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BATON ROUGE — A study group created by Louisiana lawmakers to discuss ways to address police misconduct issues had the formidable task of getting law enforcement leaders and groups alleging racial bias in policing to agree on substantive change. Months of debate brought forth recommendations that would represent significant policy change and compromise amid a tense and politicized national debate about the way police officers treat people of color. The hard-fought bipartisan deals appear to be smoothing passage of the proposals in the two-month legislative session. The bills that came fr...

Giuliani probe includes look at move to oust ambassador Eric Tucker View Comments Washington – Federal authorities investigating Rudy Giuliani are seeking information related to a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who was ousted from her job two years ago on orders of then-President Donald Trump, a lawyer for Giuliani said Friday. Robert Costello confirmed via text message that a search warrant served this week on Giuliani made reference to Marie Yovanovitch, who as a central player in the first impeachment case against Trump detailed a smear campaign by Giuliani and other Trump allies that...

India cases set new global record for virus cases Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq Associated Press New Delhi — India set another global record in new virus cases Thursday, as millions of people in one state cast votes despite rising infections and the country geared up to open its vaccination rollout to all adults amid snags. With 379,257 new infections, India now has reported more than 18.3 million cases, second only to the United States. The Health Ministry also reported 3,645 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 204,832. Experts believe both figures are an undercount, but ...

Reports: Feds execute search warrant at Rudy Giuliani's home in New York MICHAEL R. SISAK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER The Associated Press NEW YORK — Federal investigators have executed a search warrant at the Manhattan home of former President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The former New York City mayor has been under investigation for several years over his business dealings in Ukraine. Details of the search were not immediately available, but it comes as the Justice Department continues its investigation  i...

Julie Watson Associated Press SAN DIEGO – Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be more than 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating to World War II has long been suspected. The 27,345 “barrel-like" objects were captured in high-resolution images as part of a study by researchers at the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Researchers mapped more than 56 square miles of seafloor between Catalina Island and the Los A...