Hillary Clinton seemed to compare Republican presidential candidates' "extreme views" on women to those held by "terrorist groups" while she was campaigning in Ohio on Thursday.

"Extreme views about women— we expect that from some of the terrorist groups. We expect that from people who don't want to live in the modern world. But it's a little hard to take coming from Republicans who want to be the presdient of the United States," Clinton said to cheers.

Republicans were quick to demand an apology from Clinton.

"For Hillary Clinton to equate her political opponents to terrorists is a new low for her flailing campaign," Republican National Committee Press Secretary Allison Moore said. "She should apologize immediately for her inflammatory rhetoric."

 WDBJ-TV’s general manager and news director hold a news conference on Alison Parker and Adam Ward, who were shot and killed during a live shot for their morning news show.

Instagram photographers around the world are pleased that the photo-sharing service has decided to think outside the box.

"You can now share photos and videos in both portrait and landscape orientation on Instagram," the online application announced on its website.

Square format images have been a part of Instagram since day one, however, the company realized that square imaging has caused some problems for users.

"We know that is hasn't been easy to share this type of content on Instagram: friends get cut out of group shots, the subject of your video feels cramped and you can't capture the Golden Gate Bridge from end-to-end," Instagram's announcement said. 

With the new feature, users now have the option to choose a square, portrait or landscape orientation when posting a video or photo. 

It's been long debated by videographers that cellphone videos should be shot in landscape or "long ways" rather than vertical.

Instagram hopes its new option to post a video in widescreen will make a mobile video be more "cinematic than ever." 

McDonald's and the fast food chain's supplier Tyson Foods have cut ties with a Tennessee chicken farm after an animal rights group released what it claims is undercover footage of mistreated chickens. 

Mercy for Animals released the graphic footage Thursday morning, purporting to show workers at T&S Farm in Dukedom, Tennessee, a Tyson Foods contract farm, “clubbing and stabbing chickens.” It also claims to show sick and injured birds left without proper veterinary care and thousands of baby birds "bred to grow so fast they become crippled under their weight."

McDonald’s said in a statement that Tyson Foods has terminated their contract with the farmer.

“We believe treating animals with care and respect is an integral part of a responsible supply chain and find the behavior depicted in this video to be completely unacceptable,” the Oak Brook-based fast food chain said in a statement. “We support Tyson Foods’ decision to terminate their contract with this farmer.”

In a statement released Thursday, Tyson said members of its animal well-being team are investigating the farm.

“Animal well-being is a priority at our company and we will not tolerate the unacceptable animal treatment shown in this video,” the company said in a statement. "Members of our animal well-being team are investigating, however, based on what we currently know, we are terminating the farmer’s contract to grow chickens for us. There are currently no chickens on the farm. We’re committed to animal well-being but don’t believe this video accurately depicts the treatment of chickens by the thousands of farmers who supply us."

McDonald’s said it plans to work with Tyson and investigate the situation further.

“We’re committed to working with animal welfare and industry experts to inform our policies that promote better management, strong employee education and verification of practices,” the company said.

McDonald's is the latest company being asked to reform its practices following undercover video released by Mercy for Animals, which advocates against eating meat. 

In June, poultry producer Foster Farms was targeted by the group after undercover video showed chickens being slammed upside-down into metal shackles, plucked and having their feathers pulled out while they were still alive. 

Government statistics show that hundreds of thousands of chickens are accidentally dropped alive into scalding tanks every year, but that represents a small fraction of those slaughtered. Last year, the rate at which chickens were improperly slaughtered plummeted to a low of 0.008 percent, an Agriculture Department spokeswoman said.

A Walmart shopper brought a 12-pack of Bud Light to the register last month but instead of handing the cashier a $20, he handed over a demand note, San Diego police said.

It was just after noon on Friday, July 17 at the Logan Heights Walmart on Imperial Avenue.

The thin man wearing sunglasses used a demand note suggesting he had a handgun, officials said.

The unidentified clerk became very nervous and was unable to open the register. 

At that point, the would-be robber walked off without the money or the beer.

Now, San Diego County Crimestoppers has released surveillance images of the man wanted in this attempted robbery. They're also offering $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

Anyone with information on the person in the images or the crime can contact the San Diego Police Department’s Robbery Unit at (619) 531-2299 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (888) 580-8477.

