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police

Chicago cops kill black student, woman in confrontation

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer responding to a domestic disturbance call accidentally shot and killed a 55-year-old woman as they confronted a neighbor in the same building who was also killed, according to officials with the department that's already facing intense scrutiny. Relatives said Bettie Jones lived

GOP

Carson criticizes Chicago leaders for delayed video release

CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Thursday said a video showing a white Chicago police officer fatally shooting a black teenager was "abominable" and that the city's delay in releasing the footage was "a failure of government." Carson, the only black candidate

terrorism

Investigators search for motive in California mass shooting

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — One moment, Syed Rizwan Farook was sitting at a table with colleagues at a holiday gathering for county health employees. Then suddenly he disappeared, leaving his coat on his chair. The next time his co-workers saw him, he was dressed in battle gear and wielding an