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Trooper dies of injuries suffered in on-duty death

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2020-05-24 23:40:26Z

A Louisiana state trooper injured last week during a vehicle pursuit died Sunday morning, state police and the governor's office said. Trooper George Baker, 33, was assisting the Hammond Police Department with the pursuit around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday. State police said Baker and another trooper were

Florida man allegedly kidnapped teen to drive him through coronavirus checkpoint

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2020-05-24 23:39:06Z

A man was arrested last week after allegedly kidnapping a teenager and forcing her to drive him through a coronavirus checkpoint in the Florida Keys. According to Monroe County Sheriff's Office officials, Alexander Michael Sardinas, 37, of Tavernier, and a 43-year-old woman from Islamorada tried to enter the Florida Keys in a taxi on Thursday morning, but were turned away at the highway checkpoint for not having proper identification. The Florida Keys are closed to non-residents, due to COVID-19 concerns, through the end of May, and proof of residency is required to get through the checkpoint.

U.S. court rules Florida cannot force felons to pay fees before voting

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2020-05-24 23:21:35Z

A U.S. judge ruled on Sunday that the state of Florida cannot force felons to pay legal fines and other fees before allowing them to register to vote. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle found that a new state law amounts to an "unconstitutional pay-to-vote system" imposed on citizens who may not be able to pay fines, or even know if anything is owed. A group of Floridians and voting rights organizations sued Republican Governor Ron DeSantis last June, arguing that the law amounts to an illegal poll tax.

California woman arrested for posting racist notes at homes

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2020-05-24 22:35:24Z

A woman in the San Francisco Bay Area has been arrested on suspicion of posting handwritten messages at several homes, targeting Asian Americans and suggesting that those not native to the United States should leave the country immediately. Police in San Leandro, a suburb of 89,000 just south of Oakland

McDonald's machete attack suspect is in more trouble after a peek in his shoe, TN cops say

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2020-05-24 21:01:38Z

Police were called to the McDonald's about two men fighting, one of whom reportedly had a machete.

Baby gorilla badly injured in family skirmish at Seattle zoo

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2020-05-24 21:00:41Z

A baby gorilla was badly injured at a Seattle zoo on Saturday when he was caught in a skirmish between his family group members, zookeepers said. Animal health experts at the Woodland Park Zoo say little Kitoko was bitten on the head, likely by accident when another gorilla tried to bite his mother,

Authorities on manhunt for murder suspect with 'strong ties' to Newtown

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2020-05-24 20:51:56Z

Peter Manfredonia, 23, is the primary suspect in an attack that killed one man and injured another on Friday in Willington, Connecticut.

2 dead, 5 wounded at South Carolina block party that drew up to 1,000 people

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2020-05-24 20:02:00Z

Two people were killed, including a teenager, when gunfire erupted at a rural South Carolina block party that drew up to 1,000 revelers in spite of government warnings against large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said. The shooting broke out just before 8 p.m. on Saturday in an unincorporated area about nine miles outside Union, South Carolina, after the Union County Sheriff's Department responded to a complaint of vehicles blocking a roadway, Major Scott Coffer told ABC News on Sunday. Coffer said a DJ was spinning tunes when a sheriff's deputy arrived at the party, which was on private property, and asked him to make an announcement for partygoers to move...

France has lowest daily rise in new coronavirus cases and deaths since lockdown

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2020-05-24 18:18:13Z

French authorities reported the smallest daily rise in new coronavirus cases and deaths on Sunday since before a lockdown began on March 17, raising hopes that the worst of the epidemic is over in France. The number of confirmed cases rose by 115 to 144,921, health ministry data showed, and the death toll increased by 35 to 28,367 - an increase of just 0.1% for both tallies. The weekend totals for new cases and deaths were also both the lowest since France began easing its strict coronavirus restrictions on May 11.

Police arrest Utah man suspected of killing his Tinder date

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2020-05-24 18:18:02Z

A Utah man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of murder after police say he told authorities he killed a 25-year-old woman he had met on the popular dating app Tinder. Ethan Hunsaker, 24, called 911 early Sunday to report he'd killed someone inside a home in Layton, the Layton Police Department said in

U.S. CDC reports total of 1.6 million coronavirus cases and 97,049 deaths

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2020-05-24 18:02:08Z

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. ET on May 23, compared with its count a day earlier. The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.

Former US Rep. Allen West recovering after Texas crash

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2020-05-24 16:14:47Z

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West of Florida was recovering Sunday after suffering a concussion, several fractured bones and cuts in a motorcycle crash in Texas, according to a post on his Facebook page. The post said West was driving back from a rally in Austin focused on reopening the state amid the coronavirus pandemic when the accident occurred Saturday. An earlier post said West was on his motorcycle when a car cut him off, causing him and another motorcyclist to collide.

