Suspect in Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting reportedly cancelled flight to New York
The 26-year-old who authorities said opened fire last week inside a Ft. Lauderdale airport reportedly cancelled his flight reservation for a trip to New York on New Year’s Eve, ABC News reported, citing authorities. The report said Esteban Santiago may have been deterred due to the NYPD presence during celebrations. The report did not explain why he ended up purchasing a $278 ticket to Florida. Santiago, an Iraq war veteran from Anchorage, is facing federal charges that could result in a deat..>> view originalDA says woman arrested in sex fantasy hoax was really victim
A Southern California woman has been exonerated of charges that she responded to "rape fantasy" ads on Craigslist in order to get men to attack her ex-boyfriend's new wife, prosecutors said Wednesday. They now say that it was the new wife who was trying to frame her husband's ex.Charges were dropped against Michelle Susan Hadley, 30, of Ontario, who was "the innocent victim of a diabolical scheme" that also included phony death threats, Orange County district attorney Tony Rackauckas announced...>> view originalSessions faces decision on politicizing Justice
Donald Trump suggested on the campaign trail that he could use the Justice Department to fulfill his political agenda, taunting Hillary Clinton by threatening to throw her in jail over her email scandal. Now, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s pick for attorney general, will have to decide whether to follow his predecessors by vowing to not let politics drive the DOJ’s decision-making.Story Continued Below The idea that the Justice Department should be free from political interference is not rooted i..>> view originalUS|Anonymous Bomb Threats Rattle Jewish Centers Across Eastern US
The morning rush at the Jewish community center in Columbia, S.C., had subsided when the phone rang on Monday. The caller, an elderly-sounding woman, “in a loud screaming voice kept saying there’s a bomb,” said Barry A. Abels, the center’s executive director.At roughly the same time, a woman dialed the Jewish community center in Rockville, Md., nearly 500 miles away, and said there was a bomb. Not long after, a man called a Jewish organization in Wilmington, Del. He, too, warned of a bomb.Simil..>> view originalPolitics|Betsy DeVos, Trump's Education Pick, Plays Hardball With Her Wealth
“They have this moralized sense of the free market that leads to this total program to turn back the ideas of the New Deal, the welfare state,” Kim Phillips-Fein, a historian who has written extensively about the conservative movement, said, describing the DeVoses. Ms. DeVos declined to be interviewed for this article.Like the Kochs, the DeVoses are generous supporters of think tanks that evangelize for unrestrained capitalism, like Michigan’s Acton Institute, and that rail against unions and b..>> view originalUS--Charleston Church Shooting
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — In a courtroom a mile from the scene of the Charleston church slayings, wounds re-opened as nearly two dozen friends and relatives of the nine victims shared memories and opined about a future without a mother, father, sister or brother.They shed tears and their voices shook, but none of them said whether Dylann Roof should face the death penalty or life in prison for gunning down the church members during a Bible study at Emanuel AME. That will be left up to the jury, wh..>> view originalMost memorable lines from CNN's Bernie Sanders town hall
Sanders, who ran a failed bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination against Hillary Clinton, is a progressive leader whose views will help shape the future of the Democratic Party in the wake of Donald Trump's election."We are dealing with a man who, in many respects is ... a pathological liar," said Sanders. "Time after time after time he says stuff that is blatantly, absolutely untrue."On the danger Trump poses "People are frightened," he said. On the economy"I want an economy that b..>> view originalOrlando police officer shot to death; sheriff's deputy dies during manhunt
The suspect fled, triggering an intense manhunt that included door-to-door searches in apartment complexes and the placing of a dozen schools on lockdown.Another officer died while taking part in the search for the gunman. The Orange County sheriff's deputy died when his motorcycle collided with another vehicle. After the deaths of two law enforcement officers in one day, Orlando Police Chief John Mina vowed to find the suspect -- who has been identified as Markeith Loyd. "I'm confident we will ..>> view originalArgument Over Grilled Cheese Sandwich Leads to Armed Standoff With Police
Police in Maryland arrested a man Sunday night after an argument over a grilled cheese sandwich led to an hours-long armed standoff with officers. The incident in the Baltimore suburb of Dundalk began Sunday afternoon when Daniel Brian Blackwell, 55, ...>> view originalMuted Response From Health Lobby as Affordable Care Act Faces Repeal
Health care professionals are not totally silent, but industries that were integral to the creation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 are keeping their voices down as Republicans rush to dismantle it. Some Republican lawmakers are openly fretting about their leaders’ repeal strategy, saying they must develop an Affordable Care Act replacement before they repeal it. Five Republican senators proposed on Monday to extend the deadline for drafting repeal legislation by five weeks, until March 3. O..>> view original
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