One person was killed and three others were injured when an SUV and a taxi van collided on State Route 94 in Jamul Thursday, officials confirmed.

California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials said a 75-year-old Jamul resident was driving a Chevy Blazer eastbound on SR-94 west of Steele Canyon Road just before 1 p.m., near Marlena Way.

CHP Officer Kevin Pearlstein said the driver drifted to the left across a turn lane and drove into westbound SR-94 traffic, slamming head-on into a Toyota Sienna van taxi carrying three people, including a 45-year-old driver, who had no time to react.

CHP officials said other drivers in the area stopped to pull one person out of one of the vehicles. Another person remained trapped inside one of the cars and had to be extricated by firefighters.

Pearlstein later confirmed the driver of the Chevy died at the scene of the crash. The taxi driver and his two passengers suffered minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital.

Westbound lanes of the freeway were blocked off to traffic following the deadly collision. By 1:10 p.m., CHP had requested help with traffic control, as lanes were expected to remain closed for quite some time.

Aerial footage showed both the white SUV and the multi-colored USA Cab van had sustained major
damage to the front-ends. Shattered glass and other debris from the vehicles was scattered along the roadway.

The accident is under investigation, but officials said alcohol and drugs were not involved.

Pearlstein described the roadway at the site of the crash as “straight, with shoulders and a two-way left turn that delineates the westbound and eastbound lanes.”

The name of the man killed in the crash has not yet been released.

A car heading south on Interstate 5 rolled multiple times across the freeway, the California Highway Patrol says.

The crash happened in Chula Vista near E Street just after 2 p.m.

After toppling over, the car landed on its wheels.

A San Diego Police officer was the first person at the scene and reported the rollover.

Paramedics were called in for unknown injuries.

San Diego commuters lost 42 hours of their lives last year stuck in traffic, according to a new report.

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s report examined commute times in U.S. cities and money spent on fuel and time battling traffic.

As it turned out, San Diego’s traffic wasn’t so bad if you compare it to the rest of the major cities and notably, California.

America’s finest city was ranked No. 43 of 471 cities for time spent stuck in traffic.

Washington D.C. topped the list, with 82 hours battling traffic, and Los Angeles came in second, at 80 hours.

Two other California cities rounded out the top 5: San Francisco (78 hours) and San Jose (67 hours).

When it comes to how much San Diegans pay to sit in traffic, the report showed the average commuter paid $887 last year in fuel and that each hour stuck in gridlock cost $17.67.

The National Transportation Safety Board investigators' preliminary report suggests the pilots killed in a midair plane collision earlier this month did not see each other in the skies above Brown Field.

A twin-engine Sabreliner and a single-engine Cessna 172 were destroyed when the planes collided August 16 near Brown Field Municipal Airport. Two pilots and two mission specialists on the Sabreliner and the pilot of the Cessna died in the crash.

The report refers to one witness who said the planes "did not appear to have made any avoidance actions prior to the collision."

The witness also stated that the Cessna broke apart in the air while the Sabreliner banked left and exploded once it hit the ground.

The two planes crashed at different wreckage sites at least a mile apart from each other. The Sabreliner crashed on a grassy slope and the Cessna fell within the bounds of what authorities said is a wildlife preserve.

In the report released Thursday, NTSB investigators say the wing of the Sabreliner was found in the debris field of the Cessna.

Both planes had departed from Brown Field earlier in the day with the Sabreliner filing a flight plan. The Cessna 172 did not have a flight plan on file, officials said.

“A controller in the SDM air traffic control tower (ATCT) was in contact with both accident airplanes prior to the collision,” officials said in the report.

The Sabreliner was leased by military contractor BAE Systems on a mission training flight and carried two pilots and two mission specialists.

Carlos Palos, John Kovach, Jeff Percy and James Henry Hale were aboard the Sabreliner. Michael A. Copeland, 55, of San Diego, was piloting the Cessna.

Read the preliminary report here.

 The former FEMA chief who became the face of the botched federal response to Hurricane Katrina is out of the public sector now — but he's not always out of trouble.

