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(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) -- Opening arguments in the trial of Christopher Schurr, the former Grand Rapids police officer who is charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya, began in a Michigan courtroom on Monday morning. The trial began three years after the Black motorist's death.Schurr was charged with second-degree murder in June 2022 and his appeal was denied by the Michigan Supreme Court in December 2024. He […]

(CLEARWATER, FL) -- One person was killed and 12 people were injured when a boat struck the Clearwater Ferry in Clearwater, Florida, on Sunday evening.All of the injured individuals were people on the ferry, according to the Clearwater Police Department. BayCare Health System said it received a total of nine patients on Sunday night at three of their hospitals, and said Monday all but one have been treated and released.There […]

Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Attorneys for the Department of Justice argued at a hearing Monday that the deportation last month of four alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador did not violate a court order.Justice Department lawyers argued that the removal of the four alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua did not violate a court order barring the removal of noncitizens to countries other than their […]

(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) -- Opening arguments in the trial of Christopher Schurr, the former Grand Rapids police officer who is charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya, began in a Michigan courtroom on Monday morning. The trial began three years after the Black motorist’s death.A jury was sworn in on Wednesday, with jurors and alternates consisting of four men and 10 women, with 10 white […]

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Karen Read’s petition for certiorari, and therefore will not review her case.Read had asked the Supreme Court to intervene in her case, arguing double jeopardy after the jurors allegedly agreed on acquittal for two charges in her first trial.Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, in January 2022. Prosecutors alleged Read hit O'Keefe with her vehicle […]

(NEW YORK) -- More than 36 million Americans are on alert for severe weather in the Upper Midwest, with thunderstorms, large hail and a tornado outbreak possible starting Monday.On Sunday, 10 tornadoes and hail larger than a baseball were reported in western Nebraska. Near Hyannis, Nebraska, a train was derailed by a tornado, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.Additionally, locations in both Texas and South Dakota reported wind gusts reaching 75 mph.The […]

Columbia County Deputy Brandon Sikes, a crime suppression officer with the department since 2018, was killed during a standoff along Interstate 20, according to Columbia County Sheriff Clay N. Whittle on Sunday.Sikes is survived by his wife, Amber, who is also an employee of the sheriff’s office in Columbia County, Georgia.Another deputy, Gavin White, who is also a crime suppression offering, was shot during the incident and taken to the […]

KCFD (KANSAS CITY, MI) -- In what officials called "a senseless act," a paramedic Graham Hoffman, 29 years old, had been with the Kansas City Fire Department since 2022."Early Sunday morning, Firefighter Hoffman was critically injured after being stabbed in the chest, piercing his heart, while transporting a patient to a local hospital on what began as a routine medical call from the police," a statement from the city said. […]

(CLEARWATER, FL) -- One person was killed and multiple people were injured when a boat struck the Clearwater Ferry in Clearwater, Florida, on Sunday evening.All of the injured individuals were people on the ferry, according to the Clearwater Police Department.There were 45 people aboard the ferry, including two crew members, when it was hit by a passing boat, police said."It’s been declared a mass casualty incident by the fire department […]