Police: Man with assault rifle, body armor shot 2 officers
BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say a man wearing body armor and armed with an assault rifle shot two Boston police officers before being shot and killed by other officers. The two wounded officers were hospitalized in “extremely critical condition” early Thursday morning. Police Commissioner William Evans says the suspect fired at the officers late Wednesday…
Court seems favorable to defendant claiming jury race bias
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is suggesting that racial bias in the jury room may trump the centuries-old legal principle of secrecy in jury deliberations. The justices heard an appeal Tuesday from an immigrant in Colorado who was convicted by a jury on which one man reportedly tied the defendant’s guilt to his Hispanic…
Trump urges supporters to vote…on the wrong day
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump is urging his supporters to vote on Election Day – but he got one key fact wrong. In the opening moments of a rally Tuesday night in Palm Beach City, Florida, Trump told the crowd to “make sure you get out and vote, Nov. 28.” The problem with that advice?…
Funeral services set for trooper who died from 9/11 illness
POUKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) – Funeral services are being held for a New York State Police investigator who died from an illness stemming from his work at the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. State police announced last week that 51-year-old Paul Stuewer died of an illness dating back to when he…
