AP: Patchy reporting undercuts national hate crimes count
BOGALUSA, La. – The knock on the door, strong and quick, jolted Barbara Hicks Collins awake. It was the middle of the night. Someone must be in trouble, she thought. She flung open her front door to the shocking sight of her car engulfed in flames. Investigators later determined someone had deliberately set fire to her Mercedes and also tried to burn down the one-story brick house she shared with her mother in this eastern Louisiana town, once known as a hotbed of Ku Klux Klan activity. Hicks ..>> view originalChicago releases 'unprecedented' evidence from nearly 100 investigations into police shootings
CHICAGO - Officials here released a huge array of videos and police reports Friday from about 100 open investigations into police shootings and use of force, a sharp reversal in a city still reeling from the impact of long-withheld footage showing an officer fatally shooting a teenager. As the city's police department faces intense scrutiny and a looming Justice Department investigation, authorities promising reform and increased transparency said they were releasing the trove to try and resto..>> view originalWhat they said about transgender bill
Quotes on passage of the transgender bill that would protect transgender individuals from discrimination in public accommodations. "Today, the Massachusetts House joined the Senate in taking an important step toward ensuring the stain of discrimination against transgender people is a relic of the past. This vote demonstrates that our state is a welcoming one that values all people." - State Auditor Suzanne Bump. "The bill allows people on a routine basis to decide if they are male or female. ..>> view originalMaking nice, Donald Trump to meet with NM Gov. Susana Martinez 'in near future'
These two never seem to get their timing right. Just when New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez appears to be warming, somewhat, to the idea of Donald Trump being the presumptive Republican nominee, he goes and starts bashing the job she’s doing while campaigning in Albuquerque. But in the last week, Trump has made overtures toward Martinez, telling the Santa Fe New Mexican on Thursday that he likes and respects Martinez and would like to get her endorsement. Now CNN is reporting that Martinez and T..>> view originalThousands evacuate due to fire in LA suburb
The wildfire, which broke out Saturday afternoon, has burned about 400 acres in and around Calabasas, a relatively affluent area which is home to a handful of celebrities, including the Kardashians, Jessica Simpson and Toni Braxton.About 5,000 residents have been evacuated so far -- the majority of which faced mandatory evacuations -- according Deputy Jeffrey A. Gordon with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. Evacuated residents are being urged to go to nearby Agoura High School. Gordon said t..>> view originalMotorcyclist held after state trooper hit in Revere
A Massachusetts State Police trooper was taken to a hospital Saturday after being hit on Revere Beach Boulevard by a motorcyclist who was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, authorities said.Danilo Diroche, 26, of Lynn was arrested after his 2005 Yamaha motorcycle struck the trooper at about 5:30 p.m., State Police said in a statement. Advertisement The trooper had just exited his cruiser in the area of the Revere Beach Bandstand after stopping a car for motor vehicle violations. Just..>> view originalDemocrats at state convention put focus on Trump, not Baker
LOWELL — Massachusetts Democrats gathered Saturday for their annual convention, with the express goals of criticizing Donald J. Trump and developing a plan to stop Republican Governor Charlie Baker, and only one thing was missing.There wasn’t much of a plan to stop Charlie Baker. Advertisement “It’s just not our focus right now, who’s going to run for governor in two years,” said US Representative Katherine Clark, one of a scattered group of Democrats who has publicly criticized Baker, depic..>> view originalTEMECULA: 70-acre fire that closed I-15 is 20 percent contained - Press
Update: Blaze is now 70 acres, 20 percent contained. A brush fire that burst to life along I-15 near Temecula on Saturday morning, June 4, shut down all the freeway’s southbound lanes for several hours, wreaking havoc along area surface streets and leaving motorists feeling frustrated, hot and bothered. Additionally, three Cal Fire planes and a helicopter that were taking part in the Hemet-Ryan Air Show cut their demonstration short so they could respond to the blaze. On I-15, the backup at one..>> view original
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