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Derek Chauvin again appeals federal conviction, citing new evidence in George Floyd’s death

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:41:03 GMT

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is making another attempt to overturn his federal civil rights conviction in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, saying new evidence shows that he didn’t cause Floyd’s death.In a motion filed in federal court Monday, Chauvin said he never would have pleaded guilty to the charge in 2021 if he had known about the theories of a Kansas forensic pathologist with whom he began corresponding in February. Chauvin is asking the judge who presided over his trial to throw out his conviction and order a new trial, or at least an evidentiary hearing.Floyd, who was Black, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, kneeled on his neck for 9½ minutes on the street outside a convenience store where Floyd tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. A bystander video captured Floyd’s fading cries of “I can’t breathe.” Floyd’s death touched off protests worldwide, some of which turned violent, and forced a national reckoning with police brutali...

Thomas Friedman: It’s time for a Biden Peace Plan

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:41:03 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel — During my nine days of reporting recently in Israel and the West Bank, little did I know that the most revealing moment would come in the final hours of my visit. As I was packing to leave Saturday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a news conference in which he indicated that Israel and the United States do not have a shared vision of how Israel should complete its war in the Gaza Strip or how to convert any Israeli victory over Hamas into a lasting peace with the Palestinians.Without such a shared strategy, the Biden administration, the American people and particularly American Jews who support Israel will need to make some fateful decisions.We will either have to become captives of Netanyahu’s strategy — which could take us all down with him — or articulate our own American vision for how the Israel-Hamas war must end. That would require a Biden administration plan to create two states for two indigenous peoples living in the areas of Gaza, the West ...

Cold case vigil generates new lead and new hope

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:41:03 GMT

COBLESKILL, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Nearly 50 years after a woman was murdered in Cobleskill the community is still reeling from her loss. The cold case has been reignited and conversations in the small town on Monday night were centered around who killed Kathy Kolodziej?Kathy was originally from Long Island and attended SUNY Cobleskill at the time of her murder. Her Long Island family is still searching for answers after she was murdered on Halloween night in 1974.On Monday night a vigil was held for Kolodziej in hopes of generating new leads. Her cousins and friends were in attendance, alongside those who did not know her but were moved by her story and are still worried about her case.Maria Kolodziej said Kathy’s mother had a feeling Kathy was dead when they initially heard she was missing. They found out she died on Thanksgiving, her parents were devastated.“He was so heartbroken that the neighbors actually heard him crying too. They all heard them crying and screaming and everything. I...

Education Commissioner talks about potential changes to graduation measures

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:41:03 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)--The Blue Ribbon Commission released a report of recommendations emphasizing test taking isn’t the only way students can show what they’ve learned.  https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/grad-measures/nys-blue-ribbon-commission-graduation-measures-report.pdf"If I have a student who has testing anxiety, I don’t want to just limit that student’s ability to have other ways of showing their talents, their intellect, the way that they observe learning and demonstrate learning," said Betty Rosa, Education Commissioner.One recommendation was to transition to one diploma with the option for students to add seals and endorsements. Reporter Jamie DeLine asked Education Commissioner, Betty Rosa, if the seals would represent advanced courses some students decide to take.  "We may create additional seals like a financial literacy seal," said Rosa. "Definitely the civic. We have some of the seals already there. What we want to try to do is a seal in the arts-- t...

Rosendale man pleads guilty in 2019 Kingston murder case

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:41:03 GMT

KINGSTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Rosendale man pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on Wednesday. Jacob Jackson, 24, faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! According to the indictment, Jackson and two others broke into the residence of Myron Moye, 36, of Kingston, on November 1, 2019. The three suspects tied up the occupants and stabbed, shot, and killed Moye. Kingston Police launched an investigation that lasted two years. The three suspects were identified as Jacob Jackson, his half-brother Melik Davis, and Christopher Jackson, no relation. Davis and Christopher Jackson are awaiting trial.

