SEATTLE (AP) — A man killed by Seattle police Saturday night had crashed his truck into a garage door at a federal building, exited the truck with a rifle and fired it at random, body camera and video security footage released by police on Tuesday appears to show.The man in footage appears to be lying…Continue Reading
PHOENIX (AP) — A voter-approved sales tax in Pinal County that is designed to fund transportation projects is invalid because it improperly exempts larger transactions, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The tax voters approved in 2017 adopts an illegal two-tier sales tax structure that isn’t allowed under state law, Justice Kathryn King wrote in…Continue Reading
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman who was arrested last week for faking her own 2016 kidnapping and lying to federal agents investigating the alleged abduction can be released from jail, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.Sherri Papini, 39, can be released after her family posts a $120,000 bond, which they were expected to…Continue Reading
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama legislative committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would ban the teaching of “divisive concepts” about race and gender in public schools, including the notion that people should feel guilt because of their race. The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee voted 6-1 for the bill that now moves to the…Continue Reading
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill that would let most people carry a concealed handgun in Nebraska without a permit is now set for debate in the Legislature.Lawmakers voted, 30-12, on Tuesday to pull the measure out of the left-leaning Judiciary Committee where it had stalled. Lawmakers are scheduled to debate it Thursday.Opponents argued that…Continue Reading
Three suspects were arrested in the alleged slaying of a New Jersey woman whose bludgeoned body was found last month in the trunk of her car, officials said.Stephanie DeJesus, a 38-year-old hospital technician, was found lifeless inside the trunk of her 2016 Lincoln MKZ on the morning of Feb. 25 in Patterson, according to court…Continue Reading
In recent weeks, governors across the United States, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and even President Joe Biden have all offered a new, hopeful message about the pandemic: “Covid-19 need no longer control our lives.”That’s how Biden put it in his State of the Union speech March 1, in front of…Continue Reading
A Michigan Republican running for the state House was widely condemned this week for comments he made about rape during a Facebook livestream. Robert “RJ” Regan, who last week won a special primary election in Michigan’s 74th House district, went on a bizarre tangent during a livestream with the Michigan Rescue Coalition while discussing his…Continue Reading
Usually when a nation-state or a corporation accidentally sends a piece of space junk flying out of control, and it breaks something, other people get upset. Here’s a notable exception: A piece of space junk appears to have collided with the Moon at roughly 5,800 miles per hour on March 4th, and scientists are excited. While the…Continue Reading
There are many known risk factors for COVID-19 — chief among them age and immunocompromised status. Now, it turns out that one’s blood type may play a role in the severity of one’s COVID-19 symptoms, adding an unexpected twist to the body of knowledge about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. According to a paper…Continue Reading
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