Former US official: Taiwan-US partnership stronger than ever

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:35:46 -0400

Taiwan’s president and an unofficial delegation of former senior U.S. government officials sent by President Joe Biden have reaffirmed “rock solid” U.S.-Taiwan ties

Fatal police shooting at hospital caught on officer bodycams

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:06:31 -0400

Police body camera footage shows a routine police pat-down of a man in a hospital emergency room erupting within minutes into a fatal police shooting after the man apparently fires a gun he had concealed in his possession

Defense expert: Floyd died from heart trouble, not restraint

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 02:30:17 -0400

The defense for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death is pressing the case that he died of a sudden heart rhythm disturbance related to his heart disease

Chicago to release video of cop fatally shooting 13-year-old

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:26:01 -0400

The independent board that reviews Chicago police shootings says it will release body camera footage and other investigation materials Thursday pertaining to an officer's fatal shooting last month of a 13-year-old boy

Daunte Wright, slain by police, known as jokester, young dad

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:21:17 -0400

Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer Sunday in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, after being pulled over for a minor traffic violation, setting off days of protests

Today in History

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:31 -0400

Today in History Today is Thursday, April 15, the 105th day of 2021. There are 260 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first Black major league player, made his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day at Ebbets Field. (The Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves, 5-3.) On this date: In 1452, artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci was born in or near the Tuscan town of Vinci. In 1850, the city of San Francisco was incorporated. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died nine hours after being shot the night before by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington; Andrew Johnson became the nation’s 17th president. In 1892, General Electric Co., formed by the merger of the Edison Electric Light Co. and other firms, was incorporated in Schenectady, New York. In 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland more than 2 1/2 hours after hitting an iceberg;...

Soldier charged after video of confrontation with Black man

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 23:06:07 -0400

A white Army non-commissioned officer depicted in a viral video accosting and shoving a Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood has been charged with third-degree assault

Atlanta school replacing KKK leader’s name with Hank Aaron's

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:45:45 -0400

An Atlanta high school that was named after a Ku Klux Klan leader will strip the name and instead honor the late baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron

Mom suspected in children's deaths pleads in carjacking case

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:14:04 -0400

A California woman suspected of killing her three children has pleaded not guilty to carjacking during an alleged escape

Defense expert blames George Floyd's death on heart trouble

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:58:47 -0400

A defense expert says George Floyd died from a sudden heart rhythm problem due to his heart disease while being restrained by police officers, not because former Officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck