A local woman says she was robbed at gunpoint after a trip to the grocery store. She tells Channel 2's Nefertiti Jaquez she had just made it back to her apartment complex when she was attacked. 'My life flashed before my eyes,' the woman, who did not want to reveal her identity, said. TRENDING STORIES: Eye damage from the eclipse may not show up until later Georgia drivers clog roads heading home after watching eclipse Did you miss today’s eclipse? The next one comes in 2024! Police say the suspect was at the call box typing in a code, pretending to be a resident, when the victim walked up carrying bags of groceries. The 30-year-old woman said she thought the man was a neighbor so she helped him get through the gate. Seconds later, police say he pulled out a gun and demanded she hand over her purse. 'He said, 'Give me everything you got. You don't want to get hurt,' the victim told Jaquez.. She said she quickly handed him her purse, which contained $800, and he then jumped into the back of a black hatchback-style Honda or Toyota Prius. Now, after living here for 13 months, she says she's ready to move out. 'I fear for my life every time I get out of my car and walk to the gate now,' she said. A lot of residents told us they were upset to learn about this crime from the media and said management should have given them a heads up the moment it happened. Jaquez reached out to the management of the apartment complex but hasn't received a response.
Eleven members of the Browns knelt in protest during the national anthem before Monday night’s NFL preseason game between Cleveland and the New York Giants, the Plain Dealer reported. >> Read more trending news According to the Plain Dealer, Those who took a knee were tight end Seth DeValve, running backs Duke Johnson Jr. and Terrence Magee, safeties Jabrill Peppers and Calvin Pryor, cornerback Jamar Taylor, wide receivers Kenny Britt and Ricardo Louis, linebackers Chris Kirksey and Jamie Collins, and running back Isaiah Crowell. DeValve became the first white player to kneel during the national anthem, CBS Sports reported. Standing with the group were punter Britton Colquitt, who had his hand on his heart; cornerback Jason McCourty; quarterback DeShone Kizer; defensive tackle Trevon Coley; and offensive tackle Shon Coleman, the Plain Dealer reported. The Browns improved to 2-0 in the preseason with a 10-6 victory in a nationally televised game. “As an organization, we have a profound respect for our country's national anthem, flag and the servicemen and servicewomen in the United States and abroad,' a Browns spokesman said in a statement at halftime. 'We feel it's important for our team to join in this great tradition and special moment of recognition, at the same time we also respect the great liberties afforded by our country, including the freedom of personal expression.” NFL players have continued the national anthem protests made prominent last season by quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who was with the San Francisco 49ers and knelt during the anthem's performance before games. This past week, Browns coach Hue Jackson defended his players’ rights to make a statement, provided it was peaceful and he had advance notice, ESPN reported.
Bill Cosby wants a judge to sign off on a swap that would give him a fresh new legal team ahead of his sexual assault retrial in Pennsylvania in November. Cosby is expected in court Tuesday morning in Norristown as the lawyers who fought to a deadlock in his June trial ask to be let off the case. A spokesman for the 80-year-old comedian Monday announced the hiring of a new team, which includes Tom Mesereau (MES'-eh-row), the high-profile attorney who won an acquittal in Michael Jackson's child molestation case. Cosby is being retried on charges that he drugged and molested Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. He has said it was consensual. Mesereau didn't return a voicemail seeking comment. A district attorney spokeswoman declined to comment.
Colorado's largest city is on the brink of licensing some of the nation's first legal marijuana clubs. But Denver's elaborate hurdles for potential weed-friendly coffee shops and gathering places may mean the city gets few takers for the new licenses. Denver voters approved bring-your-own-pot clubs in a ballot measure last year after city officials' dragged their feet on calls to give legal pot smokers a place to use the drug. The city plans to start accepting applications by the end of the month. 'There are plenty of places where you can consume alcohol. Let's give people a place to go to consume marijuana,' said Jordan Person, head of Denver NORML, which advocates for pot-friendly public policy. But Denver's would-be 'social use' clubs have faced one delay after another. First, the state liquor board prohibited pot use at any place with a liquor license, making bars and many restaurants off-limits. And pot shops can't allow consumption on the premises. That left gathering places like coffee shops, art galleries and yoga studios. Furthermore, would-be clubs must stay twice as far as liquor stores from schools and anywhere children congregate, including playgrounds and sports fields. 'We can't be in places where it makes sense,' said Kayvan Khalatbari, a Denver marijuana consultant who helped run last year's club campaign. City officials say the rules are as flexible as possible given stiff resistance from some community groups and marijuana skeptics. The voter-approved club measure also says the club licenses are a pilot program and neighborhood groups must agree to allow a club before it could open. The voter-approved club measure also says the club licenses are a pilot program and neighborhood groups must agree to allow a club before it could open. 'There were no surprises in the rules,' said Dan Rowland, spokesman for the Denver department that regulates marijuana businesses. 'They reflect all the comments we got from the community.' One hopeful applicant says the regulations are stringent but still a step forward for the industry. 