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High-profile Republicans were adamant Sunday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie should not resign from his post as chairman of the Republican Governors Association after a recent claim from a former ally that there is evidence Christie knew about an apparently politically motivated traffic jam earlier than he has said. The support from former New […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley was hospitalized in an intensive care unit Saturday after feeling ill the night before while returning to Illinois from a business trip in Arizona. Daley had complained several times Friday that he was feeling ill and disoriented during a conference he attended in Arizona as part […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say a Utah school cafeteria manager and a district supervisor have been placed on leave during an investigation of why lunches were taken from students who owed money on food accounts. Salt Lake City School District Spokesman Jason Olsen said Friday he could not identify or offer further details […]
A new generation of young, Black scholars is working diligently to infuse the Ivy League with fresh perspectives and intersectional analyses, but, for some, getting…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah ape that has correctly picked the Super Bowl winner for six straight years predicted Thursday that the Seattle Seahawks will be the next NFL champion. Eli the ape ran into an enclosure Thursday morning and swiftly knocked down a papier-mache helmet bearing the Seahawks logo, signaling his pick, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Usernames and passwords of some of Yahoo’s email customers have been stolen and used to gather personal information about people those Yahoo mail users have recently corresponded with, the company said Thursday. Yahoo didn’t say how many accounts have been affected. Yahoo is the second-largest email service worldwide, after Google’s Gmail, […]
BOSTON (AP) — The announcement by federal prosecutors that they will seek the death penalty against the man accused in the Boston Marathon bombing came as no surprise to people who lost limbs or suffered other injuries in last year’s attack. But the victims and their families expressed a range of emotions about the decision […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Police and the National Guard helped people reunite with their abandoned cars Thursday as the logjam on Atlanta highways eased and the roads thawed, two days after a winter storm hit the Deep South. The cleanup could take all day. At the peak of the storm, thousands of cars littered the interstates […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Police were rounding up 18 people in New York City on Thursday on allegations they sold “party packs” of cocaine and sex to high-end clients and texted their customers to advertise ahead of this week’s Super Bowl festivities. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office said the arrests follow an 11-month […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The snow and sleet have stopped falling and traffic was moving again around Atlanta following a crippling storm — but transportation and rescue officials said that didn’t mean it was safe yet to drive, especially after the sun goes down. Officials from the Georgia Department of Transportation said Wednesday night that they […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump, the nation’s most shameless political flirt, is at it again. This time, the billionaire real estate mogul, reality TV star and perennial self-promoter is toying with the idea of challenging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying the state’s high taxes and tight gun-control laws make the Democratic incumbent vulnerable. […]
A young New Jersey couple is believed to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning after parking their car in a closed garage to have sex. The Daily Mail reports: The bodies of Melissa Pereira, 25, and Jorge Rodriguez, 24, were found on Sunday, three weeks after they mysteriously disappeared on their way to a romantic […]
