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DALLAS (AP) — A person in Texas has been infected with the Zika virus after having sex with an ill person who had returned from a country where the disease was present, Dallas County health officials said Tuesday. It’s the first case of the virus being transmitted in the U.S. during the current outbreak of […]
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AP) — Hillary Clinton emerged from Iowa with a razor-thin victory over Bernie Sanders — and a new round of nervous second-guessing from supporters. Topping the list of concerns is Clinton’s staggering disadvantage with young voters, a crucial Democratic constituency that overwhelmingly sided with Sanders. Clinton supporters are also worried that the […]
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area police officer whose bloody beating of a motorist was captured on dashcam video was sentenced to at least 13 months in prison Tuesday, with the judge rebuking him for “Dirty Harry tactics” but still handing down a punishment significantly below the guidelines. William Melendez was an Inkster police officer a […]
Funerals are already emotionally draining enough, the absolute last thing anyone needs is for porn to start playing during the service.
WASHINGTON (AP) — They say crime doesn’t pay, but that might not be entirely true in the District of Columbia as lawmakers look for ways to discourage people from becoming repeat offenders. The D.C. Council is voting on a bill Tuesday that includes a proposal to pay residents a stipend not to commit crimes. It’s […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The parents of an unarmed black teenager killed by a white police officer four years ago Tuesday have written a letter to the mayor and his wife saying the city has waited too long to fire the officer. Ramarley Graham was 18 when he was shot once in the bathroom of […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a Pennsylvania man tried to sell drugs in a Pittsburgh traffic court. Officials say 35-year-old Christopher Durkin spoke to a man in court after he appeared Monday to face charges of driving under suspension. A deputy told Durkin to leave. The other man told deputies Durkin attempted to sell him […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state-appointed emergency manager for Detroit’s troubled school district is leaving the job about 4½ months early, Gov. Rick Snyder announced Tuesday. Darnell Earley also was the emergency manager for Flint when its water source was switched in 2014. State regulators failed to require that the water from the Flint River […]
A 757 was forced to land after a fight allegedly broke out on a plane from Los Angles to Minneapolis. USA Today reports: Delta Flight 2598 was en route from Los Angeles to Minneapolis on Jan. 22 and was about 180 miles south of Salt Lake City when the decision was made to divert to […]
In one weekend, a coalition of plumbers may have done more for the city of Flint than the government has in the past year.
Michael J. Feeney, a former New York Daily News reporter, has died suddenly at 32 of complications from a staph infection just before beginning “his dream job as an entertainment reporter” at CNN.com, the paper reported Monday. Feeney served as president of the New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) for four years. He “was […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were locked in an improbably tight duel in Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses Monday as the two rivals offered Americans a stark choice between political pragmatism and revolution. Nine months after launching their campaigns, Clinton and Sanders faced Iowa voters in equally precarious positions. Former Maryland […]
