BALTIMORE – Morgan State University police are considering whether to pursue criminal charges against rapper Lil’ Wayne after someone threw money into a crowd during a performance, causing a melee that left three young women injured. It was unclear whether Lil’ Wayne or a member of his entourage flung the …
Read More »
BOSTON – Attorney General Alberto Gonzales offered no new crime-fighting initiatives Monday, promising only to study local crime rates in selected cities to see why homicides and other violent criminal activity is on the rise nationally. In a speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Gonzales said the …
Read More »
This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” October 11, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, R-ARIZ.: Incredibly, as the president is trying to unite the nation and the world to impose sanctions against the rogue state of North Korea, the Democrats …
Read More »
LOS ANGELES – Video footage posted on YouTube.com showing a police officer repeatedly striking a suspect in the face during an arrest three months ago has triggered an FBI investigation. The video shows two officers holding down William Cardenas, 24, on a Hollywood street as one punches him several times …
Read More »
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The Islamic militia that controls much of southern Somalia dispatched thousands of troops Sunday to within nine miles of the border with Ethiopia, heightening fears that fighting would break out between the two sides. A local reporter also said the Islamists were recruiting people for a holy …
Read More »
ATLANTA – US Airways Group Inc. (LCC) said Wednesday it has made an $8 billion cash and stock bid for Delta Air Lines Inc. in a deal that would create one of the world’s largest carriers. The move came despite Delta’s repeated statements it isn’t interested in a merger. The …
Read More »
RENO, Nev – The bodies of six victims of an arson fire at a downtown casino-district hotel have been recovered, and crews searching the rubble could find more, officials said. Three bodies were pulled Friday from an annex on the east side of the 84-year-old Mizpah Hotel, fire department spokesman …
Read More »
WASHINGTON – When Sen. Barack Obama slipped into Sen. Robert Byrd’s Capitol office one day last year, he was seeking counsel from an elder who had been in the Senate since before Obama was born. Senators these days, Byrd cautioned the young Illinois Democrat, become fixated on the White House. …
Read More »
HANOI, Vietnam – The United States has some concerns about a rising China, including a military expansion that may be excessive, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday. Beijing has spent heavily in recent years on adding submarines, missiles, fighter planes and other high-tech weapons to its arsenal and extending …
Read More »
CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina – Seventeen Marine reservists just back from Iraq have been ordered to remain at Camp Lejeune while allegations of misconduct during their deployment are investigated, a spokesman said Tuesday. Lt. Col. Curtis Hill, a Marine spokesman, gave no details on the nature of the allegations other …
Read More »