Donald Trump works a football crowd in Iowa, hints at new 'nice' playbook
With still months to go before the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump hopped in a golf cart here at Iowa State University and took a victory lap.
Marchers show support for refugees in solidarity events across Europe
Throngs of people joined marches and vigils across Europe on Saturday in a show of solidarity with the crowds of refugees seeking sanctuary from conflict in Syria and elsewhere.
James Blake on cop's mistake: Outcome for me could have been worse
When former tennis star James Blake relives the moment an undercover cop grabbed and threw him to the ground outside a New York hotel, he wonders what would have happened if he hadn't cooperated. What if he hadn't been so passive, he says, with the stranger who rushed him without saying a word? "I think about how scary it would have been had I put my arms up and done the normal reaction ... to defend myself," Blake told CNN's Don Lemon on Saturday. "If I had any sort of resistance, I wonder what could have happened. I could have broken bones, a concussion or worse." The athlete was waiting Wednesday for a car to pick him up and take him to the U.S. Open tennis tournament, where he's doing corporate appearances. A surveillance video released by the NYPD shows Blake casually standing outside a Grand Hyatt hotel in Manhattan when the plainclothes cop rushes him and throws him to the ground, then handcuffs and leads him away. In the minute-long video, Blake doesn't resist. Blake, 35, told CNN that in the 10 to 15 minutes that he was detained, neither the cop who tackled him nor other officers present identified themselves as law enforcement or displayed their badges. The NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau has interviewed Blake as part of an investigation and provided Blake's attorney with a copy of the video. Blake, once ranked No. 4 in the world, vowed in an earlier statement to "use my voice to turn this unfortunate incident into a catalyst for change in the relationship between the police and the public they serve." He called on the city "to make a significant financial commitment to improving that relationship, particularly in those neighborhoods where incidents of the type I experienced occur all too frequently." Blake said Saturday that he hasn't decided whether to sue over what police described as a sting operation gone awry. "I don't want a lawsuit that says, 'Here's $5 million. Go away. We're not going to talk about this again,'" he said. "I want to talk about this, open dialogue ... about real solutions, accountability, about making sure that this isn't going to happen." After calling Blake to apologize, both Mayor Bill de Blasio and police Comissioner William Bratton said in a statement Friday that the incident was being investigated "to determine what contributed to the errors made, who may be held accountable, and what we can learn to prevent these mistakes from being repeated in the future." The city has invested nearly $29 million to retrain about 22,000 officers, the statement said. In addition, new neighborhood policing efforts have reduced civilian complaints against police to the lowest levels in 14 years. Blake says cop should be fired Blake said he appreciated the apologies from de Blasio and Bratton but that wasn't enough. "You wonder how many times its happened without anyone knowing," Blake said of the incident. "I've gotten emails and texts from people that tell me, 'This happened to me. This happened to my friend, my father, my brother,'" he said. "None of them get public apologies. They deserve the same treatment I'm getting." Patrick Lynch, head of the police union, said Friday that the officer believed he was arresting a person who had committed a crime. "The apprehension was made under fluid circumstances where the subject might have fled and the officer did a professional job of bringing the individual to the ground to prevent that occurrence," Lynch said in a statement. "It is truly unfortunate that the arrest was a result of mistaken identity by the complainant in the case and we regret any embarrassment or injury suffered by Mr. Blake as a result."
Carly Fiorina digs at Donald Trump: 'Look at this face'
Carly Fiorina has a message for Donald Trump: Yes, "look at this face." The former Hewlett-Packard CEO kicked off her speech Friday night to the National Federation of Republican Women in Phoenix by offering a clear rebuttal of Trump's recently quoted comments on her in which he criticized her looks.
Thailand issues warrant for Chinese man in bombing probe
Thai authorities have an arrest warrant out for a Chinese man in connection with last month's fatal bombing at a Bangkok shrine, a senior police spokesman said Saturday.
107 killed in crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque
A powerful storm toppled a construction crane Friday afternoon at the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, in Mecca -- killing at least 107 people and injuring 238 others, Saudi Arabia's civil defense authorities said on Twitter.
9/11 anniversary: America remembers lives lost on one of its darkest days
With his head bowed during a moment of silence outside the White House, President Barack Obama set the tone Friday for a nation marking a dark day with solemn ceremonies.
Hungarian camerawoman apologizes for kicking migrants
A Hungarian camerawoman has apologized for kicking desperate migrants as they fled, saying her actions had nothing to do with racism.
U.S. to take at least 10,000 more Syrian refugees
President Barack Obama has ordered his administration to "scale up" the number of Syrian refugees admitted to the United States in the coming year, directing his team to prepare for at least 10,000 in the next fiscal year, the White House said Thursday.
Donald Trump: I wasn't talking about Carly Fiorina's face
Donald Trump said Thursday that when he suggested Carly Fiorina's face would make her unelectable, he wasn't talking about her looks.
