Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Mistrial for South Carolina Officer Who Shot Walter Scott and other top stories.

  • Mistrial for South Carolina Officer Who Shot Walter Scott

    Mistrial for South Carolina Officer Who Shot Walter Scott
    In a statement, Gov. Nikki R. Haley said: “Justice is not always immediate, but we must all have faith that it will be served — I certainly do.” Prosecutors said they would seek a new trial for Mr. Slager, who was fired after the shooting, and the Scott family expressed confidence that he would ultimately be convicted. Mr. Slager’s lawyer, Andrew J. Savage III, did not comment as he left the courtroom, where jurors had heard testimony for about four weeks.No piece of evidence was more central t..
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  • AMBER ALERT: Two arrested; Search continues for 3 kids, mother.

    AMBER ALERT: Two arrested; Search continues for 3 kids, mother.
    WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) UPDATE - 6:10 a.m.: According to the Kansas Amber Alert website, Roque Arellano and his girlfriend, Jennifer Cruz, have been arrested. There is no word yet on the mother or the three children who were kidnapped.----UPDATE - 6:05 a.m.: (NOTE: The KBI tells us these children are NOT involved in this Amber Alert) Our reporter at the scene where a person of interest was taken into custody saw three children and a woman getting into a vehicle at the scene. We have not confirmed..
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  • Trump kids' diplomatic forays rattle State Dept.

    Trump kids' diplomatic forays rattle State Dept.
    State Department officials are increasingly fearful that President-elect Donald Trump’s adult children will assume the role of freelance ambassadors, further blurring the line between their business affairs and America's foreign affairs. The warning signs are already there, current and former diplomats say. Trump's daughter Ivanka sat in on his meeting with the Japanese prime minister. One of Trump's sons is reported to have discussed how to resolve the Syrian war with pro-Russia figures. And ..
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  • US returning land to Japan it's controlled since World War II

    US returning land to Japan it's controlled since World War II
    The 9,852 acres of land on the island of Okinawa, part of a territory officially referred to as the Northern Training Area, is in a large US military base complex on the Pacific island more than 960 miles (1,550 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo.The US had turned most of Okinawa over to Japan in 1972 after controlling it from the end of World War II in 1945.This is the largest return of US-occupied land since then.To facilitate the return, the Japanese government agreed to build six helicopter land..
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  • Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste

    Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste
    The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste, according to findings by The Washington Post. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post) The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews and confidential memos obtained by The Washington Post. Pentagon leaders had request..
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  • What Was the Ghost Ship Collective? Oakland Warehouse in Deadly Fire Held Beauty, Danger

    What Was the Ghost Ship Collective? Oakland Warehouse in Deadly Fire Held Beauty, Danger
    To many who lived, made art and partied at the Oakland warehouse known as the Ghost Ship, the building was a temple, a labyrinth of makeshift studios and apartments that fueled round-the-clock creativity in a city where artists felt squeezed by rising rents. But the jury-rig spirit that made the place thrilling — scavenged music instruments and car parts, exotic lighting, ornate rugs and tapestries — also made it frightening, according to people who spent time in the building. Related: Oak..
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  • Republicans have a double-standard when it comes to Trump's threats of 'retribution'

    Republicans have a double-standard when it comes to Trump's threats of 'retribution'
    President Obama gives his State of the Union address. (Charles Dharapak/AP) In the thick of his reelection campaign in 2012, President Obama devoted six paragraphs in his State of the Union address to his plans to reverse a flow of factory jobs to foreign countries. He called to end tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs, to cut taxes for domestic manufacturers and to levy a minimum tax on multinational corporations. He implored businesses to "ask yourselves what you can do to bring jo..
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  • Warning about plot to blow up Universal City station prompts heightened security across LA

    Warning about plot to blow up Universal City station prompts heightened security across LA
    An overseas tip about an imminent bombing of the Metro Red Line’s Universal City station has forced federal and local law enforcement in Los Angeles to swiftly ramp up security across its sprawling transit system, authorities said Monday.An anonymous man warned of a potential attack on Tuesday and provided the information on a tip line abroad, according to Deidre Fike, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's office in Los Angeles. The tip line was run by an unidentified foreign governmen..
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  • State trooper, motorist killed in head-on South Jersey crash

    State trooper, motorist killed in head-on South Jersey crash
      MILLVILLE -- A New Jersey state trooper and another driver were killed in a head-on collision Monday night, authorities said. N.J. State Police Trooper Frankie Williams (LinkedIn)Robin Wilson-Glover | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  Trooper Frankie Williams, 31, was traveling south on Route 55 en route to a service call around 7 p.m.  when a man driving a Toyota Corolla crossed the center median near milepost 22.2 and struck the trooper's car, State Police said in a news release early Tuesday...
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  • Texas sinkhole swallows two cars, killing a sheriff's deputy

    Texas sinkhole swallows two cars, killing a sheriff's deputy
    USA Today Network Emily Porter, KENS-TV, San Antonio 8:03 a.m. EST December 6, 2016 An off-duty sheriff's deputy died and two other people were hurt when two vehicles plunged into a sinkhole in San Antonio, Texas. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office on Monday identified the victim as 69-year-old Deputy Dora Linda Nishihara. USA TODAYA Texas sheriff's deputy was killed after her car was swallowed by a sinkhole on Sunday night.(Photo: KENS-TV)SAN ANTONIO-- A Bexar County Sheriff'..
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