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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota is set to take the federal government to trial Thursday for the costs of responding to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, the culmination of an unusual and drawn-out court fight. The state filed the lawsuit in 2019, seeking $38 million from the federal government for policing the protests. In an interview, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said the trial will show examples of numerous requests to the federal government for help and the “complete refusal” to offer resources and financial support in response. North Dakota relied on compacts to bring in law enforcement officers from around the region and the country for help, he said. The document laid out options of denying the easement and removing or abandoning the line's river segment, granting the easement with no changes or with additional safety measures, or rerouting the pipeline north of Bismarck.

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Meade, who is white, is charged with murder and reckless homicide in the December 2020 killing in Columbus of Goodson, who was Black. Meade maintains that he shot Goodson because he brandished a gun. Meade, who is a pastor at a Baptist church, shot Goodson six times, including five times in the back, as Goodson tried to enter his grandmother’s house, police have said. Goodson’s family and prosecutors have said he was holding a sandwich bag in one hand and his keys in the other when he was fatally shot. Rosser, when asked by prosecutors, said he did not see Goodson holding a gun and testified that he heard the gunshots but did not witness Goodson’s killing.

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☆ Joel Osteen Lakewood Church shooting: Houston police search for motive as new details emerge about shooter
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Steve Almasy | Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

One federal law enforcement source told CNN she fired around 30 bullets. “That’s why federal authorities were executing search warrants,” he said, noting they are “looking for computers, any written documents, thumb drives, social media, online. But in her 30s, she described herself on social media as the founder of a real-estate and financial services firm. By her own account on social media pages, she is involved in sales of everything from new condos to shopping malls. Attorney William Capasso said he represented Moreno in 2021-2022 and told CNN Genesse Ivone Moreno went by the name Jeffrey Moreno Carranza at the time.

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The problem underscores a widely held consensus that Virginia’s mental health care system is in urgent need of reform, due to what Gov. Improving mental health care became a priority in the U.S. like never before as the pandemic brought new levels of isolation, fear and grief, in addition to pre-existing crises such as rising drug overdose deaths and the struggles burdening teen girls. Survey data from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that in 2022, about half of adults with any mental illness did not receive treatment. Elsewhere in the U.S., states' policy concerns and approaches to improving mental health care have varied. Mental health was listed as a budget priority in most states in an analysis by the National Association of State Budget Officers.

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MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Law enforcement in eastern Tennessee continued their search Saturday for a man who is accused of fatally shooting one sheriff's deputy and injuring another during a traffic stop. More than $80,000 in reward money has been pledged for information leading to the arrest of 42-year-old Kenneth DeHart, Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said. Deputy Greg McCowan, 43, was killed in the shooting, while Deputy Shelby Eggers, 22, was treated at a hospital and released, the sheriff's office said Friday. A procession of law enforcement vehicles joined a hearse containing McCowan's body that traveled on Friday through Maryville, which is about 17 miles (27 kilometers) south of Knoxville. McCowan began his career as a deputy in 2020 after graduating from a regional law enforcement training class, Berrong said Friday.

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☆ What happened to Cari Farver's killer, Liz Golyar? The twist-filled case is the focus of Netflix's 'Lover, Stalker, Killer'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewA strange love triangle that ended in murder is the focus of Netflix's latest true-crime documentary "Lover, Stalker, Killer." After joining a dating site, he started casually seeing 42-year-old housekeeper Shanna "Liz" Golyar, and they both agreed to be non-exclusive. However, the situation turned deadly when Golyar learned that Kroupa was seeing another woman, 37-year-old computer programmer Cari Farver. AdvertisementGolyar was found guilty of first-degree murder in 2017 and is serving a life sentencePhotos of Liz Golyar in Netflix's "Lover, Stalker, Killer." In 2020, Kroupa told ABC that although he’s glad Golyar was caught, he also still feels emotional for Farver’s family.

