Hundreds at funeral for woman burned alive
BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — About 400 mourners packed a chapel in Mississippi on Saturday to say goodbye to a 19-year-old woman who was burned alive, among them classmates who used permanent markers to write heartfelt messages on her white metal coffin.
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NYC police union launches campaign to keep mayor away from funerals
By Frank McGurty NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's police union is showing its displeasure with Mayor Bill de Blasio and the head of the city council by starting a campaign to keep the two politicians away from funerals of fallen officers. The campaign follows harsh criticism of de Blasio by Patrick…
Four killed after 18-wheeler hits halted Mississippi highway traffic
(Reuters) - Four people were killed early on Saturday after an 18-wheel truck smashed into a row of vehicles that had stopped on a Mississippi Interstate highway to avoid hitting debris spilled by an overturned pickup truck trailer, state police said. A father and his daughter in one car and two…
Ted Cruz just did a huge favor for Democrats
The Senate unexpectedly stayed in session for several hours on Saturday before voting on a bill to fund the government through next September (the "CRomnibus"). The Saturday session was forced late Friday night by Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, who are upset over the Obama administration's…
Effigies of blacks found hanging by nooses at UC Berkeley
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Three cardboard cutouts of black people were found hanging by nooses Saturday on the Berkeley campus of the University of California.
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Former Fox News reporter Dominic Di-Natale found dead in Colorado
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Fox News correspondent Dominic Di-Natale, whose international reporting took him from Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan to covering protests in Ferguson, Missouri, has been found dead in Colorado, officials said on Friday. The body of Di-Natale, 43, was…
China to punish tourists in Thai air rage assault
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities vowed to severely punish Chinese travelers who threw hot water and noodles on a Thai flight attendant and threatened to bomb the plane after they became enraged over sitting arrangements.
Missouri prosecutor releases more evidence from Ferguson shooting
(Reuters) - A Missouri prosecutor on Saturday made public two dozen documents related to the investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown, a black teenager killed by a white police officer, saying his office had inadvertently held them back. St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch released 23…
Another US citizen enters N.Korea, slams US govt
A US citizen who said he had crossed illegally into North Korea held a press conference in Pyongyang Sunday to denounce his own country's US political and economic systems. The man identified himself as Arturo Pierre Martinez, aged 29 and from El Paso in Texas, CNN and the North's official KCNA…
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Taliban insurgents killed at least 20 people in a series of gun and suicide attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, underlining worsening security as US-led NATO forces end their combat mission in the country. A suicide blast wrecked an Afghan military bus in Kabul, killing seven soldiers, while a…
The median wealth for whites in the US is nearly $142,000. For blacks, it's $11,000.
Everyone knows inequality is growing in the US, but a new Pew report shows how stark that divide is by race and ethnicity: the median household headed by a white person has a net worth 13 times greater than the median black-headed household. Pew used data from the Fed's Survey of Consumer Finances,…
Restaurant, woman who drank toxic tea reach deal
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman has reached a settlement with a barbecue chain restaurant where she unknowingly drank iced tea mixed with chemicals and nearly died.
Police to De Blasio: Don't Attend My Funeral
New York City's police union, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, is urging its members to ban Mayor Bill de Blasio from their funerals, the latest episode in the ongoing clash between the mayor and the city's law-enforcement power structure.
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Teen girl still hooked to machines 1 year later
A year ago, 13-year-old Jahi McMath underwent a tonsillectomy and tissue removal at Children's Hospital in Oakland, California, to treat sleep apnea. The girl suffered massive bleeding, had a heart attack and was declared brain-dead Dec. 12.
Delaware teen accused of murdering father with crossbow
(Reuters) - A teenage boy in Delaware, charged with murdering his father with a crossbow, was being held without bail Saturday in a juvenile detention facility, state police said. Seth Ramsey, 17, of Harrington, was charged with first degree murder and possession of a deadly weapon, Delaware State…
Dad of school shooter remembers son 1 year later
DENVER (AP) — The father of a student who killed a classmate at a suburban Denver high school before committing suicide posted a newspaper obituary for his son on the anniversary of the shooting, saying he forgives his son and wants him remembered as a person "who lost his way for a moment."
Shooting at Portland Oregon high school (29 photos)
A suspect in a shooting that wounded three students outside an alternative high school was arrested early Saturday in what appears to be a gang-related attack, Portland police said. Witnesses told authorities there may have been a dispute Friday outside Rosemary Anderson High School just before the…
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'Stupid' US sanctions won't undo my government: Maduro
President Nicolas Maduro charged Saturday that tighter, "stupid" new US sanctions are just further straining to undermine military staff loyalty after Venezuela derailed a bid to oust him. "These sanctions are a threat -- to see if they can break the morale of leaders of our armed forces ... in…
Russia denies military jet near miss with airliner over Sweden
Russia's defence ministry on Sunday denied a report by Swedish military that a Russian military plane nearly collided this week with a passenger plane over Sweden. Russia's defence ministry did not deny that its plane was in the area at the time of the incident on Friday, but said that it was at a…
What Life Is Like in Newtown 2 Years After Sandy Hook Shooting
It's been two years since Nicole Hockley's son was murdered by Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old gunman who stormed into Sandy Hook Elementary School days before Christmas.
