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Grand jury indicts 2 Va. deputies caught slamming 77-year-old into truck

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:26 GMT

Police body camera video of Virginia deputies showing them slamming a man into the back of a truck and taking him to the pavement to arrest him made national news last year.Now, a grand jury has indicted the men.A grand jury indicted Warren County Sheriff’s Deputy Tyler Poe for unlawful wounding and former deputy Zachary Fadley with malicious wounding for their actions following a traffic stop in April 2022.Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney Amy Ashworth, who is acting as special prosecutor on the case, confirmed the indictment.The indictment comes more than a year after Ralph Ennis’s family filed suit, claiming the deputies used excessive force against the 77-year-old Pennsylvania man who had early signs of dementia.Ennis refused to stop for nearly 4 miles before pulling over at a 7-Eleven in Front Royal. In the video, which came from a body camera worn by a Front Royal Police Department officer who observed Ennis’s April 2 arrest, one deputy runs up to...

McClanahan (7-0) sharp again as Rays blank Orioles 3-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:26 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Shane McClanahan pitched six impressive innings to become this season’s first seven-game winner, and Josh Lowe and Luke Raley homered to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a 3-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.In a matchup between the teams with the two best records in the American League, the Rays extended their AL East lead to 6 1/2 games. McClanahan (7-0) allowed four hits and four walks and struck out seven.Kyle Gibson (4-2) pitched well in defeat, allowing two runs in six-plus innings. Lowe hit a solo shot leading off the second and Raley added one in the ninth. Wander Franco hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh.Colin Poche and Kevin Kelly followed McClanahan for Tampa Bay, and Jason Adam struck out three in the ninth for his fourth save.The Orioles lost a series opener for the first time all season after winning their first 11. Baltimore’s schedule has been much tougher these last few days, and after losing two straight one-run games at At...

Family, judge give emotional statements in Letecia Stauch trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:26 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) -- Letecia Stauch was found guilty Monday of all counts related to murdering her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon.The counts include first-degree murder after deliberation, first-degree murder of a child under 12 years old by a person in a position of trust, tampering with a deceased human body and tampering with physical evidence. Letecia Stauch found guilty of murdering stepson Gannon, sentenced to life "The facts in this case are the most horrific I have ever seen. Your conduct in this case deserves the maximum punishment that I can impose under Colorado law," Judge Gregory Werner said.Before the sentencing, the family gave powerful impact statements, asking for the maximum sentence.Gannon's mother: 'You came into this world fighting'Gannon's mother, Landon Bullard, described him, saying, "Our first biggest blessing came into the world weighing only 1 pound and 6 ounces. You fought all the odds and developed a personality and a smile that's larger than...

Heat take 3-1 lead, hold off Knicks 109-101 for Game 4 win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:26 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler had 27 points and 10 assists, Bam Adebayo finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds and the Miami Heat moved a win away from their third trip to the Eastern Conference finals in the last four years by topping the New York Knicks 109-101 on Monday night.Max Strus scored 16 points, Kyle Lowry added 15 and Caleb Martin had 10 for the Heat. Miami, the No. 8 seed, leads the East semifinal series 3-1, with Game 5 — and the first potential clincher — awaiting in New York on Wednesday night.Jalen Brunson finished with 32 points and 11 assists for fifth-seeded New York, while RJ Barrett had 24 points and Julius Randle scored 20 for the Knicks before fouling out with about three minutes left.Miami missed 12 of its first 15 shots of the fourth quarter, but the Knicks didn’t take full advantage — trimming only three points off the Heat lead in that span. It was nine entering the fourth, and a pair of free throws by Brunson with 4:40 left got New York within 99-93.B...

Can’t get money from escrow

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:26 GMT

When she tried to sell her home, her association blocked it, till she made repairs to the structure. She did but they they still wouldn’t let her sell it. And that’s when the call went out to Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser.You may not know Alexandria’s face.Alexandria Crossman: “I could look into that for you right now.”But you might have heard her voice. Alexandria Crossman: “Customer relations. Customer service.”Whether its working at a hotel or for a credit card company, Alexandria loves people.Alexandria Crossman: “I love to meet new people, I love to talk to new people, and I’m friends with people for life that I’ve met in the hotel.”But when she bought her townhouse in 2017 at Hampton East, she met some people, she would never be friends with.Alexandria Crossman: “Ever since I addressed her in the HOA, the association’s meeting, that was it. That was it. She had her eyes set on me and she was nev...

