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San Antonio Police Department Det. Benjamin Marconi was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Monday by a man who would later say he “lashed out at somebody who didn’t deserve it.” That man was been arrested and identified as Otis Tryrone McKane after a 30-hour manhunt, according to My San Antonio. Watch the

DETROIT — A man arrested in connection with Tuesday’s shooting of a Wayne State University police officer has been twice previously charged with assaulting a police officer, state records show. Police arrested the 31-year-old man Tuesday night after officer Collin Rose, 29, was shot while on duty near the Lincoln Apartments, on the southern end

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she plans to lead an aggressive opposition against President-elect Donald Trump and a GOP-controlled Congress, naming jobs, veterans and Medicare as the top priorities. But first, Pelosi, who is being challenged for her leadership position by Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, is making an attempt to quell disenchantment within

WASHINGTON — With Democrats in Congress frustrated over four straight election disappointments, Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio is furiously dialing his colleagues during their Thanksgiving break to win support for his attempt to end the long reign of California’s Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader of the House. While Ryan’s insurrection is a long shot, it’s

WASHINGTON — Buoyed by Donald Trump’s election, opponents of gay marriage want the president-elect to help them overturn last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriages. Trump has sent mixed messages on the subject. In January, he told “Fox News Sunday” that he would “strongly consider” appointing conservative judges who would reverse the

NEW YORK — Lisa Wolford picked up her 8-year-old twins at school Friday afternoon and had some time to kill before rehearsals for their Christmas pageant, so she brought them to the little playground near her apartment. They were in for a nasty surprise. To her horror and the confusion of her children, somebody had

In a speech attempting to ease the quells of New York City’s roughly three million immigrants in the face of Donald Trump’s presidency, Mayor Bill de Blasio assured his fellow citizens Monday that the city would not establish a Muslim registry, deport any undocumented residents or reinstate stop and frisk law enforcement practices, all of

President-elect Donald Trump asserted Tuesday his administration would not further investigate his vanquished opponent Hillary Clinton. “I don’t want to hurt the Clintons,” Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times. The news came after a rough campaign where Clinton faced an FBI investigation into classified information sent and received on her

Did mainstream media have an over-the-top reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s response to the cast of “Hamilton” and their message to VP-elect Mike Pence? Trump tweeted that the cast was rude to Pence on Friday night when they told him they were frightened by the incoming administration’s rhetoric, and asked him to protect the rights