Police | MyFOX Spokane

Yemeni security officer for US Embassy killed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By AHMED AL HAJAssociated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) - A drive-by shooting Thursday that killed a top Yemeni security official who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa has raised concern that al-Qaida militants here are bouncing back and getting bolder after suffering defeats this year in a U.S.-

FBI seeks help in finding missing Colorado girl

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated Press WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) - Authorities looking for a missing 10-year-old Colorado girl are asking the public for help finding who apparently kidnapped her, a day after a body was found in a park. Police have yet to link the body found seven miles from Jessica

Vote to restore SF sheriff brings further division

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By TERRY COLLINSAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is expected to take control of his department next week, even as the district attorney, the mayor and a city official who voted not to remove him from office question his ability to oversee the

Much of odd weapons cache on plane was permissible

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - In an age when air travelers grudgingly surrender bottled water at security checkpoints, the most striking aspect of the arrest of a passenger wearing a bulletproof vest and flying with luggage stocked with knives, clubs

Glued toddler's mom cries at photos of injuries

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - A Dallas woman who admitted to beating her toddler and gluing her hands to a wall sobbed Thursday as a prosecutor ordered her to look at the injuries she inflicted on her daughter's body. Elizabeth Escalona began crying and didn't speak

Va Tech massacre at center of 2 court appeals

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By STEVE SZKOTAKAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The state moved Thursday to reverse a wrongful death verdict in the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech while the parents of two students killed want the university's president to stand trial for failing to alert the campus when the first

Puny issues take flight in presidential campaign

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Do little things mean a lot? Or not? Four years ago, Barack Obama denounced petty attempts to "make a big election about small things." Now Republicans accuse the president of going small himself in pursuit of a second term. Whoever is to blame,

At polls, fears of voter suppression, intimidation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By CURT ANDERSONAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - Kimberly Kelley of Tampa has provided Florida elections officials with thousands of names of people she thinks may be ineligible to vote and should be removed from the rolls. On Election Day, she'll join thousands more - people of all political

Local Musician Finds Stolen Equipment In Pawn Shop

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

SPOKANE, Wash. – A local musician who had his guitar equipment stolen over the weekend downtown was able to track down his items Wednesday. After four days of calling more than thirty pawn shops in the area, musician Daniel Mills was able to locate his stolen items at a Pawn

Local Musician Finds Stolen Equipment In Pawn Shop

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th