Nation: Authorities in Fox Lake, Ill. outside Chicago are preparing to report today that the death of a popular police lieutenant in September was a suicide, not a murder. Lt. Charles Gliniewicz, 52, had radioed in that he was out …

—From Charleston, WV.   Sound Recall!: With a shove from the Federal government, the Japanese airbag company Takata has doubled its recall to 34 million vehicles in the US for airbags that explode and spray shrapnel when they deploy. It’s …

No Bill, No Peace: Demonstrations broke out nearly immediately in New York after a Staten Island grand jury declined to bring charges against a police officer in the case of a man who died after being placed in a chokehold. …

Whiteout: As much as five or six feet of snow is reported in parts of Western New York today as the Buffalo area digs out from an extreme storm. In an area known for its “lake effect” snowstorms, some residents …