Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speak at a news conference, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Chicago, announcing first-degree murder charges against police officer Jason Van Dyke in the Oct. 20, 2014, death of Laquan McDonald. Emanuel fired Superintendent McCarthy on Tuesday amid protests calling for his dismissal.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  A victim is wheeled away on a stretcher following a shooting that killed multiple people at a social services facility, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in San Bernardino, Calif.  (David Bauman/The Press-Enterprise via AP)   By Amanda Lee Myers and Justin Pritchard Associated Press SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.  — The two attackers who killed 14 people…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Pastor Mark Burns, co-founder & CEO of Christian Television Network, from Easley, S.C., right, speaks to the members of the media outside Trump Tower in New York, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  (AP Photo/Richard Drew)   By Jill Colvin Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cancelled a press conference in…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  (Nando Machado / Shutterstock.com)   By Josh Lederman Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia– Trying to reassure a nation on edge, President Barack Obama said Sunday the Islamic State group “cannot strike a mortal blow” against the U.S., and he warned that overreacting to the Paris attacks would play into extremists’ hands. “We will…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Randall Jenson, lead advocate of the Kansas City Anti-Violence Project, shows an altar in Aug. 2015, made by the friends of Tamara Dominguez during a memorial service for her at her home. Dominguez was run over multiple times and left to die on a Kansas City street.  (Randall Jenson/Kansas City Anti-Violence Project via AP)…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Stacey Newman/Shutterstock   By Julie Pace Associated Press ANTALYA, Turkey — President Barack Obama on Monday conceded that the Paris terror attacks were a “terrible and sickening setback” in the fight against the Islamic State, but forcefully dismissed critics who have called for the U.S. to change or expand its military campaign against…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Frederic Legrand – COMEO / Shutterstock.com   By Jake Pearson and Dan Sewell Associated Press NEW YORK — From cafes in New York to tailgate parties in the heartland, the bloodbath in Paris is forcing Americans to ponder the awful possibility of terrorist attacks on “soft targets” in the U.S. such as restaurants,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jamar Clark of Minneapolis  is shown in this photo provided by the Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriff’s Department. Clark was shot during a struggle with a Minneapolis Police Officer responding to a report of an assault on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015 in Minneapolis.  (Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department via AP)   By Amy Forliti Associated…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Abdelhamid Abaaoud  (Militant Photo via AP) By Thomas Adamson and Samuel Petrequin Associated Press PARIS — The Belgian extremist suspected of masterminding the deadly attacks in Paris died along with his cousin when police stormed a suburban apartment building, French officials said Thursday, a day after the chaotic, bloody raid. Police found Abdelhamid…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Supporters raise the fists in solidarity during a rally, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 at Traditions Plaza on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Mo., calling for the resignation of the University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe. The group organized the rally to draw attention to race relations on MU campus. Wolfe…

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