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Q&A: Chuck D talks rap’s rise through ‘Fight the Power’ doc

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop became a cultural phenomenon against the backdrop of American history, and now Public Enemy’s Chuck D has committed himself to explore the artform’s origins. Chuck D rounded up several rap greats — including Ice-T, Run DMC and MC Lyte — who offered their firsthand accounts ahead of this year’s 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Their reflections are explored in the four-part docuseries “Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World,” that aired on PBS and is available to stream on its platforms and YouTube with a premium subscription. The series delves into the history of hip-hop including the genre’s radical rise from the New York City streets, creating a platform for political expression and being a leading voice for social justice“Fight the Power” touches on how the hip-hop has played an impactful role in speaking up against injustice in the aftermath of America’s racial and political reckoning in 2020 after George Floyd’s killing by Minnea...

CP NewsAlert: Boy who shot police previously apprehended under Mental Health Act

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

Edmonton police say a16-year-old boy who shot and killed two officers a week ago had been apprehended in November under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital for assessment.Police also say the same gun was used in a shooting days earlier at a nearby pizza restaurant that left a man injured. More coming.The Canadian Press

Names, photos of Los Angeles undercover police posted online

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

The Los Angeles police chief and the department’s constitutional policing director are under investigation after the names and photographs of undercover officers were released to a technology watchdog group that posted them online, the Los Angeles Times reported. LAPD Chief Michel Moore offered his “deep apologies” to the undercover officers, who were not given advance notice of the disclosure, during a police commission meeting Tuesday. The technology watchdog group Stop LAPD Spying Coalition posted more than 9,300 officers’ information and photographs Friday in a searchable online database following a public records request by a citizen journalist, the Times reported. It was not immediately clear how many of those were undercover. The coalition opposes police intelligence-gathering and says the database should be used for “countersurveillance.” “You can use it to identify officers who are causing harm in your community” the group wrote. “Police have vast information ab...

1 million march in France, unions call new pension protests

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

PARIS (AP) — French unions have called for new nationwide protests next week, which will coincide with King Charles III’s planned visit to France.The announcement follows record turnout in Thursday’s demonstration in Paris against President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular bill to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64.French authorities say 119,000 people marched through the capital, which the Interior Ministry said was the biggest so far for Paris.Over one million people joined protest marches around the country Thursday, the ministry said.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.PARIS (AP) — Protesters filled the streets of Paris and other French cities Thursday, with violence marring several marches, a day after President Emmanuel Macron further angered his critics by standing strong on a bill raising the retirement age that his government forced through parliament without a vote.Strikes upended travel as protesters blockaded train stations, Cha...

Authorities: 1 person fatally shot during rescue of migrants

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — A hostage rescue in Houston in which one person was fatally shot on Thursday first began days ago when three migrants were kidnapped from a vehicle in a neighboring county, according to a prosecutor.The three migrants had been traveling in a vehicle on Interstate 10 in the southern part of Waller County on March 18 when they were stopped by an unknown number of individuals and forced into another vehicle, said Sean Whittmore, a prosecutor with the Waller County District Attorney’s Office.It is believed the driver of the vehicle with the migrants called 911 and informed the Waller County Sheriff’s Office about the kidnapping, Whittmore said. The prosecutor declined to comment on the migrants’ immigration status, nationalities or whether they were being illegally transported at the time of their kidnapping. The sheriff’s office later worked with the FBI, whose agents were involved in a shooting early Thursday morning in north Houston in which all three...

WATCH LIVE | Police update on 21-year-old Navy sailor missing in Waukegan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The Waukegan Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a 21-year-old man who is an active Navy member stationed at Great Lakes Naval Base.Police said Seamus Gray left the Ibiza Bar on North Genesee Street by himself around 1:35 a.m. on March 18 and was last seen on camera in the area of Sheridan Road and Washington Street. Police described Gray as 6-foot-3-inches, weighing around 170 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a light pink/red long-sleeve shirt and pants. Gray also has multiple tattoos on his left arm and a script tattoo on his ribcage.Surveillance video captured him leaving the bar, as well as walking along the lakefront.Detectives said Gray did not report back to the naval base.Lake County is assisting Waukegan police with search efforts. Anyone who has information on Gray's whereabouts is asked to call Waukegan Police Investigations Division at 847-599-2673. Callers can also lea...

Judge to issue ruling for Little Village Discount Mall vendors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

CHICAGO — A judge will issue a written ruling in the next day after attorneys try to buy more time for vendors getting evicted from the Little Village Discount Mall.Attorneys filed an injunction this week to give vendors more time for the vendors getting evicted. They received a letter stating they have to be out of the mall by March 26. Novak Construction purchased the mall in 2019 and is planning renovations but did not reach a deal with one of two leasing companies that were operating in the area. P K Mall management said a proposed rent increase was unreasonable and unsustainable. Police: 21-year-old Navy sailor missing in Waukegan Forty vendors are being forced to leave this weekend unless the judge rules in favor of granting emergency release. There is a vacant building at 26th and Pulaski Road that could serve as a new home to vendors but that building is not ready yet. The attorney for the vendors argued that the vendors should be considered tenants with protections to sta...

Republicans blast gun brace rule, claim Second Amendment violation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – Republicans on Capitol Hill say the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms is violating the Second Amendment with a new rule that took effect in 2023.“Ever since Mr. Biden took office, his administration has actively sought to infringe on this right,” Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) said.Republicans specifically object to a new rule applying regulations on pistol stabilizing braces.The inventor of the brace said he designed it to help disabled veterans use firearms, but Democrats say regardless of the intent, the device is used to exploit and create loopholes to gun laws.Rep. Jaime Raskin (D-MD) said this would “allow owners to turn their weapons into short barrel rifles, efficient weapons of war without triggering traditional ATF oversight.”Rep. Raskin says gun owners and sellers know and advertise the use of stabilizing braces to make pistols more accurate, and more dangerous while remaining easy to conceal.Republicans say the rule could turn Americans who alrea...

Southern Illinois man charged after allegedly breaking into Naperville home, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — A 43-year-old Carbondale man allegedly broke into an unoccupied Naperville home on Wednesday, according to police. Just before 5:15 p.m., multiple Naperville police officers responded to the 1100 block of Shamrock Court following reports from the homeowner about a break-in. The homeowner reported alarm activation and an unknown vehicle in the driveway, police added. Arriving officers noticed a shattered glass door at the rear of the residence.SEE ALSO | Suburban woman accused of leading police on 120 mph chaseWhen officers announced their intent to search the premises, a male subject exited the premises without incident, police added. Kurtis M. Clausen, 43, of the 600 block of Eastgate Street, is charged with residential burglary and criminal property damage. Both offenses are felonies. No bond information was made available by police.

Asteroid expected to pass close to Earth on Saturday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

WASHINGTON D.C. (KXAN) -- Scientists looking to observe asteroids will get a rare chance this weekend. According to NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, a newly discovered asteroid -- which is known as a Near-Earth Object -- will "safely" pass within only 100,000 miles on Saturday.NASA defines Near-Earth Objects as "comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth’s neighborhood."The office says the asteroid, named 2023 DZ2, measures between 140 feet and 310 feet in diameter. "While close approaches are a regular occurrence, one by an asteroid of this size (140-310 ft) happens only about once per decade, providing a unique opportunity for science," the office said. Planet Palooza! When 5 planets will be visible in the night sky The asteroid, which was first observed on Jan. 14, will pass between the Earth and the Moon's orbit. It is considered to be an Apollo-class asteroid, mean...