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• 1 dead, multiple injured in Texas shopping mall shooting January 22, 2017Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — A robbery inside a San Antonio shopping mall ended with shots fired on Sunday, leaving one person who tried to intervene dead, three others shot and another two people taken to hospital with non-shooting injuries, police and fire officials said. Police Chief William McManus said two suspects robbed a jewelry […]
• Man suspected in death of La. officer, woman dies January 22, 2017By Kevin McGill and Chevel Johnson Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The man authorities say shot and killed a woman he\’d been romantically involved with and a police officer who had tried to help her has died, hours after shooting himself in the chest during a standoff with authorities on a New Orleans bridge. Col. […]
• Assault a cop? Conn. lawmakers want stiffer penalties January 22, 2017By Dave Collins Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — Some Connecticut lawmakers are working to stiffen the penalties for assaulting and threatening police officers and judges, in the wake of incidents in Connecticut and around the country. Rep. J.P. Sredzinski, a Republican from Monroe, is proposing a bill that would make it a hate crime to […]
• Officer Dennis Simmonds: 5 things to know about the Boston bombing\’s 5th victim January 20, 2017The Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers and the NAACP’s Boston branch recently joined the family of fallen Officer Dennis “DJ” Simmonds in criticizing the creators of “Patriots Day” for omitting him from the film. Starring Mark Wahlberg, the movie tells the story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Here are five things to […]
• ND bill protects drivers who negligently hit protesters obstructing traffic January 18, 2017By Jennifer Brooks Star Tribune CANNON BALL, N.D. — Protesters who take to the streets in North Dakota might want to look both ways for changes in the rules of the road. A bill sponsored by state Rep. Keith Kempenich, R-Bowman, would protect drivers from legal consequences if they inadvertently hit, injure or kill pedestrians […]