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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday said the United States has a “moral imperative” to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition in Africa despite shrinking national budgets around the world. Obama announced $3 billion in private sector pledges to help boost agriculture and food production in Africa. He said the U.S. and […]
The parents and uncle of a four-year-old Dallas boy were arrested after the boy was found with a bag of cocaine at school. Joshua and Christy Ruiz, both 26, have been charged with child endangerment. Police are accusing Joshua and the child’s uncle, Moses Ruiz, 21, with the distribution of a controlled substance. School officials […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police in southwest Idaho say a man chose briefs over boxers to wear on his head as he held up a coffee shop and stole a safe. Coffee shop owner Jason Wilson tells the Idaho Statesman says he believes the man was likely not prepared when he entered Big Star Coffee […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin had marijuana in his system. He was shot through the heart at close range. George Zimmerman had a broken nose, bruises and bloody cuts on the back of his head. The lead investigator wanted to charge Zimmerman with manslaughter in the weeks after the shooting but was overruled. These […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration ordered federal, state and local officials Thursday to adopt zero tolerance for prison rape as it issued mandatory screening, enforcement and prevention regulations designed to reduce the number of inmates who suffer sexual victimization at the hands of other prisoners and prison staff. Anti-rape advocates and victims of prison […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney swiftly and firmly distanced himself Thursday from a group exploring plans to target President Barack Obama’s relationship with a controversial former pastor. But the revival of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue momentarily placed race at the center of the presidential contest and showcased the independent groups […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sites where levee failures led to the catastrophic flooding after Hurricane Katrina would join Civil War battlefields and Mount Rushmore on a federal list of the nation’s historic icons if an activist has her way, but legal foot-dragging by the agency that many blame for the flooding is slowing the effort. […]
Despite stern and unrelenting protest from parents, educators and even Occupy Department of Education demonstrators, nearly 50 New York City public schools are slated for shutdown this summer, increasing the overall total of such targeted institutions well into triple-digits over the last decade and charting the course for what community activists are terming a “take-no-prisoners, […]
BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday. Attorney Kerry Lawrence, who had represented her in a drunken-driving case, said he didn’t know the cause of her death at age 52. Police confirmed a body was found […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer was found not guilty Wednesday of official oppression in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect, prompting an outraged response from black community leaders who called the verdict an injustice. Andrew Blomberg, 29, was the first of four fired police officers to stand trial for their […]
Although mirror-checking is not an uncommon behavior in women, a new London study found that it is happening more than expected. The study in Britain’s Daily Mail, surveying 2,000 women, found that women check themselves in the mirror at least eight times a day. Researchers discovered that at least half of these women would not […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney is trying harder than ever these days to stay on script — and keep his traveling national press corps at arm’s length. The latest clash came Wednesday when aides to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee blocked the reporters who cover Romney daily from asking him questions at the […]
