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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 Boston Marathon winners hope victories will earn them spot in Paris Olympics 04/16/2024 04:01pm • AP Sports Writer (AP) ��� There are two main things to look for when picking an Olympic marathon team: speed and success. Sisay Lemma has both. The 2024 Boston Marathon champion says he expects to be on the roster for the Paris Games when Ethiopian officials make their decisions in the coming weeks. Home values rising in Detroit, especially for Black homeowners, study shows 04/16/2024 02:59pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Home values in Detroit ��� especially for Black residents ��� have increased by billions of dollars in the years following the city's exit from the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, according to a study released Tuesday. The University of Michigan Poverty Solutions repor Former Arkansas officer pleads guilty to civil rights violation in violent arrest caught on video 04/16/2024 01:27pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ��� A former Arkansas law enforcement officer has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a man he kicked and hit during a violent arrest in 2022 that was caught on video and shared widely. Former Crawford County Sheriff's Deputy Zackary King changed his plea during a Analysis: Scottie Scheffler comparisons with Tiger Woods is a tribute to both 04/16/2024 12:43pm • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) ��� Just think if Scottie Scheffler had not misread that 5-foot birdie putt that kept him out of a playoff at the Houston Open. Imagine him slipping his arms into that size 44 long Masters green jacket as a winner of his last four tournaments. The comparisons with Tiger Woods might Torch and sandals: What to know about the flame-lighting ceremony in Greece for the Paris Olympics 04/16/2024 08:09am • ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) ��� A priestess prays to a dead sun god in front of a fallen Greek temple. If the sky is clear, a flame spurts that will burn in Paris throughout the world���s top sporting event. Speeches ensue. On Tuesday, the flame for this summer���s Paris Olympics was lit at the bir Despite weather glitch, the Paris Olympics flame is lit at the Greek cradle of ancient games 04/16/2024 08:06am • ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) ��� Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies prevented the traditional lighting, when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the s The Paris Games' grandiose opening ceremony is being squeezed by security and transport issues 04/16/2024 07:50am • PARIS (AP) ��� The talk before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games ideally should be about its grandiose backdrop: a summer sun setting on the Seine River as athletes drift by in boats and wave to cheering crowds. But behind the romantic veneer that Paris has long curated, mounting security conc Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down airport highways and key bridges in major US cities 04/16/2024 12:13am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked roadways in Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest on Monday, temporarily shutting down travel into some of the nation's most heavily used airports, onto the Golden Gate and Brooklyn bridges and on a busy West Coast highway. I Police officer, sheriff's deputy and shooter killed in exchange of gunfire in upstate NY, police say 04/15/2024 09:31pm • LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (AP) ��� Two law enforcement officers were fatally shot while looking for a driver who fled a traffic stop in upstate New York, authorities said Monday. The shooter was also killed in an exchange of gunfire with police. The shootout took place shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday outside a h Bureau of Prisons to close California women's prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse 04/15/2024 08:39pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it will close a women's prison in California known as the ���rape club��� despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. Bureau of Prison Will Brennan homers, Guardians beat Red Sox 6-0 to spoil Boston's Patriots��� Day game 04/15/2024 08:00pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Will Brennan hit a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Red Sox 6-0 on Monday in Boston���s traditional Patriots��� Day game. Jos�� Ramirez and Gabriel Arias each added an RBI double for Cleveland, which has started 8-2 on the road. Wear IAEA warns that attacks on a nuclear plant in Russian-controlled Ukraine put the world at risk 04/15/2024 06:23pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Russia and Ukraine on Monday traded blame before the United Nations Security Council for the attacks on Europe���s largest nuclear power plant, which the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said have put the world ���dangerously close to a nuclear accident.��� With General Motors to move Detroit HQ to new downtown building, plans to redevelop Renaissance Center 04/15/2024 06:13pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� General Motors will move its Detroit headquarters to a new downtown office building next year and work to redevelop its iconic home along the Detroit River, company and city officials confirmed Monday. The announcement was made at the site of the old Hudson���s department store, whi 'Goal' Palmer scores four in 6-0 demolition of dismal Everton 04/15/2024 06:01pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Cole Palmer put on an unstoppable display with a perfect first-half hat trick and a fourth in the second half as Chelsea demolished Everton 6-0 in the English Premier League on Monday. Palmer scored with his left foot, head and right foot in the 13th, 19th and 29th minutes to become