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Chicago moves to fire officer who shot and killed Laquan McDonald

The Chicago police superintendent on Tuesday recommended firing the officer who shot and killed Laquan McDonald, the black teenager whose death in 2014 continues to reverberate through the country’s second-biggest local police force.

 
Obama commutes sentences for 111 convicts jailed for drug crimes

President Barack Obama shortened the prison sentences of 111 convicts serving time for drug-related offenses in his second round of clemency grants this month, the White House said on Tuesday.

Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery in Arizona resumes rearing rainbow trout

They are rearing rainbow trout again at the Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery in northwest Arizona. A but a collaborative effort by federal, state and local government officials and agencies funded repairs to put the trout portion of the hatchery back in operation two weeks ago.

State funeral to honor 37 victims of Italy quake

Construction crews worked through the night to build a tent complex to host an Italian state funeral Tuesday in Amatrice after outraged residents rejected the government’s plan to hold the service in a distant airport hangar.

EU orders Apple to pay $14.6B for illegal tax benefits

Apple will have to pay up to $14.5 billion plus interest in back taxes to Ireland after the European Union found Tuesday that the U.S. technology giant received illegal tax benefits over 11 years.

Outer Banks braces for possible flooding

A tropical weather system off the coast of North Carolina’s Outer Banks is expected to strengthen in the next day, bringing winds up to 45 mph and heavy rains that could flood low-lying areas.