Kena Betancur/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After hearing from 35 witnesses over more than two weeks of testimony, the New York City jury in Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault case began deliberating Tuesday morning. Within the fi...
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Sheriff: Cole County courthouse bomb threat came through mail
It turns out the bomb threat that forced an evacuation of the Cole County Courthouse and Annex Tuesday was mailed to a judge. The letter showed up in Presiding Judge Pat Joyce’s office that morning. Sheriff John Wheeler says they know who sent the lett...
Read More »Toalson named interim Ashland police chief
Dozens of Ashland residents speak up in support of their suspended police chief. ABC 17 reports it was a mostly pro-Lyn Woolford crowd at Tuesday night’s board of aldermen meeting. Woolford was placed on administrative leave last week. He says in a law...
Read More »Arrest made in shooting of off-duty officer in Ferguson
(AP) — The man suspected of shooting an off-duty police officer at a Walmart store in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson is now in custody. St. Louis County police spokesman Benjamin Granda says the 20-year-old suspect was arrested Tuesday afternoon. The...
Read More »Bloomberg to go face to face against rivals after ad blitz
(AP) — For Mike Bloomberg, the one-way conversation with Democratic voters is about to end. By spending more than $400 million of his own money making his case on TV, he’s rocketed to double-digit support in enough national polls to qualify for W...
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