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Subtropical Storm Theta late Monday became the 29th named storm of the 2020 season, beating the previous record of 28 storms in 2005. In 170 years of records, this is the most named storms in a single season and officially the busiest hurricane season on record. On Tuesday morning, Theta was a strong tropical storm […]

An Indianapolis police officer who fatally shot a Black man after a high-speed chase earlier this year was cleared Tuesday by a grand jury, officials said. Special prosecutor Rosemary Khoury said the group, which was empaneled to investigate the May 6 killing of Dreasjon Reed, 21, returned a “no bill,” concluding that officer Dejoure Mercer […]

A former San Francisco Giants outfielder filed suit Tuesday against his old club, claiming its negligence — by placing bullpens in the field of play — cut short a promising career. Jonathan “Mac” Williamson, a 30-year-old Wake Forest University alum, played 160 games over the course of five MLB seasons from 2015 through 2019, almost […]

A woman has accused former Louisville, Kentucky, police Officer Brett Hankison, who was charged in the Breonna Taylor case, of sexually assaulting her. The woman, identified as Margo Borders in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, alleges that Hankison assaulted her after seeing her at the Tin Roof bar in April 2018, according to the lawsuit, which […]

Charges have been filed against a 19-year-old man who prosecutors allege purchased and supplied the gun used by 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse in the fatal shootings of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Dominick Black, of Kenosha, faces two felony counts of intentionally giving a dangerous weapon to a minor, causing death, according to a criminal complaint […]

When Megan Rapinoe decided to propose to girlfriend, Sue Bird, the soccer star took a bit of a spontaneous approach. During an interview with Jimmy Fallon on Monday, Rapinoe spilled the details about how she popped the question and admitted the proposal came together just the way she hoped it would. “Well, in true and […]

A suspect in a 1972 murder died by reported suicide hours before a jury convicted him, Washington state authorities said. The body of Terrence Miller, 78, was found at a home in Edmonds, about 16 miles north of Seattle, just before 10 a.m. Monday, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted to […]