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Huffington Post – by Andrew Hart

A New York City police detective fatally shot a suspected robber in Manhattan on Saturday after he allegedly hit the detective in the head with a police radio as he was being arrested, New York Police Department Chief James P. O’Neill told The New York Times.

Police said an unidentified 24-year-old male suspect was taken to Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in serious condition but later died, The New York Times reported. The man had been wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred Thursday, according to NBC New York. Officials said the man had several prior arrests, including one for assault, according to the Times.   Continue reading “Plainclothes New York City Police Detectives Shoot And Kill Suspected Robber In Manhattan”

New York Post – by Gary Buiso

A kinder, gentler cop? Not on Steve Osborne’s watch.

Top NYPD brass might be making a push towards G-rated policing, but Osborne — who spent 20 years as a tough-talking, no-nonsense New York police officer — is calling BS.

“We’re not choir boys and we’re not Boy Scouts,” said an unapologetic Osborne, 54, who just released a memoir called “The Job.”   Continue reading “Former NYPD officer: Cops have to be able to f–king swear!”

Business Insider – by Portia Crowe

Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has a plan to improve 100 cities across the US, and he’s dropping $42 million to see it happen.

The multibillionaire will use his charitable organization, Bloomberg Philanthropies, to fund a program that helps municipal governments around the country use data to do their jobs better, according to a press release.   Continue reading “Mike Bloomberg is dropping $42 million on 100 US cities”

Huffington Post – by Mariah Stewart

KINLOCH, Mo. — Just minutes away from Ferguson, its now-famous neighbor, is Kinloch, the first well-established African-American community in St. Louis County. Kinloch was once a flourishing town with some 10,000 residents.

Today, the population is less than 300. They elected a new mayor earlier this month: Betty McCray, 64, a seven-year veteran of the Kinloch Board of Aldermen. She won with 76 percent of the vote — that is, 63 votes.   Continue reading “Newly Elected Mayor Locked Out Of City Hall In Struggling St. Louis County Town”

CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There was big news at Park East Synagogue in Manhattan on Friday night.

As CBS2’s Lou Young reported, Rabbi Arthur Schneier sound out that he is about to be made a Knight of the Roman Catholic Church.

The rabbi knight will be part of one of the same orders that once took part in the crusades. This particular title is “The Pontifical Order of St. Sylvester, Pope and Martyr.”   Continue reading “New York Rabbi Arthur Schneier Welcomed As Knight Of The Catholic Church”

AOL – by AMANDA LEE MYERS and TOM FOREMAN Jr.

BALTIMORE (AP) — In the clearest acknowledgement of failure yet, Baltimore police said Friday that Freddie Gray should have received medical attention at the spot where he was arrested – before he was put inside a police van.

Officers missed “multiple” opportunities to give him medical attention and once inside the van, Gray should’ve been buckled into a seat belt. The department’s acknowledgement came at a news conference after a week of intense scrutiny and near-daily demonstrations over what protesters say is police mistreatment of blacks in Baltimore and throughout the country.   Continue reading “Police: Gray should’ve received medical care before ride”

AOL

SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah — A woman in Saratoga Springs said she got a feeling Monday morning that her husband was in trouble. So she rushed home and ended up saving his life.

According to police, 43-year-old Scott Mayhew was inside his garage on North Taylor Street, working on his car, when the vehicle fell off the jack crushing the man’s chest.

For an hour and a half the man laid trapped and injured, yelling for help.   Continue reading “Saratoga Springs man recovering after wife found him trapped underneath car”

Established in 1898, Zeta Beta Tau is the world’s first Jewish fraternity…

WJHG 7 – by Kelly Baumgarten

PANAMA CITY BEACH– UPDATE: March 23 12:30 p.m.

Emory University released this statement Thursday morning by email:

“Emory University was appalled to learn of acts of disrespect and harassment that were directed at attendees of the Warrior Beach Retreat in Florida this past weekend.   Continue reading “College Students Disrespect Veterans at the Warrior Beach Retreat”

AOL – by Mitch Weiss

The plea agreement carried a possible sentence of up to a year in prison. In court papers, prosecutors recommended two years’ probation and a $40,000 fine. But Judge David Keesler increased the fine to “reflect seriousness of the offense.” He said Petraeus committed a “grave and uncharacteristic error in judgment.”

