Roundup of Syria ceasefire talks and LA murder trial notes
Russia and the United States near a cease-fire for Aleppo as talks resume with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura and Kerry. In Los Angeles, closing arguments wrap in the Grim Sleeper case with defense claiming a mystery killer, while jurors prepare to deliberate. A Colorado llama escape near Boulder ends after two hours as deputies and locals help herd Ethel back to pasture.
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Moscow
Russia
U.S
Aleppo
United Nations
Sergei Lavrov
U.N
Syria
Staffan de Mistura
Kerry
Washington
White House
Josh Earnest
USS
Europe
Paris
Brussels
Syrian Observatory For Human Rights
Los Angeles
Seymour Amster
Lonnie Franklin Jr
Amster
Beth Silverman
Silverman
Los Angeles Superior Court
Franklin
Los Angeles Police Department
Margaret Prescod
Black Coalition
Boulder, Cole
Ethel
Colorado
Boulder County Sheriff’s Office
Carrie Haverfield
Police ready wider body camera use
Cities move to expand wearable cameras amid cost, privacy, and logistics concerns. Chicago has begun equipping over 2,000 officers, Philadelphia about 5 percent, and Houston near 6 percent, with New York planning 1,000 by summer. Some departments move ahead while others face union objections and funding limits.
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Boston
Associated Press
Michael Brown
Ferguson
U.S
Chicago
Philadelphia
Houston
New York
James Pasco
National Fraternal Order of Police
Darrel Stephens
Major Cities Chiefs Association
Los Angeles
Nassau County
Long Island
N.Y
San Francisco
Baltimore
Freddie Gray
Rachel Idowu
Juan Seoane
American Civil Liberties Union
Sakira Cook
Leadership Conference On Civil and Human Rights
NAACP
ACLU
Detroit teachers urged back to work after pay guarantee
Detroit teachers returned to classrooms after union leaders secured a pledge that they would be paid for work already done. Ivy Bailey of the Detroit Federation of Teachers said emer gency manager Steven Rhodes provided the assurance in a letter. Weingarten of the AFL-CIO praised the move on Teacher Appreciation Day.
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Detroit
Detroit Public Schools
Ivy Bailey
Detroit Federation of Teachers
Steven Rhodes
Bailey
DFT
Randi Weingarten
American Federation of Teachers
Weingarten
Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq During IS Assault
Navy SEAL Charlie Keating IV was killed near Tel Skuf as Islamic State forces bombed towns in northern Iraq. U S forces responded with 25 airstrikes and drones while Kurdish peshmerga fought back. Keating is from Phoenix and the grandson of financier Charles H Keating Jr. Flags were lowered to half staff.
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Washington
Iraq
U.S
Mosul
Charlie Keating IV
Phoenix
Arizona
Doug Ducey
Ducey
Keating
San Diego Union Tribune
Charles H. Keating Jr
John McCain
Tel Skuf
Islamic State
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