Month: September 2019

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91-year-old widower attacked while visiting late wife’s grave

Santa Clara Police Dept.(SANTA CLARA, Calif.) -- A 91-year-old man was struck in the head with a rock and robbed while visiting his late wife’s grave in California, police said.The man was at the Mission City Memorial Park cemetery in Santa Clara on Saturday morning when the suspect came up from behind and hit him on the back of his head with a large rock, according to a statement from […]

todaySeptember 28, 2019

National

Chicago public school teachers vote to strike if deal can’t be reached

WLS-TV(CHICAGO) -- Public school teachers in Chicago have overwhelmingly voted to strike if their union can't agree on a contract with the city. A work stoppage by the union's 25,000 teachers and educational support staff would affect more than 360,000 students in the nation's third-largest school district.Chicago Teachers Union president Jesse Sharkey said Thursday that 94% of the union members voted yes to the strike if a deal can't be […]

todaySeptember 28, 2019

National

‘Massive’ investigation launched into shooting death of South Carolina postal worker

vmargineanu/iStock(ANDREWS, S.C.) -- More than 70 federal, state and local authorities are now investigating the shooting death of United States Postal Service carrier Irene Pressley, who was shot to death in rural South Carolina.Pressley, 64, was “on route" delivering mail in Andrews, S.C., when she was shot and killed on Sept. 23. She had been with USPS for nearly 22 years.“We’re bringing the full force of law enforcement at all […]

todaySeptember 28, 2019

National

300 prospective jurors to be questioned ahead of newspaper shooting trial

csreed/iStock(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- Hundreds of prospective jurors are headed to a Maryland courthouse Friday as jury selection begins in the trial of the suspected Capital Gazette newspaper gunman.On June 28, 2018, four journalists -- Wendi Winters, Rob Hiaasen, Gerald Fischman and John McNamara -- and a sales assistant -- Rebecca Smith -- were gunned down at The Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis in what became the largest killing of journalists […]

todaySeptember 28, 2019

National

White students allegedly pin down black girl, forcefully cut her ‘nappy’ dreadlocks

smolaw11/iStock(SPRINGFIELD, Va.) -- Police are investigating assault claims levied by a black sixth grader who said several white classmates, all male, held her down and forcefully cut her dreadlocks.Amari Allen, 12, said classmates at Immanuel Christian School, a private school in Springfield, Virginia, called her hair "ugly" and "nappy" while they pinned her down and cut her dreadlocks during recess. Officials at Immanuel Christian School, where the vice president's wife, […]

todaySeptember 28, 2019

State News

Health Department sees increase in illnesses related to vaping

The Iowa Department of Public Health says the number of vaping cases linked to severe respiratory illness have increased. The Health Department says there have been 23 reported cases in Iowa and no deaths. That compares to 803 cases nationally and 12 deaths. The ages of those involved in Iowa range from 17 to 60. […]Powered by WPeMatico

todaySeptember 27, 2019

State News

Muscatine County Attorney clears officers in Maquoketa man’s death

The actions of two eastern Iowa law officers are being called “reasonable” after the death of a man shortly after being taken into custody. Following a lengthy review, including of police body-cam footage, the Muscatine County attorney says there is no evidence of wrongdoing by a Maquoketa police officer and a Jackson County deputy. They […]Powered by WPeMatico

todaySeptember 27, 2019

State News

University of Iowa CFO confident utility privatization will work

University of Iowa Chief Financial Officer Terry Johnson is confident the school will be able to privatize its utility system. Under the plan, a winning bidder would pay the university a lump sum — which would be invested in an endowment to support teaching, research and scholarship. Johnson says that up-front payment would be in […]Powered by WPeMatico

todaySeptember 27, 2019

State News

Cedar Rapids man sentenced to 32 years in prison on pornography charge

An eastern Iowa man who admitted to taking advantage of a 14-year-old girl will spend 32 years in federal prison. Thirty-year-old Kevin Herrig pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child and the receipt of child pornography. Evidence at his sentencing showed Herrig was staying in a halfway house in Cedar Rapids after getting out […]Powered by WPeMatico

todaySeptember 27, 2019

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