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No charges will be filed in fatal police shooting of Amir Locke, killed during no-knock warrant service

Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday that they are declining to file criminal charges against the officer who shot and killed 22-year-old Amir Locke.

Fire crews battle blaze overnight in downtown square

Fire crews spent hours battling a blaze on the downtown square in Osceola Wednesday morning.

Fifth Annual National Fried Chicken Festival Presented by Raising Cane’s Returns October 1-2

The organizers of the fifth annual National Fried Chicken Festival presented by Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers have announced the return of the event for 2022, taking place October 1-2 at the New Orleans Lakefront.

Alarming comments force Mobile County public schools into enhanced security measures

Clint Bernard is the man that the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office says made some alarming comments that forced Mobile County Public Schools into a code orange this morning.

The West is running out of ways to punish Putin

Western outrage, new sanctions, and promised state-of-the-art weapons came too late to save the man found shot dead next to his bike on a grassy bank outside Kyiv. The man was pictured in a weekend of horrific imagery from Ukraine.

Hermann Park Conservancy Breaks Ground On the Commons at Hermann Park

On Saturday, April 2, Hermann Park Conservancy (HPC) and the Houston Parks and Recreation Department (HPARD) broke ground on the Commons, a 26-acre space in the Park’s southwest corner on the corner of Fannin and Cambridge Streets. The project, part …

The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Partners with Dallas ISD for a 12 Week After School Program

After an abrupt pause due to the COVID pandemic, The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) has launched a new After School Program in partnership with five Dallas ISD schools:

The horrors of Putin's invasion of Ukraine are increasingly coming to light

Vladimir stands on the edge of a mass grave in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv. He holds his hands to his head, then raises them up to the sky in anguish.

Fact check: In series of false claims, Republican Rep. Lisa McClain says Trump caught Osama bin Laden

Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain, a freshman Republican member of Congress, made a series of false claims in a short speech at former President Donald Trump's rally outside Detroit on Saturday -- notably including an assertion that Trump, who has endorsed …

Community coming together to help kids get to college

More than just paying for food, they’re paying it forward at a Voice of the Youth fundraiser Saturday. The mentor and leadership program in Sacramento is selling soul food with all the money helping kids get a closer look at …

$10,000 reward offered for information on assault suspect

A San Mateo County family is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person they say recently attacked their elderly grandfather.

Of course Donald Trump endorsed Sarah Palin

Without Sarah Palin, there is no Donald Trump. So it makes perfect sense that the former President threw his support behind the former Alaska governor's House candidacy Sunday night.

MoDOT worker who survived crash advocates for better safety practices

More than four months after a driver ran over a MoDOT crew in a work zone, the case is still under investigation. There are growing questions about what is taking so long.

Jamie Dimon: The war in Ukraine will slow the economy and it could 'easily get worse'

Jamie Dimon is worried about the powerful shockwaves set off by the combination of high inflation and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Biden calls for war crimes trial after Bucha images surface

President Joe Biden on Monday called the atrocities allegedly committed by Russian forces in Bucha, Ukraine, a "war crime" and called for a trial to take place against Russian President Vladimir Putin.