TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay says five Topeka police officers will not face charges after they shot and killed a man in October. Kagay says the officers action’s were justified when they fired 34 shots at 33-year-old Taylor Lowery at a Kwik Shop parking lot. Investigators said Lowery charged at
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Disney said it would cut 7,000 jobs from its global workforce, part of a multibillion-dollar cost-cutting initiative aimed at streamlining the company’s operations in a period of media industry turmoil. Disney had about 220,000 workers as of October 1, of which approximately 166,000 were employed in the United States. A
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By Tami Luhby, CNN At least $191 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits could have been improperly paid, with a “significant portion” attributable to fraud, according to a new estimate from the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General. That’s up from the office’s projection last year of at least $163 billion in improper payments. The
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By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s economic development agency says it has at least 1,700 emails and documents pertaining to talks about the possibility of a Ford Motor Co. battery plant landing at a Danville-area megasite. But it won’t release any of them under the state’s public records law. The Associated
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By Nicki Brown and Lauren del Valle, CNN The man who allegedly attacked New York police officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve pleaded not guilty to state charges in court Wednesday. Trevor Bickford, 19, appeared in a Manhattan courtroom wearing a tan uniform with his wrists and ankles shackled. He spoke only to
Continue Reading By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Voters who kept three Pittsburgh-area Pennsylvania House seats in Democratic hands this week effectively also flipped control away from the Republican majority that has run the chamber for more than a decade. The results on Tuesday put the House among just a handful of legislative bodies
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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Damar Hamlin has been named winner of the NFLPA’s Alan Page Community Award and made a brief appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week to receive the award. Hamlin read a brief statement with his parents on stage with him at the Phoenix Convention Center. The
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street gave back some of its recent gains as uncertainty about interest rates and inflation continued to reign. The S&P 500 fell 1.1% Wednesday, the Nasdaq fell 1.7% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back 0.6%. The losses followed
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Any success that the Kansas City Chiefs have in slowing down Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl probably rests on the shoulders of Chris Jones. The All-Pro defensive tackle is having the finest season of his career, and his two sacks in
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Any success that the Kansas City Chiefs have in slowing down Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl probably rests on the shoulders of Chris Jones. The All-Pro defensive tackle is having the finest season of his career, and his two sacks in
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story TREMONT, Bronx (WABC) — A dispute among delivery workers resulted in two people shot outside a McDonald’s restaurant in the Bronx. The victims, ages 20 and 28, were struck after shots were fired on Jerone Avenue at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Both were shot in
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WABC) — This year, hip hop is celebrating 50 years! Wednesday, an exhibit will open up at The Museum at FIT to mark the anniversary. The display will feature clothing and accessories worn by the genre’s biggest names including Missy Elliot, LL
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By Eric Bradner, CNN The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against WinRed in its effort to block subpoenas from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office in an investigation into whether the GOP donation processing website violated the state’s consumer protection law. Ellison, a Democrat, is investigating WinRed’s pre-checked recurring donation boxes that enroll
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Leonardo DiCaprio nunca pasa mucho tiempo lejos de los reflectores públicos: ya sea por una nueva película, un encendido mensaje ambiental o un rumor sobre su vida romántica. Su figura nos acompaña hace al menos 25 años, cuando “Titanic” lo catapultó a un estrellato mundial, algo que ha usado
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By De’Anthony Taylor Click here for updates on this story CHULA VISTA, California (KGTV) — Multiple agencies showed up in San Diego’s Chula Vista area and saved a retired police K-9 after it fell in a 40-foot well Wednesday afternoon. According to the Chula Vista Fire Department, authorities received a call around 2:38 p.m. about
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Damar Hamlin has been named winner of the NFLPA’s Alan Page Community Award and made a brief appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week to receive the award. Hamlin read a brief statement with his parents on stage with him at the Phoenix Convention Center. The
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Twitter executives conceded Wednesday they made a mistake by blocking a story about Hunter Biden, the president’s son, from the social media platform in the run-up to the 2020 election, but adamantly denied Republican assertions they were pressured by Democrats and law enforcement
Continue ReadingBy Ciara Encinas Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO, California (KGTV) — San Diego now has a temporary migrant processing facility. Over the past several years we’ve mainly seen them in Arizona and Texas, but it is the first time the San Diego sector has seen something like this. It looks like
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Hacer las maletas y emprender un largo viaje por carretera era algo que Nina y Kai Schakat, ambos alemanes, habían imaginado hacer juntos durante su jubilación. Pero tras la muerte del padre de Nina y el impacto de la pandemia mundial de covid-19, la pareja, que tiene dos hijos, Ben, de
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers PHOENIX (AP) — Ron Rivera says Sam Howell will go into preparations for the 2023 season as the Washington Commanders’ starting quarterback. Rivera said on AP’s Pro Football Podcast that Howell will have to earn the job to keep it. Washington drafted Howell in the fifth
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