Sunday, May 15, 2016

Chicao Mayor Emanuel to replace police review board with independent panel and other top stories.

  • Chicao Mayor Emanuel to replace police review board with independent panel

    A damaged OGA Charters bus is hauled away after a fatal rollover on Saturday, May 14, 2016, south of the Dimmit-Webb County line on U.S. 83 North in Texas. (Danny Zaragoza/AP) May 14 at 6:58 PM ILLINOIS Emanuel to replace police review board Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to scrap a police review board and replace it with a more independent and better-funded watchdog to investigate police shootings and other misconduct cases, he wrote in a newspaper column. The decision to abolish the ..
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  • Father, Son in Custody Over Kidnapping and Assault of Mom, Daughters

    Father, Son in Custody Over Kidnapping and Assault of Mom, Daughters
    Two men were in custody Saturday night after a day-long manhunt in Wyoming over the alleged kidnapping and assault of a mother and her four daughters. Dereck "D.J." Harrison, 22, was arrested at about 10 p.m. Saturday night after the manhunt in the Half Moon Lake area, northeast of the town of Pinedale, Wyoming. His father Flint Wayne Harrison, 51, had turned himself in to authorities in Sublette County earlier Saturday. Flint Wayne Harrison, left, and Dereck James Harrison. Centervi..
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  • Feds' transgender guidance provokes fierce backlash

    Feds' transgender guidance provokes fierce backlash
    Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department's civil rights division, addressed the issue Saturday in remarks at the University of Minnesota Law School commencement. "Even after the Supreme Court's landmark gay marriage decision last year in Obergefell v. Hodges that guaranteed all people 'equal dignity in the eyes of the law,' we see new efforts to deny LGBTI individuals the respect they deserve and the protection our laws guarantee," she said. "Efforts like House Bill 2 in North Carolina not o..
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  • Meet the female, Muslim and Mexican-American Trump supporters

    Meet the female, Muslim and Mexican-American Trump supporters
    During Donald Trump's presidential campaign he's professed love for women, "the Hispanics," "the blacks," "the Muslims" and myriad other groups he has offended — yet hard numbers show they don't love him back. Seventy-seven percent of Hispanics and ...
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  • NTSB to probe South Texas bus crash leaving 8 dead, 44 hurt

    NTSB to probe South Texas bus crash leaving 8 dead, 44 hurt
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  • Father speaks of son, who was found decapitated - WLS

    Father speaks of son, who was found decapitated - WLS
    BRAZORIA COUNTY, TX -- Jubal Alexander was taking after his father, working in chemical plants across Texas.The father and son just had dinner together days before his son was murdered and decapitated in Angleton.Alexander's father said, "They cut my son's head off and they took my son's head. Who would do that? They won't even let me see him." Jubal's son was sleeping in his truck under this bridge on FM 2004 in Angleton. The 24-year-old was trying to save up money for bills, working..
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  • Obama, Macklemore make pitch for better opioid treatment

    Obama, Macklemore make pitch for better opioid treatment
    By Associated Press May 14 at 10:25 PM WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama joined forces with the rap artist Macklemore to improve efforts to reach out to those addicted to opioids and those who overdose on the drug often found in prescription painkillers. Obama and the rap artist appeared on a video in the White House weekly address to talk about a problem that has been rapidly growing worse in recent years. Macklemore noted that he abused the drugs and battled addiction. The president said..
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  • Gov't asks for patience as airport security lines grow

    Gov't asks for patience as airport security lines grow
    syndication.ap.orgTransportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator Peter Neffenger listens at right as Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks at news conference on airport security, Friday, may 13, 2016, at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. Fliers across the country have been facing growing lines, which during peak hours have topped 90 minutes at some airports. The TSA has fewer screeners and has tightened security procedures. Meanwhile, more people are flying. (AP..
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