In the 10 years since his resignation following the storm and its chaotic aftermath, Michael Brown has become an author, a consultant, and a radio talk-show host. Throughout it all, whenever an opportunity to voice an honest opinion has presented itself — even if that opinion ruffles feathers — he's taken it.

Now living in Denver, the 60-year-old Brown hosts a daily show on 630 KHOW, his city's radio station that is also home to shows by Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and other fiery conservative figures.

The failed TV reporter who shot two journalists during a live broadcast lived in a sparsely furnished $600-a-month apartment decorated with pictures of himself, a video provided to NBC News shows.

According to an inventory of items found in a search warrant return, Vester Flanagan also had a wig, six magazines of ammunition, a brief case that contained three license plates, and a to-do list in the car he was fleeing in before he killed himself.

Police said Flanagan texted a friend "making reference to having done something stupid" following the shooting of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker, cameraman Adam Ward, and local chamber of commerce director Vicki Gardner — who was also shot and survived.

Police are responding to a hit-and-run crash that sheared a fire hydrant in Linda Vista.

The crash happened in the area of Goshen and Mildred streets, just south of Linda Vista Road, at about 10:30 a.m.

Only one vehicle was believed to be involved. No word on any injuries.

This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.

The Chula Vista Police Department (CVPD) launched a death investigation Thursday after a jogger reported finding the body of a dead man just south of the Sleep Train Amphitheatre.

CVPD Capt. Lon Turner said police were notified by a jogger just after 7 a.m. of a dead body in the 2300 block of Heritage Road. When officers arrived, they discovered a man lying lifeless off the side of the road, near brush and trees.

Capt. Turner told NBC 7 the cause of the man’s death is not apparent, so officers with the CVPD’s crimes of violence unit were called to take over the investigation.

"We're going to take this very cautiously," Capt. Turner told NBC 7. "At the end, [the man's cause of death] could be of natural causes, but we're going to have to rule that out."

Officials have not yet identified the man. Capt. Turner said he is believed to be in his 20s, but was not carrying an ID. He was wearing clothing that may be consistent with jogging apparel, but this is still under investigation, Capt. Turner said.

Investigators said the man did not have socks or shoes on, and officials had not been able to immediately find those items around the scene.

The captain said, at this point, there are no witnesses – only the jogger who reported finding the body.

Officials said they would likely remain at the scene all day gathering evidence. Police blocked off traffic to Heritage Road near Sleep Train Amphitheatre amid the investigation.

Aerial footage showed dozens of evidence markers lined along a sidewalk near the road and on a fence. Apparent smeared blood stains could be seen on a sidewalk close to where the man’s body was found.

By 10:45 a.m., the San Diego Medical Examiner had arrived on scene to take away the body. The ME will determine the man's cause of death and release his identity at a later time.

By noon, volunteers with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department were at the scene aiding in the investigation. A search dog was working alongside officials, sniffing through the brush off the side of the road and around a fence.

As of 2:30 p.m., the investigation continued and the road was still blocked off to traffic.

Capt. Turner said, at this point, officials had not ruled anything out, including homicide, hit-and-run or a jogging accident. He said investigators would provide new updates Friday, once the Medical Examiner finished the autopsy.

“We're just not comfortable right now saying exactly what happened. There are still a lot of things we don't know,” he told NBC 7.

Capt. Turner said investigators are sifting through debris found on the roadway, trying to determine what pieces may be linked to the incident.

“Certainly, in a case like this, we are going to take everything and make sure we thoroughly document the scene,” he explained.

Capt. Turner said the blood stains discovered on the sidewalk could indicate speed was involved, and, in his words, “that the victim was moving at a high rate of speed at some point in time.”

“There's nothing to indicate to me that the victim had anything to do with taking his own life. So whether it was a hit and run, whether it was a homicide, we just don't know yet. We need to get more evidence,” he added.

Capt. Turner said investigators have not yet determined how long the man had been dead, but said there were no signs of decay on the body.

He said the man did appear to have some trauma to his face and other parts of his body, but he could not go into further detail.

By 3:50 p.m., the CVPD said officers had cleared the scene and Heritage Road was reopened to traffic.

A 25-year-old woman was arrested after breaking into a dance and taunting officers at the end of a pursuit Wednesday night near downtown Los Angeles.

