Michigan students unveil inventions for veterans

College students have created devices they say will improve the quality of life for disabled veterans and others with impairments. Seniors from Lawrence Technological University and University of Detroit Mercy presented devices like detachable drive units for manual wheelchairs, accessible sink installations, a harness for those who uses walkers and a leg flexure for a veteran with edema.

German Parliament labels Armenians’ killings as genocide

Two Northern California police officers were shot after a traffic stop turned violent, prompting a manhunt that involved a house by house search that lasted well into the night. A gunman suspected of shooting and wounding two Northern California police was holed up in a house early Thursday in an armed standoff with law officers, authorities said.