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Judge ends Hartford police consent decree despite concerns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A judge has ended the nearly 50 years of federal oversight of police in Hartford, Connecticut, despite continued concerns the department still has not hired enough minority officers to reflect the city’s large Black and Hispanic populations.U.S. District Judge Kari Dooley in Bridgeport issued a 10-page ruling late Friday saying the plaintiffs failed to prove the police department was violating any part of the original 1973 consent decree agreement or revisions made to it in 2010. Dooley approved the city’s request to dissolve the consent decree, which was to have ended four years after the 2010 revisions but was later extended.The consent decree was one of the longest in the country and resulted from a 1969 civil rights lawsuit against city police by several Hartford residents. The lawsuit accused police of inflicting numerous acts of violence, intimidation and humiliation upon Hartford citizens based on their race and ethnicity. Sydney Schulman, a...

Review: ‘Koresh’ drills down on dark chapter in US history

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — “Koresh: The True story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco,” by Stephan Talty (Mariner Books)Thirty years ago, on April 19, 1993, after a 51-day siege by federal agents, the Branch Davidian complex in Waco erupted in flames, leading to the deaths of 76 people.The murky circumstances and conflicting accounts about the siege and how it ended have led to decades of lore and misinformation. Several projects timed around the 30th anniversary aim to revisit the events of the seige, including a Netflix documentary “Waco: American Apocolypse” and a Showtime dramatized series “Waco: The Aftermath.” In his book, Talty goes further back to trace the Branch Davidian movement from the beginning and examine the life of Koresh himself.Born Vernon Wayne Howell in 1959, Koresh was an unhappy and abused child who became obsessed with the bible and thought he heard the voice of God. As an adult, he increasingly took control of an existing sect of the Seventh Day Adventists called ...

Burrow, Bengals begin offseason workouts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow walked through the Cincinnati Bengals locker room on Monday with the same confident stroll he often displays on game day.Burrow, sporting a headband, smiled and joked with his teammates. The two-time defending AFC North champion Bengals were officially back to work.Cincinnati held its first day of offseason workouts on Monday, and Burrow led the way.Less than three months after a 2022 season that included setting single-season franchise records for completed passes (414), pass attempts (606) and passing touchdowns (35), the 2021 AP Comeback Player of the Year looked primed to pick up where he left off a season ago.“I feel good about Joe,” fifth-year Bengals coach Zac Taylor said. “I see him around the building often times. I think he’s got a great process that he goes through in spring time.”To help with that process and to better equip Burrow and the Bengals to get over the hump and capture the franchise’s first Super Bowl win, Taylor and the Cincinnati...

1 victim found after shooting near Leetsdale and Quebec

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A woman has been taken to the hospital and described as a victim after a shooting in southeast Denver.The Denver Police Department tweeted about the shooting around 1:45 p.m. on Monday. 5 of the most high-profile criminals in Colorado supermax prison DPD said the shooting happened at the intersection of Leetsdale Drive and Quebec Street.Details about the woman's injuries were not released, but at 2:11 p.m. DPD said Quebec Street was closed north of the intersection.DPD also did not release any information about a suspect.

Hail and rain cause outages in Broward, Miami-Dade counties; comfort stations set up in Fort Lauderdale to help people displaced

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

Nasty weather has become a nuisance for neighborhoods. Another round of storms soaked South Florida Monday, following a wet week. In Miramar, a 7News viewer captured hail that fell in the afternoon. Not too far away, there were downed power lines in Pembroke Pines. Power lines in the area of Flamingo and Washington were toppled by the wind and rain. The storms forced a ground stop and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, which has been reeling from historic flooding last week, which shut down the airport for days. Delays grew Monday afternoon as airlines tried to catch up. According to Florida Power and Light, there were 2,262 outages in Broward County and 806 outages in Miami-Dade County, as of 4 p.m. In Fort Lauderdale, the sun began to shine after hours of constant rain. “This is really devastating,” said Annie Figueroa whose home flooded last week. “This is the first time it happened, and I’ve been here for 45 years. There will be like floodin...

Crews work to fix broken water main in Fort Lauderdale

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

Some Broward County residents have some water woes after a reported water main break. City crews worked around the clock to fix the issue in the area of Flagler Village, Monday. Authorities closed all lanes along Andrews Avenue between Broward Boulevard and Northwest to Northeast First Street. Customers in the area might experience low water pressure and other problems until repairs are made.

Alabama town mourns after 4 killed at teen birthday party

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Students in the tiny Alabama town of Dadeville wore their black and gold school colors Monday as they mourned two seniors were among four young people killed by gunfire at a Sweet 16 birthday party over the weekend.Less than six weeks from graduation, faculty, staff and students filed past flags at half-staff to meet counselors waiting to talk about the shooting, which also injured 28 at the Mahogany Masterpiece dance studio off the courthouse square. The school, with its 485 students in grades 6-12, is central to community life in Dadeville, population 3,200, where “Home of the Tigers” is painted on the water tower and local businesses sport signs proclaiming “This is Tiger Country.”Investigators were still trying to piece together what happened at the party, where numerous gunshots left the dance studio’s windows pocked with bullet holes. While police sought clues, others said they were tending the community’s heart.“It’s going to be a tough time for g...

12-year-old describes group’s rescue from water diversion tunnel in Auburn

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

Six children exploring in Auburn over the weekend had to be rescued by Auburn fire crews after they ventured into a town water diversion tunnel. After the incident, one of the children involved spoke with 7NEWS, describing the rescue and explaining how she and her friends ended up stuck. “It was kind of just all of a sudden,” 12-year-old Genevieve Robare said. “Like, one second, we’re just walking, and then the next we’re calling the police.”Robare and others in the group began walking along hiking trails at a local recreation complex. They eventually found themselves wading through waist-deep chilly water, venturing into a diversion tunnel in an area near Curtis Road. “We were really cold,” Robare said. “We were going numb. So, we kind of went in the tunnel to warm up a little bit.”Once in the tunnel, Robare said there were snakes and other items around them. “So, we didn’t really want to move,” she said.Robare said she knew ...

Manchester, NH police arrest man twice in one day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

A Manchester, NH man is facing charges after police said they arrested him twice in one day over the weekend. In a statement, Manchester police said they were first called around 1:50 a.m. Sunday following reports of an argument where they said Michael Caterson, 29, assaulted the other person involved. Police said Caterson was arrested and found to have an active warrant. He was then released on bail. Hours later, police said they found Caterson back at the same address on Rimmon Street where the first incident happened after he had been ordered to stay away. Caterson was arrested for a second time and charged with stalking and breach of bail, according to police. Caterson was scheduled to be arraigned on Monday.

Green Line service resumes between Arlington and Haymarket following service suspensions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

Regular Green Line service was restored between the MBTA’s Arlington and Haymarket stations following a pair of service suspensions as Boston Marathon crowds continued to let out.The MBTA originally announced service suspensions around 3:20 p.m., stating that service for eastbound Green Line trains would terminate at Arlington station, while Medford/Tufts and Union Square service was suspended at Haymarket.The MBTA informed riders that shuttle buses had been dispatched for service between Arlington and Back Bay in the meantime.“Riders are encouraged to use Orange Line between North Station and Back Bay for alternate service Downtown,” the transportation authority’s Twitter account stated.The announcements came as MBTA personnel continued to respond to a disabled train at Boylston station, with announced 15 minute delays extending into a full hour.The delays were announced as runners and spectators from the Boston Marathon continued to make their way home,...