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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — There's been a rapid resolution to Iran's detention of 10 U.S. sailors and their two small boats which drifted into Iranian waters after one of the vessels developed mechanical problems. Secretary of State John Kerry credits diplomacy with today's swift release less than a day after the incident began.
NEW YORK (AP) — It's a painful beginning to the year for many investors after a flat year of returns on the stock market. Volatile oil prices today knocked the S&P down 10 percent from its November peak. Analysts are calling it a market correction. The Dow lost more than 300 points before closing within 25 points of its own correction level.
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The mayor of Flint, Michigan says she appreciates the governor's order to activate the National Guard to help pass out bottled water and filters today. But Mayor Karen Weaver says the city also needs federal assistance to cope with what she calls the "man-made water disaster." Flint's tap water became contaminated with too much lead after a state-appointed manager switched the city's water supply in 2014 to save money.
CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago has asked a federal judge to lift a protective order to allow the release of video that shows a white police officer fatally shooting a black suspect in a car theft in 2013. City attorneys who had opposed the release of the video now have asked that it be made public. A video released in November of a white officer fatally shooting a black teen sparked protests. The city fought its release for over a year.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The mentally unstable gunman who shot up a Louisiana movie theater last summer left a rambling, hate-filled journal in which called the U.S. a "filth farm." He also railed against women, gays and blacks, and thanked a man accused of killing nine churchgoers in South Carolina for his "wake up call." John Russell Houser killed two people and wounded nine before killing himself. His journal was released today.
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