Five Dallas police officers were killed by a lone attacker, authorities ...
Micah Johnson, the gunman who killed five police officers at a Dallas protest sparked by police shootings of black men was described as a "loner." Here's what you need to know about him. (Victoria Walker,Ashleigh Joplin/The Washington Post) DALLAS — Following the death of the five police officers who were killed in a shooting Thursday, President Obama plans to cut his trip to Europe short by one day, returning from Spain on Sunday night so he can travel to Dallas early next week. “Later in..>> view originalPolice group: Minn. governor 'exploited what was already a horrible ...
Philando Castile, 32, was fatally shot by a police officer at a traffic stop outside St. Paul. His girlfriend, Diamond "Lavish" Reynolds, and her 4-year-old daughter were in the car with him. Reynolds live streamed the aftermath on Facebook. Here's what you need to know. (Monica Akhtar,Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) ST. PAUL, Minn. — The morning after Minnesota’s governor said Philando Castile ended up dead during a traffic stop in part because he was black — and after five police offic..>> view originalStephen Strasburg beats the Mets, improves to 12-0
NEW YORK — Stephen Strasburg will not pitch in the All-Star Game next week so he can pitch like this, powerfully and assuredly, into October. His Washington Nationals need seven-inning, two-hit, one-run starts like the one he compiled Friday night to fend off the New York Mets in the National League East. They need the man they signed to anchor the top of their rotation for the next seven years to match aces with zeros to give them a chance against the best. Strasburg outpitched ailing Noah Sy..>> view originalPokemon Go's unexpected side effect: injuries
A screengrab of Pokemon Go. (Courtesy of the Pokemon Company International and Niantic.) People are really getting into Pokemon Go, a new mobile take on the classic franchise. In fact, they’re maybe getting a little too into it. The game, made by Niantic and the Pokemon Company, was released late on July 6, and allows players to capture Pokemon in real-world locations. The app makes the little monsters appear on your smartphone screen, through the camera, as you walk through your neighborho..>> view originalFirst Zika-related death in continental US reported in Utah
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan. (Alvin Baez/Reuters) U.S. health officials confirmed Friday that a Utah resident's death late last month was the first Zika-related death in the continental United States. The Salt Lake County health department said the elderly person had an underlying health condition. The individual, who had traveled to a Zika-affected region thi..>> view originalBlack Lives Matter Demonstrations to Continue This Weekend
Demonstrations regarding the police shooting deaths of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota will continue in D.C. this weekend, according to dozens of posts to social media.D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said in a news conference Friday morning that six separate demonstrations were planned for the weekend. She did not specify the nature of the events. A Black Lives Matter protest started at 5 p.m. Friday outside the U.S. Department of Justice, social media posts say. Participants are asked to br..>> view originalNYPD turns down request for Donald Trump to address officers
New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton holds a news conference with Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. during a global cybersecurity symposium at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in November 2015. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Following the mass shooting in Dallas and killing of five law enforcement officers, Donald Trump's campaign reached out to the New York Police Department on Friday morning and asked whether he could address police officers at the Midtown Nort..>> view originalClinton deflects responsibility for handling of sensitive emails
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the African Methodist Episcopal Church national convention in Philadelphia on July 8. (Matt Rourke/AP) Hillary Clinton deflected responsibility Friday for what the FBI called her careless handling of sensitive government secrets, saying that officials with whom she corresponded as secretary of state did not treat the information as secret. In her first remarks about FBI findings that were highly critical of her stewardship of clas..>> view original'Vicious' attack on police in Dallas by black shooter raises pressure ...
President Obama gave remarks on the Dallas shooting that has left at least five police officers dead, while at a summit in Warsaw, Poland, on July 8. (Reuters) WARSAW — For nearly two years since the eruption of racial unrest in Ferguson, Mo., President Obama has tried to strike a careful balance between support for police officers and greater scrutiny of the policing tactics used against members of minority groups. But with angry protests spreading across the country over viral videos of..>> view originalDonald Trump: 'Racial divisions have gotten worse, not better.'
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the shooting of police officers at a Dallas protest has "shaken the soul of our nation." Five officers were killed and seven others injured after a shooter opened fire. (Facebook/Donald J. Trump) In a brief video released Friday evening, Donald Trump somberly looked into the camera and told Americans that the attack on police officers at a peaceful protest in Dallas on Thursday "is an attack on our country and an attack on our families."..>> view original
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