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The nine-minute video, recorded by Eric Stillman's body camera, shows showed the 34-year-old officer chasing and shooting Toledo on March 29 at 2:30 a.m. in Little Village, a working-class neighborhood on the city's West Side with a large population of Mexican Americans.Toledo appeared to be holding a handgun when he compiled with Stillman's order for him to stop. Toledo then dropped the weapon and raised hands immediately before Stillman opened fire, the video showed.The release of the video comes as tensions are running high in Chicago and across the country over the issues of policing and racial justice.
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Biden news: President plays golf for first time in office as woman charged with threatening VP Harris
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- The State
Why Henry Pratt may be more recognizable than the golfers at RBC Heritage 2021
With a clear voice and his signature knickers, Henry Pratt has become one of the most recognizable figures of the classic tournament.
- The Independent
Florida nurse facing charges over threats to kill Kamala Harris
Niviane Petit Phelps, from Miami, allegedly shared the death threats with her husband who is serving time in jail
- The Independent
Conservative conference with prominent QAnon supporters to close out with Covid mask-burning event
Disgraced general Michael Flynn, Tulsa Sheriff Vic Regalado, and Jim Caviezel, an actor who played Jesus in movie The Passion of the Christ, were among the speakers at the two-day event
- The Independent
Death toll rises to four after vessel capsized in freak storm amid fears for nine men still missing
The Seacor Power vessel capsized on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico during a severe storm with 19 people onboard. Nine men are still missing
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On foreign policy decisions, Biden faces drag of pragmatism
President Joe Biden this past week found himself in search of a foreign policy sweet spot: somewhere between pulling a screeching U-turn on four years of Trumpism and cautiously approaching the world as it is. In recent days, Biden has piled new sanctions on Russia, announced he would withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan in less than five months and backed away from a campaign promise to sharply raise refugee admission caps. “You know, we’ll be much more formidable to our adversaries and competitors over the long term if we fight the battles for the next 20 years, not the last 20,” Biden said in an explanation of his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan that also summed up his topline foreign policy hopes.
- Kansas City Star
Country music ‘moving in right direction’ with inclusivity, Keith Urban says
Keith Urban will co-host the ACM Awards with Mickey Guyton, the first Black woman to host the award show.
- Miami Herald
With Nets visiting Sunday, why the reeling Heat badly needs Brooklyn to fail
A reeling Heat team that couldn’t beat the worst of what the NBA has to offer must now, less than 48 hours later, measure where it stands against one of the NBA’s best.
- The Independent
From Asian hate crime to a minimum wage: 25 things Ted Cruz has voted against this year
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- Miami Herald
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- BBC
Biden backtracks on keeping Trump cap on refugees
A refugee organisation says the White House's explanation of the order is "completely false".
- The Independent
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will build spacecraft to land Nasa astronauts on moon, report says
Artemis will land the first woman and person of colour on the moon
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As Biden improves with vets, Afghanistan plan a plus to some
Patrick Proctor Brown says the war in Afghanistan was lost within a year of its start. The suburban Milwaukee lawyer, who was an infantry captain in Iraq, said the trillions of dollars spent and the thousands of lives lost, including a lieutenant he trained with, make it “a tragedy.” Brown supports President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, and by voting for the Democrat, he represents a subtle but potent shift in the voting behavior of some in the military.
- The Independent
Marjorie Taylor Greene launches ‘America First’ platform to promote ‘Anglo-Saxon traditions’
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Biden administration ‘out of touch’ on the border crisis: Texas Gov. Abbott
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Madrid to host charity bullfight for matadors left jobless by COVID-19
Crowds will return to Madrid's Las Ventas bullring for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic next month for a charity bullfight to raise money for matadors left jobless by COVID-19, officials said on Saturday. Almost all of Spain's bullrings, or plazas, have remained closed for the last year due to lockdown restrictions - plunging the controversial spectacle and its matadors into financial crisis. A maximum of 6,000 people will be allowed in to watch the May 2 bullfight, Madrid's regional government said.
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International court could press El Salvador to change abortion ban
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A Minnesota man attacked a store employee over a mask policy then dragged a police officer with his vehicle and struck him with a hammer, police say
Luke Oeltjenbruns, 61, closed his truck window on a police officer reaching through it, then sped off, according to a criminal complaint.