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Month: April 2022

14-year-old boy in custody for slaying of 10-year-old Lily Peters

14-year-old boy in custody for slaying of 10-year-old Lily Peters

Chippewa Falls Police Department (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.) — A 14-year-old boy is in custody for allegedly killing 10-year-old girl Lily Peters and leaving her body on a Wisconsin walking trail. The defendant, an eighth grader who was known to Lily’s family, made his first court appearance on Wednesday. Prosecutors said […]

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Arrest made in death of 10-year-old girl

Arrest made in death of 10-year-old girl

Chippewa Falls Police Department (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.) — Police said Tuesday they’ve arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found on a Wisconsin walking trail. Lily Peters, a fourth grader, was reported missing by her father on Sunday night, said police in […]

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Minneapolis Police Department racial discrimination investigation concludes, findings to be released

Minneapolis Police Department racial discrimination investigation concludes, findings to be released

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — The Minnesota Department of Human Rights will release findings Wednesday from its investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department two years after filing a charge of discrimination against the city. The investigation is aimed at determining whether MPD engages in a pattern or practice of racial […]

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Missouri lawmakers move forward with bills targeting transgender youth health care, sports

Missouri lawmakers move forward with bills targeting transgender youth health care, sports

Randomphotog/Getty Images (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — Missouri has become the latest state to advance bills that target transgender youth. The Republican-led House voted to push forward in a committee this week with HB 2649 or the “Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act,” which bars physicians and health care professionals […]

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Antisemitic incidents in US reached all-time high in 2021, report finds

Antisemitic incidents in US reached all-time high in 2021, report finds

avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2021, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s latest annual report. The organization recorded 2,717 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism — the highest number of incidents on record since the ADL began tracking these attacks in […]

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Texas residents sue county for removing books on race, sex education

Texas residents sue county for removing books on race, sex education

Harper Collins/Random House/Candlewick Press (NEW YORK) — A group of residents in Llano County, Texas, is suing county officials for removing books from public libraries because officials “disagree with the ideas within them.” The residents say the county is violating their first amendment rights by removing award-winning books from shelves […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 4/26/22

Scoreboard roundup — 4/26/22

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE San Francisco 8 Oakland 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Seattle 8, Tampa Bay 4 NY Yankees 12, Baltimore 8 Kansas City 6, Chi White Sox 0 Minnesota 5, Detroit 4 Toronto 6, Boston 5 Houston 5, […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 4/26

Prep Sports Roundup: 4/26

Baseball Region 12 PRICE, Utah-Jacob Vasquez posted 3 RBI for the Carbon Dinos in a 12-2 rout of Richfield Tuesday in the first game of a Region 12 baseball doubleheader. Beau Vea posted eight strikeouts in five innings of work to record the win for the Dinos. PRICE, Utah-Colton Lowe […]

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Suspect arrested in death of 10-year-old girl found near walking trail

Suspect arrested in death of 10-year-old girl found near walking trail

Chippewa Falls Police Department (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc.) — Police said Tuesday they’ve arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found on a Wisconsin walking trail. Lily Peters, a fourth grader, was reported missing by her father on Sunday night, said police in […]

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Derek Chauvin asks court to overturn his conviction in George Floyd’s death

Derek Chauvin asks court to overturn his conviction in George Floyd’s death

David Joles/Star Tribune via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — Attorneys for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in a court filing Monday asked an appeals court to overturn his conviction in the killing of George Floyd. Chauvin’s lawyers in the filing asked the court to do one of three things: […]

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