcement in schools dominates 1st day of the Minnesota Legislature's 2024 session 02/12/2024 04:47pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature convened Monday with lawmakers fast-tracking legislation to fix a law enacted last year that limits the powers of police who work in schools to restrain disruptive students. The change was one of several restrictions on the use of force passed in th For Native American activists, the Kansas City Chiefs have it all wrong 02/10/2024 08:17am • Rhonda LeValdo is exhausted, but she’s refusing to slow down. For the fourth time in five years, her hometown team and the focus of her decadeslong activism against the use of Native American imagery and references in sports is in the Super Bowl. As the Kansas City Chiefs prepare for Sunday's big Friday's Scores 02/09/2024 11:55pm • BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Albemarle 67, Orange County 48 Altavista 80, Nelson County 51 Banner Christian 61, Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot 38 Buckingham County 56, Nottoway 49 Buffalo Gap 59, Riverheads 55 Cambridge/SD, Md. 73, Arcadia 44 Cave Spring 60, Blacksburg 57 Central - Wise 54, Ridgeview 44 Chance Finding meaning in George Floyd’s death through protest art left at his murder site 02/09/2024 04:00am • PHOENIX (AP) — For months after George Floyd was killed by police in May 2020, people from around the world traveled to the site of his murder in Minneapolis and left signs, paintings and poems to memorialize the man whose death reignited a movement against systemic racism. Now hundreds of those a