The NYPD officer who placed Eric Garner in a chokehold in the moments before his death on a New York City Street five years ago was fired.
Author: John Bacon, USA TODAY
Gibraltar rejects US pressure; lets Iranian oil tanker set sail
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The death of Jeffrey Epstein: Fact, fiction, confusion and a warden reassigned
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Heat wave fuels ‘crazy heat, even for Mississippi’ and power demand record in Texas
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Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein found injured in jail, received medical care
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, was found injured in his Manhattanjail cell and received medical care.
The once-untouchable Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló: Can he survive?
Embattled Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s political crisis deepened,massive protests continued unabatedand calls for his ouster intensified.
Knee-deep flooding jams transit, swamps battered Brooklyn, darkens parts of New Jersey
Trains and planes were delayed while cars and pedestrians slogged through knee-deep water in Brooklyn as flooding swept through parts of the borough.
India launches ‘historic’ flight bound for the moon
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‘He must resign’: Thousands shut down Puerto Rico streets demanding Gov. Ricardo Rosselló step down
Thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets Monday asPuerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló clung to his job amid a deepening scandal.
El Chapo complained about New York jail. Let’s see how Supermax works out.
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán probably will find his more permanent federal digs at the “Supermax” in Colorado little more amenable than his NYC jail.