DALLAS (AP) - A white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor inside his own apartment was fired Monday, the same day the man was being buried in his Caribbean homeland. Police Chief U. Renee Hall dismissed Officer Amber Guyger during a hearing Monday, according to the Police Department. Guyger is charged with manslaughter in the Sept. 6 shooting that left 26-year-old Botham Jean dead, and she was fired because of her arrest, according to the department.
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It was a day of sorrow and spirit at the Capitol. Hundreds of victims of sexual abuse and their families rallied, marched, and chanted for legislative change, and they were heard by lawmakers who just returned to session.
Rallies on Monday at the state capitol from abuse victims and state officials, as the House takes up legislation that would change Pennsylvania's statute of limitations laws.
YAUHANNAH, S.C. (AP) - More than a week ago, pastor Willie Lowrimore and some of his congregants stacked sandbags around their South Carolina church to protect it from the fury of Hurricane Florence. They moved the pews to higher ground and watched anxiously for days as the nearly black, reeking water from the swollen Waccamaw River rose, even though the hurricane was long gone. Finally, before dawn Monday, the water seeped around and over the sandbags, flooding the sanctuary.
