Police say former Kansas police Detective Lionel Womack was fatally shot by a police officer after disarming another officer and pointing the service weapon at both of them. Last year Womack sued a sheriff’s deputy for running over him in a rural field.
Former President Trump said in an interview late Tuesday that he met with Kyle Rittenhouse in Florida just days after the 18-year-old was acquitted of all charges in the fatal shooting of two protesters and the wounding of a third during demonstrations in Kenosha, Wis., last summer.Trump told Fox News's Sean Hannity that Rittenhouse had left his Mar-a-Lago estate "a little while ago" after asking to come visit the former president in Florida....
Slovakia's government followed the example of neighbouring Austria on Wednesday and ordered a two-week lockdown to quell the world's fastest rise in COVID-19 cases as the number of people sick in hospital reached a critical level and vaccination levels remain low. Restaurants and non-essential shops will close as part of the measures and movement will be limited to trips for essential shopping, work, school or medical visits, along with walks in nature, government officials said. Slovakia on Tuesday registered more than 10,000 new daily infections for the first time since the pandemic started, while hospitalisations hit what the Health Ministry called a "critical point" that meant limiting other care and possibly asking for foreign assistance.
The task of tearing down barriers to racial equality remains unfinished so long as there are corners of society where an Ahmaud Arbery can be killed.
Detectives with the Orange County Sheriff's Office need help to identify a person in connection with a homicide.
A former detective for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department was identified as the man officers shot and killed Monday afternoon.
When he was acquitted of murder in shootings during unrest in Wisconsin, Kyle Rittenhouse went from staring at possible life behind bars to red-hot star of the right: an exclusive interview with Tucker Carlson and a visit with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago capped by a photo of both men smiling and snapping a thumbs-up. For Rittenhouse, a year of legal uncertainty over whether his claim of self-defense would stand up has given way to uncertainty over what’s next. Rittenhouse has hinted he may bring defamation claims of his own, and could seek possession of $2 million in bail money raised by his supporters.
The jury in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death will continue their deliberations, when to begin your holiday road trip and more news to start your Wednesday.
The men are accused of robbing a pot shop at gunpoint. Detectives have identified one suspect and are looking to identify the others.
Taking a look at the early line movement for the final week of the college football regular season.
A Georgia jury convicted Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan in the killing of the 25-year-old Black man in February 2020.
Slovakia reported its highest daily rise in new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, just ahead of a government meeting likely to agree a short-term lockdown to quell the world's fastest surge in infections. Slovakia, a country of 5.5 million, has the highest per-capita infection rise in the world, according to figures from Our World in Data, as Europe becomes an epicentre of the pandemic again. Neighbouring Austria has already locked down its population this week, for at least 10 days, to become the first to re-impose such restrictions, and Slovakia was looking at taking a similar step on Wednesday when the government meets.
Showing gratitude is an important piece of the annual Thanksgiving celebration at Marburn Academy, a school for students with learning challenges.
The Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders have one victory between them in November and one more chance do something about it before the playoff push time also known as December. Just so happens they’re playing each other on Thanksgiving. The NFC East-leading Cowboys (7-3) want to bounce back at home coming off a poor offensive showing, just as they did a week and a half ago against Atlanta.
Judge Carl J. Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia scheduled the next status hearing for Feb. 4.
WPTV speaks to a neighbor who says she heard a woman screaming moments before her husband shot her and then killed himself.
Aiden Bilyard, who was known to online sleuths as #HarvardSweats, smashed out a window at the Capitol and attacked law enforcement.
Maybe the NFL teams set to play on Thanksgiving got caught looking ahead to the holiday extravaganza. All six squads playing on Thursday lost in their lead-up to the Thanksgiving game, marking the first time since 2001 that every team playing on the holiday dropped its previous contest. Back then there were only two Thanksgiving games, with Detroit hosting Green Bay and Dallas hosting Denver.
The shooting of a man who was ‘running while Black’ has prompted calls for racial justice in the US Annie Polite, 87, leads a protest march outside the Glynn county courthouse during the trial of three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Photograph: Stephen B Morton/AP For many observers the high-profile case of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year old Black man who was out jogging, revealed the racist ways that the American legal system has been designed to tr
The Dolphins are getting healthier along their offensive line as they head into Week 12. Head coach Brian Flores told reporters in his Wednesday press conference that center Michael Deiter will practice in the day’s session, which means the club is designating Deiter to return from injured reserve. Deiter has been out since suffering injuries [more]
Malikah Shabazz, a daughter of Malcolm X, was found dead in her Brooklyn home Monday, according to police.
