Clinton jobs agenda

Clinton jobs agenda

SALEM, N.H.

Hillary Clinton announced the latest piece of her jobs agenda Tuesday, outlining a plan to boost American manufacturing jobs by offering tax incentives to spur investment in communities that are losing jobs from factory closures and layoffs.

“This is not a new fight for me,” Clinton said during a town hall in New Hampshire. “When we support American manufacturing we support not only American jobs today but innovation for the future.”

The campaign didn’t release a total cost for the plan, but Clinton said she will pay for her jobs agenda by imposing higher taxes on the wealthy, closing loopholes and eliminating some deductions. Clinton plans to propose an “exit tax” to crack down on practices that allow U.S. companies to merge with overseas corporations to lower their tax bills.

Girl who lost family in fire wants lots of Christmas cards

SCHENECTADY, N.Y.

A little girl whose father and three siblings died in an arson fire has a simple holiday wish: She wants enough holiday cards to fill up her Christmas tree.

Safyre Terry is the sole survivor of the blaze that killed her family two years ago. Safyre, now 8, has endured many surgeries for burns over 75 percent of her body.

Her custodial aunt, Liz Dolder, said Tuesday that Safyre was “over the moon” when the first card arrived. But Dolder said the family was unlikely to receive enough cards to fill the card tree.

Dolder posted a photo of Safyre on Facebook and told of her wish. She’s been deluged with responses.

Dolder said, “It’s just magical. She’s so excited.”

The address for cards is P.O. Box 6126, Schenectady, NY 12306.

Judge throws out murder conviction

OSKALOOSA, Kan.

A man who served more than 15 years of a life sentence for the 1999 shooting death of his sister-in-law was freed Tuesday after his brother confessed in suicide notes that he was the actual killer and had “sent an innocent man to prison.”

Floyd Bledsoe, 39, broke into a broad grin when Jefferson County District Court Judge Gary Nafziger, who presided over his 2000 murder trial and sentencing, announced “the defendant is to be released.” Afterward, freed of shackles and having traded prison garb for a flannel shirt and blue jeans, Bledsoe told reporters that he was longing for a steak, a return to milking cows and “something peaceful and quiet for a while.”

Canada to probe fate of aboriginals

TORONTO

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government launched an investigation Tuesday into hundreds of murdered and missing aboriginal women and girls, stressing the need for a stronger relationship with the country’s indigenous communities.

The decision by Trudeau, a Liberal, marked another policy reversal from his predecessor Stephen Harper’s Conservative government.

Harper refused to authorize a public inquiry even though a police report last year said a disproportionate number of female homicide victims in Canada are aboriginal.

Denver cop shot

DENVER

Police in Denver are searching for suspects after an officer was shot and critically injured during a traffic stop.

Chief Robert White said Tuesday that one suspect was arrested, and officers were searching for possibly two others. The injured officer, Antonio Lopez Jr., was shot several times and remained in critical condition after surgery.

The suspect also was shot in the leg.

Associated Press