Justice Department to investigate Chicago police
By DON BABWIN and ERIC TUCKER The U.S. Justice Department is expected to start investigating the patterns and practices of the Chicago Police Department this week in the wake of…
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Analysis: Obama offers reassurance, little policy in speech
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY There were no new policy prescriptions, no fresh military strategies and no timelines. When President Barack Obama seized the spotlight for a rare prime time address Sunday…
FBI investigates Southern California attack as act of terror
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and MICHAEL R. BLOOD The Pakistani woman, who joined her U.S.-born husband in killing 14 people in a commando-style assault on his co-workers, is now at…
Woman in shooting pledged allegiance to IS
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and TAMI ABDOLLAH The woman who helped her husband kill 14 people at a holiday banquet for his county co-workers pledged allegiance to the Islamic State…
House panel finds Secret Service rife with problems
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL There have been 143 security breaches or attempted breaches at facilities secured by the Secret Service in the last 10 years, according to a lengthy House…
14 dead, 17 wounded in California shooting; 2 suspects dead
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and JUSTIN PRITCHARD A heavily armed man and woman dressed for battle opened fire on a holiday banquet for his co-workers, killing 14 people and seriously…
Protest over Chicago teen’s shooting set for retail district
By DON BABWIN After days of protests in Chicago since the release of a video showing a black teenager shot 16 times by a white police officer, demonstrators were poised…
Pope calls slum conditions in Nairobi an injustice
Visiting one of Nairobi’s many shantytowns on Friday, Pope Francis denounced conditions slum-dwellers are forced to live in, saying access to safe water is a basic human right and that…