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Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police 04/26/2024 06:16am • Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived. The 43-year-old was surrounded by police who arrested him after responding to a trespassing call in a Wisconsin parking lot. Officers had shocked him with a Taser and pinned him as he pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. Now Paramedic sentencing in Elijah McClain's death caps trials that led to 3 convictions 04/26/2024 01:42am • DENVER (AP) — Almost five years after Elijah McClain died following a police stop in which he was put in a neck hold and injected with the powerful sedative ketamine, three of the five Denver-area responders prosecuted in the Black man's death have been convicted. Experts say the convictions would Journalists critical of their own companies cause headaches for news organizations 04/26/2024 12:47am • NEW YORK (AP) — This spring, NBC News, The New York Times and National Public Radio have each dealt with turmoil for essentially the same reason: journalists taking the critical gaze they deploy to cover the world and turning it inward at their own employers. Whistleblowing isn't unique to any ind Body-cam footage shows police left an Ohio man handcuffed and facedown on a bar floor before he died 04/25/2024 05:36pm • TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who was handcuffed and left facedown on the floor of a social club last week died in police custody, and the officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave. Police body-camera footage released Wednesday shows a Canton police officer responding to a DC-area Proud Boys group leader sentenced to over 5 years in prison for attacking police during Capitol riot 04/19/2024 04:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A far-right extremist group leader was sentenced on Friday to more than five years in prison for repeatedly assaulting police officers with makeshift weapons during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago. Scott Miller, who helped lead a Proud Boys chapter for 3 Northern California law enforcement officers charged in death of man held facedown on the ground 04/19/2024 04:06pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Three Northern California law enforcement officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a man who was pinned facedown during a 2021 incident that drew comparisons to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The charges against James Fisher, Came Family of Minnesota man shot to death by state trooper in traffic stop files civil rights lawsuit 04/17/2024 02:55pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a Minnesota man who was killed by a state trooper during a traffic stop filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday, alleging that the fatal shooting was unjustified and unlawful. The lawsuit names Troopers Ryan Londregan, who shot Ricky Cobb II, and Brett Seide Mayor of North Carolina's capital city won't seek reelection this fall 04/16/2024 07:38pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The mayor of North Carolina’s capital city announced on Tuesday that she won't seek reelection this fall, citing in part health challenges and mentioning a new job. Mary-Ann Baldwin, whose time on Raleigh’s city council goes back to 2007, has been mayor since December 2019 Civil rights attorney demands footage in fatal police chase, but city lawyer says none exists 04/16/2024 04:31pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump demanded Tuesday that police in a small town in Mississippi release camera footage of a chase that ended in the death of a Black teenager, but the city attorney said the police department does not use cameras. “I have been advised by the Chie Beyoncé is bringing her fans of color to country music. Will they be welcomed in? 04/15/2024 03:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Dusty, worn boots. Horses lapping up water. Sweat dripping from the foreheads of every shade of Black skin as country classics blare through giant speakers. These moments are frequently recreated during Tayhlor Coleman’s family gatherings at their central Texas ranch. For her, Be Masters Champions 04/14/2024 07:28pm • 2024 — Scottie Scheffler 2023 — Jon Rahm 2022 — Scottie Scheffler 2021 — Hideki Matsuyama 2020 — Dustin Johnson 2019 — Tiger Woods 2018 — Patrick Reed 2017 — Sergio Garcia 2016 — Danny Willett 2015 — Jordan Spieth 2014 — Bubba Watson 2013 — x-Adam Scott 2012 — x-Bubba Watso Biden tells racial justice meeting, 'We've kept our promises,' as he looks to energize Black voters 04/12/2024 05:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden virtually addressed the Rev. Al Sharpton’s racial justice conference on Friday, telling a sympathetic crowd “we’ve kept our promises” as he ramps up efforts to energize Black voters who will be vital to his reelection bid this fall. Addressing several h Today in Sports - Week Ahead, April 12 - April 18 04/11/2024 10:05am • April 12 1939 — Stanley Cup Final, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Chicago Black Hawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1 for a 3-1 series win; only team to win Cup with losing regular season record. 1941 — The Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 to cap a four-game sweep in the Stanley Cup fin Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House 04/05/2024 07:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called him a “threat to democracy.” Former national security adviser John Bolton has declared him “unfit to be president.” And former Vice President Mike Pence has declined to endorse him, citing “profound differences.” As Donald At least 11 Minneapolis officers disciplined amid unrest after George Floyd's murder, reports show 04/05/2024 07:08pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — At least 11 Minneapolis police officers were disciplined for alleged policy violations amid the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd, with penalties ranging from firings to reprimands, newly released documents show. Police officials have been slow to release disciplin