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Ferguson police release body camera footage showing protester knocking officer to sidewalk 08/13/2024 08:38pm • FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson police on Tuesday released officer-worn body camera footage showing a protester knocking a Black police officer to the ground on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, leaving the Missouri officer with a life-threatening brain injury. Police Chief Troy Doyle Timeline of events in Ferguson, Missouri, after a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown 08/09/2024 12:13am • FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — On Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown and a friend were walking in the middle of Canfield Drive, a two-lane street in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, when a police officer drove by and told them to use the sidewalk. After words were exchanged, the white officer confronted Philippe Petit recreates high-wire walk between World Trade Center's twin towers on 50th anniversary 08/08/2024 04:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years after his iconic high-wire walk between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center, Philippe Petit recreated the death-defying stunt with a performance about 7 miles north of the trade center at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The artist, 74, sought to celeb Strathmore presents James Baldwin Centennial Series to mark 100th birthday of influential author, activist 07/30/2024 06:46pm • This Friday marks what would have been the 100th birthday of author and activist James Baldwin. To celebrate, Strathmore is partnering with the AFI Silver Theatre and Eaton D.C. to host a special James Baldwin Centennial Series that runs from Aug. 2 through Oct. 5. "Aug. 2 is a really impo Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary sentenced to life in prison for directing a terrorist group 07/30/2024 04:58pm • LONDON (AP) — Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for directing a banned terrorist group that a judge said had put many lives at risk. Choudary, 57, was convicted last week in Woolwich Crown Court for directing the radical Muslim group al-Muhajiroun, or LL Cool J relearned 'how to rap' on his first album in 11 years, 'The FORCE.' Here's how 07/12/2024 12:12am • NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammy award winning rapper-actor- author LL COOL J will release his first new album in 11 years, “The FORCE” in September — 40 years into his hip-hop career. Not that he hasn't been making music in that time. “I've always tinkered around in the studio here and there,� Mutual defense pact between North Korea and Russia raises new questions, but it's far from unique 06/20/2024 06:02am • BANGKOK (AP) — A new mutual-defense pact signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un commits each country to come to the other's aid if attacked. Just what the threshold for such assistance would be is currently unclear -- maybe deliberately so, to deter other c Alonso has season-high 5 RBIs as surging Mets beat Padres 11-6 for 5th straight win 06/16/2024 08:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso had a season-high five RBIs, combining with Francisco Lindor on first-inning home runs that built a three-run lead against Dylan Cease after 16 pitches, and the surging New York Mets beat the San Diego Padres 11-6 Sunday for their fifth straight win. Tylor Megill (2-3) A timeline of recent British royal events as Kate appears in public while battling cancer 06/15/2024 10:16am • LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, stood alongside King Charles III and other royal family members on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Saturday, making her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer early this year. Her attendance at the King's Birthday Parade comes after a diff It's Cinco de Mayo time, and festivities are planned across the US. But in Mexico, not so much 05/04/2024 11:17am • The United States is gearing up for Cinco de Mayo. Music, all-day happy hours and deals on tacos are planned at venues across the country on Sunday — May 5 — in a celebration with widely misunderstood origins that is barely recognized south of the border. In the U.S., the date is largely seen a New York made Donald Trump and could convict him. But for now, he's using it to campaign 05/03/2024 12:02am • NEW YORK (AP) — He's visiting Manhattan construction sites, decrying local crime and holding court in his gilded Fifth Avenue penthouse. After a years-long breakup with his hometown, Donald Trump is back in New York, this time as a criminal defendant. Stuck here most weekdays for the duration of h Starling Marte's HR keys surging Mets to sweep of Pirates with 9-1 victory 04/17/2024 05:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Starling Marte hit his 150th career homer Wednesday, powering the New York Mets to a 9-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a sweep of a three-game series. Marte, who spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Pirates, hit the milestone two-run homer off the railing beyo Faith Ringgold, pioneering Black quilt artist and author, dies at 93 04/13/2024 07:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Faith Ringgold, an award-winning author and artist who broke down barriers for Black female artists and became famous for her richly colored and detailed quilts combining painting, textiles and storytelling, has died. She was 93. The artist's assistant, Grace Matthews, told The As Pope will travel to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in longest trip of papacy 04/12/2024 07:18am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, confirming the longest trip of Francis’ papacy that is sure to test his health, stamina and mobility. The Vatican confirmed the Sept. 2-13 visit, saying t The show goes on for Paramount with ‘Gladiator II,’ a new Damien Chazelle movie and more 04/11/2024 05:08pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — With reports and rumors swirling about possible mergers and bids to acquire Paramount, the film studio put its best foot forward for theater owners at CinemaCon on Thursday. The historic studio announced a new film with Oscar-winning “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle, a �