Month: June 2023

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say three small-town Pennsylvania police officers collectively “kicked, punched, choked and otherwise used excessive force” in 22 arrests over a three-year period. The charges unveiled Friday accuse one current Mount Carmel officer and two former officers of violating civil rights in attacks between 2018 and 2021 that caused

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation and to a landmark Supreme Court ruling on the

By PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Officials say a man charged with four counts of murder for allegedly killing his parents and two others has been indicted. Joseph Eaton is also facing additional charges related to shootings on the highway that police said followed the killings. The Maine attorney

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police sergeant has been fired for his role in a botched 2019 raid at the home of a Black woman who was handcuffed while naked after police officers were sent to the wrong address. The Chicago Police Board voted 5-3 Thursday to fire Sgt. Alex Wolinski for multiple rules violations

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Memphis guard Ja Morant has been suspended 25 games by the NBA — his second ban in four months — and Commissioner Adam Silver made clear Friday the star must stop his “alarming” habit of flashing guns on social media. The suspension for the upcoming season comes a

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The eight police officers who shot Jayland Walker last summer used excessive force when they fired 94 bullets at him during a foot chase, a new federal lawsuit alleges, and were part of a “culture of violence and racism” within Akron, Ohio’s police department.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States Treasury has announced sanctions on a Mexico-based migrant-trafficking gang that supplied asylum seekers with false papers to game the process. Known as the Hernandez Salas organization, the gang is based in the border city of Mexicali, across the border from Calexico, California. Since at least 2018, the gang

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A southwest Florida couple has been charged with stealing more than $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds and using the money to buy boats, new businesses and other luxury items. Court records show that Timothy and Lisa Jolloff made their initial appearances Friday in Fort Myers federal court on charges