The Orlando Police Department was among more than 200 law enforcement agencies to join a training program designed to improve police culture and prevent misconduct. Last month, Orlando became the first department to get kicked out of the program, developed by Georgetown Law’s Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement, or ABLE, project.
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – Plans to take down a memorial at the suburban Minneapolis intersection where Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer are on hold after his family complained.
TAIPEI, Taiwan – China banned most people from leaving a coronavirus-hit northeastern province and mobilized military reservists Monday as the fastspreading “stealth omicron” variant fuels the country’s biggest outbreak since the start of the pandemic two years ago.
PRZEMYSL, Poland – As Russia’s war in Ukraine becomes a grim new reality for millions of Ukrainians, the tens of thousands who make the increasingly treacherous journey toward safety in the European Union each day are left with no sense of when – or if – they’ll ever return home.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The trial for four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that was scheduled to resume Monday has been postponed at least until Thursday because an essential participant tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Pottawatomie County Board of County Commissioners, during a meeting Thursday, approved the Economic Development Oversight Committee's funding of about $68,000 for a railway project for Bison Metals Technologies.
MARIUPOL, Ukraine – A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, the Associated Press has learned. Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance on a stretcher had circled the world, epitomizing the horror of an attack on humanity’s most innocent.
In compliance with state law, some changes were made recently that allow Shawnee’s city manager more wiggle room to make pricier budgeted purchases without City Commission approval. Shawnee Assistant Finance Director Jacob Bussell said House Bill 2862 from the Oklahoma State Legislature modified state law so that the threshold for competitive bidding increased from $50,000 to $100,000 for municipalities.
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a virtual address to U.S. Congress this week as the Russian war on his country intensifies.
Shooting outside Chicago pizza shop leaves 7 men wounded CHICAGO – A shooting outside a pizza shop on Chicago’s South Side has left seven men wounded, authorities said. The men were standing near the street Sunday afternoon when they were shot, police said.