Sunday, January 8, 2017

Malls Across US Beef Up Security After Brawls and other top stories.

  • Malls Across US Beef Up Security After Brawls

    Malls Across US Beef Up Security After Brawls
    Shopping malls across the nation were taking additional security precautions Tuesday following a string of disturbances the day after Christmas that resulted in minor injuries, evacuations and scores of arrests. Police were beefing up patrols and mall security guards were out in force after melees involving mostly young people erupted around malls in Elizabeth, N.J.; Fayetteville, N.C.; East Garden City, N.Y.; Aurora, Colo.; and...
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  • Experts: Ryan's livestream crackdown may be unconstitutional

    Experts: Ryan's livestream crackdown may be unconstitutional
    Paul Ryan’s new crackdown against protests on the House floor — a direct response to the Democrats’ gun-control “sit-in” last summer — is prompting questions from experts in both parties about its constitutionality. As part of a House rules package members will vote to approve in early January, House GOP leaders want to empower the sergeant-at-arms to fine lawmakers up to $2,500 for shooting video or taking photos on the chamber floor.Story Continued Below But experts say Ryan’s proposal may r..
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  • Donald, Melania Trump set to shake up old-line D.C. society

    Donald, Melania Trump set to shake up old-line D.C. society
    Think of it as Reagan Redux: Russian sable blankets and Lear-lock at local airports. The resurrection of the $600 tasting menus and the 14-karat gold tins of Almas caviar. Faberge eggs for breakfast.Washington is bracing for what may be the biggest seismic shift in taste and culture since 1981, when Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter decamped, and Nancy Reagan arrived with her $25,000 inaugural wardrobe ($60,000 in today’s money), not to mention her $200,000 White House china set.From real estate agents ..
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  • 3 bodies found in plane crash wreckage in GSMNP; recovery planned Wednesday

    3 bodies found in plane crash wreckage in GSMNP; recovery planned Wednesday
    3 killed in Great Smoky Mountains plane crash Dec. 27, 2016: A Blackhawk helicopter found the wreckage of a single engine airplane inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tuesday afternoon. Staff and WBIR , WBIR 4:53 AM. EST December 28, 2016 According to friends of the family, the three people on board a plane reported missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were David Starling, his 8-year-old son Hunter, and Kim Smith. (Photo: Submitted) GREAT..
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  • Bag of toys prompts evacuation of Trump Tower lobby

    Bag of toys prompts evacuation of Trump Tower lobby
    The package was discovered in the lobby of the New York City skyscraper, where President-elect Donald Trump resides. He was in Florida at the time. A video posted to Twitter by user @cielo_celest showed people dashing by elevators as a police officer swings his arm and yells, "Out! Out!"New York Police Department Det. Hubert Reyes told CNN that the package was investigated by the department's bomb squad. The Secret Service was involved in the investigation as well, Reyes said."Suspicious package..
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  • Iran says it warns off US fighters, others in military drill

    Iran says it warns off US fighters, others in military drill
    A 5-year-old boy battling a rare form of cancer is getting a lot of love this holiday season. So far he has received thousands of Christmas cards from around the world and even attended an award show thanks to his favorite soccer team. Bradley Lowery was first diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2013 when he was just a toddler. After fighting a difficult battle, he was declared cancer-free. >> Read more trending stories "He was like every other child," Lynn Murphy, a friend of the family, told Hot ..
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  • Montana governor, legislators condemn plans for white-nationalist march

    Montana governor, legislators condemn plans for white-nationalist march
    The mixed-use building owned by Sherry Spencer in Whitefish, Mont. She says her retail tenants have been targeted because of the white-nationalist views of her son, Richard Spencer. (Matt Baldwin/Daily Inter Lake via AP) Montana's top elected officials in both parties have denounced plans for a white-nationalist march in Whitefish, the town that's become home to alt-right movement writer and activist Richard Spencer. It's the latest escalation in a controversy that started when Spencer's mo..
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  • 2 quakes hit near Lake Tahoe, rumblings felt across region

    2 quakes hit near Lake Tahoe, rumblings felt across region
    Posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 3:56 am | Updated: 4:15 am, Wed Dec 28, 2016. 2 quakes hit near Lake Tahoe, rumblings felt across region Associated Press | 0 comments SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Two earthquakes struck early Wednesday near Lake Tahoe, and their rumblings were felt across areas of two states. There were..
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  • Roof has death penalty case hearing acting as own lawyer

    Roof has death penalty case hearing acting as own lawyer
    By Jeffrey Collins | AP December 28 at 5:21 AM Dylann Roof may soon show how hard he intends to fight to save his life as prosecutors seek the death penalty for killing nine black worshippers in a hate crime at a Charleston church. A judge scheduled a hearing Wednesday in federal court to hear motions before the penalty phase in Roof’s trial starts next week. Roof is now acting as his own lawyer after letting go of his defense attorneys after a jury convicted him of 33 counts of hate crimes ..
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  • Trooper shot on Christmas Day still in critical condition

    Trooper shot on Christmas Day still in critical condition
    An Oregon State Police trooper wounded in a Christmas Day shootout with a homicide suspect underwent a second surgery Tuesday and remained in critical condition, authorities said. Trooper Nic Cederberg, 32, was shot multiple times and underwent one surgery Monday morning and another Tuesday afternoon, State Police spokesman Capt. Bill Fugate said during a press conference at OHSU Hospital. Despite Cederberg's life-threatening injuries, authorities are optimistic about his recovery, Fugate said..
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Washington Post automatically inserts Trump fact-checks into Twitter .Obama vows retaliation for suspected Russian hacking .
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