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WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates -- in a sign of confidence in the economy -- there's more evidence today of a strong job market. Fewer people are applying for unemployment. The Labor Department says last week, the number of people applying for jobless benefits dropped by 11,000.
BALTIMORE (AP) — What next? The lawyers in the trial of one of six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray will meet with the presiding judge today to talk about a possible retrial. The judge declared a mistrial yesterday when jurors couldn't determine whether Officer William Porter was responsible for Gray's death, after not putting on his seat belt in a police transport van and not calling an ambulance after Gray indicated he needed medical help. Gray's neck was broken.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee will be pressing administration officials this morning on what safeguards are in place to ensure that would-be extremists are not able to enter the United States by exploiting the law. Today's hearing comes after this month's shooting in San Bernardino, California that killed 14 people. One of the shooters came to the U.S. on a K-1 fiance visa and passed multiple background checks and at least two in-person interviews.
MIAMI (AP) — School officials in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Houston are open this morning, following terror threats similar to the ones made against school districts in the Los Angeles area and New York City. Officials say the threats were made last night, but they're calling them "less-than-credible." Still, officials in Miami say extra security is on duty today, and in Houston, authorities are making sweeps of school district buildings. On Tuesday, an email sent to the LA school district threatened a large-scale attack.
ARAPAHO, Okla. (AP) — Officials in western Oklahoma say two people are dead after a man drove through three counties on Interstate 40, firing randomly from his pickup truck. Several vehicles were struck by gunfire early today, and the accused shooter surrendered to police. He's being held in Custer County jail.
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