Saturday, October 1, 2016

Chicago's mayor to deliver major speech on city crime and other top stories.

  • Chicago's mayor to deliver major speech on city crime

    Chicago's mayor to deliver major speech on city crime
    FILE - In this April 13, 2016 file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel shakes hands with Eddie Johnson after swearing him in as the new Chicago police superintendent in Chicago. Emanuel will deliver his public safety plan for the nation’s third-largest city on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, a spotlight on his leadership that comes amid a troubling spike in street violence. In recent days, Emanuel’s administration has announced the hiring of nearly 1,000 new police officers. (M. Spencer Green/Associ..
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  • Trump touts stop-and-frisk practice amid black outreach

    Trump touts stop-and-frisk practice amid black outreach
    Asked earlier in the day during a Fox News town hall, set to air Wednesday night, how he would stem "violence in the black community," the Republican presidential nominee quickly offered up the notion of allowing police officers to stop and pat down individuals they deem suspicious of carrying weapons or contraband."One of the things I'd do, Ricardo, is I would do stop-and-frisk. I think you have to. We did it in New York, it worked incredibly well and you have to be proactive and, you know, you..
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  • NC governor declares state of emergency after another night of violence in Charlotte

    NC governor declares state of emergency after another night of violence in Charlotte
    CHARLOTTE — After a second night of violent demonstrations here that left one man clinging to life and several businesses damaged, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency just before midnight Wednesday and sent the National Guard and state troopers to assist local police. A march of a few hundred people turned chaotic after dusk, after protesters attempted to follow police in riot gear into the lobby of an uptown hotel. Officers used tear gas, and then a reporter heard a ..
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  • Firefighter dies as massive wildfire ravages central California

    Firefighter dies as massive wildfire ravages central California
    California firefighter Ryan Osler died after his water truck overturned on a highway miles from the fire lines. (Ventura County Fire Department via Twitter). BY Chris Sommerfeldt. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Thursday, September 22, 2016, 12:58 AM. A ...
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  • Officials to tour Utah's drought-stricken Great Salt Lake

    Salt Lake City — On the southern shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake, more than 100 boats are sitting high and dry in a parking lot, unable to sail the shallow, drought-stricken sea. North of the nearly empty marina, salt-loving bacteria thriving in the low water has turned the liquid pink. The massive lake, key to the state's economy and identity, is skirting record low levels after years of below-average precipitation and record heat. A few dozen lawmakers are taking a road trip Thursday and F..
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  • Mia Farrow's Son Thaddeus Dead at Age 27

    Mia Farrow's Son Thaddeus Dead at Age 27
    Twitter Mia Farrow's son Thaddeus Farrow has passed away.The actress and longtime activist's 27-year-old son died from an injury stemming from a car accident, TMZ reports. According to local media reports, Thaddeus was found "gravely injured in his car along Route 67" earlier today. He was then taken to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead at 2:30 p.m.Back in 1994, Mia adopted Thaddeus from Calcutta, India. He was one of Mia's ten children that she has adopted over the years.Thaddeus w..
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  • 'Dating Game Killer' Rodney Alcala Charged with 30-Year-Old Wyoming Cold Case Murder

    Christine Ruth Thorton Sweetwater County Sheriff Convicted California serial killer Rodney Alcala was charged with murder Tuesday in the cold case slaying of a Wyoming woman nearly four decades ago. Alcala, a former photographer and typesetter for the Los Angeles Times, was previously convicted of the strangulation murder of a 12-year-old ballet student in Huntington Beach, California, as well as four Los Angeles-area women. He was nicknamed the "Dating Game Killer" because he was the winnin..
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Early Apple Watch Series 2 reviews praise the GPS and brighter screen .Zulily opens expanded office, seeks 50 workers .
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