Teen among two killed in shooting at post-quarantine party, more hurt SC cops say

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2020-05-24 16:13:13Z

The sheriff's office estimates between 900 and 1,000 people were at the party where seven were shot.

Union Co. Sheriff's Office say man shot by deputy interrupted church service with knife

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2020-05-24 16:03:07Z

The man was shot after deputies were called to the scene regarding a disturbance, the sheriff's office said.

1,000 protest Belarusian president seeking another term

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2020-05-24 15:39:35Z

About 1,000 protesters denouncing authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's seeking of another term in an upcoming election have held the largest opposition demonstration of the year in the capital Minsk. Many of the demonstrators carried slippers as a symbol of protest leader Sergei Tikhanovsky's call to "smash the cockroach." Police, who frequently break up opposition demonstrations, didn't interfere with the protesters on Sunday.

Investigators Say One Man Shot Ahmaud Arbery. Why Are Three Charged With Murder?

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2020-05-24 15:29:15Z

ATLANTA -- Three shots were fired in the confrontation that killed Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was chased by white men as he ran through their southeastern Georgia neighborhood. The authorities said Travis McMichael, who with his father and a neighbor pursued Arbery, pulled the trigger.Yet all three men have been charged with murder.Arbery's death was captured on a graphic video and posted online more than two months after he was killed Feb. 23, provoking widespread outrage. It also instigated sweeping investigations into the killing, the Glynn County Police Department's handling of the case and eventually the murder charges.McMichael and his father were charged with murder...

Coronavirus slams couple struggling to feed young daughter

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2020-05-24 14:10:57Z

Earlier this month, The Associated Press documented the plight of Roberto, a restaurant cook in his mid-30s, and his wife, Janeth, a restaurant worker in her mid-40s, a Honduran couple now finding it hard to put food on the table for their sunny 5-year-old daughter, Allison. Janeth, feeling ill, later went in to be tested as well.

Charlotte had four shootings and a stabbing overnight, leaving one dead, nine injured

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2020-05-24 14:07:42Z

Police have not yet released the identity of the person who died.

Months before election, liberal groups press Biden on picks for economic posts

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2020-05-24 13:06:51Z

Liberal groups are pushing Joe Biden to pick tough watchdogs for U.S. economic posts ahead of the Nov. 3 election to generate broader support for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Leaders of organizations including the Revolving Door Project and Demand Progress said they expect to advance names of people they find acceptable to oversee taxes, regulation, stimulus oversight and markets should Biden defeat Republican President Donald Trump. Activists want public-minded, progressive leaders to help ensure a fair economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and to guard against stimulus money being wasted on what they view as corporate giveaways.

COVID-19 is costing drug cartels millions

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2020-05-24 11:13:17Z

Statewide lockdown orders have disrupted the traffickers' operations, making it more difficult to launder money and move cash across the border.

Alligator rumored to have been Hitler's dies in Moscow

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2020-05-24 10:08:32Z

An alligator that many people believe once belonged to Adolf Hitler has died in the Moscow Zoo. According to the zoo, Saturn was born in the United States and later sent to the Berlin Zoo, from which he escaped when the zoo was bombed in 1943. "Almost immediately, the myth was born that he was allegedly in the collection of Hitler and not in the Berlin Zoo," the zoo said in a statement.

Several injured as shots ring out near Ocean Boulevard for second weekend in a row

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2020-05-24 09:46:53Z

Several people were injured in an overnight shooting near Ocean Boulevard.

First signs if a COVID-19 vaccine works possible in autumn: GAVI

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2020-05-24 09:33:52Z

First indications of the effectiveness of a potential vaccine against coronavirus may be available in the autumn, the head of the GAVI vaccine alliance told a Swiss newspaper, forecasting a long road from there to broad availability. "But there will still be a long way to go from there until an approved active substance becomes available in large quantities for the global population."

Western Australia braces for worst storm in a decade

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2020-05-24 07:50:32Z

Western Australia battened down for its worst storm in 10 years on Sunday as the remnants of a tropical cyclone met a cold front with heavy rains and storm surges expected across the state's coast, officials said on Sunday.

Migrant shipwrecks off Tunisia leave 1 dead, over 80 rescued

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2020-05-24 07:42:16Z

At least one migrant has drowned, six are missing and over 80 have been rescued off Tunisia's coast, authorities said, amid a new wave of dangerous attempts to traffic migrants across the Mediterranean Sea into Europe. The Tunisian coast guard rescued 11 migrants after an emergency call from a boat

India's Reliance launches JioMart online grocery service, challenging Amazon, Flipkart

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2020-05-24 07:37:35Z

Reliance Industries Ltd has launched an online grocery service, JioMart, the head of its grocery retail business said, in a move aimed at rivalling Amazon.com's local unit and Walmart Inc's Flipkart in the huge Indian market. JioMart will deliver groceries in more than 200 towns across the country, Damodar Mall, chief executive of grocery retail at the Indian conglomerate, said on Twitter late on Saturday. Mumbai-headquartered Reliance has not announced JioMart's launch at a time it is selling $7 billion in new shares.

