Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Tuesday's Headlines: Suspect’s family life shadowed by financial troubles and violence

An unassuming life before a rampage in a Minnesota mall; Trump claims 'open immigration system' made attacks possible; Black man fatally shot by Tulsa police was unarmed, chief says, as ‘disturbing’ video is released; Hampton Roads relied on military spending for decades. Now it must shift its economy.; For $805 a night at the Trump hotel, you deserve what you get;
 
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Suspect's family life shadowed by financial troubles and violence
Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man authorities believe is responsible for the bombings in N.Y. and N.J., lived with his family in an apartment above their fried-chicken joint. "They were angry," said a neighboring business owner, and city officials in Elizabeth said there was acrimony with the family.
An unassuming life before a rampage in a Minnesota mall
As police continued to reconstruct the Saturday night stabbing attack, they attempted to understand the roots of the violence inflicted by a young Somali American who has been in the United States since he was a toddler.
 
Trump claims 'open immigration system' made attacks possible
The GOP nominee conflates information about Syrian refugees, homegrown radicalization and the bombings in New Jersey and New York.
 
Black man fatally shot by Tulsa police was unarmed, chief says, as ‘disturbing’ video is released
Chief Chuck Jordan urged the public to remain peaceful after police released graphic video of the shooting that killed Terence Crutcher on Friday.
 
Hampton Roads relied on military spending for decades. Now it must shift its economy.
The Norfolk area has suffered disproportionately, even among defense communities, from decisions by President Obama and Congress to reduce the size of military budgets. Now, it is saddled with a workforce that is less educated than many comparable communities and an economy that has depended too much, for too long, on government.
 
For $805 a night at the Trump hotel, you deserve what you get
Donald Trump's new property in D.C. comes with luxuries common at top hotels: high thread counts, fancy in-room coffeemaker and friendly staff. But an overnight stay also can turn into a meditation on wealth and entitlement.
 
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