Ohio grand jury clears police in fatal shooting of 12-year-old
Two Cleveland police officers in the November 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.Read More ...
Texas 'affluenza' teen taken into custody in Mexico, official says
By
Marice Richter FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas teen from a
wealthy family, a fugitive after breaking his probation sentence for
killing four people while driving drunk, has been taken into custody in
Mexico, a law enforcement official said on Monday. Ethan Couch, 18,
nicknamed the "affluenza" teen, was serving 10 years probation for
intoxication manslaughter in the 2013 incident. Texas, to place the teen
on the county's most wanted list and issue a warrant for his
apprehension.Read More ...
Trump campaign reportedly planning ‘major’ TV ad blitz
Donald
Trump has received plenty of free publicity from the media for his 2016
presidential bid, but the Republican frontrunner’s campaign is
reportedly about to open the billionaire’s war chest for a major TV ad
blitz to bolster his candidacy ahead of the Iowa caucuses.Read More ...
Storms snarl U.S. travel, threaten rare winter tornadoes
By
Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Snow, sleet and hail snarled
transportation across swaths of the United States on Monday during one
of the busiest travel weeks, after dozens died in U.S. storms that were
part of a wild worldwide weather system seen over the Christmas holiday
period. More than 40 people were killed by tornadoes and floods in the
United States during the holiday season, where rare winter tornado
warnings were issued in Alabama on Monday. Alabama, Mississippi and the
Florida panhandle were expected to bear the brunt of the of the day's
strongest storms, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Michael Leseney said.Read More ...
Unprecedented security set for California's Rose Parade, Rose Bowl
More
than two dozen federal agencies are joining forces with police to bring
an unprecedented level of security to the annual Rose Parade in
Pasadena, California, in the aftermath of the deadly mass shooting this
month in nearby San Bernardino. Extraordinary security measures planned
for the New Year's Day event include more than a dozen armed tactical
"rapid-response" teams to be posted along the parade route, along with
dozens of surveillance cameras, bomb-sniffing dogs and
radiation-detection devices, law enforcement officials said. Some
700,000 spectators are expected to turn out in Old Town Pasadena, north
of the Los Angeles, for the 127th Tournament of Roses Parade, a 5
1/2-mile procession of flower-adorned floats, marching bands and
equestrian teams.Read More ...
Researcher: Database of 191 million U.S. voters exposed on Internet
The
database includes names, addresses, birth dates, party affiliations,
phone numbers and emails of voters in all 50 U.S. states and Washington,
researcher Chris Vickery said in a phone interview. While voter data is
typically considered public information, it would be time-consuming and
expensive to gather a database of all American voters. A trove of all
U.S. voter data could be valuable to criminals looking for lists of
large numbers of targets for a variety of fraud schemes.Read More ...
Former Gov. Bush, in home-state Florida, pans Clinton, Trump
HIALEAH,
Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says Democratic
front-runner Hillary Clinton "has no clue" about leading the country and
GOP front-runner Donald Trump is "not serious about being a candidate."Read More ...
Violent weather in seven states takes deadly toll
Dozens of people were killed during a week of devastating tornadoes, flooding and storms.Read More ...
Iraq declares Ramadi liberated from IS, sweeps for bombs
Iraq
declared the city of Ramadi liberated from the Islamic State group
Monday and raised the national flag over its government complex after
clinching a landmark victory against the jihadists. Pockets of jihadists
may remain, but the army said it no longer faced any resistance in the
city and that its main task was to defuse countless bombs and traps.
"Ramadi has been liberated and the armed forces of the counter-terrorism
service have raised the Iraqi flag above the government complex,"
Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said on television.Read More ...
Available Tags:TV , security ,
No comments:
Post a Comment