Elizabeth Warren to host private fundraiser for Biden: NY Times

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2020-05-24 01:47:50Z

Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has agreed to host a high-dollar fundraising event for Joe Biden's presidential campaign, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing three people familiar with the plans. The senator's promise to abstain from private fundraising events - or even phone calls with wealthy contributors - was a key feature of her own campaign to become the Democratic Party's nominee to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election. Warren was one of the last in the previously wide field of Democratic candidates to drop out of the race before Biden became the party's presumptive nominee.

Teen allegedly abducted for her lockdown pass

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2020-05-23 22:17:00Z

The 17-year-old girl was unharmed, authorities said.

Project leader: Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine trial has 50% chance of success - Telegraph

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2020-05-23 22:01:37Z

Adrian Hill, director of Oxford's Jenner Institute, which has teamed up with drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc to develop the vaccine, said that an upcoming trial, involving 10,000 volunteers, threatened to return "no result" due to low transmission of COVID-19 in the community. "It's a race against the virus disappearing, and against time", Hill told the British newspaper. The experimental vaccine, known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, is one of the front-runners in the global race to provide protection against the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Report: Plane weight, broken part caused fatal crash in 2018

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2020-05-23 20:58:06Z

A plane with six people aboard crashed in Arizona in 2018 because it was overweight and had an undetected engine problem, preventing it from climbing after takeoff on a flight to metro Las Vegas, according to a federal agency's report. The two pilots and four passengers on the plane were all killed

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop release of inmates at risk for COVID-19

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2020-05-23 19:31:38Z

If COVID-19 poses risks to elderly inmates, may a judge order their release? Trump administration lawyers say no and ask Supreme Court to intervene.

Another victim ID'd in unsolved Gilgo Beach murders on Long Island

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2020-05-23 19:22:00Z

The woman's partial remains were found in Manorville in 2000 and at Gilgo Beach in 2011. Eleven sets of remains have been found, and the murders remain unsolved.

U.S. CDC reports total of 1,595,885 coronavirus cases, 96,002 deaths

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2020-05-23 18:25:55Z

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. ET on May 22, compared with its count a day earlier. The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.

Trump golfs as wary U.S. embarks on Memorial Day weekend

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2020-05-23 18:18:09Z

Memorial Day weekend, which culminates in gatherings to honor U.S. military dead, got off to a cautious start on Saturday, especially in rain-soaked New York, epicenter of the coronavirus crisis that has now killed more Americans than the Vietnam and Korean wars combined. A day after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo allowed up to 10 people to attend ceremonies honoring America's military veterans, he took time at his news briefing on Saturday to warn that social distancing and face masks should be part of any plans to get together. Gatherings of up to 25 people were being allowed outdoors in New Jersey, although Governor Phil Murphy on Friday warned that the loosened restrictions don't...

Special Report: In Oklahoma pork-packing town, COVID stirs fear, faith and sorrow

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2020-05-23 17:58:59Z

GUYMON, Okla./WASHINGTON - (Reuters) - Over 25 years, the massive pork plant that dominates this small city brought jobs, new residents and an economic lifeline to a slowly shrinking farming community. Attracted by relatively good wages at Seaboard Foods, immigrants like Felix and Pilar Jimenez arrived by the hundreds to slaughter hogs and process meat for shipment all over the world. The Mexican couple started work in Guymon, on the vast plains of Oklahoma's panhandle, about a year after the plant opened, followed in time by their sons Michael, now 26, and Anthony, 22.

A father was fatally stabbed 15 times by his son during a Zoom video meeting, police say

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2020-05-23 17:45:12Z

There were about 20 people on the conference call who had witnessed the attack, ABC News reported.

New York's Cuomo says groups of up to 10 must aim to stay 'safe'

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2020-05-23 17:11:13Z

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo advised people to exercise good judgment and social distancing when gathering in groups of up to 10 people as allowed in an executive order loosening restrictions issued late on Friday. In his daily briefing on Saturday, he said New York recorded 84 coronavirus deaths on May 22 compared with 109 the day before, continuing a downward trend in the state's toll from the pandemic. "You can have a safe gathering of 10 people or you can have a wholly unsafe gathering of 10 people," said Cuomo.

