A Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop earlier this month will be fired, the city’s police chief announced Wednesday. Body camera footage of the fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry appeared to contradict the police department’s initial account of the events leading up to his killing. Jeff Pegues has detail. Source
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Suspect fatally shot in Pittsburgh police standoff
Authorities said a man was fatally shot by police in a residential Pittsburgh neighborhood Wednesday after he opened fire on deputies who had responded to his home to serve an eviction notice, prompting a six-hour standoff. Source
8 Republican presidential hopefuls prep for a debate without Trump
Eight Republican presidential candidates will take part in the first GOP primary debate of the 2024 campaign season in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday night. Noticeably absent from the stage, however, will be frontrunner and former President Donald Trump. Robert Costa has a preview of what to expect. Source
Rudy Giuliani surrenders in Georgia election case
Rudy Giuliani, the one-time personal attorney for former President Donald Trump, surrendered at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Wednesday to face 13 state felony counts charging him as part of an alleged scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. He was one of 19 people, included Trump, who have been indicted in the case. Trump is expected to surrender Thursday. Nikole Killion has more. Source
“CBS Evening News” headlines for Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” Source
Terry Funk, WWE wrestling icon, dies at 79
Funk was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009. Source
Paul Flores hospitalized after being attacked in prison, lawyer says
Paul Flores was found guilty last year in the 1996 abduction and murder of Kristin Smart, a college freshman who vanished from campus. Source
BTK Killer’s Kansas home searched in connection to cold cases
The Osage County Sheriff’s Office’s ongoing investigations uncovered potential connections between Rader and other missing persons cases and unsolved murders in the Kansas and Missouri areas, authorities said. Source
As COVID flares, some schools and businesses reinstate mask mandates
In some places, the emergence of new COVID-19 variants is spurring the return of mask requirements and other safety measures. Source
Judge rejects Meadows’ request to postpone his arrest in Fulton County
The former White House chief of staff’s attorneys asked a court to block the Fulton County district attorney’s enforcement of his arrest warrant while they try to have the Georgia state case against him moved to federal court. Source