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SWAT Team Rescues 2 Abducted NY College Students
Four people were in custody on Sunday night after a New York SWAT team rescued two missing college students who were held hostage after being abducted by their kidnappers, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports. The University of Rochester seniors, Ani Okeke Ewo and Nicholas Kollias, were last seen near their school at around 2…
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Justice Department to Investigate Chicago Police After Laquan McDonald Case
Updated Monday, Dec. 7, 12:10 p.m. EST: U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Monday that the Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department following the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald. The investigation will determine whether the 17-year-old’s shooting death was an isolated incident or the latest development in…
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Obama Aims to Ease Fears Over Terrorism: ‘We Will Overcome It’
President Barack Obama sought to soothe public fears during a televised address Sunday evening, in which he declared last week’s shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., an act of terrorism and assured viewers that the United States will overcome these types of threats. He also urged the public not to give in to fear-based reactions. “The…
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Obama to Address Nation Sunday on Terrorist Threat
President Barack Obama will speak to the nation from the Oval Office Sunday night about the San Bernardino, Calif., attack and the war against the Islamic State group, The Hill reports. The White House said, “He will reiterate his firm conviction that ISIL [also known as ISIS or the Islamic State] will be destroyed and…
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Video Expert: Tamir Did Not Reach Into Waistband for Pellet Gun
A new report says that Tamir Rice’s hands were in his pocket and not reaching for his toy gun when a Cleveland police officer fatally shot him last year, the Associated Press reports. This video analysis, released Friday by the attorneys for Tamir’s family, disputes a statement by the officers involved in the shooting, which…
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FBI Investigating Possible Hate Crime in Shooting of Muslim Cab Driver
Federal and local law-enforcement officials are investigating whether a suspect who allegedly shot a Muslim taxi driver in Pittsburgh committed a hate crime, NBC News reports. Authorities arrested Anthony Mohamed, 26, on Wednesday. They believe he shot a bullet through the back window of a cab Thanksgiving morning, injuring the driver. He’s charged with aggravated…
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Jesse Jackson to Lead Protest March Sunday
The Rev. Jesse Jackson will lead a protest march Sunday afternoon in Chicago over the latest evidence of an official cover-up in the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, WBBM reports. The Chicago Police Department released documents Friday night from its investigation into the teenager’s death. Police officers at the scene supported Chicago Police Officer…
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Watch: Obama Renews Calls for Stricter Gun Laws After Calif. Mass Shooting
President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to call for tighter gun laws amid threats from “ISIS and other terrorist groups that are encouraging people—around the world and in the U.S.—to commit terrible acts of violence.” The president stopped short of calling last week’s shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., where 14 people were…
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Laquan McDonald Police Report Dramatically Different From Video
Chicago Police Department documents released Friday evening from the investigation into the shooting death of Laquan McDonald reveal that cops at the scene painted a dramatically different picture from what is shown in the dash-cam video, according to USA Today. The court-ordered release of the disturbing video of Laquan, 17, shows that the victim had been…
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Medical Examiner: Freddie Gray’s Spine ‘Kinked’ in Police Van
Freddie Gray’s spinal cord was “kinked” by the injury he suffered while riding in the back of a police van in April, Dr. Carol Allan testified Friday in Baltimore during the manslaughter trial of Baltimore Police Officer William Porter, according to the Associated Press. Prosecutors argue that Porter could have prevented Gray’s “death by buckling…