Georgia city settles suit over 2017 death in police custody

A local government in Georgia has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a Hispanic man who died in a struggle with police officers 2017

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UN: Colombia peace deal is chance to tackle protest issues

The U.N. special envoy for Colombia is calling on Colombian society to use the 2016 peace agreement between the government and the country’s largest rebel group as an opportunity to address many longstanding issues that provoked recent protests and unrest

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Ousted Milwaukee police chief reaches settlement with city

Ousted Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales has reached a tentative settlement with city officials over his demotion

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DuPont, spinoffs to pay $50M for 'forever chemical' cleanup

The Delaware Department of Justice says DuPont Co. and two spinoffs will pay at least $50 million to Delaware to help clean up toxic chemicals

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Ex-St. Louis cop sentenced in beating of undercover officer

A former St. Louis police officer has been sentenced to more than four years in prison in the beating of a Black, undercover officer during a protest in St. Louis

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Mental competency of woman in anti-Asian assault questioned

A prosecutor has raised questions about the mental competency about a woman who is jailed on racial bias charges and other allegations after being accused of striking a 6-year-old Asian boy at an upscale Las Vegas mall

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Feds will keep definition of metro at 50,000-person minimum

Facing criticism from small cities that feared losing status and funding, the federal government says that it won’t raise the population threshold for what qualifies as a metro area

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California men plead guilty in Florida to $1.3B fraud scam

Two more California men have pleaded guilty in South Florida for their roles in a $1.3 billion real estate fraud scheme that stole money from thousands of investors nationwide

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Struck by broken power pole, 4 first responders injured

Officials say a Georgia police officer and three firefighters were injured after being struck by a broken power pole

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Appeals court: Dealers can sell handguns to 18-year-olds

An appeals court has ruled that a federal law banning licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults between age 18 and 21 is unconstitutional

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Oregon heat wave victims older, lived alone, had no AC

A preliminary report released Tuesday in Portland, Oregon, found most people who perished in last month's record-smashing heat wave were white, male, older and socially isolated

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Expert: Newspaper gunman criminally responsible for attack

A forensic psychiatrist says the man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper understood the criminality of his actions at the time of his attack

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Affidavit: Officer used Taser without warning on 75-year-old

Court documents say a Colorado police officer used a Taser on a 75-year-old man less than a minute after he answered his door with a “Hawaiian sword” but after he put down the weapon

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