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Exonerated man looked forward to college after prison. A deputy killed him during a traffic stop 10/17/2023 05:47pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Leonard Cure tried to make up for the 16 years he lost imprisoned in Florida after being wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in 2004. Since being freed three years ago, he gave inspirational talks to high school students, worked a security job and, at age 53, was considering After air bag thefts, residents of Prince George's Co. complex say they 'don't feel safe anymore' 10/17/2023 05:45pm • Thieves break into a car to steal air bags in Prince George's County, Maryland. (WTOP/Sandra Jones) Residents living at the Jefferson Square Condominiums on Metzerott Road in Adelphi, Maryland, are being asked to be vigilant when it comes to their vehicles. There have been reported thefts of Justice Department investigates possible civil rights violations by police in New Jersey capital 10/17/2023 05:36pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation Tuesday into possible civil rights violations by the police department in New Jersey's capital city. The investigation in Trenton will focus on allegations that officers have used excessive force, stopped motorists and pedest What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics 10/17/2023 04:41pm • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors said Tuesday a Denver-area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before he was injected with ketamine by paramedics bears responsibility for the Black man’s 2019 death, following a split verdict by jurors last week in a separate trial against two 3 face federal charges in bizarre South Florida kidnapping plot 10/17/2023 04:40pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two brothers and another man are facing federal charges following a kidnapping that took some bizarre twists, including an attempted waterboarding when they tried to make the victim help them lure the intended target, federal officials said Tuesday. The suspects kidnap Maryland medical waste incinerator to pay $1.75M fine for exposing public to biohazardous material 10/17/2023 04:09pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A medical waste processing company has pleaded guilty to dozens of environment-related charges and agreed to pay $1.75 million in fines after state prosecutors in Maryland accused a south Baltimore incineration plant owned by the firm of exposing the public to biohazardous materia No charges for deputy who fatally shot 21-year-old during traffic stop 10/17/2023 03:53pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee sheriff's deputy who fatally shot a 21-year-old man during a traffic stop won't be criminally charged, a prosecutor announced on Tuesday. Jarveon Hudspeth was shot and killed June 24 by a Shelby County Sheriff’s Office deputy after the deputy approached his car Expansion St. Louis City makes a splash in its first MLS season 10/17/2023 03:29pm • It's not enough for St. Louis City to secure the top spot in its conference and charge into the Major League Soccer playoffs with more wins than any previous expansion club. City wants more. An MLS Cup title would sure be nice. But even beyond that, St. Louis' aim is success beyond Season 1. As t DP World Tour Schedule 10/17/2023 03:00pm • Nov. 24-27 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Cameron Smith) Nov. 24-27 _ Joburg Open (Dan Bradbury) Dec. 1-4 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Adrian Meronk) Dec. 1-4 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Thriston Lawrence) Dec. 8-11 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Ockie Strydom) Dec. 15-18 _ West Virginia pathologists perform twice as many autopsies as industry standard amid shortages 10/17/2023 02:50pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Forensic pathologists in West Virginia are being asked to perform at least twice as many autopsies as the national best practice standard, resulting in significant delays, the state office of the chief examiner said Tuesday. West Virginia's current turnaround on autopsy re Rite Aid's bankruptcy plan stirs worries of new 'pharmacy deserts' 10/17/2023 02:41pm • Rite Aid’s plan to close more stores as part of its bankruptcy process could hurt access to medicine and care, particularly in some majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods and in rural areas, experts say. The drugstore chain said late Sunday that its voluntary Chapter 11 process will allow it to Stellantis cancels presentation at Las Vegas technology show due to UAW strike impact 10/17/2023 02:27pm • MILAN (AP) — Stellantis, the multinational maker of Jeep and Ram, said Tuesday that it is canceling its participation in next year’s CES technology show in Las Vegas citing the “mounting” costs of the ongoing auto workers strike in North America. The Europe-based company said its focus is on General Motors delays electric pickup truck production at plant near Detroit as US EV demand slows 10/17/2023 02:07pm • DETROIT (AP) — General Motors will delay electric pickup truck production at a factory near Detroit due to slowing U.S. demand for electric vehicles, to better manage its capital investments, and to make some engineering changes. The company said in a statement Tuesday that the factory in Orion To Belgian police kill Tunisian man suspected of shooting 3 Swedish soccer fans, killing 2 of them 10/17/2023 01:53pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — Authorities in the Belgian capital shot and killed a Tunisian national on Tuesday hours after they say he gunned down three Swedish soccer fans, killing two of them, and posted a video online in which he claimed credit for the attack and said the Quran was “a red line for which h Missouri ex-officer who killed Black man loses appeal of his conviction, judge orders him arrested 10/17/2023 12:58pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A white former detective in Missouri who shot and killed a Black man in 2019 has lost an appeal of his conviction despite unusual support from the state’s Republican attorney general, with judges on Tuesday ordering the ex-officer placed under arrest. Eric J. DeValkenaere