Fact checking the second day of the 2016 Republican National Convention
Donald Trump, Jr addresses the second day of the Republican National Convention (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Hillary Clinton was often attacked, sometimes unfairly or out of context, on the second night of the republican National Convention. Here’s a roundup of some of the most noteworthy claims that were made. As is our practice, we do not award Pinocchios for a roundup of claims made in convention events. “You viciously attacked the character of the women who were abused at the ha..>> view originalGunfire often connected to gangs hitting Chicago children
In this June 29, 2016 photo, 3-year-old, Devon Quinn, rests in his hospital bed after being shot while sitting in a car with his father on Father’s Day after visiting relatives in Chicago. With a spike in killings and shootings this year in Chicago, statistics show more bullets are hitting children as they do normal kid things like play with sparklers, draw on the sidewalk or hold a mother’s hand. (Brian Jackson/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) (Associated Press) By Don Babwin | AP July 20 at 2:3..>> view originalACLU urges Maryland to reconsider banning letters to inmates
BALTIMORE – State prison officials in Maryland want to impose the nation's first total ban on letters being sent to prisoners at state facilities. They want to limit any mail state inmates get to postcards and official legal correspondence. The reason: Suboxone, a highly addictive drug that can be hidden inside envelopes or soaked into paper, is flooding into Maryland's prisons. Emergency regulations to ban nonofficial letters were proposed last month to a state legislative panel by the Maryla..>> view originalNew Homeowner Finds Body In Bedroom
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – A new homeowner who stopped by his Southern California property expecting to find its previous owners packing up, instead stumbled on the owner’s dead body in the bedroom. Mary Karacas, 75, was taken into custody Tuesday on suspicion of the murder of her 83-year-old boyfriend, Salvatore Orefice, who she lived with in the house in Simi Valley, police said. Karacas, who was arrested shortly after the body was found on Sunday, told detectives that she shot him after an a..>> view originalDriver sideswipes Baltimore cop car while playing Pokémon Go
Schmoozing Baltimore cops laid witness to an absent-minded driver who sideswiped their parked cruiser while distracted by bubbly Pokémon Go critters early Monday, police said. Body cam footage shows the SUV smashing into the law enforcement vehicle ...>> view originalHow Mike Pence went from golf partner to running mate in two weeks
Over the July 4 holiday weekend, Trump invited the Indiana governor to his New Jersey golf club, starting a rush of speculation that Pence could be high up on the list to share the ticket with the then-presumptive GOP nominee. "He's a very good golfer," Pence said of the New York businessman. "He beat me like a drum."It wasn't the first time the two had met, but it came at a time when potential VP picks were repeatedly being floated. As Pence attended events and visited county fairs -- patting h..>> view originalGavin Long suffered from PTSD, source tells CNN
Long joined the Marine Corps in 2005 and worked as a data network specialist, according to the U.S. military.He was discharged at the rank of sergeant in 2010, after serving in Iraq. The source also told CNN that Long had filled a prescription for Ativan, an anti-anxiety drug, as recently as June. He also had prescriptions for Valium and Lunesta.The officers Long killed were Officer Montrell Jackson of the Baton Rouge Police Department; Officer Matthew Gerald, also with Baton Rouge Police; and D..>> view originalPolice officer shot and killed in Kansas City, Kansas
The officer was identified as Capt. Robert Melton. He was 46 years old and had been with the department for 17 years.Zeigler told reporters the officer was looking for four people in a car some time before 2 p.m. when the vehicle was spotted and a chase began. The chase ended about 2 miles from where the suspects were initially reported to a 911 dispatcher. "As Capt. Melton was arriving, the suspects bailed from the vehicle and opened fire," the chief said. "I don't have any more details than th..>> view originalWhat the plagiarism controversy tells us about Trump's campaign
The Trump campaign descended into a familiar messiness after Melania Trump delivered a convention speech Monday echoing lines from Michelle Obama's 2008 convention address.On the tumultuous day that followed, Donald Trump was furious. Melania Trump was humiliated. And the campaign, which had appeared to be on the path to becoming a more organized, disciplined operation, was back on its heels, dealing with swirling accusations and internal finger-pointing that yielded no real answers about what h..>> view originalWoman in child sex trafficking for heroin gets 51 years to life
April Corcoran listens as Judge Leslie Ghiz sentences her to 51 years to life in prison.(Photo: Patrick Reddy)She said she was ashamed that she traded an 11-year-old girl for sex to get heroin, but the judge pointed out that April Corcoran never offered an apology to the child.“You showed no kind of mercy,” Judge Leslie Ghiz said.In turn, Ghiz said she’d have no mercy on Corcoran and sentenced her to 51 years to life during her sentencing Tuesday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.Corcoran, 3..>> view original
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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