A Baton Rouge neighborhood was awakened before dawn Saturday by a barrage of gunfire, with police saying two officers were wounded as they traded shots with a man they had been chasing. Both officers were hit but were able to return fire and strike Smith.
Oil rose on Monday, extending a rally triggered last week by speculation that OPEC might agree to cut production to reduce a supply glut that has pushed prices to the lowest in over a decade.
President Barack Obama declared Saturday night he would seek to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, charging into a heated and likely prolonged election-year fight with Republicans. Republicans control the Senate by a 54-44 margin.
Authorities are investigating allegations that disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer assaulted a woman at a Manhattan hotel, sources told NBC News.
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Clinton, in the latest debate, in speeches and in her campaign’s ads and those of her allies has sharpened her argument in recent days that Sanders, an avowed socialist, is pitching unrealistic domestic ideas, lacks foreign policy depth and can’t match her commitment...
Residents awakened early Saturday (Feb. 13) by a shootout that left two officers and a suspect wounded said they heard dozens of shots fired during the confrontation. The conditions of the officers and the suspect were not known as of 8 a.m.