Hillary Clinton Skirts Charges: Despite evidence pointing to Hillary Clinton being "extremely careless" in her handling of classified emails on her private server, the Department of Justice will not bring charges against her, FBI Director James Comey announced Tuesday. Fox News reports that the FBI reached the judgement that "no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case" after an hours-long interview of Clinton three days ago that served as its final step in its yearlong investigation into her mishandling of classified information. The controversy first came to light over a year ago when it became public knowledge that Clinton used a personal email and server to send and receive classified information. While Clinton claimed she used her personal server as a matter of "convenience," others said she did so to circumvent government systems in an effort to shield her communications from public record requests, putting sensitive and highly classified government secrets at risk.
Chicago has another Bloody Holiday Weekend: Another violent holiday weekend swept Chicago, with a total of four people shot to death and 60 others wounded as the Fourth of July weekend came to close. Peter Nickeas of the Chicago Tribune reports that the victims, half of whom were shot in the final 15 hours of the weekend, included three injured children ages five, eight and 11. Most of the shootings occurred in the West and South side neighborhoods that endured the majority of the violence during the Memorial Day weekend. This weekend's toll was slightly lower than last Fourth of July, when 10 people were killed and 55 others were wounded. The year before that, 16 were killed and 66 injured over the Fourth of July weekend.
Drunk Driver Injures 2 La. Cops, Kills 1: A drunk driver swerved into three Sterlington, La., police officers on Sunday morning, leaving one dead and two wounded. Tim Stelloh of NBC News reports that Officer David Elahi was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck when Tracy Darnell Govan's pickup truck crossed into the shoulder of a highway where the officer was conducting a traffic stop. The collision ripped the doors off of the patrol vehicle and wounded two other police officers who are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Officer Elahi had only one last full-time shift scheduled before he was to retire from his duties as a police officer. Govan has been charged with vehicular homicide and vehicular negligent injury, along with other counts. He was released from custody Sunday on undisclosed bond.
Chicago has another Bloody Holiday Weekend: Another violent holiday weekend swept Chicago, with a total of four people shot to death and 60 others wounded as the Fourth of July weekend came to close. Peter Nickeas of the Chicago Tribune reports that the victims, half of whom were shot in the final 15 hours of the weekend, included three injured children ages five, eight and 11. Most of the shootings occurred in the West and South side neighborhoods that endured the majority of the violence during the Memorial Day weekend. This weekend's toll was slightly lower than last Fourth of July, when 10 people were killed and 55 others were wounded. The year before that, 16 were killed and 66 injured over the Fourth of July weekend.
Drunk Driver Injures 2 La. Cops, Kills 1: A drunk driver swerved into three Sterlington, La., police officers on Sunday morning, leaving one dead and two wounded. Tim Stelloh of NBC News reports that Officer David Elahi was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck when Tracy Darnell Govan's pickup truck crossed into the shoulder of a highway where the officer was conducting a traffic stop. The collision ripped the doors off of the patrol vehicle and wounded two other police officers who are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Officer Elahi had only one last full-time shift scheduled before he was to retire from his duties as a police officer. Govan has been charged with vehicular homicide and vehicular negligent injury, along with other counts. He was released from custody Sunday on undisclosed bond.
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