Dozens of protesters rallied outside Los Angeles police headquarters on Saturday, rallying days after the police tracked down Christopher Dorner, the rogue ex-cop, concluding one of the biggest U.S. manhunts in recent memory. Protesters cited a culture of corruption and racism within the police force.
Two Texas firefighters were killed, and two other were seriously wounded, while trying to douse a heavy fire that that engulfed a Knights of Columbus lodge near College Station at about midnight, early Saturday morning.
U.S. Senate Republicans said that their move to block President Obama's choice to be defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, was not a true filibuster because they expect him to be confirmed. The White House expressed concerns that Thursday delay would give those who have been against his nomination, including pro-Israel supporters concerned about Hagel's previous statements and actions, enough time to derail his chances of being confirmed.
Two fifth-graders had were held on $100,000 bond each after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder at their school in Washington state in their complicated plot to kill other students.
