Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
Duke University has removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee days after it was vandalized.
· Duke University removes statue of Confederate general
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
Duke University has removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee days after it was vandalized.
· Drone used to smuggle 13 pounds of meth from Mexico, police say
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
A 25-year-old U.S. citizen has been charged with using a drone to smuggle more than 13 pounds of methamphetamine from Mexico, an unusually large seizure for what is still a novel technique to bring illegal drugs into the United States, authorities said Friday.
· Man arrested after 3 children found dead in Maryland home
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
Police say an arrest has been made in the slayings of three girls under the age of 10 who were found in a home in Clinton, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. Prince George's County Police Department officials say in a release that 24-year-old Clinton resident Antonio Williams was arrested Friday night.
· Charlottesville suspect faces 5 additional felony charges
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
The man accused of driving his car into a group of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia is facing five additional felony charges.
· USC mascot squabble: Trojan horse for political correctness?
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
In California, the raging U.S. cultural battle over Civil War icons has spread to the names of horses.
· Northwestern prof, Oxford staffer extradited to Chicago
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
An Oxford University employee accused of killing a 26-year-old hair stylist was extradited to Chicago late Friday night.
· Central US faces severe storms, flooding downpours to close out the weekend
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
A renewed threat for severe weather and flooding will emerge over the midwestern United States spanning late Sunday into Monday.
· Boston hopes to keep peace at 'Free Speech Rally'
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
In the wake of Charlottesville, all eyes are turning to Boston, which is scheduled to hold a “Free Speech Rally” on Saturday afternoon.
· Use wrong pronoun for transgender senior? California may punish you
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
The California state Senate is considering a bill that would punish health care workers up to a year in jail if they “willfully and repeatedly” decline to address a transgender resident with their “preferred name or pronouns.”
· Babysitter, barber held in sex offenses against children
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
An 18-year-old woman who was babysitting a 4-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting the child, say police in San Antonio, Texas.
· The Latest: Jacksonville shooting leaves 2 officers injured
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
The Latest on police officers shot in Florida (all times local): 1:22 a.m.
· 1 police officer killed, 3 injured in 2 shootings in Florida
Posted on Saturday August 19, 2017
Florida authorities say two Kissimmee police officers have been shot.