Man armed with knife fatally shot by police in Wilshire Center area, authorities say LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A man who police say was armed with a knife and confronted officers responding to a mental health call on the outskirts of Koreatown was fatally shot Thursday. It happened just ... 05/2/2024 - 1:20 pm | View Link
Police: Officers Responding to Mental Health Call Fatally Shoot Man with Knife A man who was allegedly armed with a knife and confronted police responding to a mental health call on the outskirts of Koreatown was fatally shot Thursday. The shooting occurred shortly after 11 a.m. 05/2/2024 - 12:43 pm | View Link
Man allegedly armed with knife fatally shot by LAPD A shooting involving the Los Angeles Police Department Thursday left a person dead, authorities said. Officers were sent to the 400 block of South Gramercy Place at about noon on a report of “a ... 05/2/2024 - 10:17 am | View Link
Arlington police release 911 call, bodycam footage from fatal shooting of man weilding knife Police say a 911 call came from a man who said he had stabbed another man to death, but police said they had no evidence anyone was stabbed. 05/2/2024 - 7:07 am | View Link
Police in NYC fatally shoot armed man wanted in connection to felony assault. Here's what they say happened. A man wanted in connection to a felony assault was shot and killed by officers in Manhattan on Tuesday after police say he pulled out a gun. 04/30/2024 - 10:32 am | View Link
On Monday, Kansas Republicans voted to override Democratic Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of four anti-abortion measures. Three bills—which will require doctors to gather and report information from patients about why they are getting an abortion; make it a crime to force someone to obtain an abortion; and allow people to receive tax credits for donations to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers—will now become law.
A longtime lieutenant and criminal co-defendant of far-right Chinese fugitive mogul Guo Wengui has agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges ahead of their upcoming trial. This development strengthens the position of federal prosecutors in a case in which they have called Steve Bannon, a vocal Guo ally, a “co-conspirator.”
Yvette Wang, Guo’s former chief of staff and alleged co-conspirator in defrauding thousands of Guo supporters of more than $1 billion, pleaded not guilty after her arrest in March 2023.
By Elliott Wenzler, Post-Independent
A proposal to restrict big-rig truckers from using the left lane in certain high-risk areas of Interstate 70 through Colorado’s mountains moved closer to becoming law Tuesday after the state House gave near-unanimous support of the idea.
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Senate Bill 100, brought by Western Slope lawmakers, would also expand where truckers are required to carry chains during winter months.
After sponsors amended the bill, it now also requires the Colorado Department of Transportation to look into whether the state should temporarily close roadways to truckers during snowstorms.
The Colorado legislature has expanded its floor calendars and plans fast agendas as it works to pass legislation on housing, gun regulation, transportation, taxes and other priorities ahead of the end of the 2024 session next week. Here are updates on major action and key developments.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 3:16 p.m.: The House advanced a bill Thursday afternoon that would launch a study to determine “any potential historical and ongoing effects of slavery and subsequent systemic racism on Black Coloradans that may be attributed to practices, systems and policies of the state.”
Senate Bill 53 would be conducted by History Colorado and overseen by a governor-appointed commission.
In his first public remarks on this week’s campus protests, President Joe Biden criticized much of the unrest over the Israel-Hamas war erupting at colleges across the country, saying “none of this is a peaceful protest.”
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“Destroying property is not a peaceful protest,” Biden said Thursday. “It is against the law.