Polish opposition sees double standards in distancing rules

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2020-05-23 16:55:40Z

Police in Poland on Saturday called on a small protest by business people to disperse because of a ban on large gatherings and the need to keep social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic . It was led by an independent candidate in Poland's trouble-ridden presidential election, running against incumbent

Policía: vídeo muestra cómo una madre de Miami mató a su hijo en un canal. Ella había dicho que lo raptaron

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2020-05-23 16:22:24Z

Patricia Ripley, la madre de un niño autista de 9 años que fue encontrado muerto, ha sido acusada de asesinato, según la policía. El cuerpo del niño fue hallado en un canal del suroeste de Miami-Dade el viernes por la mañana.

Erdogan, Trump reiterate solidarity against COVID-19

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2020-05-23 16:05:22Z

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke Saturday on the phone to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, bilateral relations and regional developments. According to an account of the phone call released by Erdogan's office, the two leaders reiterated their solidarity in the fight against COVID-19. For its part, the White House said that the two leaders "discussed progress on reopening and boosting global economies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic."

Mom who said son, 9, with autism was abducted is charged in his murder

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2020-05-23 14:37:32Z

Patricia Ripley had told police in Florida that her son, Alejandro, who is nonverbal, had been abducted by two men who demanded drugs.

Investigators Say Man Who Filmed Arbery's Killing Was More Than a Witness

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2020-05-23 14:16:33Z

DECATUR, Ga. -- From the beginning, William Bryan has portrayed himself as a concerned citizen, one drawn by commotion when he pulled out his phone and filmed the fatal encounter between two of his white neighbors and Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was running in their neighborhood.On Friday, the authorities said Bryan, who also is white, had been more than a bystander, and had done more than record the final 30 seconds of Arbery's life.In charging him with murder, officials said that Bryan, who had joined the pursuit of Arbery and filmed the confrontation in late February from a short distance, had contributed to his death by attempting to "confine and detain"...

Missing Ohio high school senior Madison Bell found safe

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2020-05-23 13:22:00Z

Madison "Maddie" Bell, 18, who had been missing since last Sunday, has been found safe, according to the Highland County Sheriff's Office on Saturday. She was last seen around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 17, 2020, when she left her home in Greenfield, Ohio, to go tanning at the Country Corner Market over the county line in Highland County. But she never made it there. Her car was found nearby in the Good Shepherd Church parking lot with the windows rolled up. The keys were in the ignition an

The drive-in movie stages a comeback in U.S. in coronavirus era

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2020-05-23 10:32:18Z

Beth Wilson, who owns the Warwick Drive-in about an hour's drive from Manhattan, says it has been sold out since May 15, the first day drive-ins were allowed to operate under New York's reopening plan. Customers come "just to be out and for some form of entertainment that is not streaming on their TV," said Wilson, adding she hopes the Warwick Drive-In can help people reconnect. The Four Brothers Drive-In in Amenia, New York, which like Warwick has halved its capacity to put more distance between cars, is selling into next week after running out of tickets for the Memorial Day weekend.

'Slam dunk' or 'uphill climb'? Experts disagree on insider trading case against Sen. Burr

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2020-05-23 10:30:00Z

Was Burr acting on public information, or on inside insight he got as a member of Congress?

Patricia Ripley, Miami mother of autistic boy found dead in pond, charged with murder

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2020-05-23 07:58:28Z

Patricia Ripley, the West Kendall mother who claimed her severely autistic 9-year-old son had been kidnapped by strange men on a public road, has been arrested on accusations that she murdered the child.

Balcony church gains popularity in Kenya amid pandemic

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2020-05-23 07:10:11Z

A groovy rendition of "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" blasts from speakers outside an apartment block in the outskirts of Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Children, some in diapers, dance on the balconies above, accompanied by their parents, to the tunes bellowed out by Rev. Paul Machira and

After weeks of COVID-19 cases, Russian doctor craves quiet

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2020-05-23 06:49:03Z

As he strides down the sidewalk outside Moscow's Filatov Hospital in blue jeans and garish crimson shoes, Dr. Osman Osmanov shows no signs of the rigors he's just been through. Although new case counts have begun falling, to 8,849 on Friday, down from more than 10,000 a day last week, Russia on Friday recorded its highest one-day death toll of 150.

Hertz files for U.S. bankruptcy protection as car rentals evaporate in pandemic

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2020-05-23 02:08:43Z

The more than a century old car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday after its business was decimated during the coronavirus pandemic and talks with creditors failed to result in much needed relief. Hertz's board earlier in the day approved the company seeking Chapter 11 protection in a U.S. bankruptcy court in Delaware, according to court records. A large portion of Hertz's revenue comes from car rentals at airports, which have all but evaporated as potential customers eschew plane travel.

Charges dropped against Breonna Taylor's boyfriend

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2020-05-23 01:53:04Z

Taylor was killed by police executing a search warrant. The boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired his weapon, injuring an officer.

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