Spike strips were used to destroy the car's tires, but the woman, identified as Kelsey Wood, continued driving on the vehicle's wheels. The pursuit began around 10 p.m. in the downtown area.

Wood was suspected of driving under the influence, according to the LAPD. She was being held on $75,000 bail on suspicion of "felony evading," police said.

Wood drove over the spike strips, which appeared to deflate the tires.

The pursuit ended when Wood got out of the vehicle and began dancing in front of officers.

She got back into the vehicle before officers arrested her.

No injuries were reported.

It was not immediately clear whether Wood had an attorney.

Unless someone of real political stature decides to challenge Mayor Kevin Faulconer for re-election, the San Diego city attorney's race will be the marquee contest in next year's local election cycle.

The primary election is 10 months away — but for the four candidates who have filed so far, it’s not too soon to start putting the arm on donors and selling themselves to voters.

Fundraising among the quartet already is pointing toward half a million dollars.

San Diego hasn't seen a contested city attorney's race since 2008.

Jan Goldsmith went unchallenged for a second term in 2012 and will be termed out in December 2016.

One of his chief deputies, Mara Elliott, is running to succeed him, along with Deputy District Attorney Robert Hickey and two attorneys in private practice, Gil Cabrera and Rafael Castellanos.

At a Thursday Lincoln Club candidates’ forum downtown, there was a general consensus on most issues among the three contenders on hand.

Where sparks flew was over Gil Cabrera's support from Cory Briggs and Marco Gonzalez, two lawyers who have brought a long list of cases against the city.

Asked about that, Cabrera replied: "Cory and Marco did host an event for me and the first thing I said when I spoke at the event was, I recounted the discussion I had with them when they offered to do so. It was pretty straightforward. I said, 'I appreciate your support but I want to be clear with you. If I'm city attorney I think your bottom lines will be hurt.'"

At one point later in the Q&A, Elliott addressed Cabrera’s explanation: “I think it's a concern to accept an endorsement from a person who has sued the city more than 50 times, and has affected a lot of the projects we have in the city of San Diego.”

Given rebuttal time, Cabrera responded: "There are a number of people, if you look at my endorsement list, that don't agree with each other. There are Republicans, there are Democrats, there are independents. There are people that have sued the city; there are people who have defended the city. I'm not going to sit there and tell people not to support me if they are not doing anything illegal."

Elliott ended the back-and-forth with this: "My point is, sometimes you need to say no. And saying no to endorsements such as that would've been a good thing to do."

Castellanos was not in attendance at the forum; his campaign team cited a “schedule conflict.”

The city attorney's job pays roughly $210,000 a year in salary and benefits.

Two people are dead, one critically injured and four first responders have been hospitalized in a mysterious hazardous materials situation in unincorporated Des Plaines.

Around 3:30 p.m., police were called to a northwest suburban townhome in the 9400 block of Harrison Street after receiving a report of three people in distress.

Upon entering the home, four Cook County sheriff's officers were unexpectedly overcome by some sort of hazardous agent, authorities said. 

“They started feeling sick,” said Rick Dobrowski, chief of North Maine Fire Protection District. “They were having some kind of breathing difficulties, we don’t know for sure.”

The officers were taken to area hospitals to be treated. They have since been released and are in stable condition.

Inside the home three adults – two males and a female – were found not breathing, according to police.

No information has been released as to what room of the house they were in or their relationship with one another.

The Cook County medical examiner pronounced both men dead and the woman was transported to a hospital in critical condition. A preliminary investigation revealed the victims likely died due to inhalation of a deadly substance.

Several residences around the home were temporarily evacuated while hazmat teams worked late into the night Thursday to try to figure out what that substance is.

“They didn’t find anything in particular but they were able to rule out anything that was bad – as far as any kind of alkali or acid that was still in there, fumes” Dobrowski said. “They were also able to test the water that they found to make sure there was nothing mixed, chemical wise.

Police said surrounding residents are not in danger, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t on edge as they surveyed the scene of dozens of emergency crews.

“I’m terrified,” one neighbor told NBC Chicago.

Investigators remained at the home near Potter Road well after dark to continue to sweep for evidence.

“They’re just trying to determine what possibly caused this,” said Cook County Sheriff's spokeswoman Sophia Ansari.

