Friday, August 12, 2016

Police: Georgia teens' alleged executioner stole from them and other top stories.

  • Police: Georgia teens' alleged executioner stole from them

    Police: Georgia teens' alleged executioner stole from them
    ATLANTA - Police say the suspect accused of killing two teenagers near Atlanta stole the girl's wallet and the boy's car jumper cables after he killed both with gunshots to the head.The details are contained in arrest warrants filed in the municipal court of Roswell, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb.The warrants say 20-year-old Jeffrey Hazelwood followed 17-year-olds Natalie Henderson and Carter Davis into an alley behind a Publix grocery store before shooting each teenager once in the head on Aug. 1..
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  • 'Horrible accident': Woman fatally shot by Florida cop role-playing as 'bad guy' during citizen police academy

    'Horrible accident': Woman fatally shot by Florida cop role-playing as 'bad guy' during citizen police academy
    Mary Knowlton arrived at the Punta Gorda, Fla., police station Tuesday night to learn how to be a community steward. The 73-year-old was there as a student in the citizen police academy, a two-hour course intended to give an intimate look at what makes the department in the quaint Florida town work. On this night, the group of 35 would tour the station and talk with officers, an essential part of academy curriculum that has gained popularity cross-country amid a heated national debate about pol..
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  • The 'Grim Sleeper' serial killer is expected to be sentenced to death for string of murders

    The 'Grim Sleeper' serial killer is expected to be sentenced to death for string of murders
    The man known as the “Grim Sleeper” serial killer, who eluded capture while prowling South Los Angeles in search of victims for over two decades, is expected to be sentenced to death on Wednesday.The hearing in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom will give relatives of Lonnie David Franklin Jr.’s victims a chance to tell the court about the impact of the killings, which spanned from 1985 to 2007. In some of the cases, the fathers and mothers of victims died not knowing who was responsible. Frankli..
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  • The Daily 202: State polls give GOP fresh hope for holding Senate majority, but Trump headwinds might be too strong

    The Daily 202: State polls give GOP fresh hope for holding Senate majority, but Trump headwinds might be too strong
    Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and his wife celebrate an endorsement last month from a union that had previously backed his Democratic rival. (Alex Brandon/AP) THE BIG IDEA: In all but one of this year’s Senate races, the Republican incumbent is meaningfully outperforming Donald Trump in the polls. An NBC/WSJ/Marist poll that was conducted last month on the eve of the conventions found that both the presidential race and the Senate race in Ohio were tied. A fresh version of their poll, released..
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  • Findings of Police Bias in Baltimore Validate What Many Have Long Felt

    Findings of Police Bias in Baltimore Validate What Many Have Long Felt
    Photo Baltimore police officers in May 2015 after reports that a gun had gone off in the area, in the wake of unrest that followed the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray from a spinal cord injury he sustained while in police custody. Credit Drew Angerer for The New York Times BALTIMORE — As a black man and a lifelong resident of this city, Ray Kelly has been stopped by the police more times than he can count. And as a community organizer who tried to document police bias ..
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  • The Latest: Source says boy decapitated on waterslide

    The Latest: Source says boy decapitated on waterslide
    Photo: Draper, William, AP In his July 9, 2014 photo taken from a video recording, Associated Press reporter Bill Draper rides on Verruckt in Kansas City, Kan. The nylon Velcro straps that hold riders in, can be seen in the photo. At least two people who rode in the last year on the same Kansas waterslide where a..
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  • Man Charged With Murder in Fatal Shooting of Special Agent

    Man Charged With Murder in Fatal Shooting of Special Agent
    The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the man accused of fatally shooting a special agent has been charged with murder in perpetration of an attempted aggravated robbery. TBI special agent De'Greaun Frazier was shot to death Tuesday during an undercover drug investigation in West Tennessee. The TBI said in a statement that the charge was placed Wednesday morning against 23-year-old Brenden Tyler Burns. TBI spokesman Josh DeVine said in a news release that Frazier was working with othe..
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  • Two officers shot in Arkansas, suspect not in custody

    Two officers shot in Arkansas, suspect not in custody
    DEVELOPING: At least two Arkansas police officers -- reportedly including Hackett Chief of Police Darrell Spells -- were shot in Sebastian County on Wednesday and authorities were descending on the location where the suspected shooter was believed to be holed up. Authorities were at the home of the alleged shooter on Wednesday morning, though that person was believed to still be inside and not in police custody, sheriff's spokesman Philip Pevehouse told 40/29 News. "We believe him to be holed u..
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  • Newly released Clinton emails shed light on relationship between State Dept. and Clinton Foundation

    Newly released Clinton emails shed light on relationship between State Dept. and Clinton Foundation
    Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, released 296 pages of emails from the Democratic presidential nominee, including 44 that Judicial Watch says were not previously handed over to the State Department by Clinton. The emails, many of which are heavily redacted, raise questions about the Clinton Foundation's influence on the State Department and its relations during her tenure. In one instance, top Clinton Foundation official Doug Band lobbied Clinton aides for a job for someone else in..
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  • Paul Ryan easily wins his primary, but GOP's populist storm still rages

    Paul Ryan easily wins his primary, but GOP's populist storm still rages
    House Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin talks to reporters in July on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP) JANESVILLE, Wis. — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) reveled in the aftermath of his commanding and expected primary victory Tuesday against Paul Nehlen, a Donald Trump-inspired opponent, by ordering cheese curds and beer for his supporters. But Ryan’s celebration will be brief, with the skirmish only the latest in this tempest of a year for a Republican Party churning between Ryan’s trad..
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