Family, community remember Dontre Hamilton 10 years after death MILWAUKEE - Tuesday, April 30, marks ten years since a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed 31-year-old Dontre ... police department. But his family says that's not enough and ten years ... 04/27/2024 - 3:34 pm | View Link
Florida boy, 14, accidentally kills 11-year-old brother with gun found in alley A 14-year-old Florida boy accidentally killed his 11-year-old brother while playing with a gun he found in an alley near their home, police in St. Petersburg said Friday. The incident occurred shortly ... 04/27/2024 - 1:38 pm | View Link
Former sheriff's deputy convicted of misdemeanor in shooting death of Christian Glass DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy was convicted of a misdemeanor on Friday in the shooting death of ... An attorney for the Glass family said the family would like the ... 04/26/2024 - 8:27 am | View Link
‘He had so much potential’: Boy accidentally shot, killed by sibling at St. Pete home with stolen gun, police say An 11-year-old boy has died after suffering life-threatening injuries when he was shot on Friday in St. Petersburg, according to officials. 04/26/2024 - 6:15 am | View Link
Disturbing Viral Video Shows Troubled Ohio Cop Shooting Black Teen Playing With a Fake Gun, and His Family Demands Answers Even after shooting Koonce-Williams, the Akron police department, still reeling from controversy in the fatal shooting of Jayland Walker, decided to charge him with a crime. Meanwhile, the officer who ... 04/24/2024 - 4:46 am | View Link
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.