CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police are reporting a dramatic spike in the number of homicides and shootings in the city’s bloodiest January for at least 16 years. It’s another blow to a department that has struggled to regain public trust following the damning release of a video showing a white officer fatally shooting a black … Continue reading
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Two Virginia Tech students appeared in court Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, in the death of a 13-year-old girl who apparently climbed out her bedroom window, but the events that led to her killing remained a mystery. David Eisenhauer, 18, has been charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder in the death of … Continue reading
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The latest on the inmates caught after breaking out of a California jail on Jan. 22 (all times local): 10:15 a.m. Prosecutors say there’s insufficient evidence to hold a teacher who was arrested in connection with the escape of three inmates from a California jail. Orange County District Attorney Tony … Continue reading
GENEVA (AP) — The Latest on developments regarding the Zika virus (all times local): 7:30 p.m. The World Health Organization has announced that the explosive spread of the Zika virus in the Americas is an “extraordinary event” that merits being declared an international emergency. The agency convened an emergency meeting of independent experts on Monday … Continue reading
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Among Republicans, we have the showman, the ideologue and the next-generation man. Among Democrats: the avowed socialist who wants a democratic “revolution” and the avowed progressive/realist who says she wants to make actual “progress.” These five, and many more in the mix, submit themselves to Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, to … Continue reading
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dozens of southern Illinois families still awaiting new housing after they accepted government buyouts following the 2011 Mississippi River flood instead got socked by another round of damage amid the prolonged political fight over the state’s budget. Alexander County officials estimate that several dozen homes approved for buyouts in spring 2015 … Continue reading
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck won’t be moved to an adult jail as he awaits a court hearing to determine whether his case gets transferred to the adult system, where he could face time behind bars, a judge ruled Friday, Jan. 29, … Continue reading
RINGSTED, Iowa (AP) — For Ted Cruz, the path to victory in Iowa doesn’t run through Des Moines or Davenport or other voter-rich parts of this sprawling, largely rural state. Instead, it goes through out-of-the-way dots on the map like Ringsted — population 422 — situated closer to the Minnesota border than to Des Moines, … Continue reading
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) — Conservative firebrand Sarah Palin joined Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Oklahoma Wednesday as part of her endorsement pledge in the increasingly intense race for the GOP nomination. “Are you all ready to work to make America great again?” Palin asked a crowd of thousands packed into an arena at Oral … Continue reading
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said he has failed Flint residents but pledged to take new steps to fix the city’s drinking water crisis, starting with committing millions in state funding and deploying more National Guard members. The second-term Republican, who devoted most of his annual State of the State speech Tuesday … Continue reading
DEFOREST, Wis. (AP) — Adults caught up in the coloring book craze now have new and more social ways to participate: through libraries and meetup groups. Libraries across the country are holding adult coloring programs more and more in response to the spike in interest, according to the American Library Association, including New York City, … Continue reading
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is brandishing the endorsement of conservative Republican firebrand Sarah Palin in the increasingly intense 2016 GOP presidential sweepstakes, giving the billionaire businessman a boost against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz less than two weeks before Iowa’s kick-off caucuses. “Media heads are spinning,” the former vice presidential candidate said after taking … Continue reading
