Illinois US Senators split over how to handle Syrian refugees
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois' U.S. Senate candidates are divided over whether the United States should accept refugees from the crisis in Syria following recent terrorist attacks. Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk said Monday no Syrian refugees should be allowed in the U.S. unless the Obama administration "can guarantee with 100 percent assurance" they aren't ISIS…
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Trump says he would consider closing certain mosques
Trump told MSNBC on Monday that the government should increase surveillance in and around mosques
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US bishops applaud Vatican official behind Kim Davis meeting
Vigano had invited the Kentucky clerk to be among those the pope greeted in the Vatican embassy in Washington
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Police: Toddler shoots and kills himself after getting gun
Police say no charges have been filed in connection with the death although the investigation is continuing
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Parole granted for man convicted in 1991 Texas gay slaying
Buice pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 45 years in prison in 1991
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