Brazil, Portugal advance at World Cup
Struggling and unconvincing without Neymar on the field, Brazil still played well enough to secure a spot in the next round of the World Cup. The five-time champions overcame the absence of their injured star to beat Switzerland 1-0 with a late goal Monday and make it to the round of 16 with a match to spare.
Portugal also advanced into the last 16 with aΒ 2-0 win over Uruguay.
During theΒ Portugal-Uruguay match, a protester ran onto the field carrying a rainbow flag and wearing a blue Superman T-shirt that said βSAVE UKRAINEβ on the front and βRESPECT FOR IRANIAN WOMANβ on the back.
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Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump takes part in a march for Justice for Richard "Randy" Cox from the Stetson Library to the New Haven Police Department on July 8, 2022, in New Haven, Conn.
5 officers charged after Black man paralyzed in police van
Five Connecticut police officers were charged Monday with cruelly neglecting a Black man after he was partially paralyzed in the back of a police van, despite his repeated and desperate pleas for help.
Randy Cox, 36, was being driven to a New Haven police station June 19 for processing on a weapons charge when the driver braked hard at an intersection to avoid a collision, causing Cox to fly headfirst into a metal partition in the van.
βI canβt move. Iβm going to die like this. Please, please, please help me,β Cox said minutes after the crash.
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Judge accepts insanity plea deal in face-biting case
A judge accepted a plea deal Monday for a man who randomly killed a Florida couple in their garage six years ago and then chewed on one victimβs face that will send him to a mental hospital for treatment.
Austin Harrouff, 25, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to two counts of first-degree murder and other charges for the 2016 slayings of John Stevens, 59, and his wife, Michelle Mishcon Stevens, 53. He also seriously injured a neighbor who tried to help them.
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