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ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says if he determines that the Islamic State militants in Iraq have become a direct threat to the U.S. homeland, he will recommend that the U.S. military move directly against the group in Syria. But he says right now, he still believes the insurgent group is more of a regional threat -- and that it isn't planning attacks against the U.S. or Europe. Gen. Martin Dempsey spoke to reporters while on a flight to Afghanistan.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton has told mourners at a St. Louis church that something is wrong in the United States when money is provided to give military equipment to police, but there isn't enough money for public schools. He delivered the eulogy at today's funeral for Michael Brown, the 18-year-old who was killed earlier this month in a confrontation with a police officer in nearby Ferguson. Sharpton called the shooting death a seminal moment in the country.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A person of interest in a series of Southern California shootings that killed three people and injured four others yesterday is being held on suspicion of animal cruelty for allegedly shooting two dogs a day earlier. An LAPD spokesman says Alexander Hernandez is being held on $1 million bail and detectives are trying to link him to the homicides. He hasn't yet been charged in yesterday's killings of two women and a man in the San Fernando Valley. But police say there are no other suspects, and that there is no threat to the community.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County detectives are reviewing security camera footage and seeking witnesses to a shooting at a packed nightclub that injured three people, including Death Row Records founder Suge (shug) Knight. A sheriff's spokesman says investigators believe as many as 20 people witnessed the gunfire early yesterday, but that no potential witnesses have come forward. Knight and the two other victims were taken to a hospital for treatment and are expected to survive.
NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Organized labor and pro-business groups are waging an intense lobbying campaign directed at Michigan teachers who are deciding whether to remain in their union. The teachers' decisions will be the first big test of the state's new right-to-work law. Many of the 112,000 school employees in the Michigan Education Association can now leave the union and stop paying fees under the law that took effect last year. The deadline for deciding is Sunday.
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