Persons: —, Dave Kroupa, Shanna, Liz, Golyar, Kroupa, Cari Farver, Farver, Kroupa's, Amy Flora, Liz Golyar, Timothy Burns, Burns, it's, we're, Jim Doty, Cari's, ” Kroupa Organizations: Service, Business, Sheriff's, Farver's Ford, Netflix, Nebraska Correctional Center, Women, ABC News, ABC Locations: Golyar, Farver's, Nebraska

☆ 'Lover, Stalker, Killer': What happened to Dave Kroupa?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Netflix's "Lover, Stalker, Killer" examines how a love triangle ended fatally. AdvertisementThe new Netflix documentary "Lover, Stalker, Killer" tells the story of a love triangle in Nebraska that ended in tragedy. Dave Kroupa, a recently single 35-year-old mechanic living in Omaha was casually dating 42-year-old Liz Golyar, a cleaner, in 2012. Dave Kroupa now lives in Nebraska with his new girlfriendDave Kroupa in Netflix's "Lover, Stalker, Killer." At the end of “Lover, Stalker, Killer,” he says: “I’m very sorry for what happened.

Persons: Dave Kroupa's, Liz Golyar, Golyar, Farver, —, Dave Kroupa, Kroupa, ”, wouldn’t, Liz, Maggie, Nancy Organizations: Service, Netflix, Kroupa, Sheriff's, ABC, PEOPLE Locations: Nebraska, Omaha, Kroupa's, Pottawattamie, California

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Tennessee were searching early Friday for a suspect they say was involved in a shooting that killed one sheriff's deputy and left another wounded. Deputy Greg McCowan was killed in the shooting during a traffic stop. We had an officer killed tonight,” Berrong said during a news conference in which he was visibly upset. Photos You Should See View All 21 Images“We’re going to get this man off the streets of east Tennessee and put him behind bars,” he said. Dehart was last seen in the city of Maryville, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said on social media.

Persons: Kenneth Dehart, Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong, Greg McCowan, Berrong, ” Berrong, “, we’ve, ”, Dehart Organizations: —, Blount County Sheriff, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, Blount County, Maryville, Knoxville

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — Police in California arrested a man for allegedly stealing a small aircraft before crashing onto a beach and leaving the scene on Thursday. Deputies received a report of a small airplane landing “near or on a beach” in Half Moon Bay around 5 p.m., the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. Police said officers found the aircraft, intact but unoccupied, on the sand south of Poplar Beach, which is about 30 miles (48.2 kilometers) south of San Francisco. Deputies located a man matching the description of a person seen landing the plane and walking away, police said. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft with the Palo Alto Police Department.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was fatally shot in a still-unsolved killing. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed that it oversaw the exhumation of the body of Pauline Pusser on Thursday at Adamsville Cemetery. A TBI statement said the agency received a new tip that led agents to find that there was never an autopsy performed on Pauline Pusser's body. The Pusser car was hit 11 times. Buford Pusser spent six years as McNairy County sheriff beginning in 1964, and aimed to rid McNairy County of organized crime, from moonshiners to gamblers.

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The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that journalists were subjected to police harassment and even hurt while covering protests over the police killings of George Floyd. Several journalists reported being struck by less-lethal munitions and being herded and detained while covering protests. And the ACLU added the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office to the suit then. The lawsuit continues against the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and its former sheriff, Dave Hutchinson. The city, as well as the sheriff's office, did not immediately respond to requests Thursday afternoon for comment from The Associated Press.

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A wayward kangaroo was corralled safely by sheriff's deputies Thursday after it was spotted hopping around the pool area of a Florida apartment complex. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office released video and still photos of the kangaroo, including some footage shot from a helicopter. The agency also released audio of a female resident of the complex calling in to report it. It's kind of a large kangaroo,” the unidentified woman says. No injuries to the kangaroo or any people were reported.

Persons: sheriff's, “ Organizations: Hillsborough County Sheriff's, Associated Press Locations: TAMPA, Fla, Florida, Hillsborough County

☆ US Marine Helicopter With Five Aboard Goes Missing in California
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Rescue crews in California were searching for a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter with five crew members aboard that went missing overnight, military officials said on Wednesday, after days of torrential rains in Southern California. The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter was reported overdue when it failed to reach the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California, near San Diego, after departing Creech Air Force Base in Nevada about 40 miles (60 km) northwest of Las Vegas on Tuesday night, the Marine Corps said in a statement. The sheriff's helicopter was not able to reach the area due to rough weather, ABC reported. The sheriff's department said it also sent all-terrain vehicles to search the area. Firefighters also responded but crews were unable to locate the Marine helicopter, Cal Fire officials told ABC News.