Appearing calm and wearing a business suit, Petraeus made a brief statement before he was sentenced, apologizing “for the pain my actions have caused.”   Continue reading “Petraeus sentenced to 2 years’ probation for military leak”

New York Times – by JENNIFER STEINHAUER

WASHINGTON — After one of the nation’s most protracted cabinet-level confirmation delays, the Senate Thursday approved Loretta E. Lynch to be attorney general. She is the first African-American woman to hold the position.

Ms. Lynch, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York, was confirmed 56 to 43, with 10 Republicans voting for her.   Continue reading “Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch as Attorney General After Long Delay”

USA Today – by John Bacon

A volunteer Oklahoma deputy charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to second-degree manslaughter and won approval for a controversial family vacation.

A Tulsa judge ordered Reserve Deputy Robert Bates, 73, to return to court July 2 — but approved his request to first vacation in the Bahamas.   Continue reading “Volunteer Oklahoma deputy pleads not guilty, heads to Bahamas”

North Baltimore Patch – by Elizabeth Janney

Six officers are suspended related to the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore’s Deputy Police Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez said at a press conference Monday.

Gray is the 25-year-old Baltimore man who died Sunday from a spinal cord injury, one week after he was taken into police custody.

“As this investigation continues, we will take corrective action whenever and wherever it is necessary,” Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said during Monday’s press conference.   Continue reading “Baltimore Police: 6 Officers Suspended After Freddie Gray Death”

Earth Justice – by David Guest

From the perpetually busy “We Are Not Making This Up Department” here at the Florida Earthjustice office, we bring you an odd news item: It seems that opponents who don’t want the state to buy Everglades conservation land from Big Sugar actually hired actors to pretend to be protesters outside a government meeting.

The actor-protesters were exposed when a political group called Progress Florida released a screen shot of a local acting association’s “help wanted” posting on Facebook, offering $75 a day for folks to pose as protesters. The ad called for “Background Talent” and spelled out the job:   Continue reading “Caught in the Act: Anti-Conservation Forces Hire Actors for Fake Everglades Protest”

Hudson Reporter – by Art Schwartz

Harmony Foundation in Secaucus is one of six Medicinal Marijuana Alternative Treatment Centers (ATCs) authorized in March 2011 to grow and dispense the herb in New Jersey – two each in the northern, central and southern regions of the state.

Yet, here it is almost four years later, and the facility at 600 Meadowlands Parkway is still vacant. In fact, a peek inside the glass doors reveals a gutted interior, waiting for construction work. What gives?   Continue reading “Medical marijuana coming to Hudson County”

AOL – by JESSICA GRESKO

The last man to shoot an American president now spends most of the year in a house overlooking the 13th hole of a golf course in a gated community.

He likes taking walks, plays guitar and paints, eats at Wendy’s and drives around in a Toyota. Often, as if to avoid detection, he puts on a hat or visor before going out.

John Hinckley Jr. lives much of the year like any average Joe: shopping, eating out, watching movies.   Continue reading “Reagan shooter finds rejection, indifference in future home”

Washington Post – by Spencer S. Hsu

The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal defendants over more than a two-decade period before 2000.

Of 28 examiners with the FBI Laboratory’s microscopic hair comparison unit, 26 overstated forensic matches in ways that favored prosecutors in more than 95 percent of the 268 trials reviewed so far, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and the Innocence Project, which are assisting the government with the country’s largest post-conviction review of questioned forensic evidence.   Continue reading “FBI overstated forensic hair matches in nearly all trials before 2000”

Time – by Olivia B. Waxman

Not available in bars…yet

The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission recently approved the use of recycled sewage water to brew beer, the Oregon Public Broadcasting’s environmental news organization EarthFix reports.

Brewed via a purification process developed by Oregon’s Clean Water Services, the beer would not be available for commercial or retail use, and the finished product would still need to undergo tests to make sure it is safe to drink. And it won’t be on tap at any bars. It would only be served at tasting events hosted by its manufacturers, the home brewing club Oregon Brew Crew, and other water professional society functions.   Continue reading “Oregon Regulators Approve Plans to Make Beer Out of Sewage Water”

Change.org

My name is Charlesetta Taylor and I live on the north side of St. Louis.  I’m 79-years-old and grew up in the well-kept home I currently live in and love, which has housed three generations of my family. Our lovely home saw a total of 13 children, including my 4 cousins who lived with us, grow from childhood to adulthood.

But my home and the homes of my 46 neighbors are threatened with destruction.  The city wants to give my community to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) for its relocation.   Continue reading “Help save my longtime family home.”