Chicago police officer who fatally shot teen due in court
CHICAGO (AP) - A white Chicago police officer charged with murder after a squad car video caught him fatally shooting a black Chicago teenager 16 times returns to court to learn whether he'll be offered bond. A Monday hearing for Officer Jason Van Dyke comes after days of protests in Chicago over the killing of…
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Mayor hints at motive in Colorado clinic attack
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The mayor of Colorado Springs says authorities aren't ready to discuss a possible motive of the gunman who attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic there but says people can make "inferences from where it took place." John Suthers says investigators have interviewed 57-year-old Robert Lewis Dear of North Carolina but says…
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Mark Twain’s 180th birthday to be celebrated in Hannibal
HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — Mark Twain's 180th birthday is being celebrated this weekend in his boyhood hometown. The Hannibal Courier-Post reports that a mustache competition and a masquerade mask art show are among the activities planned for Saturday at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum. The attraction is located in the northeast Missouri town…
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Meet John Howland, a lucky Pilgrim, and maybe your ancestor
BOSTON (AP) — As Americans sit down for Thanksgiving dinner, they should give thanks to one of the original Pilgrims for their very existence. John Howland may not be as famous as William Bradford, John Carver or Myles Standish, yet he probably had a greater impact. And he almost never made it. Howland fell off…
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Obama: No credible intelligence about plot against US
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says there's currently no specific, credible intelligence that would indicate a potential terrorist plot in the U.S. during the holidays. Obama says his administration is taking "every possible step" to keep the country safe. He says that if there were to be a credible threat, the public will be…
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