'A lot of us are hoping this will ... open the doors for a new kind of business,' said Connor Lux, who runs a co-work space for the cannabis industry and plans to apply for a social use license to hold public, weed-friendly events at his business just north of downtown Denver. Applying for a license costs $1,000; the licenses itself is $1,000 a year. Lux envisions open-to-the-public networking events at his space. 'I don't think anyone's planning a giant smoke-out, everybody-coming-to-get-high kind of thing,' he said. Khalatbari has sued Colorado's liquor regulators over the ban on pot and alcohol in the same location, a lawsuit that hasn't yet been heard, and says he is considering a lawsuit against the city for what he believes are onerous club rules. Khalatbari noted Denver has much looser distance requirements for places selling alcohol, even allowing bicycle bars to cruise past schools and churches. The mobile bars with drivers ferry groups of pedaling drinkers from one tavern to the next. 'You can ride these stupid moronic bike bars down the street, getting hammered in public. But we're not giving people a safer choice, even though voters have said over and over again they want to go that way,' Khalatbari said. Colorado's marijuana law neither allows nor denies pot clubs, leaving the state with a patchwork of local club rules. Some cities tolerate them; in others, clubs operate underground, with members arranging meetups using social media. State lawmakers earlier this year decided against a plan to regulate marijuana clubs statewide. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper warned that passing the measure could invite a federal crackdown. The situation is similar in other legal-pot states. Alaska's 2014 marijuana measure allowed for on-site pot consumption at potential 'tasting rooms,' though regulators in that state have yet to allow any to open. And measures approved last year in California and Massachusetts allowed for pot clubs, but both states are still working out rules. Person, the marijuana activist, said she's hopeful that Denver's limited rules will prove a step forward in a national move toward marijuana acceptance. 'People still aren't sure how this is going to work or what's going to be allowed. But this is progress,' she said.
A massive ocean search for five soldiers who disappeared after a nighttime helicopter crash last week ended Monday after no signs of life were spotted among the debris. Crews from the Army, Coast Guard, Navy and local agencies in Hawaii searched around the clock as strong currents moved the wreckage into a deep-water search area that spanned 72,000 nautical miles (115,873 kilometers). 'Our five soldiers who represent the best and the brightest of America have not been found,' said Maj. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commander of the 25th Infantry Division. The Army identified the missing soldiers as 1st Lt. Kathryn M. Bailey, 26, of Hope Mills, North Carolina; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian M. Woeber, 41, of Decatur, Alabama; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stephen T. Cantrell, 32, of Wichita Falls, Texas; Staff Sgt. Abigail R. Milam, 33, of Jenkins, Kentucky; and Sgt. Michael L. Nelson, 30, of Antioch, Tennessee. Army and Coast Guard officials on Monday notified the families of the missing soldiers that they were ending the search and rescue operation, Cavoli said. 'It is a very, very difficult decision, and it weighs heavily, particularly on the hearts of the Coast Guard,' said Rear Adm. Vincent B. Atkins, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard's 14th District. 'We used all of our training and professionalism in this very dynamic environment to mount the best response possible,' Atkins added. There has been no determination yet of the crash's cause, Cavoli said after the search was suspended. Two Black Hawk helicopter crews were conducting training off the western tip of Oahu the night of Aug. 15 when one aircrew lost contact with the crew whose helicopter went missing. When the pilot on the lead helicopter realized the other aircraft was missing, he immediately turned his helicopter around and began to search, Cavoli said. But he later determined he didn't have the equipment he needed to launch a professional search so he alerted the Coast Guard, Cavoli said. A multi-agency team searched more than 72,000 nautical miles (115,873 kilometers) over the last week but saw no signs of life or of the crew that went missing. They found what appeared to be pieces of helicopter fuselage and a helmet in a debris field that expanded with strong currents to remote, deep areas of the ocean. The Navy brought in remotely operated underwater vehicles and sonar to help in the search and get a better picture of the ocean floor, which drops quickly off the coast of Oahu and is over 1,000 feet (305 meters) deep in parts of the search area. During the search, the Army and Coast Guard held joint briefings with family members every six hours to keep them informed, Cavoli said. The fact that parts of the fuselage were found indicated the helicopter's impact with the ocean was substantial, said Mario Vittone, a retired Coast Guardsman and expert on sea survival. 'There's not a big record of people surviving impacts with the water when the impact is so significant that the fuselage is torn apart,' he said. People can last about three days without water as long as they are not working very hard, but in the ocean it is difficult to get rest while trying to survive, Vittone said. All five crew members on board had life vests, air bottles for underwater breathing and radios with built-in GPS systems, the Army has said. 'All these things lead you to believe they didn't leave the aircraft, because if they could get out of the aircraft and inflate their floatation devices, then why would they not then turn on their beacons?' Vittone said.
