Iowa count: Clinton nudges past Sanders in photo-finish race
DES MOINES — Hillary Clinton appeared to squeak past insurgent rival Sen. Bernie Sanders in Iowa’s presidential nominating vote, according to results Tuesday, redeeming a crushing loss here in 2008 but revealing the shortcomings of a candidate who once seemed invincible. Results from Iowa’s Democratic Party, announcing 100 percent of the precincts counted, gave Clinton a whisker-thin margin: 49.8 percent to Sanders’s 49.6 percent — setting up what is likely to become a prolonged contest for th..>> view originalCandidates craft NH end games after Iowa results tighten races
CONCORD, N.H. — After front-runners from both parties took hits in the Midwest, presidential contenders shifted strategies on Tuesday as they began a week-long sprint to next week’s New Hampshire primary. Several GOP establishment candidates — who had paid less attention to Monday’s Iowa’s caucuses in order to focus on the Granite State — took aim at Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) after he made a strong third-place finish there. New York businessman Donald Trump, whose dominance of the Republican fie..>> view originalPolice identify mother, 2-year-old child killed in Fort Washington
What makes the rape case against Bill Cosby so unusual
Bill Cosby arrives at the court house in Elkins Park, Pa., to face charges of aggravated indecent assault in December. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images) A Pennsylvania judge will consider Tuesday whether to dismiss charges against Bill Cosby related to an alleged sexual assault in 2004. The case is unusual not only because the defendant is a 78-year-old celebrity. Very few accusations of sexual assault ever make it into a courtroom. Researchers estimate that at least hundreds of thousands of ..>> view originalBill Cosby might have changed the way police investigate rape
Bill Cosby arrives for a preliminary hearing on sexual assault charges Tuesday at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Mark Makela/Reuters) At the new year’s dawn, New York Police Commissioner William J. Bratton made an unprecedented announcement: The city had experienced a sharp increase in reported rapes, driven in part by victims bringing forward years-old assaults. One-fifth of the assaults reported in 2015 happened at least a year prior to the police complaint, dating ba..>> view originalIt's about to get very real for Bernie Sanders
A "virtual tie" with Hillary Clinton in Iowa felt like a win for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. (Patrick Semansky/AP) It might be the most famous headline in sports, yet it appears to make no sense: "Harvard beats Yale, 29-29." This oxymoronic banner ran atop the Harvard Crimson student newspaper on Nov. 24, 1968, after the Harvard football team — an underdog in its annual showdown with rival Yale — staged a comeback for the ages, earning a draw after trai..>> view originalMd. Teacher, 2-Year-Old Daughter Fatally Shot in Ft. Washington
A woman and her 2-year-old daughter were killed in a shooting in Fort Washington, Maryland, Tuesday morning. News4's Derrick Ward has the latest from the scene. (Published 2 hours ago) A Maryland elementary school teacher has been identified as the victim of a double shooting that also claimed the life of her 2-year-old daughter, News4 has learned. NeShante Davis and her daughter, Chloe Nichole Davis-Green, were found shot in the parking lot of a townhome community on Palmer Road at 7 a.m. Dav..>> view originalScott Brown to endorse Trump
Former senator Scott Brown (R-Mass.) speaks at the New Hampshire Republican Party summit on Saturday in Nashua, N.H. (Matt Rourke/AP) MILFORD, N.H. — Former Massachusetts senator Scott P. Brown, a moderate Republican who two years ago ran for Senate in New Hampshire, will endorse Donald Trump at a rally here Tuesday night, one week before the state’s presidential primary. Brown’s decision has been closely guarded for days, but it was confirmed by two people familiar with the event, where Br..>> view originalMeet the atheist who quizzes presidential candidates about their faith
An atheist voter in Iowa asks presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) how he plans to uphold the rights of those whose beliefs don't align with his. (Justin Scott/YouTube) As presidential candidates spent weeks in Iowa, many of them let their religious flags fly high. Donald Trump brought out the Bible his mother gave him. Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton both spoke about their faith. Even Bernie Sanders, who doesn’t participate in organized religion, spoke up about his personal beli..>> view originalWatch this trained eagle destroy a drone in a Dutch police video
The Dutch National Police released a video that shows huge birds of prey flying through the air and grabbing small, consumer drones out of the sky. (Dutch National Police) For hundreds of years in the skies over Asia, people have used eagles to hunt down prey with deadly results. That tradition has been in decline for decades, but now the bird's keen eyesight, powerful talons and lethal hunting instincts are being used to take out a new kind of 21st-century vermin: drones. The animal-vs.-m..>> view original
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