Virginia governor meets with cabinet amid outcry over racist photo
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam met with his Cabinet on Monday amid a chorus of calls from fellow Democrats to resign over last week’s revelation of a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page.
The rise and fall of ‘El Chapo,’ Mexico’s most wanted kingpin
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is Mexico’s most notorious kingpin who shipped tonnes of drugs around the world, escaped two maximum-security jails and became one of the world’s most-wanted fugitives.
U.S. D-Day flag to return home 75 years after Normandy landing
A rare D-Day flag that flew on a U.S. Navy ship leading the allied advance at the beaches of Normandy nearly 75 years ago will be returned to America after going on display in the Netherlands on Monday.
Virginia lawmakers meet; governor battles fallout from racist photo
Virginia lawmakers were due to meet on Monday for the first time since the revelation of a racist photo on Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page sparked widespread calls from fellow Democrats for the first-term governor to resign.
Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage arrested, faces deportation
Grammy-nominated Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage was arrested on Sunday by U.S. immigration officials, who said he was illegally in the country and a convicted felon.
UK says in contact with British man’s lawyer after 21 Savage arrest
Britain’s Foreign Office said on Monday it was in contact with the lawyer for a British man detained in the United States in response to reports U.S. immigration officials had arrested rapper 21 Savage for being in the country illegally.
As death toll keeps rising, U.S. communities start rethinking Taser use
Warren Ragudo died after two Taser shocks by police intervening in a family altercation. Ramzi Saad died after a Taser shock by police during a dispute between Saad and his mother. Chinedu Okobi died after police used a Taser to subdue him in a confron…
Factbox: U.S. communities rethinking Taser use after deaths
Reuters has documented a total of at least 1,081 U.S. deaths following use of police Tasers, almost all since the weapons began coming into widespread use in the early 2000s. In many of those cases the Taser was combined with other force, such as hand …
Five killed in fire after small plane crashes in Californian town
A small plane crashed in the town of Yorba Linda in southern California on Sunday afternoon, killing the pilot and four people inside a house the wreck set on fire, police said.
Smiles, grimaces in New Jersey with first-ever legal Super Bowl bets
A roar went up inside the FanDuel Sportsbook in New Jersey on Sunday, but play in the Super Bowl had not even started.
