NY AG appoints Onondaga County DA special prosecutor for inmate beating death case Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick will oversee the investigation into the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks at a central New York prison. 01/2/2025 - 11:45 pm | View Link
Onondaga County District Attorney to lead investigation into deadly beating of Marcy inmate Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick has been appointed as the special prosecutor assigned to lead an investigation into the brutal beating death of an inmate at the Marcy Correctional ... 01/2/2025 - 7:36 am | View Link
Onondaga County DA named special prosecutor to investigate death of inmate beaten by state guards Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick was appointed Thursday as special prosecutor to investigate the death of an inmate who was brutally beaten by guards at a Central New York state ... 01/2/2025 - 6:44 am | View Link
Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office weighs in on Marcy Correctional Facility bodycam footage Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley is dealing with the fallout from the released bodycam of 14 corrections officers who attacked Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec. 9. From a tense ... 12/31/2024 - 12:09 am | View Link
YNW Melly must make a decision about whether to keep his current legal team for his upcoming murder retrial, and he doesn’t have a lot of time to do it, a Broward judge said Tuesday.
The rapper, whose real name is Jamell Demons, was in court Tuesday for the second of a two-day “all pending motions” hearing, a proceeding in which lawyers are supposed to take care of any unfinished business stopping a trial from going forward.
Zoe Greenberg | (TNS) The Philadelphia Inquirer
On a brisk Saturday afternoon, A. crouched in a boxer’s stance, knees bent, one hip forward, raised her new Ruger Security-380 pistol aloft with both hands, and pulled the trigger. Spent gold casings clinked to the ground as a paper plate across the range filled with bullet holes.
Two years ago, with insurance costs skyrocketing, Florida legislators called a special session, vowing to provide relief.
Their plan was shady from the moment they announced it.
The Republican lawmakers who control the state had spent years ignoring warnings from industry experts who had begged them to spend serious time on this complicated issue, opting instead to wage culture wars with everyone from Disney to drag queens.
By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U. S. control of both to be vital to American national security.
Speaking to reporters less than two weeks before he takes office on Jan.
By JOHN ROGERS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, has died. He was 86.
Yarrow, who also co-wrote the group’s most enduring song, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” died Tuesday in New York, publicist Ken Sunshine said.
A recent study published in The Lancet, one of the world’s most respected academic journals, predicted that by 2050, more than 43 million adolescents and 213 million adults in the United States will be overweight or living with obesity. These projections, driven by factors ranging from lifestyle to economic instability and education, serve as a wake-up call: It’s time to prioritize our health and make meaningful changes — individually and collectively.
Obesity is more than a number on a scale.