Month: April 2021

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is shown in a combination of police booking photos after a jury found him guilty on all counts in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 20, 2021. Minnesota Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS Prosecutors…

Sen. Joe Manchin, the moderate Democrat from West Virginia, said in an interview Friday that he opposes legislation to give Washington, D.C., statehood — effectively killing a Democratic-led effort to reshape the American political map.”If Congress wants to make D.C. a state, it should propose a constitutional amendment and let the people of America vote,”…

Actor Esmé Bianco on Friday sued goth rock icon Marilyn Manson, accusing him of sexual assault.The federal civil lawsuit, filed in a California court, alleges that Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, committed multiple violent sexual assaults, a rape and other abuse over the course of years from 2009 to 2013. It also accuses…

An investigative report and previously unseen videos from the 2018 death of a Kansas teenager shot multiple times by police during a wellness check were released Thursday by the city of Overland Park — much-needed transparency, his family said, after more than three years of demanding that files in the case be made public.The redacted…

The Food and Drug Administration has asked AstraZeneca for a large amount of extra data related to its Covid-19 vaccine, further delaying the company’s application for an emergency use authorization, or EUA, in the United States, according to a letter from the company obtained by NBC News.AstraZeneca sent the letter, dated April 21, to U.S.…

Justin Fields, the freshly drafted quarterback for the Chicago Bears, joins a pro team in need of a spark. The Ohio State standout is also joining a subgroup of professional athletes: those with invisible medical challenges.One week before the 2021 NFL Draft, the league publicly released the fact that Fields has epilepsy. Within days, his…

It might only be one line in the final scene of the Netflix animated family film “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” but with it the movie embraces queer representation beyond anything Disney, the most celebrated children’s programming company, has ever been willing to do in its animated movies.“Are you and Jade official?” mom Linda Mitchell…

WASHINGTON — Ukraine is coming under fire from Western governments and international financial institutions after it sacked the management of the state-owned energy company, in a move that critics say undermines years of anti-corruption reforms.A previous attempt to oust the management of state oil and gas giant Naftogaz Ukrainy was led by allies of President…

A former Maryland police chief charged with setting dozens of fires is being sued by his daughter for allegedly targeting her and her then-husband, Raymond Truelove Jr.Carrie Turner said her father, former Laurel Police Chief David Crawford, began terrorizing her in 2008 after she tried to get her daughter back, whom Crawford had custody of.The…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Philadelphia judge running for a seat on Pennsylvania’s highest court is disavowing any connection to QAnon, even though she did an interview with supporters of the conspiracy theory who also listed her as a featured speaker at an upcoming gathering.Common Pleas Court Judge Paula Patrick told The Philadelphia Inquirer that…