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☆ Rep. Lauren Boebert was granted a temporary restraining order after she accused her ex-husband of attacking their son
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The pair officially divorced in October, though the restraining order is the latest in a series of flare-ups between the former couple as they navigate their contentious split. The judge's order Friday for a temporary restraining order, which could be made permanent at a hearing on Thursday, also included protections for the couple's three younger sons. He also accused his ex-wife of using the restraining order to "justify" her move to a new congressional district. Lauren Boebert was not present during that altercation. Jayson Boebert did not directly respond to specific questions about the January 9 incident in the text messages to the AP.

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☆ Jennifer Crumbley is the first parent in America convicted in a mass school shooting carried out by their own child
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jennifer Crumbley, along with her husband James Crumbley, were charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the massacre, making them the first parents in America to face charges for a mass school shooting carried out by their own child. AdvertisementProsecutors painted Jennifer Crumbley as an unaware and negligent mother who was consumed with an extramarital affair. Prosecutors told jurors that Jennifer Crumbley "abruptly" ended the meeting after just 11 minutes and the parents did not take their son home. Booking photos of James and Jennifer Crumbley. Please don't judge me for what my son did," Jennifer Crumbley said in a text message amid the shooting, said Andrew Smith, the COO of a real-estate company where Jennifer Crumbley worked.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio sheriff's deputy testified in a murder trial Tuesday that the man he killed lifted a gun to shoot him, despite prosecutors saying the man's gun was found on his kitchen floor with the safety mechanism engaged. Meade, who is white, has pleaded not guilty to murder and reckless homicide in the death of Goodson, who was Black. The sheriff’s deputy, who is a pastor at a Baptist church, shot Goodson as he entered his grandmother’s house, police have said. When Meade testified about the shooting, he said Goodson had brandished a a gun at him from his car, prompting a pursuit. Special prosecutor Gary Shroyer questioned Meade on whether he'd done enough to notify Goodson that he was law enforcement.

Persons: —, Jason Meade, Casey Goodson Jr, Meade, Goodson, ”, he's, Mead, David, Goliath, Gary Shroyer, Shroyer, Goodson's, “, ” ___ Samantha Hendrickson Organizations: Prosecutors, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, Ohio

LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A man armed with two machetes was fatally shot inside a Southern California supermarket Tuesday after he charged at sheriff's deputies, authorities said. The shooting took place at about 9:30 a.m. at an Albertsons supermarket in Lancaster, a high desert community north of Los Angeles. The man reportedly had confronted people in the store when Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies arrived. They tried to subdue him using stun guns and other methods before he charged them and was shot, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The man had earlier been seen armed with a machete and threatening a clerk at a nearby gas station, authorities said.

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(AP) — Two off-duty police officers in Nebraska's largest city shot and killed two men in an SUV, though authorities have provided few details about the confrontation. The two Omaha officers were working at a local business at around 2 a.m. Saturday when they opened fire on the men in the SUV, police said. The men, 26-year-old Fernando Rodriguez-Juarez and 28-year-old Jonathan Hernandez-Rosales, were taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. Police said they found a handgun in the vehicle, but they didn't say whether there was anything illegal about that or what led the two off-duty officers to shoot the men. Police also haven't said whether the two officers, whom they haven't publicly identified, identified themselves as police to the men or whether they were wearing their police uniforms.

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☆ Millions at risk as California braces for record rainfall and high winds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Leila Sackur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Atmospheric rivers caused downpours in the Bay Area on Wednesday, bringing cable car services to a halt, before moving on to Los Angeles and San Diego by Thursday. Officials in Santa Barbara County raised evacuation advisories to orders on Saturday, calling on residents to be at a "very high state of readiness." Heavy rain and extreme weather caused roadway erosion at San Onofre's lower parking lot, with images on social media showing sections of the lot collapsing onto the beach below. A Sunday update from the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center predicted risks of rainfall exceeding flash flood guidance across swathes of the state with "high risk" — estimated at 70% probability — for San Diego and Orange Counties. The storm comes as the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office announced it was investigating three deaths in late January as related to California's last encounter with heavy storms.

