13-year-old son of slain NYPD officer mourns father on Facebook
In
a pair of a heart-wrenching Facebook posts, the son of one of the two
NYPD officers killed in Saturday's apparent ambush paid tribute to his
slain father.Read More ...
Obama, de Blasio blasted over NYPD cop slayings
Lawmakers,
civil rights leaders and other officials took to Sunday-morning talk
shows to condemn Saturday's slayings of two NYPD police officers.Read More ...
What police departments can learn from the LAPD
Los
Angeles used to be a hotbed of racial profiling and unrest. Now Chief
Charlie Beck thinks his force could be a model for the rest of the
nation.Read More ...
Police officers' slaying raises pressure on New York mayor
By
Laila Kearney and Edward McAllister NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor
Bill de Blasio faced the biggest crisis of his political career on
Sunday after a gunman killed two police officers in an attack intended
to avenge recent police killings of unarmed black men in the United
States. New York police officers turned their backs on de Blasio in
protest during a news conference and their union said the mayor had
blood on his hands after Saturday's shooting. ...Read More ...
In wake of police killings, New York officers on edge
By
Michelle Conlin (Reuters) - On December 13, as thousands of protesters
mobbed the New York streets, Yuseff Hamm, an NYPD police officer, was
monitoring the demonstrations from a mobile command unit near the
Brooklyn Bridge. As the protest drew near, Hamm and his fellow officers
could hear the chants of the noisy throngs: “What do we want? Dead
cops. When do we want them? Now.” In his 13 years on the force, Hamm
had never encountered demonstrators shouting out anything like that.
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Maine man charged with killing girlfriend, two children
(Reuters) - A 27-year-old man was arrested in Maine on Sunday and charged with killing his girlfriend and her two young children, whose bodies were discovered in their mobile home a day earlier, state police said. Keith Coleman, of Garland, about 28 miles northwest of Bangor, was charged with three counts of murder and was awaiting a first court appearance either Monday or Tuesday, Maine State Police said in a news release. ...
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Popess role in Cuba deal fractures Cuban-American flock
The
key role Pope Francis played encouraging talks between Presidents
Barack Obama and Raul Castro left fractures among his flock in South
Florida, where many older Roman Catholics equate the Castro brothers
with the devil.Read More ...
Pakistan makes arrests in Taliban school carnage
Authorities
made several arrests in the case of the Taliban school attack that
killed 148 in the northwestern city of Peshawar, on Sunday, officials
said.Read More ...
Killer of 2 NYC officers had long criminal history
The
warning came just moments too late: A man who had shot his
ex-girlfriend a few hours earlier had traveled to New York City and
vowed online to shoot two "pigs" in retaliation for the police chokehold
death of Eric Garner.Read More ...
U.S. mulls putting N. Korea on terrorism sponsor list
HONOLULU
(AP) — President Barack Obama says the United States is reviewing
whether to put North Korea back on its list of state sponsors of
terrorism as Washington decides how to respond to what he calls an "act
of cybervandalism," not one of war, against a movie company.Read More ...
Raul Castro: Don't expect detente to change Cuban system
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U.S. dismisses N. Korea hacking probe offer, seeks China's help
The
United States has dismissed a call by North Korea for a joint
investigation into the hacking of Sony Pictures and wants China to help
block cyber attacks from Pyongyang. Washington blames North Korea for a
breach of cyber security at Sony which led to the release of
embarrassing emails and prompted executives to halt the release of "The
Interview". Pyongyang has repeatedly denied that it was behind last
month's crippling attack, which also led to the leaking of scripts, and
called Saturday for a joint probe with the US.Read More ...
Muhammad Ali hospitalized with pneumonia
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