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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials say they'll be changes in how city police officers are trained. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to make an announcement today that includes requiring Tasers for every officer responding to a police call. There've been calls for the mayor to resign following the release of video of a black man shot 16 times by a white police officer and last weekend's accidental shooting death of a woman during a domestic disturbance call.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal officials have been monitoring vulnerable levees as the Mississippi River and its tributaries rise. And they're warning that hundreds of homes in Illinois and Missouri could be threatened by a rare winter flood that's already forced the partial closure of interstate highways and widespread evacuations. Officials already have evacuated inmates from an Illinois state prison that's threatened by flooding. Missouri's governor has activated the National Guard to help divert traffic from flooded roads.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll suggests that Americans place a higher priority on preserving the religious freedom of Christians than for other faith groups. And they rank Muslims as the least deserving of protections. Eighty-two percent of people who answered a poll by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research say religious liberty protections are important for Christians, 67 percent say they're important for Mormons, but only 61 percent say the same for Muslims.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Billionaire Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he plans to spend at least $2 million a week on television advertising in the first three voting states — Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Trump says he doesn't want to take anything for granted. Trump, who leads in national Republican preference polls, has seen his lead dissolve in leadoff Iowa, where Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is surging on the backing of the state's robust evangelical conservative voting bloc.
AMITE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana have arrested a fellow officer who allegedly stole from Hispanic motorists who didn't speak English. Officer Laquinton Banks of the Independence Police Department faces charges of felony theft, malfeasance and hate crimes. State police say the charges will be referred to the district attorney.
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