Sunday, October 2, 2016

Students who left swastikas at SJSU did it as a “joke,” officials say and other top stories.

  • Students who left swastikas at SJSU did it as a “joke,” officials say

    Students who left swastikas at SJSU did it as a “joke,” officials say
    SAN JOSE — The students who left swastikas and hateful language inside two San Jose State residence halls Monday evening — prompting outrage and concern across campus — said they did so as “a joke,” university officials said Thursday. Campus police Chief Peter Decena also said the incidents were unrelated, despite taking place on the same day and around the same time. The students responsible, identified as two males, admitted to creating the swastikas during interviews with police, Decena said..
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  • Advisers warn Trump not to get riled by Clinton in debate

    Advisers warn Trump not to get riled by Clinton in debate
    By JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's advisers are urging him to keep his cool during next week's presidential debate and resist attempts by Hillary Clinton to provoke him with questions about his business record, wealth or controversial comments about minorities. The focus underscores the campaign's concern that too many Americans still don't believe the Republican has the temperament to be president, which could be a difference-maker in a close race..
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  • How The Marriott-Starwood Merger Will Affect The Hotel Industry

    How The Marriott-Starwood Merger Will Affect The Hotel Industry
    The $13.6B merger between Marriott and Starwood cleared its final hurdle this week when it received antitrust approval, and the deal is expected to be finalized before week's end. A merger of this size is bound to create shockwaves across the hotel industry, and when industry leaders convened at Bisnow's Lodging and Investment Series yesterday, it was a central topic of conversation.  Bisnow: Ethan Rothstein Loews Hotels chairman Jonathan Tisch, who is friends with Bill Marriott and was being ..
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  • Peaceful protests continue as Charlotte's curfew passes

    Peaceful protests continue as Charlotte's curfew passes
    Protesters massed on Charlotte's streets for a third night Thursday in the latest sign of mounting pressure for police to release video that could resolve wildly different accounts of the shooting of a black man. (Sept. 22) APMecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney (R) and Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts (C) field questions from the media following the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott at an apartment complex near UNC Charlotte.(Photo: Sean Rayford, Getty Images)CHARLOTTE —..
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  • Is Ted Cruz About to Endorse Donald Trump?

    Is Ted Cruz About to Endorse Donald Trump?
    In the days before he ended his own failed bid for the presidency, Ted Cruz denounced Donald Trump as “utterly amoral,” a “serial philanderer,” and a “pathological liar.” Two months later, Cruz’s refusal to endorse Trump during a primetime speech provided the Republican convention with its most stunning display of party disunity.The move got Cruz booed off the stage by Trump supporters, but it earned him a measure of respect from the nominee’s most ardent opponents.Six weeks before the election..
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  • Effort underway to restore graves disturbed by south Louisiana flood

    Effort underway to restore graves disturbed by south Louisiana flood
    Effort underway to restore graves disturbed by south Louisiana flood Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016 12:56 AM EDT Updated: Friday, September 23, 2016 12:56 AM EDT DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (WBRZ) -- A massive effort is underway to restore the countless graves disturbed or destroyed at cemeteries.One of the places affected is Plainview Cemertery near Denham Springs. More than half of the graves there have been disturbed. Dozens of caskets have been unearthed. And concrete vaults that wei..
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  • Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter

    Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter
    Shelby fatally shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher after his SUV stopped in a roadway last week."We reviewed the facts of the allegations. It is our responsibility to determine if the filing of a criminal charge is justified under the law," Kurnzweiler said. An arrest warrant was issued for Shelby and arrangements have been made for her surrender, he said. It was not clear when she would turn herself in. The criminal complaint against Shelby said her "fear resulted in her unreasonable actions whic..
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  • Email shows federal immigration bosses in OT push to swear in new citizens 'due to election'

    Email shows federal immigration bosses in OT push to swear in new citizens 'due to election'
    An internal Obama administration email shows immigration officials may be literally working overtime to swear in as many new “citizen voters” as possible before the Nov. 8 presidential election, a powerful lawmaker charged Thursday. The email, from a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office chief and part of a chain of correspondence within the agency, urges the unnamed recipient to swear in as many citizens as possible “due to the election year.” “The Field Office due to the elec..
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