Man shot in St. Louis near intersection of Enterprise Center

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:41:03 GMT

ST. LOUIS - One man was shot Tuesday afternoon in St. Louis near an intersection within proximity of the Enterprise Center, police say. It happens just a few hours before the St. Louis Blues host a game at the Enterprise Center against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Police sources tell FOX 2 the shooting happened near South 14th Street and Clark Avenue. One man was shot and rushed to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The shooting happened sometime during the 3 p.m. hour. Bump-run carjackers strike in Webster Groves Police were reportedly able to stop a person of interest as he was boarding a bus. The person of interest is now being questioned.It's unclear what led up to the shooting. Preliminary information indicates the victim and alleged gunman knew each other and were involved in a personal dispute prior to the shooting. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has responded to the scene. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available.

AG Bailey responds to new report on Kim Gardner, says her term had 'radical consequences'

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:41:03 GMT

ST. LOUIS - After mounting legal battles, former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner stepped down in May. A new report from the Missouri Attorney General uncovers more about what led up to her resignation. One day after releasing the report, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey spoke one-on-one with FOX 2, further explaining the actions that led up to his efforts to remove Gardner from office. “She came to office dedicated to the proposition of reducing mass incarceration by simply not doing her job,” says Bailey. “It was a radical social experiment that had radical consequences for the people of Missouri and the City of St. Louis.”Bailey and his former deputy attorney general, Bill Corrigan, say that Gardner was enrolled in nursing classes for her masters through St. Louis University for two years, avoiding her duties as circuit attorney.  Unusual burglary leaves St. Peters business owners stunned Bailey says people died, were injured, and “hundreds” of businesses left St. ...

Neighbors shocked after Clayton murder, Major Case Squad pursues new leads

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:41:03 GMT

CLAYTON, Mo. - The Major Case Squad is following up on several leads in a murder that’s shaken the Clayton community. One neighbor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said it happened right behind where she lives. “It was extremely close to home.”She lives right next to the murder scene off Wydown Boulevard in Clayton. She remembers hearing loud banging noises just after 5 a.m. “I thought it was maybe the trash cans,” she said. "Or we have big metal doors down in the basement, so I thought maybe someone was trying to close the door or maybe a trash can top. Never once in a million years did I think it was gunshots.” Bump-run carjackers strike in Webster Groves She says the police investigation took officers down a walkway between buildings to Byron Place, where officers were focused on a car with a single bullet hole in a window. Investigators were reportedly trying to retrieve a bullet they believed came from gunfire between the apartment buildings.Police have also been gat...

17 alleged MS-13 members arrested, charged as part of large-scale drug trafficking probe

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:41:03 GMT

Members of the international street gang MS-13 were arrested and charged as part of a sweeping investigation into the trafficking of large quantities of methamphetamine into Los Angeles.On Tuesday, the United States Department of Justice announced the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment that charges 23 members and associates of the notorious and violent gang with illegal drug and gun crimes.Alleged members of the criminal street gang MS-13 were processed by law enforcement officials in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 14, 2023. Seventeen suspected members of the gang were arrested during an early morning operation in undisclosed locations across the Los Angeles area. Four of the defendants are already in state custody and authorities are searching for the remaining two.During the operation, law enforcement officers seized several pounds of suspected methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine, nine firearms and about $94,000 in cash. As much as $50,000 was taken from one specific res...

It's a good time to be a pet psychic

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:41:03 GMT

For centuries there have been people who claimed they could communicate with the dead, and a subset of such folk who insisted they could tell you what your dog or cat is thinking.I suspect many if not most pet owners dismiss such claims as hokum.But the Wall Street Journal says a degree of newfound respectability has come to the cottage industry of pet psychics."Pet psychics are making their way from the fringe to socially acceptable," the paper reports. "Those who tell others about their experiences with animal communicators say they are more likely to be asked for referrals than be mocked."Maybe this is a reflection of the less-than-serious times we seem to inhabit. Or maybe it just speaks to the close ties between people and their critters, especially after the pandemic.Whatever the case, when the Wall Street Journal is treating pet psychics seriously, it's fair to say it's a thing."People book sessions with animal communicators to unravel behavioral issues, to learn about prefer...