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Phoenix police officers punch, shock deaf Black man with cerebral palsy

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (PHOENIX, AZ) — A disabled Black man in Arizona faces multiple charges after a pair of Phoenix police officers punched him and shocked him with a stun gun. Tyron McAlpin, who is deaf and has cerebral palsy, faces charges of felony assault and resisting arrest. The incident, which took place on Aug. 19, was captured on both …

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Trump: ‘If I did’ talk to Putin, ‘it’s a smart thing’

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday declined to say if he’s been in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin since he left the White House but said it would have been smart if he had. “Well, I don’t comment on that, but I will tell you that if I did, it’s a smart thing,” Trump …

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Walz to campaign with Presidents Obama, Clinton in early-vote push: Sources

Jim Vondruska, Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, for the first time this cycle, will soon hit the campaign trail with former President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, according to a senior campaign official. The vice presidential nominee will be out with his party’s former standard bearers this week and next week in an effort …

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Pentagon grants honorable discharges to more than 800 veterans kicked out under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images The Pentagon on Tuesday granted honorable discharges to more than 800 veterans who were separated from the U.S. military because of their sexual orientation during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which was in effect from February 1994 to September 2011. More than 13,000 service members were kicked out under the policy, close to 2,000 …

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2 suspects arrested in mass shooting near Tennessee State University homecoming event

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Two suspects have been arrested in a mass shooting that left one person dead and nine injured near a Tennessee State University homecoming football game event over the weekend, including one alleged shooter who was carrying a high-powered assault-type rifle when he was caught, authorities said. Both men were arrested on charges of murder, according to the Metropolitan …

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Santa Monica College employee shot in ‘workplace violence incident,’ suspect at large: Police

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images A suspect remains at large after a shooting at a California college critically injured an employee, school police said. The shooting occurred at the Center for Media and Design, a Santa Monica College satellite, in Santa Monica shortly before 10 p.m. local time, school police said. The shooting was “a workplace violence incident, not a …

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92 unaccounted for in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, ‘dangerous flow of misinformation’ ongoing: Governor

Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Ninety-two people remain unaccounted for in hard-hit North Carolina in the wake of the “catastrophic disaster” left behind by Hurricane Helene, Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday. The number will continue to fluctuate as new reports come in and other reports are resolved, Cooper said. This comes as North Carolina continues to face “a persistent and dangerous flow …

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Trump again asks appeals court to move New York hush money case to federal court

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has again asked an appeals court to transfer his New York criminal hush money case to federal court, reigniting an effort to stall his sentencing or throw out his conviction on 34 felony courts. In a filing on late Monday, Trump’s lawyers asked the New York-based U.S. Court of Appeals …

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This is how long hunting season for black bears lasts in New Jersey

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW JERSEY) —  Bear hunting season has begun in New Jersey – a controversial decision that state officials say is intended to curb the population of black bears interacting with humans. Segment A of bear hunting season began on Monday and will last through Oct. 19, with the first three days open for bowhunters only. The final …

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