| Chicago officer pleads not guilty to murder charges Posted: 29 Dec 2015 09:49 AM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald pleaded not guilty Tuesday.
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| Latest: Van Dyke lawyer says client 'hanging in there' Posted: 29 Dec 2015 08:46 AM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — The latest in the case of Chicago police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a teenager (all times local):
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| Chicago officer who shot black teen to plead not guilty Posted: 29 Dec 2015 06:06 AM PST  The Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager last year is expected to plead not guilty to murder charges on Tuesday, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut short a vacation after two more fatal police shootings over the weekend. Meanwhile, Cleveland police and prosecutors faced continued criticism on Tuesday, a day after a grand jury decided not to charge two white police officers in the shooting death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy in 2014 who was playing with a toy gun in a park. Rice was black.
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| Winter storm brings snow, sleet to Midwest, Northeast after slamming Texas Posted: 29 Dec 2015 02:21 AM PST  (Reuters) - A storm system that triggered deadly tornadoes and flooding in the U.S. Midwest and Southwest was pushing north on Tuesday, bringing snow and ice to a swath of the country from Iowa to Massachusetts, and setting up another day of air travel delays. More than 40 people were killed in wild weather in the United States during the Christmas holiday season, including 11 in the Dallas area who died in a series of twisters that reduced buildings and homes to splinters. By early Tuesday, nearly 600 flights had been canceled in the United States.
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| Officials: 'Affluenza' teen, mother detained in Mexico Posted: 28 Dec 2015 11:24 PM PST  The teen went missing after breaking probation for killing four people while driving drunk.
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| No charges against police in shooting death of Tamir Rice Posted: 28 Dec 2015 10:36 PM PST  A grand jury clears two officers in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old Cleveland boy.
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| Texas 'affluenza' teen detained in Mexico: CNN Posted: 28 Dec 2015 07:38 PM PST  (Reuters) - A Texas teen, who was a fugitive after allegedly breaking his probation sentence for killing four people while driving drunk, has been arrested in Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, CNN reported on Monday, citing officials briefed on the matter. Ethan Couch, 18, was sentenced to probation about two years ago in juvenile court for intoxication manslaughter and is wanted in Tarrant County, Texas. He and his mother went missing earlier this month. ...
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| Trump campaign reportedly planning ‘major’ TV ad blitz Posted: 28 Dec 2015 07:05 PM PST  Donald Trump has received plenty of free publicity from the media for his 2016 presidential bid, but the Republican frontrunner's campaign is reportedly about to open the billionaire's war chest for a major TV ad blitz to bolster his candidacy ahead of the Iowa caucuses.
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| Unprecedented security set for California's Rose Parade, Rose Bowl Posted: 28 Dec 2015 06:32 PM PST  More than two dozen federal agencies are joining forces with police to bring an unprecedented level of security to the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, in the aftermath of the deadly mass shooting this month in nearby San Bernardino. Extraordinary security measures planned for the New Year's Day event include more than a dozen armed tactical "rapid-response" teams to be posted along the parade route, along with dozens of surveillance cameras, bomb-sniffing dogs and radiation-detection devices, law enforcement officials said. Some 700,000 spectators are expected to turn out in Old Town Pasadena, north of the Los Angeles, for the 127th Tournament of Roses Parade, a 5 1/2-mile procession of flower-adorned floats, marching bands and equestrian teams.
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| Storms snarl U.S. travel, threaten rare winter tornadoes Posted: 28 Dec 2015 04:38 PM PST  Snow, sleet and hail snarled transportation across swaths of the United States on Monday during one of the busiest travel weeks, after dozens died in U.S. storms that were part of a wild worldwide weather system seen over the Christmas holiday period. More than 40 people were killed by tornadoes and floods in the United States during the holiday season, where rare winter tornado warnings were issued in Alabama on Monday. Alabama, Mississippi and the Florida panhandle were expected to bear the brunt of the of the day's strongest storms, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Michael Leseney said.
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