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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. and its allies are making progress against Islamic State militants in both Iraq and Syria. After meeting with his national security team today at the Pentagon, Obama delivered an update aimed at reassuring Americans who are worried about the spread of terrorism. Obama said airstrikes have increased, and that the coalition has successfully knocked out key figures in the group's leadership, "one by one."
BALTIMORE (AP) — A lawyer for one of the six Baltimore police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray says the case is based on speculation, and not on evidence. Joseph Murtha today called Gray's death a "horrific tragedy." But in closing arguments at the trial of officer William Porter, Murtha said there's "literally no evidence" that the death was caused by anything Porter did. Gray died April 19, a week after he broke his neck in the back of a police transport van.
SALEM, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in Massachusetts have begun deliberations in the trial of a teenager who raped and killed his high school math teacher. A defense lawyer says Philip Chism, who was 14 at the time, was in "the throes of mental illness." But a prosecutor told jurors that doing something awful doesn't mean you're crazy.
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a Chicago police officer used excessive force by dragging a man from his jail cell after he was subdued with a stun gun. The judge's ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the family of Philip Coleman, who later died at a hospital due to a reaction to an anti-psychotic drug. The ruling only pertains to how Coleman was dragged from his cell, not how he died. A jury will determine the amount in damages.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is rejecting Pete Rose's plea for reinstatement, citing his continued gambling and evidence that he bet on games when he was playing for the Cincinnati Reds. Manfred says in a letter sent to Rose that baseball's all-time hits leader hasn't been completely honest about his gambling on baseball games. Manfred also noted that Rose continues to bet on games legally, even though his gambling got him into trouble. The commissioner says that Rose's standing with baseball's Hall of Fame is a separate matter. He's currently ineligible to be considered for the ballot.
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