Month: August 2017

iStock/Thinkstock(MINNEAPOLIS) -- An explosion on Saturday morning at a mosque in a Minneapolis suburb shattered windows in the imam's office but did not injure anyone, officials said.The blast rang out at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington around 5 a.m. CDT, when over a dozen people were gathering inside for morning prayers. Although no one was hurt in the explosion, it damaged the imam's office and awoke many residents […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LONGBOAT KEY, Fla.) -- Authorities on Friday released surveillance footage of a suspect wanted in the killings of two employees at a beach resort in Florida.The suspect was caught on surveillance camera entering the lobby of the Zota Beach Resort in Longboat Key early Friday morning. The individual appears to be wearing a mask and holding a gun. Minutes later, the same individual is seen leaving the lobby holding what […]

iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- Chicago will file a lawsuit Monday against the Justice Department over its plan to withhold grant money from so-called "sanctuary cities," the city's mayor said.Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a radio interview Friday that the city will file suit Monday in federal court over the new U.S. policy that the mayor says forces Chicago to choose between its commitment to being a sanctuary city for immigrants and its […]

iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- A Northwestern University professor accused in the fatal stabbing of a man found in the educator's Chicago apartment has been arrested -- as has the second suspect in the case -- and both men are now in police custody in Oakland, California, Chicago police announced late Friday night.Arrest warrants for first-degree murder in Chicago were issued earlier this week for both men.Latham was arrested around 7:30 p.m. in […]