U.S. sends team to probe fatal Tesla crash with no driver
DETROIT — Federal safety regulators have sent a team to investigate the fatal crash of a Tesla in a Houston suburb in which local authorities say no one was behind the wheel. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it has sent a Special Crash Investigation team to Spring,...
Insurer to pay $8M to Black man paralyzed by Iowa officer
IOWA CITY, Iowa — An insurance company for the City of Cedar Rapids will pay $8 million to a Black motorist who was paralyzed after a white police officer shot him during a 2016 traffic stop, both sides announced Monday. The payout will settle a long-running lawsuit brought by Jerime...
Prosecutor: FedEx shooter didn’t have ‘red flag’ hearing
INDIANAPOLIS — A former FedEx employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis never appeared before a judge for a hearing under Indiana’s “red flag” law, even after his mother called police last year to say her son might commit “suicide by cop,” a prosecutor...
Oregon gun storage law would be among toughest in U.S.
SALEM, Ore. — A proposed gun storage law that would be among the toughest in the U.S. is headed for a vote Monday in the Oregon Legislature, with backers saying it will save lives and opponents contending it could lead to deaths. Hundreds of people have testified about the measure,...
4/20 munchies? Gobbleritos on the menu at Mad Mex
You’ve heard of Christmas in July. How about Thanksgiving in April? Mad Mex, the regional restaurant with 12 locations in the Pittsburgh region, will be selling its signature Gobbleritos on Tuesday. The Gobblerito is among the biggest burritos crafted at Mad Mex, the flagship of Big Burrito Restaurant Group, and...
UN experts slam U.K. report for repackaging ‘racist tropes’
LONDON — A body of experts that advises the United Nations on human rights concerns has slammed a widely criticized British government-backed report that concluded there was no systemic racism in the country. The U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said Monday that it found it...
74-year-old man dies while skydiving in Monroe County
A 74-year-old man was killed in a skydiving accident in Monroe County on Sunday morning. Ed Harney, of Paramus, N.J., was found dead in a wooded area in Smithfield Township, near East Stroudsburg, WNEP is reporting. According to reports, Harney’s parachute opened, but it got separated from him during his...
India’s capital to lock down amid explosive coronavirus surgeVideo
NEW DELHI — New Delhi imposed a weeklong lockdown Monday night to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital’s health system, which authorities said had been pushed to its limit amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases. In scenes familiar from surges elsewhere, ambulances catapulted from one hospital to another,...
NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the thin air Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. The triumph was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment. The mini 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) copter named Ingenuity, in fact, carried a bit of...
Officials: Hunger-striking Navalny to go to prison hospital
MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, will be admitted to a hospital in another prison, the Russian state penitentiary service said Monday, after the politician’s doctor said he could be near death. The prison service, FSIN, also said that...
Maryland’s Ocean City seeks to shush the boardwalk a little
OCEAN CITY, Md. — The Town of Ocean City is considering a new noise ordinance this week to tighten up on loud music and shouting on its iconic boardwalk. The town council will take up discussion at its meeting Monday on the proposal, which limits noise from speakers, radios, or...
U.S. warns Russia of ‘consequences’ if Putin critic Alexei Navalny diesVideo
The United States warned Russia of “consequences” if jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies, deepening the conflict over the dissident who has already survived an alleged assassination attempt and is now engaged in the third week of a hunger strike. Navalny’s supporters on Sunday called for demonstrations across Russia on...
New conservative group would save ‘Anglo-Saxon’ traditions
WASHINGTON — Hard-right House Republicans on Friday were discussing forming an America First Caucus, which one document described as championing “Anglo-Saxon political traditions” and warning that mass immigration was putting the “unique identity” of the U.S. at risk. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the paper, which was first...
Half of U.S. adults have received at least one covid-19 shotVideo
WASHINGTON — Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one covid-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign but leaving more work to do to persuade skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves. Almost 130 million people 18 or...
Michigan governor says covid-19 infections could be droppingVideo
LANSING, Mich. — After leading the nation’s covid-19 daily case rate for weeks, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Sunday that Michigan could be seeing a drop in infections. Whitmer has extended a pandemic order that limits business capacity and requires masks in public, but the Democrat has avoided further restrictions in...
There’s a new, extra-potent meth invading metro Detroit — and it’s more deadly
DETROIT — A new, extra-potent methamphetamine is growing increasingly popular in Michigan and — unlike past iterations of the highly addictive stimulant — more of it’s showing up in urban areas including metro Detroit, law enforcement officials said. Adding to the level of danger associated with the drug: evidence it’s...
Sunbury woman convicted of lying to police in child death case
SUNBURY — A central Pennsylvania jury has convicted a woman of lying to investigators in the 2019 beating death of a 3-year-old girl in which her son faces charges. The (Sunbury) Daily Item reports that 51-year-old Christy Willis of Sunbury proclaimed “I am innocent” while being led out of the...
Police: Suspect on the run in fatal shooting of 3 in TexasVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — A manhunt was underway Sunday for a former sheriff’s deputy wanted in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin, Texas, as an official said it wasn’t known if the suspect was still in the city. Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon said those who live near...
Half of U.S. adults now have received at least 1 covid shot
WASHINGTON — Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one covid-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign but leaving more work to do to convince skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves. Almost 130 million people 18 or...
Teen arrested on murder warrant in Nebraska mall shooting
OMAHA, Neb. — A teenage boy suspected in a shooting at a Nebraska mall that left one man dead and a woman injured was arrested Sunday on a murder warrant, police said. Omaha Police said 16-year-old Makhi Woolridge-Jones is facing a first-degree murder charge in the shooting Saturday at the...
Board member sues powerful Hershey School, claims he’s being denied financial records
This article was produced in partnership with Spotlight PA, of which the Tribune-Review/TribLIVE is a partner, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Sign up for Spotlight PA’s free newsletters here. For over a year, lawyer Bob Heist, then-chairman of the Milton Hershey...
Suspect apprehended in fatal shooting at Wisconsin tavernVideo
KENOSHA, Wis. — Authorities say they have apprehended a person in connection with a shooting at a busy tavern in southeastern Wisconsin early Sunday that left three men dead and three men injured. Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sgt. David Wright said the suspect is facing a charge of first-degree...
Fauci says he expects J&J vaccine to resume later this week
WASHINGTON — The United States will likely move to resume Johnson & Johnson’s covid-19 vaccine this coming week, possibly with restrictions or broader warnings after reports of some very rare blood clot cases, the government’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday. Dr. Anthony Fauci, in a series of news show...
Some Jan. 6 defendants try to use journalism as riot defense
The Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January created a trove of self-incriminating evidence, thoroughly documenting their actions and words in videos and social media posts. Now some of the camera-toting people in the crowd are claiming they were only there to record history as journalists, not to...
Police: FedEx shooter legally bought guns used in shooting
INDIANAPOLIS — The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis legally purchased the two assault rifles used in the attack despite red flag laws designed to prevent that, police said. A trace of the two guns found by investigators at the scene revealed...
