Sunday, July 31, 2016

Armed man shot outside White House faces new charge and other top stories.

  • Armed man shot outside White House faces new charge

    By Associated Press July 28 at 8:12 AM WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania man shot by Secret Service at a White House gate earlier this year after refusing to drop a gun is facing a new federal charge. News outlets report that 31-year-old Jesse Olivieri of Ashland, Pennsylvania, was charged Tuesday with resisting or impeding certain officers or employees with a dangerous weapon. He’s charged in an information, a document that can only be filed with a defendant’s consent and usually signals a guilty..
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  • Ramsey: A legacy of success and scandal - The Courier

    Ramsey: A legacy of success and scandal - The Courier
    Junior Bridgeman reads the letter to the U of L Board of Trustees submitted by James Ramsey outlining the terms of Ramsey's resignation as president. Scott Utterback, CJBuy PhotoUniversity of Louisville President James Ramsey(Photo: The Courier-Journal)Buy PhotoWhen James Ramsey, the former state budget director, was unanimously selected by the University of Louisville's board of trustees in 2002 as the school's 17th president, the school's marching band played the university fight song..
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  • 10 Things to Know for Today

    10 Things to Know for Today
    Jason Day smiles as he warms up on the sixth tee during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (Seth Wenig/Associated Press) By Associated Press July 28 at 8:04 AM Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA PASSES BATON TO CLINTON Hillary Clinton has the stage, after the president named her the inheritor of his legacy and the cand..
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  • Barack Obama at DNC: "America is already strong"

    Barack Obama at DNC:
    PHILADELPHIA >> Safety, reality and money were three of the big subjects as the Democratic Party started rolling out the big speeches Wednesday night. Highlighted by Hillary Clinton’s walk out on stage after Barack Obama’s speech, the president, vice president Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine all said the country would be a less scary place with Hillary Clinton as president. “I trust Hillary Clinton with our children’s lives,” said Kaine. “You know who I don’t trust? Donal..
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  • Baltimore ignores its disabled heroes

    Baltimore ignores its disabled heroes
    While retired politicians and all other retired Baltimore City employees receive steady and constant cost of living raises, firefighters and police officers injured in the line of duty have had their pensions frozen for any type of cost-of-living wage increase for over eight years now — unless they reach the age of 55, at which point they get a 1 percent raise ("Pension fund for Baltimore workers struggles as fund for elected officials improves," Jan. 20).Firefighters or police officers injured..
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  • Hillary Clinton's challenge: Igniting excitement

    Hillary Clinton's challenge: Igniting excitement
    Now it's up to her to deliver.As she takes center stage, Clinton faces a critical task: persuading Americans that she understands their frustration and economic anxiety at a time when many of them still do not trust her. The pressure is intense because the race is much tighter than most expected at this juncture, particularly among white working class voters in rust belt states like Ohio and Pennsylvania. With her sometimes-wooden demeanor and workman-like delivery, the former first lady has nev..
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  • John Hinckley, Who Tried to Kill Reagan, Will Be Released

    John Hinckley, Who Tried to Kill Reagan, Will Be Released
    Photo John W. Hinckley Jr. in 2003. Credit Evan Vucci/Associated Press WASHINGTON — John W. Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, will be allowed to live permanently with his elderly mother in Williamsburg, Va., leaving the psychiatric hospital where he has been imprisoned for several decades, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.Judge Paul L. Friedman of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia wrote in his opinion t..
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  • Virginia police officer denied service at restaurant

    Virginia police officer denied service at restaurant
    A Virginia police officer was refused service at a restaurant Monday because one of the cooks refused to serve her while she was in uniform. Authorities said the uniformed Alexandria police officer was standing in line at Noodles & Company when the cook came out from the back and told the cashier, “You better pull me off the line, because I'm not serving that,” according to Fox 5 DC. The department said the cashier and the cook started to laugh and the officer left the restaurant. Police Chief ..
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  • Biden to speak at vigil for slain Baton Rouge officers

    Biden to speak at vigil for slain Baton Rouge officers
    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch are scheduled to speak today at a Baton Rouge vigil honoring the three law enforcement officers who were killed by a lone gunman during a shootout outside a convenience store.Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and relatives of the slain officers also are expected to speak during the ceremony at Healing Place Church, where a funeral was held last Friday for 41-year-old Baton Rouge police officer Matthew Gerald...
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  • Two raging California wildfires grow, killing 1 and prompting closures in Los Padres National Forest

    Two raging California wildfires grow, killing 1 and prompting closures in Los Padres National Forest
    As fire crews made progress controlling a deadly wildfire in Southern California on Wednesday, another blaze continued to rage along the state’s picturesque Central Coast, killing a heavy equipment operator and triggering numerous trail closures and hiker rescues in Los Padres National Forest.The Sand and Soberanes fires, both of which erupted on Friday, tore through wildlands in Southern and Central California overnight with thousands of firefighters tackling unpredictable flames. Firefighters..
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