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Albuquerque Police Department officially met reform requirement

ilbusca/Getty Images(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- The Albuquerque Police Department was put on notice nine years ago by the United States Department of Justice. A federal court ordered a third-party monitor to watch and report back on how the then-troubled department operated. Police leadership and officers were told by the court they had to make changes to how they were operating.The problems the department faced nearly a decade ago included claims of excessive force and a high number of officer-involved shootings, especially […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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Man accused in Los Angeles Jewish hate crime shooting agrees to plead guilty

Jason Marz/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- The man accused of shooting two Jewish men in Los Angeles last year has agreed to plead guilty to hate crime and firearm charges, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.Jamie Tran is expected to plead guilty as charged to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of using a firearm illegally, according to a press release. Tran is expected to receive a sentence of 35 to 40 years in prison."These horrific […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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Pregnant woman among multiple people killed due to severe weather in the South

Kali9/Getty Images(PORT ALLEN, La.) -- Multiple people are dead, including a woman who was nine months pregnant, after severe storms swept through the South, officials said.Three people were killed in Louisiana -- including the pregnant woman and her unborn child -- due to severe weather on Monday, officials said.The pregnant woman was killed when a tree fell on her mobile home in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, the Louisiana Department of Health said Tuesday. Her fetus did not […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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23-year-old hiker missing in Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park/Facebook(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- A search is underway for a 23-year-old hiker in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park after he did not return from an attempt to summit Longs Peak on Sunday.Lucas Macaj, of Colorado Springs, was expected back late Sunday. He was last heard from around 1 p.m. on Sunday when he texted a friend that he was on the summit of Longs Peak.Macaj's vehicle was found parked at the Longs Peak Trailhead early Monday.Significant storms […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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Hannah Gutierrez appeals manslaughter conviction in ‘Rust’ shooting

Luis Sánchez Saturno-Pool/Getty Images(SANTA FE, N.M.) -- Hannah Gutierrez has appealed her conviction of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Alec Baldwin film "Rust."Gutierrez, the film's armorer, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, the maximum, in connection with the October 2021 shooting.The Santa Fe, New Mexico, County jury deliberated for under three hours on March 6 before reaching a split verdict. They found her guilty of involuntary manslaughter but acquitted […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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Maryland woman pleads guilty to alleged plot to attack Baltimore power stations

Department of Justice(BALTIMORE, M.D.)-- A Maryland woman accused of plotting to carry out attacks on multiple energy substations surrounding Baltimore pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal conspiracy and firearms charges, court records show.Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Catonsville, was charged last year with conspiring with a Florida-based founder of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen to carry out the attacks, in what prosecutors described as a racism-fueled plot to spark mass chaos in the majority-Black city.She initially pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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New Title IX regulations intensify fight over transgender youth restrictions in schools

Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Several conservative-led states are rallying against new federal Title IX regulations announced by the Biden administration that codify protections for transgender people in schools.The new federal rules officially add "gender identity" to the list of protections from sex-based discrimination for the first time. Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sex at any institution that receives federal funding."For more than 50 years, Title IX has promised an equal opportunity to learn and thrive in […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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8 killed when bus carrying 53 farmworkers crashes in Florida

Marion County Sheriff's Office(ORLANDO, Fl.) -- Eight people were killed when a bus carrying about 53 farmworkers crashed and overturned on West Highway 40 in central Florida, according to state officials.About 40 victims have been taken to medical facilities, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said.The 2010 International Bus and a 2001 Ford Ranger truck collided "in a sideswiped manner" around 6:35 a.m., the department said. The bus veered off West Highway 40, went through a fence […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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US is experiencing more tornado outbreaks, despite fewer tornado days overall, researchers say

Chad Cowan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Although the number of days that there is a tornado in the U.S. is decreasing overall, the average annual number of tornadoes has remained roughly the same, according to the latest research.Last week, more than 125 tornadoes were reported in the U.S. over a five-day period across states including Iowa, Missouri, Georgia and Mississippi -- a continuation of a trend that shows more tornado outbreaks despite fewer tornado days, meaning days during which at least […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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