Monthly Archives: November 2017

ESPN eliminating 150 studio, production jobs in latest round of layoffs

Chicago Tribune-1 hour ago

When ESPN went on the air in September 1979, there was no running water for the couple of dozen employees at the Bristol headquarters, and …

Tampa serial killer suspect used same gun in 4 killings, police say
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NFL Players Coalition fractures over proposed social justice donations …

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1 hour ago – The NFL submitted a proposal Monday to donate nearly $100 million to social justice organizations in an ongoing effort to persuade players to …

U.S. court revives lawsuit by mom of state trooper accidentally killed by firearms instructor

Updated Nov 28, 9:30 PM; Posted Nov 28, 2:33 PM

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Video captures troopers discussing quota for drunken driving arrests, lawsuit claims

November 27, 2017

Peter Hall Of The Morning Call

The video taken by a dashboard camera shows two Pennsylvania State Police troopers discussing which one of them should get credit for arresting a man on suspicion of driving under the influence because they both need their “20 for the month,” is evidence of a “quota system” for DUI arrests, a federal civil rights lawsuit claims.

Without performing roadside sobriety tests to establish probable cause in a May 2015 arrest in the parking lot of a bar near Lehighton, troopers speculated whether the suspect sitting in the back of a cruiser was “DUI,” the suit alleges.

One trooper asked another, “You mind if I take this?” adding, “I need my 20 for the month,” the video shows.

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Justices Take Up Free Speech Case Of Anti-Police Rap Lyrics

November 28, 2017 11:05 AM By Jon Delano

HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — They call themselves “gangsta rappers,” but Jamal Knox and Rashee Beasley may have crossed the line between protected free speech, and terroristic threats and intimidation when they called out two Pittsburgh police officers by name in a rap song.

The lyrics were clear, “Let’s kill these cops, ’cause they don’t do us no good, pullin’ your Glock out ’cause I live in the hood.” Continue reading →

November 28, 2017 6:55 AM

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A new report on pension costs in Pennsylvania shows retired educators collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars. Continue reading →

A 14-year-old Somali refugee raped two Utah women in 2011. Six years later, a judge gives him probation instead of prison time.

“I was a monster,” now-20-year-old Mohammed Ali Mohammed tells judge.

By Jessica Miller  /  http://www.sltrib.com

November 27, 2017

As he stood at the courtroom podium Monday morning, his hands and legs shackled together, 20-year-old Mohammed Ali Mohammed admitted he did “very, very horrible things” six years ago.

At age 14, the Somali refugee sexually assaulted two women at knifepoint Continue reading →

Manhunt ends with capture of New Kensington police murder suspect at Pittsburgh home

Rahmael Holt 

Police say Rahmael Holt is charged with fatally shooting New Kensington Police Officer Brian Shaw after running from a car during an attempted traffic stop.

Updated: 6:14 PM EST Nov 21, 2017

PITTSBURGH — http://www.wtae.com

After a four-day manhunt involving several local and federal law enforcement departments, the suspect in the shooting death of New Kensington Police Officer Brian Shaw was taken into custody without incident early Tuesday morning. Continue reading →