Monday, December 26, 2016

Sandy Hook dad fights lies about murdered son and other top stories.

  • Sandy Hook dad fights lies about murdered son

    Sandy Hook dad fights lies about murdered son
    Noah and Lenny Pozner. Noah, 6, was killed when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012.(Photo: Provided photo via Naples (Fla.) Daily News)BOCA RATON, Fla. — Here is the reality that Lenny Pozner faces every day:On a Friday morning four years ago, Lenny dropped off his son, Noah, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. It was three weeks after Noah's sixth birthday, and he had just lost his first tooth. He was a little guy, bright and i..
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  • The mystery of 'St. Grand,' the secret donor dropping bundles of cash into Salvation Army kettles

    The mystery of 'St. Grand,' the secret donor dropping bundles of cash into Salvation Army kettles
    Salvation Army volunteers ring their bells for donations outside a Virginia grocery store in 2012. (AFP/Getty Images) A few years ago, wads of cash started to pop up in red Salvation Army kettles in Minnesota. And those wads of cash all looked the same, Julie Borgen said. “Starting in 2011, we were getting donations in our kettles, which were a bundle of 10 crisp, new $100 bills,” Borgen told The Washington Post on Thursday. “And over the past several years, that tradition has continued.” In..
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  • Dylann Roof trial: Will he get the death penalty?

    Dylann Roof trial: Will he get the death penalty?
    CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Esther Lance was torn over how to punish Dylann Roof, the man found guilty of killing her mother and eight others at a Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina, last year. “Yes, I want him to see the death penalty,” Lance told CNN’s Nick Valencia after a jury on Thursday convicted Roof on all 33 federal charges against him. But Lance, 53, quickly changed her mind, saying she and her late 70-year-old mother, once a custodian at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal C..
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  • JCSO: Two Jefferson County inmates still on the run

    JCSO: Two Jefferson County inmates still on the run
    JCSO: Two Jefferson County inmates still on the run The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is still searching for two inmates on the run after four total escaped from a county work house early Friday morning. Staff , WBIR 7:53 AM. EST December 16, 2016 JSCO is still looking for Adam Quinn Lethco (left) and Matthew Robert Porter (right). (Photo: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office) DANDRIDGE - The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is still searching for two inma..
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  • 'It's So Sad,' Donald Trump Says of Syria, Promising 'Safe Zones'

    'It's So Sad,' Donald Trump Says of Syria, Promising 'Safe Zones'
    Photo President-elect Donald J. Trump wishing supporters a “merry Christmas” at the start of a rally in Hershey, Pa., on Thursday. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times HERSHEY, Pa. — President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Thursday that the United States would create “safe zones” in Syria, his first reference to such an American role in the war there since he was elected, and one that comes as the Syrian government has all but recaptured the rebel stronghold of Ale..
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  • North Carolina's Partisan Rift Widens in Fight Over Governor's Powers

    North Carolina's Partisan Rift Widens in Fight Over Governor's Powers
    The legislative session generated reminders of one in March that led to the divisive “bathroom bill” that limited gay and transgender rights. It further cemented the perception of North Carolina as a place that has gone from a symbol of pragmatic New South moderation to one in a perpetual state of political civil war. The law passed in March, known as House Bill 2, is seen as playing a role in Mr. Cooper’s defeat of Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican. The General Assembly went into a special sessio..
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  • Worker dies in huge water tower as teen son watches from the ground

    Worker dies in huge water tower as teen son watches from the ground
    A water tank inspection in Braintree turned tragic Thursday when a diver died in the presence of his teenage son https://t.co/IB9DKLfsMW pic.twitter.com/P7FWtjESD2 — The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) December 16, 2016 A diver inspecting a massive water tower in Braintree, Mass., died Thursday when his air supply cut off and a spotter was unable to pull him out of the freezing waters, according to town officials, who said the man’s teenage son watched from the ground on a video feed. The diver,..
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  • Milwaukee Officer Charged in Shooting That Set Off Riots

    Milwaukee Officer Charged in Shooting That Set Off Riots
    Photo Police officers in riot gear in Milwaukee after the the authorities ordered a curfew in August amid protests over the police shooting of Sylville K. Smith. Credit Joshua Lott for The New York Times MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee police officer fatally shot a man in August just after the man had thrown his gun away and lay on the ground unarmed, the authorities said on Thursday as they charged the officer with homicide.The officer, Dominique Heaggan-Brown, 24, killed Sylv..
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  • Robbers Butt Dial 911 In Dumbest Crime News Of All Time!

    Robbers Butt Dial 911 In Dumbest Crime News Of All Time!
    Piece of advice: When planning a robbery, make sure you aren't on the phone with the police while you're hashing out the details. Seems pretty straightforward, right? Well, Robert Bourne (above, left) and David Grigsby (above, right) made that astronomical mistake over the weekend. Related: Woman Dies After Falling Into Vat Of Chocolate The Kentucky men were plotting to hit Brothers BBQ in Danville, but had butt dialed 911 while figuring out how to commit the crime. And, get this, Police Chief..
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  • Mount Vernon, Washington, Standoff Finally Ends After Cop Shot

    Mount Vernon, Washington, Standoff Finally Ends After Cop Shot
    A gunman with a violent criminal past shot a police officer in the head before barricading himself inside a home, officials in Washington state said. A SWAT team and hostage negotiators had been locked in a 7-hour standoff in the city of Mount Vernon before taking the suspect into custody just before 1 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET), according to police. Officers stormed the building using tear gas and detained the 44-year-old local man along with two others, Washington State Patrol Sgt. Keit..
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