Sunday, March 20, 2016

Retired State Trooper Named Suspected Gunman In Turnpike Attack and other top stories.

  • Retired State Trooper Named Suspected Gunman In Turnpike Attack

    FORT LITTLETON, Pa. (AP/KDKA) – Authorities say a turnpike employee and another worker were shot and killed in a robbery attempt on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Sunday. State police said the shooting occurred around 7 a.m. at the Fort Littleton Interchange in Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania, about 65 miles west of Harrisburg. The suspect in the shooting was also killed. Authorities have identified retired Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Clarence D. Briggs as the suspected gunman. Retired Pa. State..
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  • Kentucky ATV driver in police pursuit dies after being shot

    Kentucky ATV driver in police pursuit dies after being shot
    By Associated Press March 20 at 5:51 PM WHITE PLAINS, Ky. — Kentucky State Police say an ATV driver has died after being shot by a trooper. Trooper Sean Wint says in a news release that the trooper was pursuing an all-terrain vehicle in Hopkins County, about 150 miles southwest of Louisville, when the ATV overturned Saturday. The ATV’s driver pulled out a handgun and fired at the trooper, who returned fire. The ATV driver was shot and was pronounced dead at the scene. Wint identified him as ..
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  • Majority Threshold 'Unfair' in GOP Nomination Process, Donald Trump Complains

    Majority Threshold 'Unfair' in GOP Nomination Process, Donald Trump Complains
    PhotoDonald J. Trump during a campaign event in Salt Lake City on Friday.Credit Kim Raff for The New York Times With the prospect of a contested convention looming over the Republican presidential primary, Donald J. Trump on Sunday complained about the party’s rules requiring a candidate to have a majority of delegates to clinch the nomination outright. Asked by George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” why he should be “guaranteed the nomination” if he failed to amass the 1,237 delegates need..
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  • Body of 2nd Alabama fisherman recovered from Tennessee River

    Body of 2nd Alabama fisherman recovered from Tennessee River
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  • The Latest: Governor: Flags to half-staff for slain deputy

    The Latest: Governor: Flags to half-staff for slain deputy
    Deputy Carl A. Koontz, 27, of the Howard County Sheriff Department is seen in an undated photo provided by the Indiana State Police. Howard County Sheriff Steven Rogers says Deputy Koontz died at an Indianapolis hospital after being shot about 12:30 a.m. Sunday at a mobile home in Russiaville, about 60 miles north of Indianapolis. Indiana State Police say a second deputy, Sgt. Jordan Buckley, also was shot and is in stable condition, alert and conscious. The suspected shooter, who has not be..
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  • Trump praises campaign manager after incident with protester

    Trump praises campaign manager after incident with protester
    Corey Lewandowski, the campaign manager for Donald Trump, appears to have been involved in another altercation in Tuscon on March 19. Trump has praised Lewandowski for his involvement in the incident. (Daron Taylor,Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post) TUCSON — Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his team’s insistence that campaign manager Corey Lewandowski behaved appropriately while forcefully engaging with a protester at a rally here in Tucson on Saturday afternoon, commenting that loca..
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  • News Guide: Rubio awash in cash as he floundered last month

    News Guide: Rubio awash in cash as he floundered last month
    WASHINGTON — Wealthy donors handed over $25 million last month to an outside group backing then-Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio, and the flood of money helped pay for thousands of television advertisements. It still wasn’t enough. Rubio, a Florida senator, ended his bid after an embarrassing loss to Donald Trump last week in his home state. The presidential candidates — current and former — must file their February campaign finance reports to the Federal Election Commission on Sun..
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  • Professor who used racial slur can stay, says Kansas University

    Professor who used racial slur can stay, says Kansas University
    After a four-month long investigation into assistant communication studies professor Andrea Quenette, the University of Kansas has decided she can keep her job. On November 12, the morning after a tense racial town hall meeting, a communication studies masters student asked her professor about what discrimination looks like on the University of Kansas campus. Dr. Quenette admitted that she felt somewhat unqualified to talk about racism because she was a white woman, never experiencing discrimin..
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  • Garland Shouldn't Be Considered After Election, McConnell Says

    Garland Shouldn't Be Considered After Election, McConnell Says
    Photo Senate Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Capitol Hill earlier this month. He suggested that Republicans had reason to oppose Judge Merrick B. Garland based on his judicial philosophy. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, on Sunday dismissed the possibility of Republicans considering President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee after the November election, even if a Democrat were elected president or Republicans los..
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  • Second baby eagle hatches early Sunday at National Arboretum in Washington

    Second baby eagle hatches early Sunday at National Arboretum in Washington
    Spelling his female mate, a male Bald Eagle lands on his nest containing two eggs at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, DC on March 11, 2016. (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post) The world’s eagle-watchers were awed once again early Sunday as a second bald eagle hatched on live video at the National Arboretum in Washington. The big moment came about 3 a.m. -- more than 12 hours earlier than expected, said Daniel Rauch, a wildlife biologist at the District’s Department of Energy and..
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Three Trump Protesters in Arizona Arrested, While Demonstrators in NYC Detained .Sources: Body of young woman found in Houston may be missing... .
Cal to face familiar friend in Hawaii assistant Montgomery .Victims' lawyers ask judge not to dismiss case against Memphis ... .

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