Police: Gang members targeted 9-year-old boy shot in alley

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man was charged with first-degree murder Friday in connection with the slaying of a 9-year-old boy who police say was lured from a playground and shot in the head because of his father’s gang ties. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the suspect, 27-year-old Corey Morgan, is a gang member with […]

Penn State’s Sandusky settlements now total nearly $93M

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State settled with six more victims or accusers of Jerry Sandusky, according to a new audit that puts the school’s total payout in the child sex abuse scandal at nearly $93 million. The university’s audited financial statements for the year that ended June 30, dated Oct. 30, show $33.2 million […]

Prosecutors seek 580 years for kidnapper of 2 NY Amish girls

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) – Federal prosecutors are seeking a maximum 580-year prison sentence for a man who sexually abused six children, including two Amish girls he kidnapped in northern New York. Stephen M. Howells, 40, and Nicole Vaisey, 26, admitted in May that they sexually exploited children. Authorities say victims were drugged and recorded during […]

Presidential contenders differ sharply on climate, energy

WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders calls climate change the greatest threat to national security. Front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton promises to install more than 500 million solar panels across the country. On the Republican side, Jeb Bush would phase out tax credits for solar power. Rival Marco Rubio wants to cut the federal […]

Strikes on IS city, focus of international campaign, kill 8

BEIRUT (AP) — A new wave of airstrikes targeting the Syrian city of Raqqa, the headquarters of the extremist Islamic State group and the focus of an international military campaign, killed at least eight people, including five children, Syrian opposition groups said Friday. The strikes came as France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, declared that destroying […]

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Robbery suspect in Florida nabbed after 3-county chase

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Police say a Flagler County man suspected of robbery led police officers on a car chase through three Florida counties before being apprehended. The chase on Thursday night started shortly after the suspect, Daniel J. Ruddell, 45, of Palm Coast, Fla., robbed a Daytona Beach Circle K store by threatening […]

Police: Mom, son found dead in apparent murder-suicide

MIAMI (AP) – Police say a woman and her son were found dead at a Miami home in what they believe was a murder-suicide. Miami police spokeswoman Kenia Fallat tells news outlets a woman showed up to her mother’s home Wednesday afternoon and found her mother in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor. […]

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Obama still pondering death penalty’s role in justice system

WASHINGTON (AP) – Even as President Barack Obama tries to make a hard case for overhauling sentences, rehabilitating prisoners and confronting racial bias in policing, he has been less clear about the death penalty. Obama has hinted that his support for capital punishment is eroding, but he has refused to discuss what he might call […]

Hundreds protest jailing of 2 journalists in Turkey

ISTANBUL (AP) – Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Istanbul office of an opposition newspaper Friday, accusing the government of silencing critics and attempting to cover-up a scandal after two journalists were jailed on terror and espionage charges for their reports on alleged Turkish arms smuggling to Syria. Cumhuriyet newspaper’s editor-in-chief Can Dundar, and the […]

Produce in Costco salad linked to E. coli is being recalled

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Federal officials say a business is recalling a vegetable mix believed to be the source of E.coli in Costco chicken salad that has been linked to an outbreak that has sickened 19 people in seven states. Taylor Farms Pacific Inc. of Tracy, California, has recalled a mix of diced celery and […]