SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Authorities in western Ohio say hospital staffers delivered a pregnant woman’s baby after the mother was shot in the head. The Springfield News-Sun reports the woman who was shot and critically wounded in Springfield was at least 30 weeks pregnant. She was flown to Miami Valley Hospital […]
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Sessions orders “zero tolerance” policy on illegal border crossings
Last Updated Apr 6, 2018 4:07 PM EDT Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered a “zero tolerance” policy aimed at people entering the United States illegally for the first time on the Mexican border. His directive Friday tells federal prosecutors in border states to put more emphasis on charging people […]
Facebook admits to secretly deleting CEO’s messages
Facebook has been secretly deleting some messages CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent through its Messenger application, an option that hasn’t been available to most of the social network’s 2.2 billion users. The company says it has been removing Zuckerberg’s messages from the inboxes of various people for several years. The recipients […]
6 questions Mark Zuckerberg still needs to answer
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did something this week he hardly ever does: He took questions from reporters on a call and invited others to listen in. The call on Wednesday came more than two weeks after news broke about Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that harvested data of up to 87 million […]
Dad arrested after boy brings loaded gun to school in book bag
MIAMI – A father is behind bars after his 8-year-old son brought a loaded gun to school, reports CBS Miami. Ramon Nuiry, 53, was booked into jail on Thursday after allegedly admitting to police that he put his loaded gun inside his son’s book-bag and forgot to remove it before […]
Family outraged after video of frightened 2-year-old goes viral
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A Florida family is outraged after a day care worker recorded and shared video of their toddler’s frightened reaction to the Easter Bunny without their permission, CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV reports. The family said the video was taken by an employee at the Around the World Learning […]
Protests after University of Chicago student shot by officer
CHICAGO — Bond has been set at $15,000 for a University of Chicago student who was shot after rushing at campus police officers brandishing a long metal pipe. Twenty-one-year-old Charles Thomas is charged with aggravated assault on an officer with a weapon and property damage. CBS Chicago reports that students at […]
Assault weapons ban doesn’t violate 2nd Amendment, judge says
BOSTON — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’ ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, saying in a ruling released Friday that the weapons fall beyond the reach of the Second Amendment. U.S. District Judge William Young said assault weapons are military firearms and aren’t protected by the […]
Stocks plunge on renewed trade fears
NEW YORK — Stocks reversed course and fell sharply on Friday as the U.S. considers an even larger round of tariffs on imports from China and the two countries exchange pointed statements. Stocks have changed direction repeatedly this week as investors weighed whether a trade dispute between the two nations will […]
Carcasses of “zombie-like” raccoons being tested
Earlier this week, reports of “zombie-like” raccoons across northeast Ohio baffled police and attracted national headlines. The animals have been spotted exhibiting bizarre behavior around the city of Youngstown since January. Then last week, a local wildlife photographer named Robert Coggeshall managed to catch a few examples of the baffling […]