Pontiac man arrested in connection with stabbing death at Dallas bus station Juan Ramirez Jr., 31, from Pontiac, was recently paroled but was wanted in connection with the stabbing death of another man who was arrested at a bus station in Dallas, Texas. 05/4/2024 - 5:44 am | View Link
Year after Davis stabbing spree killed 2, injured 1, family and community members honor victims Two nights after Abou Najm was attacked in the park, Kimberlee Guillory, 64, was stabbed as she slept in her tent at a homeless encampment near Second and L streets in Davis. She was stabbed ... 04/29/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Alleged sex workers charged in stabbing death of man in Oakland Two women who police say are sex workers have been charged with murder in the beating and stabbing death of a man in Oakland. 04/25/2024 - 7:16 am | View Link
Sex workers stabbed, beat homicide victim with their high heels, Oakland police say A third suspect has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a 46-year-old man who police say was beaten with high heels and stabbed in the buttocks. Miah Newman, 19, of San Jose, was ... 04/24/2024 - 1:22 pm | View Link
Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit This 2019 photo provided by Porscha Banks shows Dexter Reed, center, along with his mother Nicole Banks and sister Porscha Banks. Reed died March 21, 2024 after Chicago Police officers shot him ... 04/24/2024 - 5:16 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.