In response to a public records request by The Oaklandside, the department argued today that Martin's death did not happen during a "critical incident," and is therefore not subject to state laws governing the release of police body camera footage. The decision was made by Acting Police Chief James Beere. Beere determined that, under the state Public Records Act's public-interest balancing test exemption, and because the Community Police Review Agency, or CPRA, is investigating the incident, the video and audio recordings may be kept secret.
A Massachusetts State Police trooper arrested last week is facing charges related to a domestic assault on a child, local police said. State Trooper Michael Gagnon, of Plympton, was arrested Nov. 25 and was arraigned on charges of domestic assault and battery and aggravated assault on a child under 14 years of age, according to Plympton police. In a statement, a spokesperson for the State Police said Gagnon was relieved of duty and suspended without pay.
Curtis, a senior at Nashville (Tennessee) Christian School, is the No. 5 overall recruit in the 2026 ESPN 300. Multiple sources told ESPN earlier on Tuesday that Curtis' intention was to commit to the hometown Commodores during this week's earlier signing period before closing his high school career at Nashville Christian School in the Division II-A state championship Thursday night.
Fitzgerald will make $5 million guaranteed in his first year and will be paid at least $500,000 more in each of the following four seasons. If he helps Michigan State win seven games in any of his first three seasons, an extra year and $500,000 will be added to his contract. If the Spartans simply win six games or more in the regular season, he will earn a $500,000 bonus; seven wins would give him an additional $1 million and an eight-win season would trigger a $1.5 million bonus.
Three people died in a Florida boating incident on Saturday, officials said. Emergency personnel responded to the "incident" involving a 39-foot vessel on the Caloosahatchee River near the Cape Coral Yacht Club that day, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wrote in a statement, providing no additional information on what exactly occurred. Three of the four occupants were transported to a local
"The article discussed peers using teasing as a way to enforce gender norms. I do not necessarily see this as a problem. God made male and female and made us differently from each other on purpose and for a purpose. God is very intentional with what He makes, and I believe trying to change that would only do more harm," Fulnecky wrote. "Overall, reading articles such as this one encourage [ sic] me to one day raise my children knowing that they have a Heavenly Father who loves them and cherishes them deeply and that having their identity firmly rooted in who He is will give them the satisfaction and acceptance that the world can never provide for them."
Walshe is standing trial for allegedly killing his wife, Ana, on New Year's Day 2023. Prosecutors say he dismembered her body and dumped her remains in dumpsters around the region, including one near his mother's home. Investigators never found her body. In the days after her disappearance, they say Walshe repeatedly misled police as searches stretched from the couple's Cohasset neighborhood to Washington, D.C., where Ana worked.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... OAKLAND BART suffered major delays Monday night after a person died on a train in Oakland, officials said. The incident was reported around 6:15 p.m. at the West Oakland station. The Alameda County Coroner's Office was called to the scene, said BART spokesperson Michelle Robertson, adding that foul play is not suspected in the death. No other details about the incident were released.
One person died in a single-vehicle crash in Tewksbury on Sunday. Around 9:30 p.m., Tewksbury police received a report of a crash on Main Street underneath the Route 495 overpass. Upon arrival at the scene, police said they discovered a gray SUV with heavy damage, resting on its side against the bridge. The Tewksbury Fire Department removed the driver from the vehicle. There were no other passengers or people involved in the crash.
Lee was a pillar in Ole Miss' LGBTQ+ community, known for his creative fashion and makeup, and for performing as drag queen Jay Divaa in Oxford's drag night. At just 20 years old, he had already graduated from the university and was pursuing a masters degree. Police believed that Lee, who was 20 at the time of his death, was murdered, but the whereabouts of his body were unknown.
A Rockport man died in a pedestrian crash in Gloucester on Tuesday. Around 5:40 a.m., Gloucester police and fire personnel responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Rogers Street near Manuel F. Lewis Street, Gloucester police wrote in a statement. Upon arriving at the scene, police observed the male pedestrian had sustained serious injuries.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
Dingmans Ferry -- It's a little narrow. A little bumpy. And it's a pivotal part of this community. The Dingmans Ferry Bridge connecting Pennsylvania and New Jersey has been helping commuters and tourists get across the Delaware River for more than a century. The span connects Pike and Sussex Counties in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a scenic 40 mile forested stretch along the Delaware River.
A bicyclist killed last week in a Tahoe-area crash has been identified as a Lafayette man. James Booth, 42, died Friday, Nov. 28, after a collision with a car on Mount Rose Highway, the Washoe County medical examiner's office said. The crash was reported around 12:25 p.m. near milepost 17, in the Galena Creek area, the Nevada Highway Patrol said. Both lanes of the highway, which runs between Reno and Incline Village, were closed in the aftermath of the crash.
Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands. The government shutdown ended a while ago, but there's been at least one lingering effect: a lack of inflation data. The last CPI report was for September and released way back on October 24. November's inflation report - sorry October, we'll catch you next year - was scheduled to drop December 10, but got bumped to December 18. But who wants to wait another two-plus weeks?
Painter said that the bullet is lodged in McFarlane's spine at the level of L4 and is in-operable, meaning it cannot be removed. This has affected his ability to walk, as well as his bowel and bladder function. He now requires "intensive physical therapy" and is not able to work to support himself or his pets for the "foreseeable future."
An AC Transit bus careened into an East Oakland auto repair shop on Tuesday, leaving at least nine people hospitalized with minor injuries. The crash happened around 1:15 p.m. as the bus was heading toward downtown Oakland on Foothill Boulevard near 68th Avenue, according to AC Transit spokesman Robert Lyles. A white SUV crossed in front of the bus at the intersection, causing the two vehicles to collide before the bus jumped a curb and slammed into All Bout Cars Auto Body & Repair, he said.
2000Thousands of Starbucks baristas are on strike across the US, warning the world's largest coffee chain to brace for the longest and biggest bout of industrial action in its history. Barely a year after Brian Niccol, the Starbucks CEO, tried to draw a line under bitter divisions between its management and unionized workers, pledging to engage constructively with them, the American coffee giant is now grappling with an escalating strike during its lucrative holiday trading season.
NEW YORK -- The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $740 million for Monday's drawing. There were no big winners in Saturday's drawing. The winning numbers in that drawing were: 19-22-30-32-59 and the Powerball was 1. The jackpot has not been won since Sept. 6 when two tickets in Missouri and Texas split $1.787 billion. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is promising big changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which currently helps almost 42 million Americans buy groceries. In recent media appearances she said attention on SNAP during the government shutdown "has given us a platform to completely deconstruct the program" and said details about structural changes to the program would be released this week.
The rare shooting of National Guard members, on the day before Thanksgiving, comes as the presence of the troops in the nation's capital and other cities around the country has been a flashpoint issue for months, fueling court fights and a broader public policy debate about the Trump administration's use of the military to combat what officials cast as an out-of-control crime problem.
Geyser was 12 in 2014 when she pleaded guilty to stabbing a sixth-grade classmate to appease the mythical Slender Man. Geyser, now 23, was picked up 24 hours later 100 miles away at a truck stop outside Chicago in the company of 43-year-old Chad Charley Mecca, a transgender woman. She had cut off her monitoring ankle bracelet. Mecca said in a phone call to the Wisconsin news outlet WKOW, she ran because of me.
