Ferguson police release body camera footage showing protester tackling officer on sidewalk

Ferguson police release body camera footage showing protester tackling officer on sidewalk

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson police on Tuesday released officer-worn body camera footage showing a protester tackling a Black police officer on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, leaving the Missouri officer with a life-threatening brain injury. Police Chief Troy Doyle, speaking at a news conference, said the body camera footage shows that the

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Pakistan rewards javelin champion Nadeem with $359,000 for record-breaking throw at Paris Olympics

Pakistan rewards javelin champion Nadeem with $359,000 for record-breaking throw at Paris Olympics

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Olympic javelin gold medalist Arshad Nadeem received $359,000 from the Pakistani government on Tuesday as the country continued to celebrate his record-breaking throw at the Paris Games. Punjab’s chief minister Mariam Nawaz visited Nadeem’s house in a village in the Mian Channu district and presented him with a cheque for 100 million

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Takeaways from AP’s story on Alabama’s ecologically important Mobile-Tensaw Delta and its watershed

Takeaways from AP’s story on Alabama’s ecologically important Mobile-Tensaw Delta and its watershed

Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta is a more-than 400-square-mile (1,036-square-kilometer) expanse of cypress swamps, oxbow lakes, marshland, hardwood stands and rivers unusually rich in plant and animal diversity. It’s also a critical conduit between the rest of Alabama and the Gulf of Mexico, draining two-thirds of the state and cleaning water and warehousing silt that could damage

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