Ashton Carter made his first visit to Camp Pendleton as the U.S. Secretary of Defense Thursday, discussing concerns about the nation’s defense budget and future threats presented by technology.

Carter spent his visit talking with Marines and watching a simulated, amphibious raid at Red Beach, which demonstrated the First Marine Expeditionary Force's capability to respond quickly as a global force.

The Marines told him the age of the amphibious assault vehicles is of concern and they would like funding to replace the vehicles that were designed in the 1970s. The corps would prefer a vehicle that can come in from the ocean to avoid detection.

Carter said the Marines are moving away from focusing on counter-insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan alone and are looking at more deployments across the globe.

“Now the country is going to be asking them, and I am asking them, to prepare for and prepare to execute a wider range of strategic mission, what is called ‘full spectrum,’” he said. “And that means changing and adapting their training, continuing to do intensive training, but across a wider range of missions and doing different sorts of deployments.”

Those deployments would be around the world in areas with threats. Two recently growing threats, Carter said, are the Islamic State and Russia.

The Defense Secretary expressed some concern about the budget for the Defense Department, and he talked about the importance of building a fighting force for the future, which included investing in new technology to address cyber threats.

Carter is headed next to the Silicon Valley.

“I’ll be visiting a unit that I created called the ‘Defense Innovation Unit Experimental,’ whose very purpose is in this specific area of new technology to connect the Department of Defense to the innovative community of California and around the world,” he said.

Carter also fielded questions directly from Marines. He said he is working on new policies to protect military members at recruiting centers following the shootings in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

“It's pretty exciting,” said Camp Pendleton Capt. Joseph Berg. “It's very nice to have important figures like that come down to the ground to see what my Marines down here are doing out here. It means a lot to us that he would take the time out of his day to come speak to us.”
 

A couple is trying to cheat elderly victims out of their cash by claiming they've won the lottery, Escondido police warned.

Investigators released images of the two suspects Thursday, saying they contact elderly people and claim to have a winning lottery ticket.

The man and woman say they will give the victims a percentage of the winnings if they give the suspects some cash.

The couple then flees the area, and the victims are left with a losing or fake lottery ticket, police say.

A gray minivan has been tied to the case.

If you are approached by a person who claims to have a winning lotto ticket and asks for money, call 911.

Anyone who can identify the suspects is asked to call the Escondido Police Department.

As the nation’s football fans turn to their computers for this year’s fantasy season, Gamblers Anonymous may soon sound an alarm about the game’s addictive qualities.

According to an investigative report from NBC Washington, the trustees of Gamblers Anonymous are considering adding fantasy football and other fantasy sports to their "Gamblers Anonymous Combo Book,” a recovery guide alerting compulsive gamblers of activities to avoid.

Many experts are quick to note not everyone who plays fantasy sports are addicts, but some psychiatrist and behavioral health advocates are concerned that fantasy sports are quite alluring those addicted to gambling.

Fans' addictions to their fantasy teams are apparent in households across the U.S. While at dinner with his wife, San Diegan Jed Apostol is on his phone, checking in on his fantasy football league among other things.

“I love football,” Apostol explained, “so I get to play general manager of a team for a sport I love."

That love for the game pushes him to spend a minimum of one hour a day checking up on his team.

“He is analyzing,” said his wife Eryn de Leon. “He has spreadsheets, Excel files.” She joked about her husband needing help, saying it’s under control for now.

Psychiatrist Clark Smith, who specializes in treating addictions, said most people, like Apostol, can handle playing fantasy sports.

“It’s a pleasant game, past time, but if you are a gambling addict and a little fantasy football
gets you a little high, you’re going to want to go for the big high and go back to Las Vegas or whatever behavior got you into trouble,” he said.

Peter Schoenke, president of fantasy sports site Rotowire.com, also serves as chairman of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association.

He said he's sympathetic to compulsive gamblers’ needs, but noted that fantasy sports are games of skill, not chance.

“Fantasy football is a good hobby,” explained Schoenke. “Sure there are some ways you can play for money, but it's a game of skill. Not gambling.”

NBC Washington has learned the Gamblers Anonymous trustees are scheduled to vote in October on whether to add fantasy football to their combo book. The most recent addition of the book tells compulsive gamblers to avoid lottery tickets, raffle tickets and office sport pools.