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Atlanta's historic Auburn Ave. again at crossroads

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
ATLANTA (AP) -- The ghosts of Auburn Avenue still haunt the storied Atlanta street where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born and black wealth thrived for decades....
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Atlanta's historic Auburn Ave. again at crossroads

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
ATLANTA (AP) -- The ghosts of Auburn Avenue still haunt the storied Atlanta street where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born and black wealth thrived for decades....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Atlanta's historic Auburn Ave. again at crossroads

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
ATLANTA (AP) -- The ghosts of Auburn Avenue still haunt the storied Atlanta street where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born and black wealth thrived for decades....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Atlanta's historic Auburn Ave. again at crossroads

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
ATLANTA (AP) -- The ghosts of Auburn Avenue still haunt the storied Atlanta street where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born and black wealth thrived for decades....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Creflo Dollar denies punching, choking daughter

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) -- Megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar is staunchly denying allegations in a police report that he choked and punched his 15-year-old daughter during an argument....
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Clean-up work after flash floods

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
A clean-up operation takes place in parts of North Yorkshire after heavy rain causes flash flooding.
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Egypt pulls TV spots warning about foreigners

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's government has pulled public service announcements that warned against talking to foreigners who may be spies after criticism that the spots fueled xenophobia, a media official said Sunday....

Several reportedly shot near Ala.'s Auburn U.

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Several people were shot at an apartment complex near Auburn University when a fight broke out during a pool party, authorities and a witness said Sunday....
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Small rise in Legionnaires' cases

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
The number of confirmed and suspected cases of Legionnaires' disease in the Edinburgh outbreak rises slightly to 82.
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N.D.Ill.: Plaintiff was properly temporarily removed from a city council meeting when it was discovered he was armed

FourthAmendment.com - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08

In a combined First and Fourth Amendment case, plaintiff was at a city council meeting to speak, and he was animated and concerned others when they determined he was armed. He was removed from the meeting, and it was determined that he was a law enforcement officer, so they let him back in. The decision to remove him was reasonable under the circumstances. Sandefur v. Hanover Park, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79412 (N.D. Ill. June 7, 2012)*:

Here, the court finds it significant that the stop took place in the context of a Village Board meeting. The situation is thus somewhat different from a typical Terry stop of an individual on the street. In the public setting of a Village Board meeting, the potential consequences of failing to apprehend an individual about to commit a crime are significantly enhanced, for any criminal activity is a threat not only to the order of the meeting, but also to the safety of all present. A stop that would not be justified on the street might therefore be reasonable in the setting and circumstances of a public meeting.

With that backdrop, the court determines that there was reasonable suspicion to seize Sandefur at the meeting, take him to the hallway, and search him. As explained above, the defendants had observed that Sandefur was carrying a concealed weapon, and they were not aware that he was a law enforcement officer. Moreover, Sandefur was very animated as he addressed the Board. The defendants were thus justified in attempting to ascertain whether Sandefur was legitimately carrying the weapon. Moreover, the search was minimally intrusive, for it lasted no longer than necessary to ascertain that Sandefur was a law enforcement officer and involved only as much force as necessary to secure Sandefur and prevent any potential harm to the attendees of the meeting. Within only a few minutes of the commencement of the search, Sandefur was free to leave.

Second Dauphine crown for Wiggins

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
Bradley Wiggins warms up for the Tour de France by winning the Criterium du Dauphine for a second straight year.
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N.D.Ga.: After consent search, officer explained that drug dog was needed, too, and defendant acquiesced in expanding consent

FourthAmendment.com - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08

Defendant consented to a search that led the officer to determine that a dog sniff was required. He explained it to the defendant, and defendant’s acquiescence expanded the consent. The officer did not have to remove a duffle bag from the car before having the drug dog smell it. United States v. Hill, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79250 (N.D. Ga. June 7, 2012).*

Plaintiff sufficiently pled trespass by border patrol officers coming on his property and assault and battery for nearly driving into him because he attempted to take their picture with his cell phone camera. Moher v. United States, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79443 (W.D. Mich. June 8, 2012).*

Defendant was in custody, but the state can meet his heavy burden of showing consent without having Mirandized the defendant. People v. McCray, 2012 NY Slip Op 4579, 2012 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4489 (4th Dept. June 8, 2012).*

Solo rower 'feared for her life'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
British adventurer Sarah Outen says she 'feared for her life' when her boat was damaged in a tropical storm in the North Pacific Ocean.
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New Romney ad hits Obama on the "fine" economy

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney has released a Web video hammering President Barack Obama for his assertion Friday that "the economy is doing fine."...

New Romney ad hits Obama on the "fine" economy

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney has released a Web video hammering President Barack Obama for his assertion Friday that "the economy is doing fine."...

New Romney ad hits Obama on the "fine" economy

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:08
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney has released a Web video hammering President Barack Obama for his assertion Friday that "the economy is doing fine."...
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