‘The streets are gone,” Dean Angelo, president of the Chicago police union, told me last month. The night before, Aug. 14, a Chicago police officer’s son had been killed in a shooting while sitting on his family’s porch, one of 92 people killed in Chicago during the worst month for homicides in the Windy City […]
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National Poll Shows Donald Trump Surges Among Hispanics, African Americans
The poll of 1,025 likely voters was conducted by RKM Research for Franklin Pierce University and the Boston Herald, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4. Overall, Franklin Pierce gets good marks for its polls and the results are in the same ballpark as many other polls. For example, the poll showed Clinton ahead by three […]
Police probing death of Ferguson protests leader Darren Seals
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Authorities here are investigating the death of a leader of the protests that followed the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014. The body of Darren Seals, 29, was found inside a burned car very early on Tuesday in the city of Riverview, reports CBS St. […]
Aspiring police officer goes undercover in a jail for 2 months, describes why ‘violence is almost necessary’ behind bars
Inmates strategically use fights to settle disputes and climb the political ladder. And if inexperienced inmates can’t adapt to their dangerous surroundings, they’ll live in constant fear of another beating. That’s what one participant on the A&E documentary show “60 Days In” learned during his stay at Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The show follows eight volunteers who go undercover […]
Trump promises veterans he’ll fight people like Colin Kaepernick
Donald Trump kicked off a speech to a major veterans Thursday by firing back against those like San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick who protest the American flag. “We will stop apologizing for America, and we will start celebrating America,” he told the American Legion’s national gathering in Cincinnati Thursday morning. “We will be united […]
Teacher nicknames classroom Jighaboos
BEDFORD, Texas – The Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district is apologizing for a teacher who picked an offensive nickname for her class. A parent who didn’t want his face shown on camera shared a picture with FOX 4 that shows the name “Jighaboos” on a laminated classroom sign at Bell Manor Elementary in Bedford. “I don’t think […]
Obama Caught in Budget Trap
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US planning for new drone base in Northwest Africa, officials say
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Bloomberg tops $1B in gifts to alma mater Johns Hopkins University
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Thousands march for gun control in Washington
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Police barred from Vermont gun range over proposed semi-automatic rifle ban
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Web of environmental rules threatens Gulf Coast businesses with jail, steep fines
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