Category: Crime

  • Suspected gunman dead after shooting reported at California school

    Suspected gunman dead after shooting reported at California school

    A suspected gunman is dead after a shooting was reported at an elementary school in Oroville, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. The shooting took place at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists, roughly 70 miles north of Sacramento, the Sheriff’s Office announced in a news alert shortly before 2 p.m. Students at the…

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  • Ahead of second Trump term, California vows 'ironclad' abortion access

    Ahead of second Trump term, California vows ‘ironclad’ abortion access

    SACRAMENTO —  California lawmakers are rushing to introduce legislation that reaffirms the state’s role as a reproductive rights “haven” as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House and abortion-rights advocates warn of an uncertain future. Abortion remains legal in California, home to the strongest reproductive rights in the nation — unlike in some…

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  • Fearing loss of federal funds, L.A. approves Van Nuys Airport lease

    Fearing loss of federal funds, L.A. approves Van Nuys Airport lease

    Faced with the possibility of losing hundreds of millions in federal funds, the Los Angeles City Council reversed course on Tuesday and awarded a helicopter company a lease at Van Nuys Airport for up to 25 years, despite protests from residents who live nearby. Airport officials, the city’s lawyers and Mayor Karen Bass warned the…

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  • Law enforcement officers stand near the scene where the CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson was reportedly shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning.

    UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson shot and killed in Manhattan

    The New York Times is currently providing live updates on Wednesday morning’s targeted shooting of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Liz Sawyer at the Star Tribune reports the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center has resorted to the unwarranted seclusion of minors and the use of restrictive disciplinary techniques to…

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  • Sun Mee Chomet and Jim Lichtscheidl in a scene from “Dinner for One.”

    The Jungle Theater could make ‘Dinner for One’ a U.S. tradition

    When I went to the Jungle Theater to see “Dinner for One” over the weekend, I was not aware that it’s a “thing” in Germany. Apparently, ever since it first aired on German TV on New Year’s Eve in 1972, the sketch has become a beloved tradition in that country and others around Europe. Millions…

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  • Hend Al-Mansour: "The Scribe" mixed media installation, 2022

    Artist Hend Al-Mansour’s distinctive voice has its say at SooVAC

    Hend Al-Mansour had planned to open her solo show, “Contain Me,” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art last March. It was expected to be part of Mia’s artist-led Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program, a prestigious opportunity that comes with financial and other support for emerging and mid-career visual artists to realize a solo show at the…

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  • British band in California robbed at gunpoint one day into tour

    British band in California robbed at gunpoint one day into tour

    A British band kicking off its West Coast tour in San Francisco this week hit a bump in the road when a gunman robbed the members’ tour van at a Vallejo gas station. But as consummate professionals, the group said itwill continue its tour. “Just been robbed at gun point 10 minutes into the US…

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  • Vikings' Jordan Addison pleads not guilty to DUI charges in L.A.

    Vikings’ Jordan Addison pleads not guilty to DUI charges in L.A.

    Minnesota Vikings receiver Jordan Addison has pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor drunk-driving charges stemming from his arrest in July, when a California Highway Patrol officer found the former USC standout asleep behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce that was blocking traffic near Los Angeles International Airport. Addison entered not guilty pleas Tuesday on the…

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  • Minnesota State Capitol building

    Budget surplus projected, but future deficits loom in Minnesota

    Minnesota state economists Wednesday projected that the surplus for the next state budget will be $616 million, far less than legislators have become accustomed to and signaling a less-ambitious budget when the Legislature convenes in January. Minnesota Management and Budget released the basic numbers Wednesday morning and will release a more-detailed account of its projections…

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  • Pete Hegseth, President-Elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, meeting with Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Monday.

    Trump mulls new defense pick as allegations dog Hegseth

    WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth tried to shore up GOP support on Capitol Hill for his nomination as secretary of defense as President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly weighing a different candidate — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. With visits to key GOP senators this week, Hegseth tried to rein in the damage to his nomination and reputation…

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