Anonymous donors drop $500,000 check in Salvation Army kettle:
The holiday spirit hit one Minnesota couple in a big way over the weekend.
They dropped a $500,000 check into the Salvation Army kettle at a Cub Foods in Rosemount, Minnesota, on Saturday.
Yes, you read that right. Half-a-million dollars.
The couple wants to remain anonymous. They told the agency that they hoped their large donation would encourage others to be generous.
They also said they were honoring a family legacy — one of their fathers served in World War I and especially loved the Salvation Army Donut Lassies, who brought coffee and donuts to soldiers.
Chicago mayor to announce police accountability task force:
Embroiled in a political firestorm over his city’s handling of a shocking police shooting, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is seeking to mend fences.
Tuesday morning, Emanuel will announce the creation of a task force on police accountability, his office said. The task force will review how the city trains its police officers and the kind of oversight they face.
The move comes after outrage that Officer Jason Van Dyke shot Laquan McDonald 16 times — mostly while the teen was on the ground.
Trump on meeting with black pastors: ‘I saw love in that room’:
Donald Trump enthusiastically emerged from a lengthy meeting with black pastors in New York City on Monday, defiantly dismissing criticism from some in the African-American community that he is espousing racist rhetoric.
“I saw love in that room. I see love everywhere I go,” Trump told reporters with characteristic bombast in an impromptu press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan.
Flanked by black religious leaders supporting his candidacy, Trump claimed there were more than 100 people in the two-and-a-half hour meeting, and that he expected “many, many endorsements” to come.
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