3 held, including teen, in triple killings in California
Amy Taxin, Associated Press 4:50 a.m. EDT September 26, 2016A person knees down before a makeshift memorial at the porch of a home where three adults were found dead in Fullerton, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016.(Photo: Cindy Yamanaka, AP)FULLERTON, Calif. - Police arrested three people, including a 17-year-old girl, on suspicion of killing a couple and their friend inside a Southern California home over the weekend.Fullerton police Sgt. Jon Radus would not say if the arrested teen w..>> view originalFirst of hundreds of jurors report in church shooting trial
By Bruce Smith | AP September 26 at 6:31 AM CHARLESTON, S.C. — Hundreds of potential jurors will report to the federal courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, in the coming days as the jury selection begins in the trial of a white man charged in deaths of nine black church parishioners. Dylann Roof faces hate crimes and other federal counts in the June 2015 shooting deaths at Emanuel AME Church. The first jurors report on Monday for initial screening. Three thousand jurors have received su..>> view original1 of 2 Missing Boaters Found After 8 Days Adrift at Sea
The Coast Guard recovered a 22-year-old boater on Sunday after he was found 100 miles off the coast of Martha's Vineyard after more than a week adrift at sea. Nathan Carman and his 54-year-old mother Linda set sail in a 32-foot aluminum center console ...>> view originalClinton, Trump poised for historic debate battle
With a tight election on the line, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton face off Monday at their first presidential debate, a battle emerging as the most hotly anticipated moment in modern US political history.An audience rivaling that of the Super Bowl -- perhaps around 100 million Americans -- will be glued to televisions, smart phones and social media when the rivals rip off the gloves at 9 pm ET. The debate marks a rare shared experience for a country deeply divided along pol..>> view originalHow two police shootings of black men sent Tulsa and Charlotte in different directions
The recent fatal police shootings of two black men spurred soul-searching across the nation but drew vastly different reactions from the cities in which they took place.In Tulsa, Okla., on Thursday, a group of 50 demonstrators was preparing to march when people suddenly started cheering. "Have some ice cream!” activist Shay White told demonstrators from a microphone. The officer who shot Terence Crutcher had just been charged with manslaughter. White told everyone to go home to rest, and the cr..>> view originalThis is what happens when a Black Lives Matter flag is hoisted at a public university right up there with the US flag
It was supposed to be an expression of solidarity. And it was — for some. As protests over the fatal police shootings of black men raged in Charlotte, N.C., and elsewhere last week, students at the University of Vermont hoisted a Black Lives Matter flag at the center of campus, right next to, and at the same height, as the state flag and the American flag. The university and the Student Government Association sanctioned the display, which, in the words of the student government president, was d..>> view originalHouse conservatives offer measure to extend spending bill into 2017
Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), center, walks with fellow Freedom Caucus members Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), left, and Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) to the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP /Carolyn Kaster) Members of the Conservative House Freedom Caucus have a plan to avoid a shutdown fight in December: an automatic extension of the stop-gap spending bill that has been snarled in partisan fighting in the Senate for weeks. The Senate is sc..>> view originalAuthorities: 1 child, 3 adults dead in house fire
Matt Burkhartt Massachusetts police worker, family members ID'd in fire Emergency personnel respond to a house fire Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, in Greenfield, Mass. Authorities say three adults and one child died in the early morning fire, which remains under investigation. (Matt Burkhartt/The Greenfield Recorder via AP) Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2016 11:09 am | Updated: 2:02 pm, Sun Sep 25, 2016. Authorities:..>> view originalIran: Utah state senator didn't mention job when visiting
FILE -- In this May 8, 2015 file photo, Sen. Jim Dabakis, a Salt Lake City Democrat, speaks during an Administrative Rules Review Committee meeting, in Salt Lake City. Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Dabakis, a Utah state senator, who traveled to Iran in May did not clarify his job as senator in his visa application. Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told reporters Monday that a visit by Sen. Jim Dabakis was technically legal, but that he did not make his government position clear in his applic..>> view originalBridgegate trial: Christie taking heat from defense, prosecution
Former staffers for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who are expected on the stand in the so-called Bridgegate scandal arrive at a Newark courthouse. (Sept. 23) APGov. Chris Christie(Photo: Asbury Park (N.J.) Press)TRENTON — At nearly every turn last week, lawyers in the George Washington Bridge criminal trial turned jurors’ attention to someone who wasn’t in the courtroom, someone who isn’t charged with a crime in the case or even named in the indictment as a co-conspirator.They work..>> view original
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