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Protests erupt in Pittsburgh after cop cleared in shooting
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The father of a slain black teenager pleaded for peace Saturday after the acquittal of a white police officer triggered an apparent retaliatory shooting at the defense attorney's office and touched off protests in the streets of Pittsburgh.Police put officers on 12-hour shifts until further notice.
The verdict late Friday in the deadly shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II angered his family and civic leaders and prompted hundreds of people to gather Saturday afternoon at an intersection called Freedom Corner in the Hill District neighborhood,... Read More
Patriots owner apologizes in Florida prostitution case
MIAMI (AP) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is apologizing after being charged in a Florida massage parlor prostitution investigation."I am truly sorry," Kraft said in a statement Saturday. "I know I have hurt and disappointed my family, my close friends, my co-workers, our fans and many others who rightfully hold me to a higher standard."
The statement was first reported by ESPN.
Kraft said he has "extraordinary respect for women," adding that his morals were shaped by his late wife. Myra Kraft died in 2011.
"Throughout my life, I... Read More
Shrugs and impatience: Waiting to see what Mueller reported
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With the long-awaited special counsel's investigation done but its contents still shrouded in mystery, Americans waited for details, yawned with boredom or stayed fixed to their long-cemented positions on President Donald Trump, the man at the probe's center.For all the expected splash of Robert Mueller's report, it arrived with more of a thud, thanks to the secrecy surrounding it. Few saw any reason to think it would sway many opinions in a divided republic but, across ideology, many expressed relief the investigation was finally over.
Bubba... Read More
No timetable for reopening Texas ship channel following leak
HOUSTON (AP) — Officials have no timetable for reopening a portion of the Houston Ship Channel, one of the busiest commercial waterways in the country, after another setback caused flammable chemicals to seep into the water near a fire-ravaged petrochemical tank farm, a Coast Guard commander said Saturday.Coast Guard Capt. Kevin Oditt said during a news conference that work was underway to contain and absorb benzene and other contaminants after a dike failed adjacent to the farm operated by the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, southeast of Houston.
Experts warn Midwest flood risk may persist for months
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Flooding concerns are starting to ease in hard-hit places in the Midwest, but experts warn that with plenty of snow still left to melt in northern states, the threat could persist for months.Rainfall and some snowmelt spurred flooding blamed in three deaths so far, with two men in Nebraska missing for more than a week. Thousands were forced from their homes in Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri. The damage is estimated at $3 billion. That figure is expected to rise.
As temperatures start to warm, snowmelt in the Dakotas and Minnesota will escalate,... Read More
Top Stories in US News
- Protests erupt in Pittsburgh after cop cleared in shooting
- Patriots owner apologizes in Florida prostitution case
- Shrugs and impatience: Waiting to see what Mueller reported
- No timetable for reopening Texas ship channel following leak
- Experts warn Midwest flood risk may persist for months
- Kansas death penalty case has implications for mentally ill
- First-of-its-kind US nuclear waste dump marks 20 years
- US underground nuclear waste dump explained
- Dispute over refinery near national park heats up in court
- White cop cleared in fatal shooting of black teenager
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