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Tiger Woods was speeding before crashing SUV, sheriff says
LOS ANGELES - Tiger Woods was going nearly 90 miles per hour - twice the posted speed limit - on a downhill stretch of road when he lost control of an SUV outside Los Angeles and crashed in a wreck th...
Apr 07, 2021
Police official: Chauvin was trained to defuse situations
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Officer Derek Chauvin underwent training in 2016 and 2018 on how to defuse tense situations with people in crisis and how police must use the least amount of force necessary ...
Apr 06, 2021 In this image from video, defence attorney Eric Nelson, left, and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listen during Chauvin's trial on April 6, 2021. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
Car rams into police at Capitol barricade; officer killed
WASHINGTON - A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife, law enforcement officials ...
Apr 02, 2021
Floyd’s girlfriend recalls their struggles with addiction
MINNEAPOLIS - George Floyd's girlfriend tearfully told a jury Thursday the story of how they met -- at a Salvation Army shelter where he was a security guard with "this great, deep Southern voice, ras...
Apr 01, 2021 In this image from video, witness Courteney Ross answers questions April 1, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
Ex-cop told onlooker Floyd was big, ‘probably on something’
MINNEAPOLIS - After the ambulance took George Floyd away, the Minneapolis officer who had pinned his knee on the Black man's neck defended himself to a bystander by saying Floyd was "a sizable guy" an...
Mar 31, 2021 Defence attorney Eric Nelson, left, and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listen to testimony during Chauvin's trial on March 31, 2021. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
With ship now freed, a probe into Suez Canal blockage begins
SUEZ, Egypt - Experts boarded the massive container ship Tuesday that had blocked Egypt’s vital Suez Canal and disrupted global trade for nearly a week, seeking answers to a single question that...
Mar 30, 2021
Jurors shown video at ex-officer’s trial in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS - The video of George Floyd gasping for breath was essentially Exhibit A as the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee on the Black man's neck went on trial Monday on charg...
Mar 29, 2021
Suez Canal blockage adds to pressure points in global trade
The plight of a mammoth container ship stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal has highlighted still more pressure points in global trade, a year after supply chains were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Sa...
Mar 29, 2021 (©Maxar Technologies via AP)
Maritime traffic jam grows outside blocked Suez Canal
SUEZ, Egypt - A maritime traffic jam grew to more than 200 vessels Friday outside the Suez Canal and some vessels began changing course as dredgers worked frantically to free a giant container ship th...
Mar 26, 2021 This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows the cargo ship MV Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt on March 26, 2021. (©Maxar Technologies via AP)
Boulder supermarket shooter ID’ed as 21-year-old man
BOULDER, Colo. - Police on Tuesday identified a 21-year-old man as the suspect in the killing of 10 people at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket. Suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was from Arvada, Colorado ...
Mar 23, 2021
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