Family of teen shot by Chicago cop joins calls for change
CHICAGO (AP) – The family of a black teenager shot 16 times by a white Chicago police officer joined the call Friday for change in local leadership and policing in the city and nationwide, weeks after...
View ArticleAAA research offers ways for senior citizens to extend driving career, if...
MERIDEN, Conn (WTNH) — Driving comes with a big responsibility and it’s own set of dangers. There’s often a big concern for elderly drivers who are still behind the wheel. Especially since there are...
View Article4 dead after medical helicopter crashes in heavy rain, fog
MCFARLAND, Calif. (AP) – A medical helicopter carrying a patient to a hospital crashed amid heavy rain and fog in California’s agricultural San Joaquin Valley, killing all four people aboard, officials...
View ArticleRussian hacking suspect says he thought arrest was abduction
SEATTLE (AP) – A Russian man charged with hacking into U.S. businesses testified Friday that he thought he was being kidnapped when three federal agents put him in handcuffs at a Maldives airport last...
View ArticleTrump officially files to appear on Ohio primary ballot
NEW YORK, NY (WKBN) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign officially filed to be on the March primary ballot in Ohio, announced in a press release on Friday. The release also said...
View ArticleActivists present ‘letters of support’ to New Mexico mosque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A coalition of Christian and Jewish leaders presented an Albuquerque mosque on Friday dozens of “letters of support” after remarks by GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump....
View ArticleFire at Southern California mosque; cause being investigated
COACHELLA, Calif. (AP) – A Southern California mosque was damaged Friday in a fire reported to authorities as a possible arson. Flames were reported just after noon at the Islamic Center of Palm...
View ArticleFBI continues probe of lake in California shootings
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Specialized divers with the FBI searched a San Bernardino lake for a second day Friday, looking for a computer hard drive and any other evidence linked to last week’s terror attack...
View ArticleColorado Springs ACLU leader out after Trump Facebook post
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – The co-chair of the Colorado Springs chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union resigned on Friday after posting on Facebook that he would shoot Donald Trump...
View ArticleDefense rests after testimony that Porter exceeded his duty
BALTIMORE (AP) – The defense rested Friday in the manslaughter trial of Baltimore police officer William Porter after a department captain testified Porter went beyond the call of duty in assisting the...
View ArticleTennessee bell ringer cited for indecent exposure
KINGSPORT, TN (WJHL) – Kingsport Police Department officers cited a bell ringer Thursday for indecent exposure at a Tennessee grocery store. According to a KPD report, officers responded just before 4...
View ArticleAmazon includes alcohol to one hour delivery service in NY
NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon.com is getting into the holiday spirit, adding booze to its one-hour delivery service in Manhattan. Until now it was only Seattle, the company’s hometown, which could imbibe...
View ArticleProving a negative: In Porter case, inaction is on trial
BALTIMORE (AP) – He didn’t fire a gun or wield a Taser. He didn’t place anyone in a chokehold or wrestle anyone to the ground. In fact, William Porter barely touched Freddie Gray. But Porter, the first...
View ArticlePlane crash near posh PA resort kills two
FARMINGTON, Pa. (AP) – Authorities have released the names of two men killed in the crash of a small plane shortly after takeoff at a posh resort in southwestern Pennsylvania. The Fayette County...
View ArticleObama says world has ‘met the moment’ with climate pact
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed the newly passed international climate agreement that he said “offers the best chance we have to save the one planet we have.” Obama,...
View ArticleTenn. girl dies after being shot at friend’s house
ESTILL SPRINGS, Tenn. (WKRN) – Authorities say an 11-year-old girl has died after she was shot in Estill Springs Friday evening. It happened in the neighborhood about 85 miles south of Nashville,...
View ArticleFunerals, lake search follow California terror killings
LOS ANGELES (AP) – An underwater search for a computer hard drive and anything else linked to the husband-and-wife shooters who killed 14 in the California attacks concluded on Saturday. FBI...
View ArticleSandy Hook third anniversary observance to be low key
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — The third anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre will be the first to fall on a school day — one that Newtown officials will endeavor to make as normal as...
View ArticlePrecious holiday photo: Baby falls asleep in Santa’s beard
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana (KLFY) – This is that instant captioned on film of a baby who is so tired from waiting to see Santa Claus that once the big moment arrived, he curled up on his tummy and fell...
View ArticleGlobal grocer supply chains tied to slave-peeled shrimp
SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (AP) — Every morning at 2 a.m., they heard a kick on the door and a threat: Get up or get beaten. For the next 16 hours, No. 31 and his wife stood in the factory that owned them...
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