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Ex Black Panther who maintained innocence in bombing that killed an officer dies in Nebraska prison

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:30 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The second of two former Black Panthers who always maintained their innocence in the 1970 bombing death of a white Omaha police officer has died in prison.A spokesman for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said Friday that Ed Poindexter had died a day earlier at the age of 79. David Rice, the other man convicted in the death of Omaha Police Officer Larry Minard, died in prison in 2016.The pair argued that they were targeted because of their membership in the Black Panthers by an FBI program that undermined radical political groups, and they questioned the legitimacy of crucial testimony that helped convict them. Some of their supporters called them political prisoners.Poindexter and Rice both doubted the key witness in the case who implicated them in the bombing plot, but they were unsuccessful in numerous appeals. A recording of the phone call that lured Minard to a vacant house before a homemade explosive detonated appeared to have been made by an ...

EEUU y México buscan ser sedes de la Copa Mundial Femenina 2027

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:30 GMT

La Federación Mexicana de Fútbol y la Federación de Fútbol de Estados Unidos presentaron este viernes una candidatura conjunta para albergar el Mundial Femenino de 2027. Se tiene previsto que su propuesta compita contra la de Brasil y el plan conjunto de Alemania, Holanda y Bélgica.Ninguno de los dos organismos presentó propuestas de estadios. La federación estadounidense señaló que la candidatura concebía sacar provecho de la eficiencia del Mundial varonil de 2026, el cual se realizará en EEUU, México y Canadá.“Estados Unidos y México se encuentran en una posición única de albergar un Mundial que sacar provecho a las mismas sedes, infraestructura y protocolos utilizados para el Mundial varonil a celebrarse apenas un año antes”, dijo la presidenta de la federación estadounidense Cindy Parlow Cone en un comunicado. “Una nación de fútbol”, Messi es el deportista del año en EEUU, según la revista Time “Como resultado, creemos que es el momento adecuado para a...

Aussie fill-in skipper Spithill hopes to ‘smoke’ new-look Team USA in SailGP’s Dubai regatta

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:30 GMT

Some big SailGP rivalries will heat up when the global league returns to Dubai this weekend, including a one-off between the new-look Team USA and its former skipper, Jimmy Spithill.Spithill is filling in as helmsman of Team Australia’s “Flying Roo” foiling catamaran while friend and countryman Tom Slingsby is on paternity leave. Spithill left Team USA two weeks ago ahead of the announcement that it had been sold to a private American group whose investors include Alabama linebacker Dallas Turner and actress Issa Rae.“No question, I’d love to go out and absolutely smoke those guys,” Spithill said Friday. “But at the same time, one thing that we’ve all learned in SailGP is that if you focus on just one team, you can easily find yourself back in last or second last. You just can’t get caught up worrying about one team in this sort of racing.”This is the first regatta since Spithill steered the American catamaran to its first victory of Season 4 in Spain nearly two mo...

Tennessee Supreme Court blocks decision to redraw state’s Senate redistricting maps

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:30 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s highest court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court’s decision that lawmakers must redraw the state’s Senate maps in a ruling that means the current legislative districts will likely remain in place for the 2024 elections.Late last month, a panel of judges ruled that the Republican-drawn map violated the state Constitution because lawmakers incorrectly numbered the seats in left-leaning Nashville. The numbers are important because they determine the years those seats are on the ballot. The same trial judges ruled to temporarily block the Senate map in 2022, but the Supreme Court reinstated the districts then as well, reasoning that it was too close to the election.In response to the November ruling, the state’s attorneys quickly moved to seek a pause of the decision, arguing that the plaintiffs had no standing to sue and that the state wanted to exhaust all of its appeals options before having to reconfigure district ...

This year’s Heisman finalists are an ode to college football’s portal/NIL era with 3 transfer QBs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:30 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Heisman Trophy ceremony will be an ode to the new era of college sports, transformed by the transfer portal and NIL.Three of the four Heisman finalists are quarterbacks who blossomed into stars at their second schools and were having so much fun in college that they decided to stick around an extra year — or two.“It’s different for everybody. It depends on how they want their life to go,” LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels said Friday. “We decided to transfer, and to start fresh, and to stay an extra year because we felt like we had something more to prove.”Whether it is Daniels, Oregon’s Bo Nix or Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., the Heisman Trophy winner is likely to be a transfer quarterback for the fifth time in the last seven years.The 89th Heisman will be handed out Saturday night in midtown Manhattan. Those three quarterbacks and Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. are the finalists. Daniels is the favorite to take home...

