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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department is urging officers to be extra vigilant after attacks on police in Philadelphia and Paris. The internal memo warns police to take proactive safety measures. A knife-wielding suspect lunged at officers in Paris yesterday before being shot. Last night in Philadelphia, a gunman opened fire on an officer in a patrol car, wounding him. Philadelphia police officials said today the suspect used a stolen gun and told investigators he was an Islamic State supporter who acted in the name of Islam.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to honor victims of gun violence in his State of the Union address next week by leaving a seat empty in the first lady's viewing box. On a phone call with supporters, Obama said he hopes the empty seat will be a reminder of those who have been killed, and a message to Congress to act. Obama is expected to make the case for tougher gun control laws in the speech.
BURNS, Ore. (AP) — The leader of an armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon says he and his followers aren't ready to leave -- even though the sheriff and many locals say the group has overstayed their welcome. Ammon Bundy says the siege will end 'not a minute too early.' The protest is a continuation of long-running arguments that federal policies for management of public lands in the West are hurting ranchers and other locals.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Marine general says he believes the military will eventually be pressured to lower standards for women if any significant number of them could advance in combat jobs like the Marine infantry. Gen. John Kelly, head of U.S. Southern Command, tells reporters that there will be "great pressure" to reduce standards because he says that's the only way more than a few women will succeed. Defense Department officials have vowed that standards for combat jobs will not be lowered to admit women.
HOUSTON (AP) — The former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals has pleaded guilty in federal court to hacking the player personnel database of a rival team, the Houston Astros. Christopher Correa pleaded guilty today to five counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer, access authorities said dated back several years. Correa was the Cardinals' director of baseball development until he was fired last summer.
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