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An NYPD sergeant was charged Tuesday with second-degree manslaughter in the August death of a scooter-riding drug suspect who crashed after the cop threw a cooler at him. Sgt. Erik Duran, 36, pleaded not guilty to that charge — which carries a potential maximum sentence of 25 years in prison — as well as assault in the first and second degrees and criminally negligent homicide for the death of Eric Duprey, 30, on Aug. 23, 2023, in The Bronx. Duran was conducting a buy-and-bust operation on Aqueduct Avenue near West 190th Street around 5 p.m. in Kingsbridge Heights when Duprey...

The PM will bring back plans to give telly watchdog Ofcom the power to fine streaming services for breaking strict broadcasting rules....The maximum fine for a breach of the code will be £250,000 or an amount up to five per cent of their revenue – whichever is higher. ...a photograph used in the documentary’s trailer was later shown to have been taken at a Harry Potter film premiere.... ...Netflix is accused of trying to pass off Katie Price footage as proof the couple were “hounded” by the media.... ...In a third scene, press are seen crowded around a car before...

Krakauer is a very good writer and his leftism can be seen throughout this writing. He made too many good points we cannot ignore. It has to do with putting ones life in the hands of incompetents who cover up their mistakes after the damage is done. Jessica Lynch was not mistreated in the Iraqi hospital. Tillman's squad was ordered to split into 2 groups after pleading with higher-ups not to do so. All procedures and protocols were broken to help cover up the circumstances of him being shot from 30 feet away. His uniform was burned and his body...

(AP) JACKSON, Mo. A judge who caught a man consuming alcohol an hour after sentencing him for drunken driving ordered the man into rehabilitation on Tuesday. Jacob Vandeven, 27, of Whitewater, entered a guilty plea before Judge William Syler on Dec. 5 to a reduced charge of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated for causing an accident with injuries. Vandeven had been charged with a felony after the Nov. 20, 2004, accident, but with his plea was given a six-month suspended sentence and two years probation, according to court records. The judge went to lunch at a restaurant and bar close to...