Brazil's lower house weighs impeachment
BRASILIA, Brazil (CNN) - [Breaking news alert, posted at 6:40 p.m. ET Sunday] Lawmakers in Brazil's lower house have begun voting on whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. For the measure to pass, at least 342 of 513 lawmakers must approve it.So far, at least 161 lawmakers have voted in favor of impeachment, and at least 42 have voted against it.[Previous story, posted at 3:51 p.m. ET Sunday]Weeks of raucous debates inside Brazil's Congress and rival protests outside came to a head Sund..>> view originalPolice investigate death of woman found in Mountain View
Police investigate death of woman found in Mountain View By KTVA CBS 11 News 12:13 PM April 17, 2016 ANCHORAGE – A woman’s body was found in Mountain View early Sunday morning, and Anchorage police are conducting an investigation into her death. At 5:56 a.m., police were dispatched to the 500 block of North Klevin Street, where the body was found outside a residence. “APD is currently conducting a death investigation to determine the cause of death and whether or not any crime has occu..>> view originalFairbanks groups request grant for sobering center
Fairbanks groups request grant for sobering center By Associated Press 12:17 PM April 17, 2016 FAIRBANKS – Fairbanks officials have requested state funding to help open a sobering center for incapacitated inebriates in the city. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that the city of Fairbanks, Fairbanks Native Association, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and Tanana Chiefs Conference have requested a $49,000 grant from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority t help fund the center. State ..>> view originalPolice investigate shooting on Glenn Highway after downtown club ...
ANCHORAGE – Police say one man was wounded by a bullet in a shooting on the Glenn Highway witnesses said started after a fight at an Anchorage club. The man sought treatment for a “bullet graze wound to the head” at a local hospital in the early morning hours on Sunday. Per law, the hospital notified police, who interviewed the man and several other witnesses about the incident. “Accounts of what happened vary greatly and contradict one another,” police noted. What police came to understand wa..>> view originalFlorida priest missing for a week
(CNN) - Police continued to search areas in and near Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday for any signs of a priest who has been missing for a week. Meanwhile, authorities are talking with a man who is in custody in Florida after leading police two states away on a high-speed chase in the missing 71-year-old cleric's car.The priest, Father Rene Robert, was last seen on Sunday, April 10. Six days dater, on Saturday, the priest's 2012 Toyota Corolla was spotted near Aiken, South Carolina, and chase..>> view originalDrone apparently crashes into plane
(CNN) - A drone apparently slammed into a British Airways plane headed to London on Sunday, officials said. The plane was headed from Geneva, Switzerland, to London's Heathrow Airport when the pilot said he thought a drone had struck the aircraft, London Metropolitan Police said. The Airbus A320 had 132 passengers and five crew members on board, British Airways spokesman Michael Johnson said. After the plane landed safely at Heathrow, authorities said they believe a drone struck the front of..>> view originalPOLICE: Man shot at Foxridge apartment building Sunday afternoon
ANCHORAGE - A man is suffering from non-life threatening injuries after being shot at a Taku-Campbell apartment building Sunday afternoon, according to Anchorage police at the scene. Police spokeswoman Renee Oistad told Channel 2 News that the first reports of the shooting at the 7200 block of Foxridge Circle came in at about 1:10 p.m. Sgt. P. Kearns told Channel 2 Reporter Patrick Enslow at the scene that the victim was able to walk away from the incident and was taken to a local hospital for..>> view originalChina official: Donald Trump 'is an irrational type'
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - A top China official has weighed in on one of the biggest headlines of the U.S. presidential race: Donald Trump's controversial proposals on trade and relations between the two countries. "Don't take the rhetoric in a presidential campaign too seriously. Trump is an irrational type," China's finance minister, Lou Jiwei, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Sunday. The newspaper said it was Lou's first interview with foreign news media in four years.Trum..>> view originalLawmakers brace for overtime session
Alaska raised its minimum wage, but some workers are still left out
Alaska’s minimum wage went up again at the beginning of this year, but hundreds of students in the state university system still work jobs that pay less.That’s because the state government and public or quasi-public corporations are exempt from paying Alaska’s minimum wage of $9.75 per hour and from paying overtime, relying instead on the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour as the base. That includes the University of Alaska system, which appears to be the only state entity in which that exem..>> view original
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