2 Police Officers Are Shot in Brooklyn
Photo The police say Jamal Funes, 34, drove his car head-on into a marked police vehicle and then shot two officers at Malcolm X Boulevard and Lexington Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, early Saturday. Credit Dave Sanders for The New York Times Two plainclothes New York City police officers were shot in Brooklyn early Saturday by a gunman who exchanged fire with officers after leading them on a brief car chase, officials said.The shooting happened around 3:20 a..>> view originalWashington Pauses for Justice Antonin Scalia's Funeral
Continue reading the main story Watch Live: Bidding Farewell to Justice Scalia Funeral services are being held for Justice Antonin Scalia at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. WASHINGTON — Justice Antonin Scalia used to say he was better at responding to criticism than to praise. But praise was the order of the day at a funeral Mass for him here on Saturday as the nation’s capital paused to mourn the..>> view originalUncertainty about Kansas voter registration laws confuses voters
A Second Opinion from the Lawrence Journal-World, Feb. 15 A recent decision by the new executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission once again has put Kansas voting laws in the spotlight. Whether residents Kansas and a few other states could circumvent a state proof-of-citizenship requirement by using a federal voter registration form had been the subject of considerable debate in recent years. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach had tried to force the EAC to change the fe..>> view originalTaxpayers' bill reaches $10M for Christie's bridge case fees
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey taxpayers have spent more than $10 million for legal services for Gov. Chris Christie’s administration in the George Washington Bridge lane closure case still pending against two former Christie allies.The updated total became known late Friday after the state released details for the first time on the more than $2 million paid over the past two years to a firm that’s also owed money by the Republican governor’s 2013 re-election campaign.Invoices released by the ..>> view originalClinton hopes for strong Latino turnout in Nevada
With polling showing a dead heat between Clinton and Sanders among likely caucusgoers, Clinton's surrogates fanned out across the Silver State this week, attempting to portray her as the more trustworthy candidate for Latinos as they work to ramp up participation by her supporters in the Democratic stronghold of Clark County.In the final days, Clinton's allies have slashed Sanders' immigration record, criticizing him as a "johnny-come-lately" to the issue who has been too vague about his plans. ..>> view originalSupreme Court declines to intervene in North Carolina redistricting ruling
Story highlightsExpert believes the decision would have been different if Justice Scalia were still aliveThe redrawn North Carolina district maps will delay primary votes there until JuneEarly this month, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled that maps for two districts were unconstitutional, and ordered the state to redraw their lines within two weeks. The panel said that race played an impermissible role in the drawing of the districts. ..>> view originalFirst of 4 Oregon wildlife refuge holdouts released from custody
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Sandra Anderson, one of the last four holdouts from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation, will be released from jail, officials said. Federal Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart said Friday Anderson, despite her "very public defiance" of federal officers, is not a flight risk due to her lack of criminal history and the fact she has held a steady job. Court-appointed defense lawyer, Tyl Bakker, claimed Anderson was not aware of federal orders to vacate ..>> view originalSouth Carolina heads to the polls after GOP brawl
As they make their choices beginning at 7 a.m. ET through the polls' close at 7 p.m., they will be sifting through the wreckage of a negative primary race that fully lived up to the state's reputation for bare-knuckle political combat. At stake are 50 of the 1,237 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination.Donald Trump goes into the vote as the front-runner after a frenzied final week of campaigning that saw the billionaire real-estate mogul wage a rhetorical war with Pope Francis and sev..>> view original1 Officer Dead, 3 Wounded in Mississippi Shooting
One law enforcement officer was killed and three were injured early Saturday after an hourslong standoff in rural north Mississippi ended in gunfire, authorities said. Also killed was the man suspected of firing on the police officers. Tishomingo County Coroner Mack Wilemon said the gunfire came after a standoff developed at a house where police had responded to some kind of domestic disturbance Friday afternoon. A state SWAT team was summoned and was forcing its way into the house when th..>> view original1st US Trials of Suspected Islamic State Sympathizers Begin
A U.S. Air Force veteran and former airplane mechanic charged with trying to join the Islamic State will be among the first Americans to go on trial as a result of the U.S. government's pursuit of dozens of suspected sympathizers of the militant group. Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, 48, was stopped at a Turkish airport in January 2015. He told investigators he was just on a vacation, but an indictment alleged that he was carrying 180 jihadist propaganda videos, including one featuring the behea..>> view original
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