Illinois sheriff, whose deputy killed Sonya Massey apologizes: ‘I offer up no excuses’ - Life & Style news - NewsLocker (2024)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois sheriff whose deputy shot Sonya Massey, the unarmed Black woman who called 911 for help in her Springfield home, apologized to the community during […]

After Trump’s appearance, the nation’s largest gathering of Black journalists gets back to business

CHICAGO (AP) — A day after Donald Trump’s contentious interview at the National Association of Black Journalists conference, the organization was back to business as usual. Thousands of journalists spoke […]

CP NewsAlert: CAS denies Canada’s appeal of team figure skating medal allocation

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed a Canadian appeal of the International Skating Union’s decision to award the bronze medal in the team event from […]

Auger-Aliassime to play for bronze in Paris after lopsided semifinal loss to Alcaraz

PARIS – Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime will play for bronze in the men’s singles tennis competition at the Paris Olympics after a decisive 6-1, 6-1 loss to Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz on […]

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Kremlin acknowledges intelligence operatives among the Russians who were freed in swap

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — New details emerged Friday on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians […]

Imperial Oil reports $1.13 billion in net income, up from $675 million a year ago

CALGARY – Imperial Oil Ltd. saw a significant spike in net income in its second quarter, which reached $1.13 billion. The Calgary-based company says those results compared with a net […]

A win and a shutout for Bombers

Four first downs, 102 yards of net offence, and zero points. Those are the type of numbers the B.C. Lions can produce in a single drive, or at the very […]

Carlos Alcaraz reaches the Olympics men’s tennis singles final by beating Felix Auger-Aliassime

PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz moved one win away from becoming the youngest man to win an Olympics tennis singles gold medal by beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1 in the […]

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Belarus’ Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya wins the first medal by a neutral athlete at the Paris Olympics

PARIS (AP) — Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya of Belarus won the first medal by a neutral athlete at the Paris Olympics, taking silver in women’s trampoline on Friday behind Britain’s Bryony Page. […]

Belarus’ Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya wins country’s first Olympic medal in Paris with trampoline silver

PARIS (AP) — Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya of Belarus won her country’s first medal at the Paris Olympics, taking silver in women’s trampoline on Saturday behind Britain’s Bryony Page. Bardzilouskaya’s score of […]

Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya of Belarus earns silver in trampoline to win the country’s first medal at the Paris Olympics

PARIS (AP) — Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya of Belarus earns silver in trampoline to win the country’s first medal at the Paris Olympics.

For Olympic pole vaulters, hammer throwers, getting there (with your equipment) is half the fun

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — One of America’s very best in the medieval-looking pursuit of hammer throw thought she had seen it all when it came to lugging that 8.8-pound hunk […]

US safety agency moves probe of Dodge Journey fire and door lock failure a step closer to a recall

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators are a step closer to seeking a recall of nearly a million Dodge Journey SUVs after a woman was trapped and died when […]

Chiara Leone wins women’s 50-meter rifle 3 positions shooting for 1st Swiss gold at Paris Olympics

CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — Chiara Leone has earned Switzerland’s first gold medal at the Paris Olympics, winning women’s 50-meter rifle three positions shooting on Friday. Leone narrowly edged Sagen Maddalena […]

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Canada’s Sophiane Methot wins bronze in trampoline

PARIS – Canada’s Sophiane Methot has won the bronze in women’s trampoline gymnastics at the Paris Olympics. More coming.

Canada’s Sophiane Methot wins bronze in trampoline gymnastics

PARIS – Canada’s Sophiane Methot has won the bronze medal in women’s trampoline gymnastics at the Paris Olympics. The 26-year-old from Varennes, Que., earned a score of 55.650 in the […]

More protests in Bangladesh. This time against the PM demanding justice for 200 killed in violence

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — More protests were taking place in Bangladesh on Friday against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government to demand justice for more than 200 people killed […]

Afghanistan sprinter uses Olympic trip to shine light on how women are treated in her country

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — To get a sense of the real race Afghanistan’s lone woman at the Olympic track meet is running, one only needed to look at the back […]

Police investigating hate speech targeting Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly

PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutors said Friday that police have opened a hate speech investigation following a complaint by Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly over death threats. The […]

Olympic tennis: China’s Zheng Qinwen and Croatia’s Donna Vekic to meet for the women’s singles gold

PARIS (AP) — Either China or Croatia will earn its first singles gold medal in Olympic tennis when Zheng Qinwen faces Donna Vekic in the Paris Games women’s final on […]

Gunmen attack police escorting judges in northwest Pakistan, killing 2 policemen. Judges are safe

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Unidentified assailants on Friday opened fire on police officers escorting a vehicle that was carrying three judges in Pakistan’s northwest on Friday, killing two officers, police […]

Authorities are investigating after a man died in police custody on Long Island

WYANDANCH, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a man who lost consciousness as police officers were trying to subdue him on Long Island. Suffolk County police got […]

Algeria courts disenchanted youth as 78-year-old president vies for second term

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A few years after taking to the streets with hundreds of thousands of other Algerians, Kaci Taher says he now feels so disengaged that he won’t […]

What are maternity homes? Their legacy is checkered

Maternity homes have seen a resurgence in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Across the country, homes are sprouting up or expanding. Christian anti-abortion advocates […]