Increíble: nace raro caimán blanco en parque de Florida, ahora buscan qué nombre ponerle

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:30 GMT

Florida tiene un caimán más, pero esta vez se trata de uno extremadamente raro.Un caimán leucístico nació en el popular parque de reptiles de Gatorland, en Orlando, que ahora está pidiendo ayuda del público para ponerle nombre.Se trata de una hembra de 19.2 pulgadas y apenas el séptimo caimán de este tipo que se conoce, según el parque. Tres de los otros 7 caimanes leucísticos están en este mismo recinto. Sorpresa: las autoridades entran a una casa y se encuentran con dos caimanes Se aparece con su caimán de apoyo emocional en un partido y no lo dejan entrar “Por primera vez desde que se descubrió un nido de caimanes leucísticos en los pantanos de Louisiana hace 36 años, tenemos el primer nacimiento de un caimán blanco sólido jamás registrado a partir de esos caimanes originales. Esto es más que “raro”, ¡es absolutamente extraordinario!”, dijo en un comunicado Mark McHugh, presidente y director ejecutivo de Gatorland.El leucismo ...

Sean McDermott says he feels support from team as he again addresses 9/11 hijacker comments

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:30 GMT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott said Friday he recognizes his mistakes while also noting he still has the support of the team in light of a questionable comparison he made four years ago in crediting the 9/11 hijackers for their coordination. “It was important for me to address the players that are new to us since 2019 and may not have been around that day,” said McDermott, who met with players Thursday to discuss the comments. ”So they understood that situation and how it unfolded, and that, based on who I am and what they’ve seen, my hope and how I try and do things and how I handled that situation. So it went well. Their support was clear and much appreciated.”The 49-year-old McDermott, in his seventh season coaching the Bills, said he owes it to his players to focus on beating the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. But he also wanted to address the situation. “I think in any of our lives if this came up for any of us, something like this, it definitely ge...

23 accused of organized crime in thefts of over 40 marijuana dispensaries around Denver

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Nearly two dozen people face accusations of organized crime in the burglaries of more than 40 marijuana dispensaries around Denver, resulting in the theft of approximately $780,000 in cash and property. Following multi-agency investigations conducted by city, state and nationwide agencies, 23 people accused of being part of two separate organized crime groups will be charged with stealing or carjacking vehicles and using them to burglarize marijuana dispensaries, federal firearms licensees and other businesses in the Denver metro area between September 2022 and November 2023, according to Denver District Attorney Beth McCann. Suspected DUI driver crashes into 2 police officers, 2 firefighters on I-76 The defendants will face other charges including aggravated robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, illegal possession of firearms (including a firearm linked to an open murder investigation) and violations of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, the DA's office announce...

Mayor Mike Johnston moves to keep Denver sheriff, fire chief in his administration

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has moved to keep the city's current sheriff and fire chief in his administration.Sheriff Elias Diggins and Fire Chief Desmond G. Fulton would continue in their roles if the city council approves the mayor's nominations."These are leaders who have grown up in this community, have served this community, and share our vision for bringing public safety to every neighborhood in Denver,” Johnston said in a statement. "I look forward to working with them shoulder to shoulder to deliver a safer Denver."The mayor's office said both Diggins and Fulton were born and raised in Denver. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Diggins has been sheriff since July 2020 and has worked with the department since 1994, according to the mayor's office. Fulton was appointed fire chief in October 2020 and has been with the Denver Fire Department for more than 25 years.Johnston also moved last month to keep the city's police chief, Ron...

EU negotiators strike political deal on AI Act

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:30 GMT

BRUSSELS — Members of the European Parliament, EU member countries represented by the Council, and experts from the European Commission have clinched a political deal on the Artificial Intelligence Act, the EU’s pioneering attempt at regulating the emerging technology.Following over 36 hours of negotiations over three days, representatives of the bloc’s three institutions have managed to reach an agreement on divisive topics such as predictive policing, facial recognition and the use of AI by law enforcement. It is expected that more technical work on the law’s text will be needed to refine tonight’s political agreement.“The EU becomes the very first continent to set clear rules for the use of AI,” Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton posted on X. “The [AI Act] is much more than a rulebook — it’s a launchpad for EU startups and researchers to lead the global AI race.”Lawmaker Dragoș Tudorache, one of the AI Act’s co-...