A Black college student shown on video being punched and dragged from his car by Florida law enforcement officers during a traffic stop faces a long recovery from injuries that include a concussion and a lip punctured by one of his teeth, his lawyers said on Wednesday. At a news conference in Jacksonville, 22-year-old William McNeil Jr spoke softly as …
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Police in Jacksonville, Florida are investigating a “viral” video in which an officer is seen punching a male driver in the face during a traffic stop. Footage that began circulating on social media over the weekend showed William McNeil Jr. staring at the camera on Feb. 19 as an officer is seen smashing his driver’s side window and demanding that …
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Attorneys for man punched by JSO officer in viral traffic stop video say police report is ‘divorced from reality’ firstcoastnews.com Video of Jacksonville sheriff’s officer hitting man in face during traffic stop prompts investigation CBS News No criminality in viral video of man being repeatedly punched by deputies: Sheriff ABC News Police report of viral JSO traffic stop video says man was ‘verbally …
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Jacksonville’s NAACP calls for ‘immediate answers’ from Sheriff Waters after viral video of violent JSO traffic stop WKMG Viral video shows JSO officer break car window, punch driver in head during February traffic stop firstcoastnews.com Watch Live: Sheriff T.K. Waters holds news conference on viral video showing violent February traffic stop News4JAX Violent JSO traffic stop raises questions about drivers’ rights. A crime …
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – A crash blocked lanes of two busy roads in northeastern Colorado Springs on Sunday. Police said they responded to a crash at Briargate Parkway and Powers Boulevard. They posted about it on social media around 4 p.m. They initially said all eastbound lanes west of Powers were blocked. The crash happened on Powers and Briargate, …
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At Oshkosh, even the taxiway become a runway during the world’s largest gathering of aircraft. During the annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh event, aviation enthusiasts flock to Wisconsin in what becomes the world’s largest gathering of aircraft — and in an extraordinary feat of logistics, even the taxiways at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) are converted into temporary runways. Each summer, for …
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While air traffic controllers welcome an infusion of more than $12 billion to modernize their equipment, some controllers say they are under pressure due to other issues, such as grueling schedules, mandatory overtime and stagnating pay. Glenn Harvey for NPR hide caption toggle caption Glenn Harvey for NPR When a midair collision and a series of radar outages captured attention in …
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Former and current U.S. air traffic controllers say Trump administration’s plan to overhaul the nation’s air traffic system does little to fix the bigger problem: a nationwide staffing shortage. AILSA CHANG, HOST: We begin this hour with the country’s air traffic control system. The Trump administration is vowing to rebuild that system in response to recent outages and long-standing staffing …
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As publishers fret about decreased traffic from Google, the search giant has begun rolling out AI summaries in Discover, the main news feed inside Google’s search app on iOS and Android. Now, instead of seeing a headline from a major publication, users will see multiple news publishers’ logos in the top-left corner, followed by an AI-generated summary that cites those …
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Amazon’s Prime Day, which leads to an overall boost to U.S. e-commerce thanks to competitive sales, saw a significant increase in retail traffic driven by generative AI products, including chatbots and browsers. According to a post-Prime Day analysis by Adobe Analytics, gen AI traffic to U.S. retail sites increased by 3,300% year-over-year — which was more than the firm had …
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