From Trotsky to Brexit to Orbán’s attack dog: The man leading Hungary’s fightback against the EU

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:26 GMT

Viktor Orbán’s man in Brussels is a former Trotskyite who made his name backing leftist causes.In the 1980s, Frank Furedi was one of the U.K.’s most hardcore communists. By 2016, he was a Brexit-supporting contrarian fulminating against so-called cancel culture. Today, he’s pushing the Hungarian leader’s right-wing populist agenda in the heart of European politics.Furedi — born in Budapest but based for most of his life in England — leads the Brussels branch of Hungarian government-backed college Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC). His mission? Needling the EU establishment with which Budapest has often clashed over the rule of law.Since its launch last November, MCC Brussels has held events and published reports on topics ranging from EU technology regulation to history teaching to the Ukrainian war. The general tone is exactly what you’d expect from a college linked to Orbán: startups would be better far from the Berlaymont’s reach; history teachers are woke; the EU’...

Back with a sparkle: Eurovision returns to the UK

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:26 GMT

Frances Robinson is a freelance journalist based in London.Dust off your sequins and download the app — it’s Eurovision time again!Since the turn of the century, the Eurovision Song Contest has expanded into a week-long marathon; now with two semi-finals — the first to be held today and the other on Thursday — and a grand final, which will take place on Saturday, May 13.Some 37 countries are taking part this year, with 26 songs due to participate in the final, as the Continent’s extravaganza of glitter, dance routines and political intrigue returns to the United Kingdom, where the BBC is hosting on behalf of Ukraine.So, what can we expect?As always, there’s a cracking list of runners and riders, ticketing drama and — every true fan’s favorite — a voting system change. But before we get stuck into all that, a word about how Eurovision ended up in the Liverpool Arena.Traditionally, the previous year’s winner plays host to the contest, but last year, Kalush Orchestra’s performance of “...

Ode to (no) Joy! Is it time for a new EU anthem?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:26 GMT

It’s Europe Day, the one day of the year when all Europeans are “drunk with fire.”That’s not (necessarily) a reference to flaming sambucas but to “Ode to Joy,” the official anthem of the European Union, which begins:Joy, beautiful spark of Divinity,Daughter of Elysium,We enter, drunk with fire,Heavenly one, thy sanctuary!At this point, EU nerds are screaming, “There are no words to the EU anthem!” Fear not, we’ll get to that. But as Europe lurches from crisis to crisis and the bloc continues to grow, is it also time to reassess “Ode to Joy” as the appropriate musical rallying cry? Is there a better option?First, a history lesson.The poem “Ode to Joy” — “An die Freude” — was written by German poet Friedrich Schiller in 1785. Incidentally, Schiller’s play “Mary Stuart” features the line “The voice of the majority is no proof of justice,” variations of which we will undoubtedly hea...

EU targets Central Asia in drive to stop sanctioned goods reaching Russia  

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:26 GMT

Central Asian countries such as Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are the most likely first targets of a radical new EU proposal to stop Russia busting sanctions by importing the high-tech components required to wage war through its neighbors. The EU is moving toward its 11th package of sanctions against Russia to try to sap President Vladimir Putin’s military machine and, for the first time, its proposal will include counter-measures against countries helping Moscow dodge Brussels’ trade embargo. China and Turkey are the nations most often credited with throwing Russia an economic lifeline — but EU diplomats cautioned that Ankara and Beijing were not their immediate targets, and that measures against such significant geostrategic trade partners risked backfiring. Instead, three EU diplomats said the hope was that the EU’s impending proposals on sanctions circumvention would encourage Central Asian states to fall into line. The full 11th sanctions package could be unveiled...

New video shows former Weymouth police officer punching man while handcuffed in 2022 arrest

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:26 GMT

A now former Weymouth police officer has resigned from his job after he was caught on camera in an incident last year where police said he punched a handcuffed man 13 times in the head.Weymouth’s police chief said police body cameras and cruiser dash cameras rolling during the incident helped hold officer Justin Chappell accountable. Now, the chief is trying to make sure Chappell can’t work in law enforcement for a different department. Chappell was called to a home on July 2, 2022 for a report of a drunk man causing a disturbance. Investigators said there’s video of Chappell approaching the man. When the man didn’t follow orders to take his hands out of his pockets, Chappell hit him several times in the knees with a baton.Other officers arrived and cuffed the man. Video then showed the man refusing to get into a cruiser and screaming racial slurs.That’s when Chappell is accused of repeatedly punching the man. Chappell explained his actions in a police report, writing...