Chicago looks to other cities for guidance on police reform
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Bill Cosby arraigned on sex assault charge
The troubled comedian, 78, will remain free on $1 million bail pending trial.Read More ...
Record flooding hits Midwest, threatens South
By
Sue Britt and Kevin Murphy VALLEY PARK, Mo/KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) -
Swollen rivers in the U.S. Midwest and other regions brought flood
warnings for over 12 million Americans on Wednesday as scores of
buildings were submerged after days of intense rain in which 24 people
have died. Two rivers west of St. Louis crested at historic levels,
flooding local towns, disabling sewer plants and forcing the evacuation
of hundreds of residents. Other major rivers including the Mississippi
are expected to reach record highs as flood waters rush toward the Gulf
of Mexico, the National Weather Service said.Read More ...
NAACP calls for civil disobedience in Cleveland after Tamir Rice ruling
Civil
rights groups in Cleveland have unveiled their list of demands and are
calling upon activists to join them in protest against the decision not
to indict the officers who killed Tamir Rice.Read More ...
Bill Cosby charged with felony sexual assault in Pennsylvania
By
Daniel Kelley NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Bill Cosby was charged on
Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman after plying her with drugs
and alcohol in 2004, the only criminal case against a once-beloved
entertainer whose father-figure persona has been marred by dozens of
similar misconduct accusations. A frail-looking Cosby, 78, walking with a
cane and accompanied by two lawyers, appeared for his arraignment hours
later at a courthouse just outside Philadelphia, where he posted a $1
million bond, turned over his passport and was ordered to avoid any
contact with his accuser. Smiling and politely thanking District Court
Judge Elizabeth McHugh at the end of the brief proceeding, Cosby left
the Elkins Park courthouse and was driven to a nearby police precinct to
be finger-printed and booked.Read More ...
Neighbor of San Bernardino gunman indicted on terrorism charge
A
former neighbor who prosecutors say supplied assault rifles to the
couple who massacred 14 people at a county office building in San
Bernardino, California, was indicted on Wednesday on charges of
conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Enrique Marquez,
24, was charged with conspiring with San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan
Farook in 2011 and 2012 to support a terrorist attack that was never
carried out. Marquez was also accused in the indictment, which was
handed down in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, of lying to federal
authorities about the purchase of two assault rifles that were used by
Farook and his wife in the San Bernardino shooting rampage.Read More ...
Chicago mayor plots changes to police policy after deadly shootings
By
Dave McKinney CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police will get new equipment
and training to help them defuse tense situations and limit their use
of lethal force, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Wednesday, following weeks
of protests calling for him to resign over his handling of fatal police
shootings. The number of Tasers, or electric stun guns that are
generally not lethal, for the police department will be doubled to 1,400
so that every patrol unit that goes out at night has one, Emanuel said
at a news conference. "Just because you are trained that you can use
force, doesn't mean you should," Emanuel said at the news conference,
flanked by top officials including interim Police Superintendent John
Escalante.Read More ...
Hillary Clinton: What ISIS is doing is ‘genocide’
Clinton speaks at a town hall event in Portsmouth, N.H., on Tuesday.Read More ...
Texas 'affluenza' teen and his mother block extradition from Mexico
By
Marice Richter and Dave Graham FORT WORTH/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A
Texas teenager, scorned for his "affluenza" defense in a deadly car
crash, and his mother won a delay in extradition from Mexico on
Wednesday where they fled as U.S. authorities investigated whether he
had violated a probation deal that kept him out of prison. Ethan Couch,
18, and his mother, 48-year-old Tonya Couch, were captured in the
Mexican Pacific Coast city of Puerto Vallarta on Monday and had been due
to be flown back to Houston accompanied by U.S. Marshals. Ricardo Vera,
a Mexican migration official in Jalisco state, said the pair had filed
an injunction to delay their extradition and they would not be leaving
on Wednesday.Read More ...
Bill Cosby is charged with sexually assaulting a woman
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Rescue crews assist with evacuations in Midwest flooding
Hundreds of homes could be threatened by rare winter flooding on the Mississippi River.Read More ...
US says Iran launched 'provocative' rocket test near ships
DUBAI,
United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday accused Iran of
launching a "highly provocative" rocket test last week near its warships
and commercial traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz, exposing
how tensions between the two countries could escalate even after a
landmark nuclear deal.Read More ...
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