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'Tragedy for everyone involved': DC police release bodycam footage of fatal police shooting 01/31/2024 08:38pm • Newly released body camera footage shows the moments a D.C. police officer fatally shot a man who police said minutes earlier had attacked a paramedic and then escaped an the ambulance taking him to a hospital. During a Wednesday evening news conference, Executive Assistant Chief of Police Jeff C Iowa agency overseeing gambling investigation defends search of college athletes' online activities 01/31/2024 08:22pm • The agency that oversees the enforcement of Iowa's gambling laws issued a statement Wednesday defending its investigation into sports wagering by athletes at Iowa and Iowa State. Defense attorneys for three former or current Iowa State athletes wrote in court documents filed last week that there was Pope names 3 Chinese bishops in a week and reorganizes diocese under a controversial 2018 accord 01/31/2024 08:11pm • ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday announced the nomination of a new Chinese bishop, the third in less than a week, in an apparent sign that a controversial 2018 accord with Beijing governing the nomination of Chinese bishops is working. Bishop Peter Wu Yishun was consecrated bishop of Minbei i What Is a Neurologist and When Should You See One? 01/31/2024 07:00pm • A neurologist is a doctor who specializes in conditions that affect your brain, spinal cord and nervous system. Your nervous system controls all your body's functions -- from processing memories to the beating of your heart. Neurologists focus on understanding and treating neurological problems, inc Will the Stock Market Crash in 2024? 6 Risk Factors 01/31/2024 07:00pm • Slivers of sunlight have finally pierced through the clouds in America, as the nation's gross domestic product grew by an annual rate of 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2023. That news should help the U.S. stock market, which has gained 1.6% as measured by the S&P 500 index on a year-to-date basis Noem looking to further bolster Texas security efforts at US-Mexico border 01/31/2024 06:56pm • South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Wednesday that her administration is considering boosting its support for Texas' efforts to deter immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, such as sending razor wire and security personnel. The second-term Republican governor blasted conditions at the border in a spe Massachusetts turns recreational plex into shelter for homeless families, including migrants 01/31/2024 06:32pm • BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu toured a recreational complex Wednesday hours ahead of its planned opening as a temporary shelter site for families experiencing homelessness, including migrants. Healey said about 75 individuals were expected to arrive at Secret history: Even before the revolution, America was a nation of conspiracy theorists 01/31/2024 06:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A brutal conflict in Europe was fresh in people's minds and the race for the White House turned ugly as talk of secret societies and corruption roiled the United States. It was 1800, and conspiracy theories were flourishing across America. Partisan newspapers spread tales of Euro Biden accepts mayor's invitation to visit East Palestine, Ohio, a year after train derailment 01/31/2024 05:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit the eastern Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment almost one year ago, accepting an invitation from the East Palestine mayor to see firsthand how the cleanup of spilled toxic chemicals and the recovery are coming along. Mayo Powell: Federal Reserve is on track to cut rates, though not likely for months 01/31/2024 05:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Interest rate cuts are coming. Just not yet. The Federal Reserve delivered that message Wednesday, first in a policy statement and then in a news conference at which Chair Jerome Powell reinforced it. The Fed did signal that it’s nearing a long-awaited shift toward cutting rate Orioles sale draws sharp criticism from state treasurer 01/31/2024 04:38pm • Maryland Treasurer Dereck Davis (D) took aim at the owners of the newly-sold Baltimore Orioles, at one point comparing them to a reviled owner of a football team that once played in Baltimore. Davis vented his spleen during a Board of Public Works meeting Wednesday. The treasurer was not angry ab Move to strip gender rights from Iowa's civil rights law rejected by legislators 01/31/2024 04:37pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers on Wednesday declined to advance a bill that would have stripped gender identity from the state’s civil rights law, a proposal that opponents said could have subjected LGBTQ+ Iowans to discrimination in education, housing and public spaces. The bill has bee What to know about how lawmakers are addressing deepfakes like the ones that victimized Taylor Swift 01/31/2024 04:33pm • Even before pornographic and violent deepfake images of Taylor Swift began widely circulating in the past few days, state lawmakers across the U.S. had been searching for ways to quash such nonconsensual images of both adults and children. But in this Taylor-centric era, the problem has been getting Activists renew push to repeal Kentucky's near-total abortion ban 01/31/2024 04:26pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Abortion rights supporters mounted another push Wednesday to restore abortion access in Kentucky, but the Democratic lawmaker sponsoring the legislation acknowledged the odds are overwhelmingly against them in the Republican-dominated legislature. A near-total abortion ban ha Tunisia wants to borrow billions from its central bank to address deficits. Experts call that risky 01/31/2024 03:40pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Cash-strapped Tunisia wants to take the unprecedented step of borrowing billions from its central bank to address budget deficits and bandage its economic crisis, a step that experts warn could bring inflation and lessen faith in institutions. In an emergency meeting behind c