Sunday, February 7, 2016

3 die in fiery crash near Super Bowl site and other top stories.

  • 3 die in fiery crash near Super Bowl site

    3 die in fiery crash near Super Bowl site
    A San Francisco Police Department chase ended in a fiery crash.(Photo: AP)A police chase in San Francisco on Saturday night ended with a fiery crash near the site of Sunday’s Super Bowl that killed three people, according to local media.The incident started at about 10 p.m. local time after officers tried to stop a car that was doing “doughnuts,” California Highway Patrol spokesman Vu Williams told TV station KPIX.Williams told the San Jose Mercury News that the officer turned on his patrol car ..
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  • No survivors after planes collide in L.A. Friday

    No survivors after planes collide in L.A. Friday
    Rescue boats search for wreckage from two small planes that collided in midair and plunged into the ocean off of Los Angeles harbor Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 in San Pedro, Calif. (AP | Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES — Authorities on Saturday called off the search for survivors of a midair collision that sent at least one plane plunging into the ocean near the Port of Los Angeles and instead turned to hunting for bodies and wreckage.The active search for three missing people was suspended at 9:15 a.m..
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  • Wheaton will not fire professor over Muslim worship comments, but she will leave college

    Wheaton will not fire professor over Muslim worship comments, but she will leave college
    In this Dec. 13, 2015 photo, Larycia Hawkins, a Christian, and an associate professor of political science at Wheaton College, a private evangelical school in Wheaton, Ill., wears a hijab at a church service in Chicago.  (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP) Wheaton College political science professor Larycia Hawkins has decided to part ways with the college just five days before a faculty hearing was scheduled to help decide her fate at the school, according to an email from president Phi..
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  • Cornell fraternity president charged with sexual assault

    Cornell fraternity president charged with sexual assault
    Cornell University’s Ithaca campus. (Courtesy of Cornell University Photography ) A fraternity president at Cornell University was charged with sexual assault after an alleged attack at the Psi Upsilon house on campus last weekend. Wolfgang Ballinger, a 21-year-old junior from New York, was charged with first-degree attempted rape, first-degree criminal sex act with a helpless victim, and sexual misconduct, according to charges listed with the Tompkins County, N.Y., jail. Ballinger did not i..
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  • In Republican Debate, Rivals Jab at Marco Rubio to Try to Slow His Rise

    In Republican Debate, Rivals Jab at Marco Rubio to Try to Slow His Rise
    Continue reading the main story Video Analysis of the G.O.P. Debate in N.H. The Times reporter Jeremy W. Peters analyzes key moments from the Republican presidential debate on Saturday in Manchester, N.H., as the candidates sparred over issues like immigration and torture. By JEREMY PETERS and TURNER COWLES on Publish Date February 7, 2016. ..
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  • Social media video part of strip club shooting probe

    Social media video part of strip club shooting probe
    A video posted to social media that appears to capture the first sounds of gunfire at a Florida strip club was part of the investigation into the deadly shooting, police said Saturday.Tampa police told CBS News that they were using the video posted to Twitter's video-streaming app Periscope early Saturday morning in their investigation. (Warning: The video contains offensive language.)The video shows three dancers standing on stage around a crowd. Moments after one of the dancers walks over to ..
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  • Demolition of famous LA bridge ahead of schedule

    Demolition of famous LA bridge ahead of schedule
    Photo: Damian Dovarganes, AP In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, photo The 6th Street Bridge that spans the Los Angeles River is seen in Los Angeles, before it is closed permanently for demolition. The landmark bridge, dating to the 1930's, is being replaced due to deterioration caused by a chemical reaction in the concrete. The $449 million project to build a replacement bridge, designed by architect Michael Maltzan, is expected to be completed by 2019 at the ea..
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  • Chicago officer sues estate of teen he shot, arguing incident caused him trauma

    Chicago officer sues estate of teen he shot, arguing incident caused him trauma
    CHICAGO –  A white Chicago police officer who fatally shot a black 19-year-old college student and accidentally killed a neighbor has filed a lawsuit against the teenager's estate, arguing the shooting left him traumatized. The highly unusual suit was filed Friday in the middle of the city's effort to grapple with serious questions about the future of its police force. Those questions include the adequacy of its system for investigating police shootings and how to win back public trust after se..
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  • 'Bonnie and Clyde' duo called home to say goodbye, hostages say

    'Bonnie and Clyde' duo called home to say goodbye, hostages say
    The duo kept the residents -- a Pensacola couple and their 2-year-old daughter -- inside with them at gunpoint Thursday night and, after explaining their situation, used the homeowners' phones to call relatives to say goodbye, the residents say.Both saw the end coming, one of those residents says.Sometime after taking over the Gunnells' home, Blake Edward Fitzgerald and his girlfriend, Brittany Nicole Harper, stole the family's vehicle and drove east into the next county, where police caught up ..
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  • Va. Tech murder plot suspect was no longer seeing mental health counselor

    Va. Tech murder plot suspect was no longer seeing mental health counselor
    A target of bullying, Natalie Keepers cut her arms and harbored suicidal thoughts in middle school. She learned to cope through therapy and medication in high school. But moving to Virginia Tech for college triggered new emotional distress. She sought counseling, help that ended just four months into her freshman year, she said. It is common for students to have challenges in transitioning to college, and many among the millions of students at the nation’s schools seek counseling help as they m..
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