Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Benghazi scandal: How did we get here? and other top stories.

  • Benghazi scandal: How did we get here?

    Benghazi scandal: How did we get here?
    The U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya was attacked and burned on September 11, 2012, resulting in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and another State Department employee.Armed militants also attacked a nearby CIA annex with mortar fire, killing two additional Americans as security personnel engaged in a pitched battle with the attackers. The first major point of contention was whether the violence was a premeditated terror attack or a spontaneous response to an American-made video..
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  • Gunfire and Panicked Calls on Police Log of Orlando Shooting

    Gunfire and Panicked Calls on Police Log of Orlando Shooting
    Photo Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The city on Tuesday released police logs and other documents from the killings there on June 12. Credit Chris O'Meara/Associated Press It took just 16 minutes.Emergency calls from inside the Pulse nightclub poured into the Orlando police in the early morning of June 12 from panicked and wounded revelers reporting the bloody scene as it played out. Dispatchers noted that they, too, could hear gunshots in the background, according to..
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  • The Latest: Custody hearing preceded Arizona shooting

    The Latest: Custody hearing preceded Arizona shooting
    Political News The Latest: Custody hearing preceded Arizona shooting Posted 11:17 p.m. yesterday HOLBROOK, Ariz. — The Latest on the deadly Arizona courthouse shooting (all times local): 8 p.m. Authorities say a deadly shooting at a county courthouse in eastern Arizona appears to have been prompted by a dispute that stemmed from a hearing earlier in the day. Navajo County spokesman Adam Wolfe said the suspect opened fire Tuesday after meeting ..
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  • Records: City lawyers weak link in police accountability - Austin American

    Records: City lawyers weak link in police accountability - Austin American
    When a federal judge concluded that a lawyer employed by the city of Chicago concealed audio evidence in a civil trial, the court issued a sharp rebuke, saying the recordings showed police lied about the events that led officers to shoot and kill a black motorist.Mayor Rahm Emanuel portrayed it as an isolated instance of unscrupulous lawyering, but City Hall lawyers have, in fact, faced similar criticism in nearly half a dozen police-misconduct cases in recent years.And it's not just Chicago. An..
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  • Supreme Court ushers in confusion over abortion regulations

    Supreme Court ushers in confusion over abortion regulations
    Legal analysts are uncertain about which abortion regulations are constitutional in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision striking down two Texas abortion regulations, with some calling such uncertainty a feature, not a bug.The Court on Monday declared that requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and holding clinics to the health and safety standards of ambulatory surgical centers imposed an “undue burden” on women attempting to exercise their right to abortio..
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  • Highlights of North Carolina government budget agreement

    Highlights of North Carolina government budget agreement
    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Highlights of the final North Carolina budget agreement as proposed in legislation and the related “money report” crafted by House and Senate leaders. The $22.3 billion plan adjusts the second year of the already-approved two-year budget.The Senate gave preliminary approval to the measure Tuesday evening. The House was expected to take up the measure later in the week.Monetary figures are adjustments to what the legislature already budgeted for the year in the two-year plan:..
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  • Prosecutors: Dad, Son Fleeing Police Killed Utah Rail Worker

    Prosecutors: Dad, Son Fleeing Police Killed Utah Rail Worker
    A father and son on the run from police after tying up five women in a Utah basement abducted and killed a rail line worker, beating him so severely that he was unrecognizable when his body was found in Wyoming, prosecutors said Tuesday. Flint Wayne Harrison and his son, Dereck James "DJ" Harrison, were charged in Wyoming with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Kay Porter Ricks, 63. The Harrisons snatched Ricks during his May 12 shift maintaining Salt Lake City's light rail ..
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  • Crews fighting blaze at train collision site with 3 missing

    Crews fighting blaze at train collision site with 3 missing
    In this photo provided by Billy B. Brown, two freight trains are on fire Tuesday, June 28, 2016, after they collided and derailed near Panhandle, Texas. Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Bryan Witt says the accident occurred Tuesday morning near the town of Panhandle, about 25 miles northeast of Amarillo. No injuries have been reported. (Billy B. Brown via AP) The Associated Press By DAVID WARREN, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Three crew members were missing and one was hurt after ..
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  • UConn mac and cheese student arrested again

    UConn mac and cheese student arrested again
    University of Connecticut student Luke Gatti, age 19 hit and harassed a school cafeteria manager who refused to serve him bacon-stuffed mac and cheese because he was drunk. This video clip shows Gatti shoving the manager repeatedly and then cursing at ...
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  • Alleged killer of pregnant woman and unborn child added to FBI Most Wanted list

    Alleged killer of pregnant woman and unborn child added to FBI Most Wanted list
    Shanika Minor has been added to the FBI's most-wanted list after she allegedly killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child. (Youtube/FBI) Tamecca Perry was nine months pregnant. Her baby was due within the week. But on March 5, the neighbor’s daughter started an argument with Perry over loud music and perceived disrespect, the FBI said. The dispute escalated, and Perry was shot just outside of her Milwaukee home. After she retreated back inside, Perry died in front of her two children, th..
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