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US: Unjustified force, bias still plague New Orleans police 04/07/2023 08:40pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Unjustified use of force, dangerous vehicle pursuits and racially biased policing continue to be problems for the New Orleans Police Department, the U.S. Justice Department said in a Friday court filing, opposing the city's move to terminate a decade-old court-backed reform agre Attacks in Israel, West Bank kill 3 in worsening violence 04/07/2023 07:42pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian assailants carried out a pair of attacks on Friday, killing three people and wounding at least six as tensions soared after days of fighting at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, officials said. Earlier in the day, retaliatory Israeli airstrikes had hit Lebanon an California hostage shooting suspect sought in other crime 04/07/2023 07:05pm • ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The gunman who shot a California Highway Patrol officer and two hostages, killing one, in a public park was initially wanted for questioning in connection with a freeway shooting, police said Friday. The violence unfolded Thursday afternoon as CHP officers tried to serve a 12-year-old among suspects in killing of 3 teens in Florida 04/07/2023 06:58pm • OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A teenager and a 12-year-old have been charged in the deaths of three teens whose bodies were found along a Florida roadside and in the trunk of a partially-submerged vehicle, authorities said Friday. Another teen is being sought. Law enforcement officials were “shocked” by Army sergeant guilty in fatal Texas shooting of protester 04/07/2023 06:36pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Army sergeant was convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed protester in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice, a Texas jury ruled Friday. Sgt. Daniel Perry was working for a ride-sharing company in July 2020 when he turned Regulators say railroads must examine how they build trains 04/07/2023 05:44pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators said Friday that railroads need to re-examine how they assemble their trains after a string of derailments in recent years that were at least partly caused by the way empty and loaded cars were mixed together with locomotives. Heavy cars at the back of a trai 3 killed in Northern Italy after car crashes into farm silo 04/07/2023 03:43pm • ROME (AP) — Three people were killed at a farm in Northern Italy when their car crashed into a silo, which collapsed and buried the vehicle under an enormous mound of chicken feed, local police and firefighters said Friday. The victims were an 18-year-old and two minors, according to the communica NASCAR's Larson, Briscoe don't see edge on Bristol's dirt 04/07/2023 02:15pm • Kyle Larson learned his racing on dirt, cherishes every dirt race he's in and is known for his extraordinary car handling on the slippery surface. Still, Larson's not sure he'll hold any edge over his competitors this weekend on Bristol's dirt surface. “Listen, I race a lot of dirt stuff and tha Officers kill homeowner after responding to wrong address 04/07/2023 02:13pm • FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Officers with the Farmington Police Department in northwestern New Mexico shot and killed a homeowner when they showed up at the wrong address in response to a domestic violence call, state police investigators said. The shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. New M Tesla cuts prices on all models, 3rd cut this year 04/07/2023 02:01pm • DETROIT (AP) — Tesla cut prices on its entire U.S. electric vehicle model lineup for the third time this year in an apparent effort to lure more buyers amid rising interest rates. The largest of the cuts that appeared Friday on Tesla's website were $5,000 per vehicle for the company's slower-selli Review: 'Hello Tomorrow!' drops season finale for misleading moonshot that barely achieves liftoff 04/07/2023 12:23pm • The sci-fi comedy/drama series "Hello Tomorrow!" drops its Season 1 finale on Apple TV+ this Friday, bringing an end to weekly exchange between me and my wife: "Do you want to watch Moon Show?" (That's what we call it). Turns out, it was a misnomer for a misleading moonshot that barely achi UK police charge 12-year-old with murder in car crash death 04/07/2023 05:43am • LONDON (AP) — British police charged a 12-year-old boy with murder on Friday after a car plowed into a woman on a city street in northern England. The woman was found dead Wednesday night at the scene of the crash in Sheffield, South Yorkshire police said. Relatives identified her as 60-year-old M After Burkina Faso ousts French, Russia's Wagner may arrive 04/07/2023 05:24am • OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Just weeks after Burkina Faso's junta ousted hundreds of French troops, signs appeared that the West African country could be moving closer to Russia, including the mercenary outfit, the Wagner Group. One signal was Burkina Faso authorities requested in February, n Today in History: April 7, Billie Holiday is born 04/07/2023 12:01am • Today in History Today is Friday, April 7, the 97th day of 2023. There are 268 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 7, 1984, the Census Bureau reported Los Angeles had overtaken Chicago as the nation’s “second city” in terms of population. On this date: In 1862, U Appeals panel upholds penalties on Hamlin hit on Chastain 04/06/2023 11:25pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Denny Hamlin's penalties for hitting Ross Chastain from behind at Phoenix last month will stand, according to a decision Thursday by a NASCAR appeals panel. Hamlin was fined $50,000 and docked 25 points after he acknowledged on his weekly podcast he intentionally wrecked Chas