Chicago's staggering rise in gun violence and killings
Police officers outside a home where a shooting occurred in Chicago. (Brian Nguyen/Chicago Tribune) The Chicago Police Department has been under a national microscope since video footage, released last year, showed one of its officers firing more than a dozen bullets at 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Prosecutors charged the officer, Jason Van Dyke, with murder on the same day the recording was released over the objections of city officials. Intense protests followed, the city’s police superint..>> view originalDonald Trump had the Worst Week in Washington. By a lot.
Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) If the only bad thing that happened to Donald Trump this week was that his campaign manager was charged with battery after grabbing a reporter at a campaign event last month in Florida, he might have escaped this "honor." After all, Trump insisted that Corey Lewandowski, the manager in question, had never even touched the reporter -- and that Michelle Fields, the reporter in question, had been bothering him and had made up what actually happened on that d..>> view originalClinton's frustration grows, as primary race drags on
MILWAUKEE — There was a danger sign for Hillary Clinton in a dank old industrial warehouse here along the Milwaukee River. The cinder-block walls had been painted over with modernist murals bearing the likeness of Bernie Sanders. This was now a campaign field office. And the volunteers, young and old, who manned a phone bank Thursday afternoon vowed never to give up their time — or, for some, even their votes — to Clinton. Would Teresa VanDoorn, 44, a homemaker who had become a familiar face a..>> view originalAzerbaijan says 12 of its soldiers killed in fighting
Reports of numerous casualties in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan came after clashes erupted between the Azerbaijan military and ethnic Armenians. The fighting was one of the worst outbreaks since the 1994 end of full-scale war over the region. (Reuters) By Aida Sultanova | AP April 2 at 4:51 PM BAKU, Azerbaijan — At least 30 soldiers and a boy were reported killed as heavy fighting erupted Saturday between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-..>> view originalWizards' Alan Anderson expects to play again this season
Alan Anderson has played in just nine games this season. (Dennis Wierzbicki/USA Today Sports) PHOENIX – Washington Wizards swingman Alan Anderson missed his seventh consecutive game Friday night because of a groin strain and doesn’t know when he’ll return to play. But the veteran insisted that he will play again before the season is over. The Wizards have six games remaining after their 106-99 win over the Phoenix Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena. “I’m going to get back out there,” Ander..>> view originalBlueprint for a daunting task: How to beat Golden State
So now it’s official. Not only can the Golden State Warriors lose this season, they can even lose at home. Boston pulled off the surprise Friday night, going into Oracle Arena and stunning the reigning NBA champions 109-106. Even with the loss, Golden State — still 68-8 on the season — remains on pace to top the 72-10 mark set by the Chicago Bulls in the 1995-96 season for the best record in NBA history. It was Golden State’s first loss in its last 55 home regular-season games. “It takes a lot..>> view originalMax Scherzer embraces leadership role entering second season ...
Max Scherzer sees himself as something of a mentor as he heads into his second season with the Washington Nationals.He also sees himself as something of a geezer.“It feels different in year two, because I’m realizing how much older I am than all these other guys. At 31, you feel pretty old in that clubhouse when you’ve got 23-year-olds in there that barely even know the O.J. trial even happened,” Scherzer said Friday with a hearty chuckle. “That’s the stuff I’m dealing with.”He spoke to rep..>> view original'MS-13 glorifies violence above all else'
Gerson Adoni Martinez Aguilar was in trouble with fellow members of his gang, MS-13. He owed them $600 from drug sales, and he was accused of having sex with another member’s girlfriend. In March 2014, a half-dozen gang members allegedly lured Aguilar to a park in Fairfax County and told him he had to face a beating, the customary punishment for breaking MS-13 rules. But instead of beating him, they killed him, stabbing him repeatedly with knives and machetes, then chopping off his head, accor..>> view originalBackpack, Person Go Over White House Fence
An unidentified person was taken into custody late Friday night after jumping the White House fence, the Secret Service said.The person tossed a backpack over the north fence before climbing over around 11:45 p.m., the agency said in a statement. The person was immediately taken into custody by the Secret Service Uniformed Division officers.The individual was charged with unlawful entry and taken to the Metropolitan Police Department.Officials did not identify the person or comment on the conten..>> view originalPolice: Suspect in killing of Va. trooper had long rap sheet
- Police say the slain suspect in the fatal shooting of a Virginia State Police officer during a bus station training exercise was an Illinois man with a long criminal record. () Police: Suspect in killing of Va. trooper had long rap sheet (1:34)>> view original
Saturday, April 2, 2016
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