Tag: Politics

Takeaways from AP investigation into police training on the risks of handcuffing someone facedown

For decades, police across the United States have been warned that the common tactic of handcuffing someone facedown…

Risks of handcuffing someone facedown long known; people die when police training fails to keep up

For decades, police across the United States have been warned that the common tactic of handcuffing someone facedown…

AP Investigation: In hundreds of deadly police encounters, officers broke multiple safety guidelines

In hundreds of deaths where police used force meant to stop someone without killing them, officers violated well-known…

Watchdog finds Mounties failed to properly investigate Indigenous woman's death — twice | CBC News

More than two decades after her body was found at the side of a road, the RCMP has agreed…

U.S. orders Chinese-backed crypto miner to sell land near nuclear missile base

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks at the Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United…

Arizona's high court is allowing the attorney general 90 more days on her abortion ban strategy

PHOENIX -- Arizona's highest court on Monday gave the state's attorney general another 90 days to decide further…

Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release

BANGKOK -- The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for reporting on…

Families still looking for missing loved ones after devastating Afghanistan floods killed scores

ISLAMABAD -- When he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week, farmer Abdul…

Families suing over 2021 jet fuel leak into Navy drinking water in Hawaii seek $225K to $1.25M

HONOLULU -- A lawyer representing U.S. military families suing over a 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy…

Wisconsin Senate plans to vote on overriding Evers veto of PFAS funding, other bills

MADISON, Wis. -- Republicans said Monday that the state Senate would vote to override up to 36 of…

Mississippi governor signs law restricting transgender people's use of bathrooms and locker rooms

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he has signed a new law regulating transgender…

Amazon-backed Anthropic launches its Claude AI chatbot across Europe

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesAnthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Amazon, said Monday it's launching…