MINNEAPOLIS (REUTERS) – A Minneapolis homicide investigator testified on Friday (April 2) that Derek Chauvin used “totally unnecessary” deadly force when kneeling on George Floyd’s neck during an arrest last May that sparked global protests against police brutality. Chauvin, who is white, was fired by the city’s police department the day after he was captured […]
Capitol Police identified the officer killed in the line of duty Friday as William ‘Billy’ Evans, an 18-year veteran of the force. Officer Evans was one of two officers injured after being rammed by a vehicle at the U.S. Capitol. He was later pronounced dead. “It is with profound sadness that I share the news […]
Capitol Police identified the officer killed in the line of duty Friday as William ‘Billy’ Evans, an 18-year veteran of the force. Officer Evans was one of two officers injured after being rammed by a vehicle at the U.S. Capitol. He was later pronounced dead. “It is with profound sadness that I share the news […]
Early Friday afternoon, the United States Capitol was locked down after a suspect rammed a vehicle into two Capitol Police officers. This is a rapidly developing story, and there is still a lot of information we don’t have. Here is what we know as of 3 p.m. What we know One Capitol Police officer was […]
By Will Wright Friday’s proceedings in the trial of Derek Chauvin ended with critical testimony from the longest-serving officer in the Minneapolis Police Department, who testified that Mr. Chauvin’s actions were “totally unnecessary.” Police testimony against Mr. Chauvin, the former officer charged with killing George Floyd, could be crucial to the prosecution’s case as they […]
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Venezuela is waging its most concerted military campaign in years, targeting what it says is a criminal group operating within its border near Colombia but also sending an estimated 5,000 of its own civilians fleeing into the neighboring country. The assault — which began with several days of airstrikes that security experts […]
By Allyson Waller Witness testimony resumed Friday morning in the Derek Chauvin trial with Sgt. Jon Edwards of the Minneapolis Police Department taking the stand. Sergeant Edwards was sent to Cup Foods to secure the crime scene after police officers pinned George Floyd to the ground outside of the convenience store. A Minneapolis native, Sergeant […]
In California, both Republicans and Democrats say the threat of a recall election has shaped Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent responses to the coronavirus pandemic. By Shawn Hubler and Jill Cowan SACRAMENTO — Things have been looking up in California. Vaccines will soon be available to everyone over 16. Los Angeles schools are about to bring […]
Prosecutors sought this week to show that Derek Chauvin was reckless in his restraint of George Floyd. The former officer’s defense suggested that the chilling videotaped evidence did not tell the full story. By Will Wright, John Eligon, Tim Arango, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Julie Bosman Here’s what you need to know: ‘I thought he was dead,’ said one […]
For 85 years, visitors to St. John’s Cemetery in Queens skipped past an unmarked grave in Section 34, Row DD. This is where Edward Bennett, a batboy for the New York Yankees — maybe the most famous batboy in the Major Leagues — was buried and forgotten. For most of the 1920s, Eddie Bennett was […]