Judge won't dismiss charges against driver in trooper death
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A judge won't dismiss charges against a man accused of driving under the influence of marijuana and causing a crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike that killed a state trooper. In a ruling issued Wednesday, a Worcester judge denied a motion to dismiss several of the charges against 30-year-old David Njuguna (juh-GOO'-nyuh), of Webster. Njuguna has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and related offenses in the March 16 death of 44-year-old Trooper Thomas Clardy. ..>> view originalTennessee: 1st guilty plea of 16 indicted in gang crackdown
JACKSON, Tenn. — Federal prosecutors say the first of 16 alleged members of the Gangster Disciples street gang who were indicted in May on racketeering charges has pleaded guilty. The U.S. attorney's office in Jackson said Wednesday that 37-year-old Daniel Lee Cole, also known as "D-Money," ordered acts of violence against gang members, issued operational orders and sold drugs for the Gangster Disciples. Prosecutors say Cole acknowledged in a plea agreement that he was a past leader in a region..>> view originalDC police: Suspect says strangled actress killed herself
The D.C. actress and yoga instructor who disappeared Christmas Day and was later found dead in her car had her legs bound by a seat belt and exhibited signs of sexual assault, according to an arrest affidavit filed in court. Police said Tricia McCauley, 46, had been strangled and beaten, then stuffed in the rear of her white Scion iQ hatchback and concealed under several items. The man charged in her death, Adrian Duane Johnson, 29, did not know McCauley, police have said. Johnson told police t..>> view originalMinnesota officer reinstated after being fired for video
RICHFIELD, Minn. – An arbitrator has reinstated a Minnesota police officer who was fired after a Twitter video appeared to show him hitting a Somali-American teen last year. Richfield police say the arbitrator reversed Nate Kinsey's termination Wednesday. More on this... The Hennepin County Attorney's Office and a special prosecutor reviewed the case and declined to charge Kinsey. But the 10-year department veteran was fired after an internal investigation. Police Chief Jay Henthorne says th..>> view originalObama expands environmental legacy with 2 Western monuments
SALT LAKE CITY — President Barack Obama expanded his environmental legacy in the final days of his presidency with national monuments designations on lands in Utah and Nevada that have become flashpoints over use of public land in the U.S. West. The Bears Ears National Monument in Utah will cover 1.35 million acres in the Four Corners region, the White House announced Wednesday. In a victory for Native American tribes and conservationists, the designation protects land that is considered sacred..>> view originalDelaney sees hope for revival of his tax plan in Trump administration
Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) in his office on Capitol Hillin January 2015. (Andrew Harnik/For The Washington Post) Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) has been pushing a plan to use a one-time tax on accumulated overseas corporate profits to pay for infrastructure projects since he first ran for office in 2012, but without much success. Now with his political rivals poised to retain control of Congress and occupy the White House, Delaney’s repatriation tax proposal may find new life. “There’s been comm..>> view original8-year-old transgender boy ousted from N.J. Cub Scouts group
The family of an 8-year-old with an appetite for camping, hiking and barbecues says he was kicked out of a New Jersey Cub Scout pack because he was born a girl. When Joe Maldonado joined Pack 87 in Secaucus in late September — his transgender ...>> view originalTwo soldiers die in helicopter crash near Houston
LA PORTE, Texas, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Officials are launching an investigation into what caused an Apache attack helicopter to crash in Galveston Bay Wednesday afternoon, killing both soldiers aboard it. Two soldiers were killed Wednesday when an AH-64 Apache helicopter flying from Ellington Field went down in the bay, about 24 miles from Houston. A search was launched immediately for the two soldiers, whose bodies have not yet been recovered from the crash. "It is with our deepest sympathy we tell..>> view originalInnocent teenage victim of 2012 Tennessee gang shootout dies
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — An innocent teenage victim of a 2012 gang shootout in Tennessee has died after years of constant medical care. The Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2irCnPk ) that 17-year-old Keoshia Ford died on Tuesday. In 2012, Ford was playing outdoors when she was shot in the head during a shootout between two gang groups in Chattanooga, according to authorities. At the time she was 13. The newspaper says Ford needed a nurse's constant care for years, spending time i..>> view originalReligious Police Officers in New York Will Be Able to Wear Beards and Turbans
Under the revised policy, Commissioner James P. O’Neill said on Wednesday, officers who are granted a religious accommodation from the department’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office will be allowed to have beards that extend up to one-half inch from the face. The officers may also wear turbans — with a hat shield it affixed to it — in place of the traditional police cap. Photo New recruits of the New York Police Department on Wednesday celebrated their graduation from the Police Academy. Cr..>> view original
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