Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared in federal court for a status conference Thursday following his arrest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility last week. Prosecutors confirmed they will proceed to a trial after Baraka was charged with trespassing. It will likely start in mid-July. Mayor of Newark calls for …
Read More »New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case should be dropped with prejudice to prevent the appearance that Adams remains under political pressure due to the specter of a possible future indictment, an outside attorney appointed by the court told the judge in the case Friday. At the last court …
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NEW YORK — Judith Jamison, an internationally acclaimed dancer who later served as artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for two decades, has died. She was 81. Jamison died at a New York hospital surrounded by family and friends following a brief illness, Christopher Zunner, a spokesperson …
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MINNEAPOLIS — Murder and manslaughter charges against a White Minnesota state trooper who shot and killed a Black man during a traffic stop on Interstate 94 last summer have been dropped, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced Sunday. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty filed a notice of dismissal of charges …
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NEW YORK — A mother spoke out Sunday after saving her daughter from an attack right outside of their apartment door in Queens. The attacker, who was reportedly hiding in the stairwell, surprised the teenager. Ring camera video shows the moment a man jumps from a stairwell and grabs the …
Read More »An investigation is underway after six people were found dead in a remote area of the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County Tuesday. Authorities were called to an area located off Highway 395 in El Mirage, just 10 miles north of Adelanto, around 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday for a welfare …
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DALLAS — The NBA on Wednesday approved the sale of controlling interest of the Dallas Mavericks from Mark Cuban to the families that run the Las Vegas Sands casino company. The deal was approved just shy of a month since the families of Miriam Adelson and Sivan and Patrick Dumont …
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SACRAMENTO — An important link between the California Department of Justice and a genealogy lab dedicated to law enforcement investigations helped to close a decades-old cold case and bring closure to the family of Rodney Rumsey of Sacramento. A hiker found Rumsey’s body near Natural Bridges State Park in Santa …
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BOSTON – Rock legend Bruce Springsteen announced Wednesday that he has postponed his remaining tour dates in 2023 as he receives treatment for peptic ulcer disease. Springsteen had previously postponed dates in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Albany, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Washington, Ohio and at Mohegan Sun. Related: What is peptic ulcer disease? What …
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