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors filed murder charges Tuesday against five suspects in the fatal shootings of six men at a remote dirt crossroads in the Southern California desert after what investigators said was a dispute over marijuana. The suspects each face six felony counts of murder with a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. “This mass murder, done in a dark secluded desert, clearly illuminates the violence and crime that exists as a direct consequence of illegal marijuana operations,” District Attorney Jason Anderson said in Tuesday's statement. San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said Monday that the bodies were found in an area known for black market cannabis about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles. Dicus said in 2023 his department served 411 search warrants for illegal marijuana grow sites countywide and recovered 655,000 plants and $370 million.

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An independent commission is investigating the October shootings that killed 18 people in a bowling alley and a restaurant in the worst mass shooting in Maine history. Janet Mills said the panel needs subpoena power, in part to access the shooter's military records. The judiciary committee could vote on the bill seeking subpoena power on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the committee said. Mills' proposal for subpoena power has the backing of the Democratic and Republican leaders of both houses of the Legislature. The independent commission investigating the shootings is expected to look into potential missed opportunities to prevent the shootings.

Persons: Janet Mills, Robert Card's, Mills, Billy Bob Faulkingham, Robert Card, Card, Aaron Frey, ” Mills, “, Jan Organizations: Democratic, Maine Legislature's, Judiciary, Republican, Maine Policy Institute, Sheriff's Office Locations: PORTLAND, Maine, Lewiston, New York, ”, Sagadahoc

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas authorities on Monday captured a detainee being held on murder charges who escaped a local jail. Bryant was taken into custody without incident, the sheriff's office said in a release. Bryant and Noah Roush were discovered missing Jan. 22 from the Dub Brassell Adult Detention Center in Pine Bluff. The sheriff's office said it also planned to pursue criminal charges against anyone who assisted Bryant and Roush.

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☆ A snowboarder stuck 15 hours overnight on a California ski gondola said she screamed for help to workers below who couldn't hear her
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewA snowboarder reported missing at a ski resort in California on Thursday was stranded on a gondola overnight in the cold. Laso told KCRA that she tried getting the attention of workers she could see below, but they couldn't hear her. Heavenly Ski Resort operates a gondola ride that is 2.4 miles long and runs daily, per its website. Heavenly Ski Resort said it is investigating the incident, per the outlet. Vail Resorts, which owns Heavenly Ski Resort, did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.

Persons: —, Monica Laso, Laso, KCRA, Kim George, Tom Fortune Organizations: Service, Business, NBC, KCRA, National Weather Service, El, Office, Associated Press, AP, Vail Resorts Locations: California, El Dorado County

(AP) — A truck hauling zebras and camels for a series of weekend circus performances caught fire early Saturday on a northeastern Indiana highway, prompting a police rescue of the animals, which roamed along the freeway, some munching on grass. The tractor-trailer caught fire about 2 a.m. along Interstate 69 in Grant County and a state trooper, a Grant County Sheriff's deputy and a third person rescued the five zebras, four camels and a miniature horse by leading them off the smoked-filled trailer, said Sgt. The Grant County Sheriff's Office posted photos and videos on Facebook of camels walking on the highway and later standing along its shoulder and its median with zebras and law enforcement officers. Political Cartoons View All 253 Images“It’s not something we see every day,” said Deputy Brent Ressett with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. The truck was bringing the animals from Florida to Fort Wayne for four weekend circus performances in the northeastern Indiana city benefitting the Mizpah Shrine Circus, said Steve Trump, its circus director.

Persons: Steven Glass, ”, Brent Ressett, Grant, Steve Trump, ” Trump, “ Organizations: Indiana State Police, Sheriff's, Sheriff’s Office, Shrine, Fort Wayne's Locations: MARION, Ind, Indiana, Grant County, Grant, Sarasota , Florida, Marion, Indianapolis, Florida, Fort Wayne

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped overnight inside a ski lift gondola amid freezing temperatures at a Lake Tahoe resort, according to officials and media reports. Monica Laso boarded the gondola around 5 p.m. Thursday at Heavenly Ski Resort to ride down the mountain because she was too tired to snowboard. But it stopped just minutes later while she was still in the sky, she told KCRA, which first reported the news. “I screamed desperately until I lost my voice,” Laso told KCRA in an interview in Spanish. The ski resort, located on the southeastern side of the lake near the California-Nevada border, is investigating “with the utmost seriousness” how Laso got trapped.

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