Jan. 29: Memphis Scorpion Squad squashed, and Bills’ Hamlin expresses his appreciation

Protesters march down the street Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn., as authorities release police video depicting five Memphis officers beating Tyre Nichols, whose death resulted in murder charges and provoked outrage at the country’s latest instance of police brutality. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Good morning! It’s Sunday Jan. 29, 2023. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:

1️. Memphis Police Scorpion Unit deactivated

Protesters march down the street Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn., as authorities release police video depicting five Memphis officers beating Tyre Nichols, whose death resulted in murder charges and provoked outrage at the country’s latest instance of police brutality. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

2. California shooting: 3 dead, 4 hurt in ritzy LA neighborhood

Accident or crime scene cordon tape, police line do not cross. It is nighttime, emergency lights of police cars flashing blue, red and white in the background

3. Prosecutor: $100 repair bill sparked Half Moon Bay shooting

FILE – FBI officials walk towards the crime scene at Mountain Mushroom Farm, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, after a gunman killed several people at two agricultural businesses in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Officers arrested a suspect in Monday’s shootings, 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, after they found him in his car in the parking lot of a sheriff’s substation, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said. (AP Photo/Aaron Kehoe, File)

4. Staff shakeup in Virginia district where boy, 6 shot teacher

The Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, is set to reopen next week after a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher on Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Denise Lavoie)

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HAMLIN SPEAKS

The Buffalo Bills safety expressed his appreciation for the support he has received in a video that marked the first time he has spoken publicly since he went into cardiac arrest during a game with the Bengals.

FILE – Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin reacts after a play during the first half of the team’s NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Oct. 9, 2022, in Orchard Park, N.Y. Hamlin released a video on Saturday, Jan. 28, in which he’s thankful for the outpouring of support and vows to pay it back, in what are the safety’s first public comments since he went went into cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated on the field in Cincinnati on Jan. 2. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)

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🔴 In NFL Conference Championship action, the 49ers visit the Eagles and the Chiefs host the Bengals.

🔴 Winners of the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction are announced.

🔴 Stefanos Tsitispas faces Novak Djokovic in the men’s tennis singles finals of the Australian Open.

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