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Fatal police shooting at hospital caught on officer bodycams

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Police body camera footage shows a routine police pat-down of a man in a hospital emergency room erupting within minutes into a fatal police shooting after the man apparently fires a gun he had concealed in his possession. Twenty-seven-year-old Miles Jackson, a Black man, died at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital in suburban Columbus Monday. The video shows that during an initial struggle and use of a stun gun on Jackson, he apparently fires a gun concealed in his waistband and ends up on the hospital floor. Police officers repeatedly tell Jackson to raise his hands over his head. After police use a stun gun a second time, a shot is heard followed by a barrage of police gunfire.

The Latest: California governor says all schools must reopen

By The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging all schools in the state to reopen, saying there are no health barriers to getting children back into classrooms and ending distance learning. Speaking Wednesday, he said: “Money is not an object now. It’s an excuse.” His wishes remain an expectation rather than a mandate because California’s decentralized education system lets…

‘The Bachelor’ star Colton Underwood comes out as gay

By The Associated Press

Colton Underwood, the former football tight end who found fame on Season 23 of “The Bachelor” has revealed that he is gay. Underwood tried out briefly for a handful of NFL teams before his professional football career ended in 2016. Three years later, he won over Cassie Randolph on “The Bachelor,” though they never married. His virginity was a frequent topic of conversation. Underwood said he finally got to a place where he could be honest with himself after 2020, the year that made people “look at themselves in the mirror and figure out who they are and what they’ve been running from.”