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Man pleads guilty, gets 7 years in prison on charges related to Chicago officer's killing 10/12/2023 04:52pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A man pleaded guilty to charges Thursday in connection with the fatal 2021 shooting of Chicago police officer Ella French and was sentenced to seven years in prison. Eric Morgan, 25, entered the plea to charges of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, battery and obstruction of justi Mid Atlantic Daybook 10/12/2023 04:34pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Thursday, Oct. 12. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 Early morning storms leave path of damage from Tampa Bay into north Florida. No injuries reported 10/12/2023 04:32pm • CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A storm system that moved across parts of Florida early Thursday left a path of damage to cars, houses and businesses, authorities said. Police in Clearwater, which is on Florida's Gulf Coast near Tampa, said in a social media post that no injuries were reported when two p Woman stabbed taxi driver on interstate before injuring 2 others at Atlanta airport, police say 10/12/2023 04:27pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A woman with a knife stabbed a taxi driver as he was driving down an interstate and then slashed an airline employee and a police lieutenant at the Atlanta airport before she was tackled by another officer, according to a police report. The 44-year-old woman was arrested and charged Hornets' Miles Bridges faces more domestic allegations, clouding his future on and off the court 10/12/2023 04:24pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hornets forward Miles Bridges’ latest legal issues have clouded his future on and off the basketball court. A criminal summons that was issued Wednesday for Bridges accuses him of violating a protection order stemming from a domestic violence case that derailed his career Former Fairfax Co. officer who shot unarmed man outside Tysons mall indicted by special grand jury 10/12/2023 04:15pm • A former Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man suspected of shoplifting from the Tysons Corner Center mall, has been indicted by a special grand jury. Sgt. Wesley Shifflett was indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm, Arkansas lawmakers OK plan to audit purchase of $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders 10/12/2023 04:12pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday voted to audit the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, delving into an unusual controversy that's prompted questions about the seemingly high cost of the item and claims that the governor's office violated the state Migrants flounder in Colombian migration point without the money to go on 10/12/2023 03:30pm • NECOCLI, Colombia (AP) — For Venezuelan Jennifer Serrano, $1,000 is a fortune beyond reach. Without it, she has no hope of continuing with her three children and husband on the long road to the U.S., which first means crossing the dangerous Darien Gap jungle. She has to gather the money in Colombi French police are probing possible poisoning of Russian journalist who denounced Ukraine war on TV 10/12/2023 03:19pm • PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are investigating a suspected poisoning Thursday of a Russian journalist who fled after denouncing the war in Ukraine on live TV. Marina Ovsyannikova called emergency services and was hospitalized after suddenly falling ill as she left her Paris apartment and said s 2nd grand jury indicts officer for involuntary manslaughter in Virginia mall shooting 10/12/2023 03:14pm • McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A special grand jury in Virginia indicted a former police officer on Thursday for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a suburban shopping mall. Wesley Shifflett, a Fairfax County police officer assigned to patrol the busy Tyso Zimbabwe opposition leader demands the reinstatement of party lawmakers kicked out of Parliament 10/12/2023 03:10pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader on Thursday urged the Parliament speaker to reinstate 15 of his party's lawmakers, saying they were removed from their positions because of a fraudulent letter. Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said the lawmakers' removal was part of an a EU asks Musk's X for information on hate speech and 'illegal content' related to Israel-Hamas war 10/12/2023 03:05pm • LONDON (AP) — The European Commission on Thursday made a formal, legally binding request for information from Elon Musk's social media platform X over its handling of hate speech, misinformation and violent terrorist content related to the Israel-Hamas war. It is the first step in what could becom Premier League players Tonali and Zaniolo leave Italy’s training camp amid betting inquiry 10/12/2023 03:01pm • FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Premier League players Sandro Tonali and Nicolò Zaniolo were sent back to their clubs from Italy’s training camp on Thursday after being notified by police of involvement in a betting investigation. The move comes a day after Juventus midfielder Nicolò Fagioli acknowledg Republican Steve Scalise is seen as a fighter, but becoming the House speaker might require a brawl 10/12/2023 02:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With his walker positioned on the mound, Rep. Steve Scalise threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Washington Nationals ballpark in the fall of 2017, a breathtaking comeback for the Republican congressman who just months earlier was fighting for his life after a gunman had opene Leak in LA council racism scandal may have come from 2 ex-labor employees, police say 10/12/2023 01:53pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say two former employees of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor are the focus of an investigation into a secret recording of several City Council members and a labor leader that entangled City Hall in a racism scandal. The aftermath shook public trust in government