5 things to know for your New Day — Thursday, January 22, 2015
FERGUSON SHOOTING A high bar: Legal experts had said all along that it’d be a high bar — to get a federal indictment for Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting…
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FERGUSON SHOOTING A high bar: Legal experts had said all along that it’d be a high bar — to get a federal indictment for Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting…
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Officials in Newtown voted Wednesday night to tear down the home where Adam Lanza lived before he carried out the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary…
The conservative group best known for threatening to boycott JC Penney when the retail chain hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokeswoman is branching out. Monica Cole, Director of One Million…
A Washington man who, like his family, faces years in prison if convicted in a high-profile federal case over growing marijuana, says the feds should drop their case because it…
Express thanks, and perhaps frustration, that it’s not true. An Alaska family rode this emotional roller coaster earlier this week. And on Friday, Justin Priest — the man whose parents…
ISTANBUL (RNS) Each Sunday, visitors line up outside of the old Sufi lodge, now a museum, in Turkey’s tourist-filled Galata district, informational pamphlets, cameras and $20 tickets in hand. The…
NEW YORK — A makeshift Staten Island memorial for Eric Garner — the 43-year-old black man who died this summer after being put into a fatal chokehold by a white…
It’s time again to take a magnifying glass to one of the best things in life. In case you missed the last two installments, this is the latest in a…
The “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” crew is back together again. – “Just having [all of] them here was wonderful,” Ribeiro told Us Weekly at the time. “They’re family to me….
Anthony Mendez knows a thing or two about defeating the odds. The 19-year-old’s best friend was shot and killed during a neighborhood feud in 2011, according to the New York…
With the arrival of the latest trailer for Season 10 of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” fans are guaranteed that plenty of family drama lies ahead. – Sometimes the Kardashians…
A Florida man burned to death after being trapped in a sauna, his family says. On Sunday, 68-year-old South Florida man Dennis Antiporek left a note telling his family he…
A spokesman for Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe says he is undergoing a medical procedure after being thrown from a horse during a family trip and breaking seven ribs. Spokesman Brian…
Police say that a family of three found dead in their Apple Valley, Minnesota, home were victims of a murder-suicide. The bodies of David Crowley, 29, his wife Komel, 28,…
(RNS) In a scene in the movie “Selma,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sits in a jail cell wondering where the civil rights movement is headed. His cellmate, the…
Bob Gunnell said Ali is looking forward to gathering with family and friends to watch a college basketball game Saturday between the Duke Blue Devils and his hometown team, the…
The 33-year-old was last seen around 11 p.m. on January 8. He did not show up to meetings the next day and was reported missing. – On the Facebook page…
He added, however, what his family thinks about the prospect “matters deeply to me.” “And just as importantly, what the potential impact would be on each and every one of…
“One of the reasons I started my website is that I wanted a place for women to come together and dream. We women need to know that we don’t have…
The last one was Clayton Lockett’s. “I’ve seen it on TV,” says Glossip, 51, in a telephone call from death row. He says he’s reconciled with his fate, though he…
On street corners, in malls, on public transport, it’s impossible not to feel the presence of the Pope. Giant billboards with an official red and blue “pope logo” adorn many…
President Barack Obama will renew his push for paid sick days and paid family leave for the millions of American workers who don’t have either during a visit to Baltimore…
As the spouse of a Special Forces soldier, she’s always tried to be conscious of how much she advertises that she and her three young children are a military family….
They needn’t even be famous. How about someone you work with, a neighbor or family member, who is doing what they can to help make their country or community a…
“People started taking their seats at 10 a.m.” at New Hope Ministries church, Jose Silva, a friend of Collier’s, told CNN affiliate KMGH. “At 10:15, the pastor said, ‘Due to…
The report found that the financial situation of family membersincluding children and aging parentsare the most important personal concerns they face. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the…
On the third and final day, four hostages were killed when a terrorist seized a Jewish grocery. In all, 17 people were massacred by at least three terror suspects over…
The man who captained AirAsia Flight QZ8501 lived in a picturesque neighborhood in the suburbs of Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city. We headed there to see if family members or friends…
The lawyers for the youth’s family said they they are “cautiously optimistic” about the change. “The Rice family hopes that this investigation yields information about why Cleveland Police failed to…
“Who shot her?” the 911 operator asked William McCollom, the police chief in Peachtree City, Georgia. “Me,” McCollom replied. “How did you shoot her?” “The gun was in the bed,…