New Mexico opens door to new era of civil rights lawsuits

Efforts among a handful of states to hold police accountable for brutality and misconduct are expanding as New Mexico opens the door to civil rights lawsuits in state courts against government agencies

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Newspaper gunman was calm, quiet, even joked after arrest

Police say the man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper was calm, cooperative, did not seem confused and even joked about an erroneous media report following his arrest during interrogation

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Man claiming he was tortured into cop murder confession sues

A victim of torture by Chicago police officers under the command of convicted perjurer Jon Burge has filed a federal lawsuit against city officials and Cook County prosecutors

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Canadian Indigenous group says more graves found at new site

A First Nations group in British Columbia says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families

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Amazon says its carbon footprint grew 19% last year

Amazon says that its carbon footprint grew 19% last year as it rushed to deliver a surge of online orders during the pandemic

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Batteries exploding in burning abandoned Illinois building

Lithium batteries exploded loudly overnight inside a burning former paper mill in northern Illinois and fire officials have decided to let the blaze burn out because they fear trying to extinguish it could trigger more explosions

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Lawsuit: Officers killed innocent man in 'no knock' raid

A lawsuit accuses a St. Louis police SWAT team of killing an innocent man during a “no knock” raid at his home four years ago

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US and Iran show no move to put nuclear deal back on track

The United Nations, European Union and many Security Council members  are urging the United States and Iran to quickly put the 2015 nuclear deal aimed at reining in Tehran’s nuclear program back on track

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Judge who charged 3 marshals with contempt drops out of case

A federal judge in South Dakota who charged three members of the U.S. Marshals Service with contempt of court over a COVID-19 vaccination dispute has removed himself from the case after assigning an in-state attorney to prosecute

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Stories of survival keep hope alive as rescuers race clock

Stories of survival are kindling hopes that rescuers may find more people alive within the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo tower in Surfside, Florida

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Atlanta mayor: 2 officers ambushed, one wounded in shooting

Atlanta's mayor says two police officers responding to reports of gunfire in one of the city's busiest commercial districts were ambushed and one of them was shot and wounded

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California mother charged with murdering her 3 children

An East Los Angeles woman has been charged with killing her three children, including a baby, earlier this week

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England's Joe Root Still Has T20 World Cup Vision

Joe Root restated his white-ball credentials with an unbeaten 79 off 87 balls as England beat Sri Lanka in Tuesday's first one-day international at Chester-le-Street.

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