Marilyn Nieves/iStock (REXBURG, Idaho) — Nearly a year after the remains of Lori Daybell’s two children were allegedly found on her husband Chad Daybell’s property, the couple has been indicted for their murder, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Chad Daybell, the children’s stepfather, was also indicted for the murder of his former […]
kali9/iStock (CHICAGO) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has released a highly anticipated civilian police oversight proposal that would create an independent seven-member citizen panel to advise the city’s police operations. The 17-page proposed ordinance was released Monday and would create a citywide Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability consisting […]
Courtesy Samaria Rice (CLEVELAND) — The mother of Tamir Rice, the Black 12-year-old Cleveland boy shot to death by a white cop in 2014, is asking the Ohio Supreme Court to reject an attempt by the officer to get his job back. An attorney for Samaria Rice filed an amicus […]
KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Activists are continuing their quest for police reform and social and racial justice on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death. Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020, by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin after he was accused of using a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has been arrested after police said he struck a state highway patrol trooper last weekend while riding a dirt bike. KTVX-TV reported Monday that 20-year-old Jamin Jenkins faces multiple charges including aggravated assault, failure to respond to an officer’s signal to stop […]
kali9/iStock (WEST JEFFERSON, Ohio) — Four people were killed in a deadly shooting at an apartment in an Ohio suburb on Monday. Three victims were found inside an apartment on Jackson Street in West Jefferson, a suburb near Columbus, and one other person was found outside, West Jefferson Police Chief […]
Photo by Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images (WASHINGTON) — One of the NHL’s biggest stars is confident he’ll work out a new contract with his longtime team soon. Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin said Tuesday that he believes he’ll remain with the only team he’s ever played for. The 35-year-old […]
Photo by Scott Clarke / ESPN Images (GREEN BAY, Wisc.) — Star quarterback Aaron Rodgers says it’s a disconnect on philosophy and communication that led him to decide he didn’t want to play for the Green Bay Packers anymore, not their drafting of QB Jordan Love. Rodgers appeared on ESPN’s […]
Jerritt Clark/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former boxing promoter Dave Wooley says that during the 1980s, there were three Black men who “ruled the world”: Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson. But it was Tyson who was “the most recognizable face on the planet,” ex-manager Jeff Wald said. “More […]
Willard/iStock (NEW YORK) — The CEO of the PGA of America apologized on Monday over insufficient crowd control at the end of last week’s PGA Championship, won by Phil Mickelson. “While we welcome enthusiastic fan engagement, we regret that a moment of high elation and pent-up emotion by spectators during […]
