Misery in Louisiana
Misery in Louisiana By Holly Yan and Sean O'Key, CNN When President Barack Obama visits flood-ravaged Louisiana on Tuesday, he'll see devastation in almost every direction. Mountains of destroyed belongings piled up in front of houses. Communities mourning the deaths of 13 people. Knee-high water slowly receding, revealing the full breadth of damage to over 60,000 homes. Of the 20 parishes declared as federal disaster areas, here's a look at some of the most severely impacted. (Click on the do..>> view originalHomeless woman proves Social Security owes her thousands
A homeless woman in Washington, D.C. proved that Social Security owed her a ton of money and on Tuesday she received a huge pay day. For years, 80-year-old Wanda Witter had lived on the streets trying to persuade government officials that Social Security owed her more than $100,000. Witter had always been dismissed as crazy until someone finally listened. The Washington Post reported that Witter received a $99,999 payout. She had moved to Washington in 1999 to seek work after losing her job as ..>> view originalSheriff: Face-biting suspect may have ingested chemical
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida sheriff's deputies confronted chaos as they tried to subdue an attacker biting a victim's face after stabbing and beating a couple to death in a random assault outside their home, recordings of radio transmissions released Tuesday show. When a dispatcher asks the first Martin County deputy on the scene if she has the suspect controlled, she responds, "No sir, I have this guy wrapped around him and he is biting him." Sheriff William Snyde..>> view originalDepartment of Justice's Report on Baltimore Police Ignores Importance of Keeping Neighborhoods Safe
Horace Cooper Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper has reviewed the U.S. Department of Justice's report on Baltimore policing, and he's not impressed: The report should have been subtitled, "criminal lives matter." Career criminals, who make up the overwhelming number of individuals encountered by Baltimore police, are sanitized in the report and actual victims (the people they prey upon) are not referenced at all. This 164 page takedown of the Baltimore Police Department focuses on how the B..>> view originalSuspect in Alabama house murders used ax, gun in middle of night, police say
CITRONELLE, Ala. – A man accused of slaying five people at an Alabama home brought an ax to attack his victims, striking one who had been sleeping in a reclining chair, and also used guns he took from the house to shoot them, an Alabama sheriff said Tuesday. Derrick Dearman entered the house in Citronelle before dawn Saturday, Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran told The Associated Press. "They were down for the night sleeping, and he had enough familiarity with the house when he entered รข€” I g..>> view originalAuthorities seek pair in California woman's death, kidnapping of 3 kids
Authorities in Southern California searched Tuesday for a man and a woman suspected of killing a woman, kidnapping her three small children and leaving the state. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that warrants have been issued for Joshua Robertson, 27, and Brittany Humphrey, 22. Robertson and Humphrey are suspected of killing Kimberly Harvill, whose body was discovered Sunday in brush along a remote road in northern Los Angeles County in the unincorporated Lebec a..>> view originalRecent polls prompt area Democrats to dream of possible Clinton win in Missouri
As St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay sees it, the crowd that packed Hillary Clinton’s new local office Tuesday night could help persuade her Democratic presidential campaign to direct more attention – and resources -- to Missouri. Win or lose, such action could help the state’s entire Democratic ticket. “We need to show the support is here, to pull her over the top,’’ Slay told reporters, shortly before addressing the shoulder-to-shoulder audience that spilled onto the sidewalk outside the Clinton ca..>> view original8 things to know about Michigan's ACT scores
Buy PhotoA globe in a classroom at Multicultural Academy in Pittsfield township on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013.(Photo: Romain Blanquart Detroit Free Press)Buy PhotoACT scores are up slightly for Michigan students, according to national data released today.The average composite score for Michigan students who graduated in the Class of 2016 was 20.3, out of a possible 36. That continues a five-year trend that has seen the scores inch up — and a good sign given that up until this school year, all high..>> view originalDeaf driver's shooting death by trooper under investigation
The North Carolina Highway Patrol is urging people not to jump to conclusions as state agents investigate how a deaf driver with a history of minor offenses ended up dead after leading a trooper on a 10-mile chase.The family of Daniel Kevin Harris said he was unarmed and suggested the sequence of events last week was a tragic misunderstanding — the type the state's training manual warns troopers to avoid when dealing with the hearing impaired.The investigation into the shooting is ongoing, Secr..>> view original
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