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Two New York City police officers won’t be charged in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man during a mental health crisis last year as his mother and brother begged the officers not to open fire, state Attorney General Letitia James’ office said Thursday. Win Rozario was shot five times by the officers at his family’s home in Queens on March 27, 2024, as he came at them while holding […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jo Ann Allen Boyce, who as part of the “Clinton 12” helped integrate one of the first public schools in the South, died on Wednesday at her Los Angeles home. She was 84. Her death was confirmed by her daughter, Kamlyn Young, who said her mother died from pancreatic cancer after living with it for a decade. Clinton High School in Tennessee was integrated in 1956, […]

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was a limited practice participant on Thursday, three days after undergoing left hand surgery. The team termed Herbert as day-to-day after the surgery, but he is counting on playing in Monday night’s home game against the Philadelphia Eagles. During the surgery, Herbert had a plate and multiple screws inserted into his non-throwing hand. “As long as it’s stabilized and fixed and the doctors feel […]

Dec 4 (Reuters) – U.s. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday said President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban from 19 to more than 30. “I won’t be specific on the number, but it’s over 30, and the president is continuing to evaluate countries,” Noem said in an interview on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.” Noem did not specify […]

Dec 5 (Reuters) – The Australian unit of U.S. oil giant Chevron Corp said on Friday that the partners of the Gorgon Joint Venture have made a final investment decision on the A$3 billion ($1.98 billion) Gorgon Stage 3 development off Western Australia’s northwest coast. The investment will link the offshore Geryon and Eurytion natural gas fields to Gorgon’s existing infrastructure on Barrow Island. The Chevron-operated Gorgon Project is a […]

NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday, aiming to boost trade with the top buyer of Russia’s arms and seaborne oil as Western sanctions squeeze their decades-old ties. Putin is on his first visit to India in four years at a time when New Delhi is engaged in talks with the U.S. for […]

By Kantaro Komiya and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) – American actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris, known for the Tony-nominated “Slave Play”, was arrested last month at an airport in Japan on suspicion of attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into the country, local authorities said late on Thursday. Harris, 36, was stopped on November 16 at Naha Airport on Okinawa island after a customs officer discovered 0.78 grams […]

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar languished not far from a five-week low against its major peers on Friday as investors braced for a Federal Reserve rate cut next week. Markets widely expect a quarter point reduction when the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee meets on December 9-10, and a focus will be on any signals about how much additional easing lies ahead.  The dollar […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Roughly a month after the Los Angeles Dodgers finished a scintillating seven-game World Series triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Major League Baseball Players’ Association gathered in Arizona this week to discuss the future of the game and look ahead to a possible lockout next December. Japanese stars headed by Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto have sparked record international interest, in-game attendance was up in […]