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SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — The budding entrepreneurs wear blue sweat pants labeled “prisoner” and huge, flapping blue shirts. Their doors are triple locked, and…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stung by plunging approval numbers at a low point in his presidency, President Barack Obama is urging donors to buck up while making a thread-the-needle appeal for bipartisanship with Republicans even as he calls for replacing the House GOP majority and holding his Democratic edge in the Senate. Obama is seeking […]
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University was locked down for nearly six hours Monday as authorities responded to a phone call warning that an armed man was heading to shoot up the school that they are investigating as a likely hoax. Police did not find a gunman after SWAT teams searched the Ivy League […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than 100 additional people have been deported to Haiti from neighboring Dominican Republic after an elderly Dominican couple was killed, a spokesman for a Haitian migrant advocacy group said Monday. The number of Haitians and people of Haitian descent who’ve been expelled has reached 354, said Josue Michel, a spokesman […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The prosecutor who led the investigation into the Newtown school shooting says it did not determine a motive for the attack. State’s Attorney Stephen Sedensky III says there is also no clear indication why he chose Sandy Hook Elementary School as the target for his rampage other than the fact that […]
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An anonymous caller warned authorities Monday that his roommate was on his way to Yale University to shoot people, leading officials to lock down the Ivy League campus as police searched for a gunman. The hunt, which came as the school was on November break, was stymied by students who […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The contractor who oversaw a botched building demolition that killed six people in a Salvation Army thrift store in Philadelphia is being charged with murder, manslaughter and reckless endangerment. Officials said Monday that Griffin Campbell is also charged with risking a catastrophe and criminal conspiracy in addition to the six counts of […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Transportation Security Administration officer killed by a gunman at Los Angeles International Airport was shot 12 times, with bullets grazing…
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A school superintendent and three more people have been charged by a grand jury that investigated whether other laws were broken in the rape of a 16-year-old West Virginia girl last year in eastern Ohio. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the charges Monday in Steubenville. The grand jury had investigated […]
Oprah isn’t the only one having a yard sale! Yahoo! is selling some of their old domain names, but it’s not cheap at all. Watch…
Miami Gardens man Earl Sampson (pictured) has one of the most-extensive rap sheets in the state of Florida, after getting arrested a whopping 258 times…
The lawyer conducting the NFL’s investigation into possible bullying on the Miami Dolphins wrapped up an opening series of interviews with every player and coach, along with others who work for the team. A statement released Saturday by Ted Wells’ law firm added: “Our work will continue over the next few weeks.” The league had […]
