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First Thing: California police under audit after racist texts discovered

Messages showing Antioch officers using racist slurs, and bragging about making up evidence and beating suspects have sparked outrage. Plus, supreme court delays decision on abortion pill restrictions

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California police department under audit after officers’ racist texts are discovered

Shocking messages about beating suspects and making up evidence were found when Antioch officers were investigated

The Guardian - US

California city audits police who sent racist, abusive texts

A California city voted Tuesday to audit its troubled police department after racist text messages sent by officers were made public earlier this month

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New text messages show Antioch gang unit boasted about injuring suspects, kicking heads like a ‘field goal’

ANTIOCH, Calif. — A gang unit detective sent racist and homophobic text messages to fellow officers and boasted about shooting Black men with rubber bullets and kicking one man’s head like a “field goal,” according to a trove of new text messages obtained by this news organization.

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Inside a Bay Area police department’s secret racist texting group

ANTIOCH, Calif. — For years, Antioch Police Department officers routinely used private text messaging groups to flout their racist views, using slurs in front of superiors without fear of reprisal.

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Judge names 17 Bay Area cops who allegedly sent racist text messages, memes

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a move that deepened the scandals engulfing the Antioch Police Department, a Contra Costa County judge on Friday released the names of 17 city police officers accused of using racist slurs, jokes and memes in text messages over a period of more than two years.

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Turks Look to History and Foresee Rebirth of Ancient Antakya from Earthquake Ruins

Remnants of ancient Abrahamic history were destroyed when an earthquake flattened much of Antakya in southern Türkiye last month, but many hope the city can rise from the rubble as it has done over centuries of disasters and conquests. Established by the Seleucid Empire in 300 BC, Antakya, formerly Antioch,…

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Quake-hit Antakya communities seek role in saving rich heritage

Authorities set to start restoration imminently but some warn rush to rebuild could threaten ancient city’s heritage.

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Turkey's Antakya is in ruins after the quake, erasing cultural and religious heritage

The city of Antakya, known in antiquity as Antioch, was at the crossroads of civilizations for centuries. After the Feb. 6 earthquake, many of its centuries-old monuments and sites lie in ruins.

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Ruins of Turkish city of Antakya tell story of a rich past

The city of Antakya, known as Antioch in ancient times, has been destroyed many times by earthquakes

The Independent UK

Turkey's historic city of Antakya, known in Roman and medieval times as Antioch, has been flattened by powerful earthquakes in the past – and rebuilt itself

Tens of thousands have died and millions have become homeless in southern Turkey and northern Syria after the massive 7.8 earthquake that struck on Feb. 6, 2023. But the ancient Turkish city of Antakya, known in Roman and medieval times as Antioch, has been here before.

The Conversation

Buildings tumbling, survivors living in tents: medieval descriptions of an 1114 CE earthquake in present-day Turkey and Syria feel eerily familiar

The catastrophic earthquakes of February 6 2023 in Turkey and Syria are so far known to have claimed the lives of over 41,000 people. This number will likely grow as rescue and recovery efforts continue.

The Conversation

Once home to civilisations, fabled Antioch left in ruins

Antakya (Turkey) (AFP) - The smashed dome of the ancient mosque, considered to be Turkey's oldest, covers rubble that used to be a prayer hall.

AFP

East Bay cannabis seizures cap busy regulatory year

SAN JOSE, Calif. — State cannabis control workers closed out a busy year in Alameda and Contra Costa counties by serving warrants at multiple homes in Antioch and Oakland last week, recovering plants and processed flowers, as well as cash, authorities said.

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Hero fast-food worker loses eye after trying to stop man bullying special needs boy

Bianca Palomera, from California, was working her shift on November 12 when she saw four men intimidating the brother of one of her co-workers at Habit Burger Grill in Antioch

The Independent UK

California tenants rise up, demand rent caps from city halls

Low-income tenants in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Antioch got legislation passed that will cap rent increases at 3% a year

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French bulldog snatched during brazen armed robbery in Bay Area

In the latest case of a pricey pup violently pilfered from its owner, an Antioch, California, woman says her French bulldog was stolen during an armed robbery.

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Flat-bottomed bags make the eating world go ’round

Fischer Paper Products will be at National Restaurant Association show this weekend.

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Campaign to rebuild Antioch Missionary Baptist Church kicks off with Sunday service

Rev. Gerald M. Dew hopes to open the new church complex on Easter 2024.

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Antioch Missionary Baptist Church begins fundraising efforts for new building

As demolition on the historic structure continues, church officials announced Thursday the start of their fundraising campaign to rebuild on the same site.

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Un año después, esta familia aún se recupera de un horrible accidente que la destrozó

ANTIOCH, California— El mensaje garabateado con plumón en un globo de color rosa brillante —"Hola, Sela, te quiero y te extraño"— se desvaneció lentamente mientras flotaba en el cielo despejado sobre el cementerio de la Santa Cruz.

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A year later, family still healing from horrific DUI crash that tore it apart

ANTIOCH, Calif. — The message scrawled in marker on a bright-pink balloon – “Hi Sela, love you and miss you so much” – slowly faded from sight as it floated up into the clear sky above Holy Cross Cemetery.

Chicago Tribune

2 days after church fire, Chicago community celebrates Easter with hopes of rebuilding

CHICAGO — The congregation gathered for Easter Sunday at a neighborhood funeral home. Some have been members of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church for more than 30 years. Others were inspired to join for the first time. All came to hear the message of resurrection.

LiveScience

14 of the deadliest natural disasters in history

The world's deadliest natural disasters span more than 2,500 years of human history and include earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones.

Chicago Sun-Times

Body of missing Antioch man pulled from Des Plaines River near Libertyville

The body of Thomas "Tommy" Howe was recovered from the river just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, the Lake County coroner’s office said.

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