Laying out his new Afghanistan war strategy, President Donald Trump reissued old demands on neighboring Pakistan to eliminate militant sanctuaries. Less expected: an entirely new warning to close U.S. partner India to provide more economic aid. Much of Trump's eagerly awaited address on turning around the nation's longest war sounded familiar, not least the need for Pakistan to crack down on Taliban fighters hiding across Afghanistan's borders. Washington has clamored for greater Pakistani action for years. More surprising was Trump's blunt challenge to India and how he linked Afghanistan's economic revitalization to totally separate U.S.-Indian trade matters. 'We appreciate India's important contributions to stability in Afghanistan, but India makes billions of dollars in trade with the United States, and we want them to help us more with Afghanistan, especially in the area of economic assistance and development,' Trump said. He didn't elaborate, but the threat was clear, especially given Trump's regular chafing over countries enjoying significant trade surpluses with the United States. Either India must pony up more money for what the Trump administration is calling its 'regional approach' to Afghanistan, or it could face commercial repercussions. The U.S. deficit in goods and services with India last year was about $30 billion. Trump also is reviewing a work visa program heavily used by Indians. Such trade threats might be new to India, but Trump has employed them similarly with China. He has linked decisions on whether Beijing is a currency manipulator or a trade rules violator to how strongly its government pressures North Korea over its nuclear program. Trump's remarks on trade could irk India, which also has suffered attacks by Pakistan-based militants and sees itself as a natural counterterrorism ally of the United States. And they come less than two months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was warmly welcomed at the White House as a key strategic partner, with the two leaders exchanging hugs and declaring their shared interest in bringing stability to Afghanistan. India has provided $3 billion in aid to Afghanistan since 2001. 'I imagine his cutting reference to the trade deficit with India will leave a bit of a sour taste in the mouth of New Delhi, which otherwise was likely quite content with Trump's speech,' said Michael Kugelman, a South Asia expert at the Wilson Center think tank. Indeed, Trump had far sharper words for Pakistan, India's long-time rival. The two countries are locked in a decades-old dispute over the territory of Kashmir. Each has nuclear weapons. Trump said it was time for Pakistan 'to demonstrate its commitment to civilization, order, and to peace' after benefiting from billions in U.S. counterterrorism funds since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. 'But Pakistan has also sheltered the same organizations that try every single day to kill our people,' Trump said. 'We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting.' Trump said America's patience was over: 'That will change immediately. No partnership can survive a country's harboring of militants and terrorists who target U.S. service members and officials.
In the first of three debates before the November elections, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton battled over who would make the best commander-in-chief, as Trump said Clinton did not have the “stamina” to be President, while Clinton assailed Trump’s economic plans, saying they would be a boon to the wealthy.
“It’s trickle-down economics all over again,” Clinton said in a familiar refrain about Republican economic policies, which she labeled, “Trumped-Up, Trickle-Down.”
Trump responded by accusing Clinton of looking to do one thing – increase taxes.
“You’re going to raise taxes big league,” Trump said, as he repeatedly tried to portray Clinton as the candidate of the status quo – essentially the incumbent – arguing she’s responsible for the country going in the wrong direction.
“She’s been doing this for thirty years,” Trump said, “and now you’re just starting to think of solutions.”
Trump hits Clinton: "typical politician – all talk no action – sounds good doesn't work"
Both candidates used a bevy of familiar phrases and arguments from their respective campaign speeches, as they tangled over Clinton’s email server, Trump’s tax returns and more.
“Maybe he’s not as rich as he claims to be,” Clinton said dismissively of Trump and his tax returns, using a Trumpian type line to go after the real estate mogul.
“It must be something really important, even terrible, that he’s trying to hide,” Clinton said.
Trump vowed to release his tax returns, but only when Clinton produces thousands of emails that she deleted from her time as Secretary of State.
“It’s all words, it’s all sound bites,” Trump said as he dismissed a Clinton attack on his business record.
On recent unrest over a police shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump said Clinton was not doing anything to help quell violence in poor neighborhoods
“We need law and order in the inner cities,” Trump said. “Secretary Clinton doesn’t want to use a couple of words – ‘law and order,'” Trump added
On the fight against terrorism, Trump agreed with Clinton on one issue, whether to stop people who are on the ‘no-fly’ list from buying firearms in the United States.
“I agree with you, when a person is on the watch list or the no-fly list,” Trump said, “I tend to agree with that, quite strongly.”
Jamie Dupree is the Radio News Director of the Washington Bureau of the Cox Media Group and writes the Washington Insider blog.
A native of Washington, D.C., Jamie has covered Congress and politics in the nation’s capital since the Reagan Administration, and has been reporting for Cox since 1989.
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