Mississippi formally began the process to remove the Confederate symbol from its state flag Saturday. The state House and Senate voted to suspend legislative deadlines and file a bill to change the flag amid intense criticism and weeks of pressure during protests over racial injustices. Observers at the Mississippi Capitol roared in applause as the … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night at a park in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, where demonstrators had gathered to protest the death of Breonna Taylor. Reports of shots fired at Jefferson Square Park came in around 9 p.m., Louisville Metro police said in a statement, followed by calls that the … Read more
The nasty divorce of a Manhattan mom and her wealthy husband is still playing out — nearly two years after she mysteriously plunged to her death down a trash chute. Lawyers who represented Lara Prychodko, 48, in divorce proceedings are now seeking $321,629 plus interest and fees from David Schlachet, who they claim pocketed all … Read more
The White House flatly denied Saturday a report that claimed President Trump did not act on information from US intelligence officials that Russia allegedly offered bounties to the Taliban for killing American soldiers in Afghanistan. “The CIA Director, National Security Adviser and the Chief of Staff can all confirm that neither the President nor the … Read more
Cops are looking for a man who tried to rape a woman in a Bronx lobby. Surveillance footage of the vicious attack shows the perp dragging a woman through the doors of a building near Reservoir Oval West and East 210th Street around 8 a.m. Friday, before pulling her to the ground and pummeling her. … Read more
President Trump has appointed himself Monuments Man — taking it upon himself to personally circulate images of suspects accused of vandalizing an Andrew Jackson statue in the nation’s capital earlier this week. Trump tweeted 15 flyers from the US Park Police Department requesting the public’s help to identify people accused of defacing the statue just … Read more
Police have arrested the alleged shooter who gunned down a Connecticut teenager and injured her boyfriend in a senseless murder just after midnight Friday in the Flatiron District. Ruddy Osias, 27, of Bayswater, Queens, has been charged with the killing of Erica Lopez, 19, in what her boyfriend, Andres Arias, 21, described as a shooting … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When a participant at a rally in Austin to protest police brutality threw a rock at a line of officers in the Texas capital, officers responded by firing beanbag rounds — ammunition that law enforcement deems “less lethal” than bullets. A beanbag cracked 20-year-old Justin Howell’s skull and, according to his … Read more
Maybe it was his baptism. The homeless man who calls himself the “Son of God Lord Saviour Jesus Christ,” and has taken up residence in Washington Square Park’s fountain, stripped naked for a cooling shower in the rain on Saturday. While stunned parkgoers gawked, city officials once again looked the other way. Cops and city … Read more
RED BLUFF, Calif (AP) — Authorities shot a man who drove into a distribution Center Saturday south of Red Bluff and started shooting at people, local media reported. The shooting by a man with “AR-type weapon” started about 3:30 p.m. at the Walmart distribution center, emergency dispatchers told the Record-Searchlight newspaper. There also was a … Read more