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The northeast Iowa town of New Hartford was mostly deserted Tuesday after authorities went door-to-door before dawn, warning residents a flooded stream would inundate most of the small community. "Everybody was notified and told to evacuate," said Butler County emergency management coordinator Mitch Nordmeyer as he surveyed the town, about 90 miles northeast of Des Moines. "If they stayed they w...
A judge gave state psychiatrists six more weeks Tuesday to examine Aurora massacre suspect James Holmes, but also put lawyers on notice that he won't let the extension delay Holmes' murder trial even further.Holmes, 25, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at a theater showing the premiere of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colo., last...
Defied by China and Russia, blocked at every turn in its worldwide pursuit of a wanted man, the United States is getting an uncomfortable lesson in the limits of its own power.The inability of U.S. officials to get their hands on Edward Snowden, the security contractor who leaked details of government surveillance programs, has upset delicate diplomatic relationships — and perhaps dealt a blow to ...
The jury in the George Zimmerman trial was shown photos Tuesday of Trayvon Martin’s body and a closeup of a chest wound as a police sergeant testified about his attempts to save the teenager’s life.Sgt. Anthony Raimondo of the Sanford, Fla., police department told jurors how he arrived at the shooting scene, in the evening drizzle, on Feb. 26, 2012, to find Zimmerman handcuffed by another officer....
Marking the 75th anniversary of the nation’s cornerstone wage law, Vice President Joe Biden told a White House audience that included a number of minimum wage workers:It’s time to raise the minimum wage and keep faith with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
