NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times is using space on its front page to call for greater gun regulation in the wake of recent deadly mass shootings. Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. says the newspaper is running its first Page 1 editorial since 1920 on Saturday to “deliver a strong and visible statement of…
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – The FBI says it is investigating the deadly mass shooting in California as an “act of terrorism.” David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, made the declaration at a news conference Friday in California. He also said the shooters attempted to destroy evidence, including crushing two cell…
BALTIMORE (AP) – A detective is testifying that an officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray told her the man reported that he couldn’t breathe during a van ride after his arrest. The testimony is important for prosecutors because Gray’s attorneys said during opening statements that Officer William Porter never heard Gray say he…
The Irving school district has refused to release an inquiry sent by the Justice Department
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CHICAGO (AP) – Hours after Chicago officials released audio-free dashcam video of a white officer shooting a black teen 16 times, a 35-second excerpt with sound appeared online. But experts, police and an Associated Press analysis have concluded the audio is bogus. In it, viewers can see and supposedly hear Officer Jason Van Dyke firing…
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Community, says it’s premature to conclude that one of the California attackers was self-radicalized or “moved by some international actor.” Schiff told CNN on Thursday that he had been briefed by the FBI in the morning and that information is…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republicans have overwhelmed Democrats in a vote to end Planned Parenthood’s federal funding. Thursday’s vote comes as the Senate moves toward approval of a bill that would all but repeal the president’s health care law. The bill would also take away the federal dollars that Planned Parenthood receives. Democrats tried restoring…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Environmental groups are appealing a judge’s decision to suspend new rules for oil and gas drilling on federal land across the U.S. amid a legal challenge to those rules. The Sierra Club and others say the rules should be allowed to take effect to protect land and water from practices including…
