Chicago police face rising violence amid cutback in stops
Homicides and shootings in Chicago have doubled from the first two months of 2015 with 95 homicides and 406 shootings, while street stops plummet by about 80 percent. Interim Superintendent John Escalante says a video to urge officers to work remains, as DOJ civil rights probe looms and leadership seeks public trust after the Laquan McDonald case.
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Jason van Dyke
Laquan McDonald
van Dyke
Garry McCarthy
Department of Justice
Rahm Emanuel
Loop
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Escalante
Department
American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
Chicago
Shelling near reporters in Syria highlights cease-fire limits
Shelling struck near the village of Kinsabba close to the Turkish border as international reporters toured under Russian escort. No injuries were reported though some had minor cuts. The incident underscored gaps in the U S Russian brokered cease-fire now under strain amid repeated violations and delay in resuming peace talks slated for March.
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Kinsibba
Syria
Russian Defense Ministry
Igor Konashenkov
al-Qaida
Sergey Lavrov
Geneva
U.N
Staffan de Mistura
Bashar Assad
Germany
ABD
Airport stops woman with gun shaped heels
A woman at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport was stopped at a security checkpoint for carrying gun shaped stilettos with handgun heels and faux bullet bracelets. TSA advised placing the items in checked luggage. she left them with TSA to catch her flight.
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Linthicum
Baltimore-Washington International
Thurgood Marshall
TSA
Lisa Farbstein
Farbstein
Supreme Court vacancy vote clash stalls nomination talks
Democrats escalate pressure in an election year clash with Republicans over a Supreme Court seat. In a White House session McConnell and Grassley urged Obama to delay any confirmation during the campaign, offering no candidates and asserting the vacancy will not be filled this year. The meeting included Vice President Biden and Senate leaders Reid and Leahy.
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Washington
Oval Office
Senate
Supreme Court
Donald Trump
White House
Mitch McConnell
Judiciary Committee
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Barack Obama
McConnell
Trump
Joe Biden
Harry Reid
U.S
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Court vacancy showdown framed by White House talks
Senate leaders traded barbs after a White House meeting on the Supreme Court vacancy stirred contrasts over constitutional duty. McConnell and Reid sparred as voters in 12 states eyed a presidential contest, while Obama signaled openness to suggestions and Republicans pressed timing.
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Judiciary Committee
Antonin Scalia
Supreme Court
White House
Obama
Reid
Trump
Refugees endure cold at Greece border amid EU delay
Refugees wait in freezing tents at Idomeni on the Greece Macedonia border as EU talks stall. Iraqi Hana Rasheed spokes of harsh conditions and sick children, while Austria sternly rejects becoming a waiting room for Germany. EU aid talks and deportation efforts unfold amid police takedowns and heavy rainfall.
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Icomeni
Greece
Hassan Rasheed
Macedonia
Europe
Austria
Germany
Idomeni
Rasheed
Ahmed Majid
UNHCR
Human Rights Watch
Eva Cosse
Bin Laden warned of tracking chip in wife during Iran trip
United States officials released a second batch of letters and documents from the 2011 Abbottabad raid revealing Osama bin Laden’s suspicions Iran implanted a tracking device in his wife’s mouth. He discussed hiding funds, planning a jihad oriented will, and avoiding drone detection. The papers depict a disorganized al Qaida under strain, with bin Laden aware of field hardships yet uncertain of his group’s true reach.
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Washington
Pakistan
Osama bin Laden
Iran
al-Qaida
bin Laden
Abbottabad
Islamic State
U.S
Sudan
Allah
Saudi Arabia
bin Laden Co
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North Africa
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