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Canadian police chiefs on Friday condemned the beating death of a Black man by police during a traffic stop in the United States, saying the officers involved must be held accountable. The condemnation of the actions that led to Tyre Nichols’ death came as authorities in Memphis, Tenn., were to release a video of what happened.Nichols died three days after a Jan. 7 confrontation with five officers and his family says the video shows police savagely beating the 29-year-old motorist for three minutes.The officers, all of whom are Black, were charged Thursday with murder and other crimes.The Ontario Association of…

Jeff McNeil will be staying in Queens for the foreseeable future after agreeing to a four-year, $50 million contract extension with the New York Mets, ESPN reported Friday.The utility player won the National League batting title in 2022 and was set to enter free agency after the 2024 season. But now the deal, which is pending a physical, will keep him in New York for several more years.The report noted that a fifth-year club option would take the total value to $63.75 million. McNeil’s style of play emphasizes making contact with the ball when he is at the plate. In…

“GMA3” co-anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are no longer with ABC News, a spokesperson for the network said Friday, after news of their affair surfaced in December. “After several productive conversations with Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes about different options, we all agreed it’s best for everyone that they move on from ABC News,” an ABC News spokesperson said in a statement. “We recognize their talent and commitment over the years and are thankful for their contributions.”Spokespeople for both Holmes and Robach declined to comment Friday. Holmes and Robach were previously pulled from their co-hosting duties on the afternoon…

A key stretch of the main vehicle travel route between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City will be closed all weekend as part of a project to reshape a busy interchange serving the Las Vegas Strip.Nevada Department of Transportation officials say Interstate 15 will be shut down to let crews demolish a big overpass at Tropicana Avenue.Officials say motorists will face detours and massive delays between the Flamingo and Russell road exits.The department calls the 18-month, $305 million road reconstruction project “Dropicana.”MARIJUANA GROW HOUSE IN NV LOSES LICENSE AFTER AUDITORS FIND UNREGISTERED PLANTS IN ATTIC, CLOSET Designers say that when…

See the ‘big money marketing’ of Jesus that’s set to air during the Super Bowl A $100 million campaign, “He Gets Us,” that promotes Jesus Christ and his teachings is set to showcase its ads during the Super Bowl. It’s funded by anonymous donors acting through a nonprofit linked to staunchly conservative causes, as CNN’s Tom Foreman reports. Source: CNN

DANA POINT, Calif. – EXCLUSIVE – Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel says that winning an unprecedented in modern times fourth term as chair of the GOP, there won’t be a fifth term in her future.”This is my last term as chair. I’m saying it on Fox News. It’s done,” McDaniel declared in an exclusive interview with Fox News on Friday.Minutes earlier, McDaniel won the support of 111 committee members who cast ballots in a secret ballot vote for chair, more than the majority of the 168 members needed to secure re-election. The vote took place on the final day…

When three-year-old Daniel Czerski reached a major milestone in his young life, there was one group of people he couldn’t wait to share the news with – the “guys.” The “guys,” his father Josh Czerski tells Fox News Digital, are the high school basketball players he coaches at Parkville High School.The Baltimore, Maryland, dad has been coaching the team for the last seven years. LITTLE BOY FROM MINNESOTA HAS ‘WRONG’ ANSWER WHEN MOM ASKS WHO MADE HIM ‘SO CUTE’”My son has been around them since he was born,” Czerski said. So it made sense that when Daniel potty-trained, he couldn’t wait to share…

CNN  —  On the third day of the murder trial of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, prosecutors showed the court video of Murdaugh’s first interview with authorities after his wife and son were found killed. In the interview, which had not been released publicly previously, Murdaugh described arriving at the scene where he could see the two bodies and told investigator he could see things were “bad” when he first pulled up to the home. Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent…

CNN  —  The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee and select subcommittee on the so-called weaponization of the federal government plan to adopt a rule that will allow Republican members to issue subpoenas without consulting Democrats days ahead of time, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The plan, articulated to GOP members of the select subcommittee by its top Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio during their first meeting Friday, will expedite the subpoena process as both panels move forward with probes of the Biden administration, two of the sources said. It reflects the “urgency” of Republican plans to investigate…

Two of the five former Memphis police officers arrested for the killing of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols had been on the job for a couple of years, and the others no more than six years. And some of the officers had been part of a new anti-violence unit called SCORPION, which stands for Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods, prosecutors have confirmed. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith were fired on Jan. 20 after an administrative investigation found they had violated department policy on the use of force. They were charged…