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Month: March 2023

Tyre Nichols case: Release of new footage delayed by court order

Tyre Nichols case: Release of new footage delayed by court order

Getty Images/Mykola Romanovskyy (MEMPHIS) — The release of additional footage in the Tyre Nichols case has been delayed due to a court order, Memphis officials said. About 20 more hours of police video and audio were initially slated to be released Wednesday, City of Memphis Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Sink […]

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Mom of missing postal worker Kierra Coles wants FBI’s help: ‘I’m never gonna stop looking’

Mom of missing postal worker Kierra Coles wants FBI’s help: ‘I’m never gonna stop looking’

Getty Images/Nes (CHICAGO) — The mother of Chicago postal worker Kierra Coles, who mysteriously vanished more than four years ago, is hoping the FBI will take the lead in the search for her daughter. Coles was about three months pregnant and eager to meet her first child when she disappeared […]

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DOJ announces finding of civil rights probe after Breonna Taylor’s killing

DOJ announces finding of civil rights probe after Breonna Taylor’s killing

amphotora/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A nearly two-year civil rights investigation into the Louisville, Kentucky, police department and Louisville Metro Government, touched off by the killing of Breonna Taylor, found the city and law enforcement engaged in a pattern of unlawful and discriminatory conduct, depriving people of their constitutional liberties, the […]

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Flooding, mudslides possible as California snow melts amid another round of atmospheric rivers

Flooding, mudslides possible as California snow melts amid another round of atmospheric rivers

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Some of the regions in California buried under several feet of snow are now bracing for rapid melting due to forecasts of higher temperatures and heavy rain. Another round of atmospheric rivers will be slamming much of California with tropical moisture over the coming days, […]

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Feds To Pause Release Of Water From Utah’s Flaming Gorge

Feds To Pause Release Of Water From Utah’s Flaming Gorge

(Washington, DC) — The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is pausing the emergency release of water from Utah’s Flaming Gorge reservoir. The bureau began the monthly releases in 2021 in hopes of stabilizing declining water levels at Lake Powell. But the water level at Flaming Gorge has also dropped significantly during […]

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Group Files Referendum Over New Utah Flag

Group Files Referendum Over New Utah Flag

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Eight Utahns want voters to decide whether the state should have a new flag. They filed a petition with the lieutenant governor’s office on Monday to put the issue on the ballot next year. To make that happen, they need to gather more than 134-thousand […]

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Masks To Be Optional At Cedar City, St. George, Hospitals

Masks To Be Optional At Cedar City, St. George, Hospitals

(Cedar City, UT) — Hospitals in Cedar City and St. George are ending their nearly three-year-long mask requirement. Along with all other units of Intermountain Health, Cedar City Hospital and St. George Regional Hospital will no longer require people to wear masks, beginning one week from today, March 15th. Signs […]

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After Tyre Nichols’ death, Memphis passes police reforms

After Tyre Nichols’ death, Memphis passes police reforms

Frederic Genest / EyeEm/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The Memphis City Council passed new police reform policies two months after the death of Tyre Nichols, who died several days after a traffic stop with Memphis police that turned violent. Body camera footage captured officers striking and beating Nichols repeatedly. His […]

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Suspect in random fatal stabbing of Los Angeles teen surrenders after standoff

Suspect in random fatal stabbing of Los Angeles teen surrenders after standoff

Los Angeles Police Department (LOS ANGELES) — A man has surrendered to police after he allegedly fatally stabbed a 17-year-old at random while he was waiting to be picked up by his mother outside a restaurant in Southern California. The same suspect may be responsible for a separate stabbing that […]

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Justice Department to review Memphis Police Department following Tyre Nichols’ death

Justice Department to review Memphis Police Department following Tyre Nichols’ death

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday confirmed it has launched a review into the Memphis Police Department’s use-of-force and de-escalation policies, along with a separate review of specialized police units deployed in cities across the country following the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died […]

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