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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Senate is poised to vote on a sweeping package of anti-smoking measures including raising the smoking age to 21— as lawmakers try to crack down on tobacco use and the health problems that flow from it. If the Senate approves Thursday and Gov. Jerry Brown signs off, California would become […]
BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) — A second round of rain early Thursday was hitting an already inundated north Louisiana, where flooding in some places was up to the rooftops and in others submerged cars, stranded families and forced evacuations. Three people drowned in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. In Bienville Parish, authorities said a man died […]
MIAMI (AP) — Fighting for Florida and beyond, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled in an intense debate Wednesday night over who’s the true friend of American Hispanics, trading accusations over guest worker programs “akin to slavery” and the embracing of “vigilantes” against immigrants. They had even worse things to say about Republican front-runner Donald […]
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — His party in disarray, a surging Donald Trump called on mainstream Republicans to unify behind his candidacy on Wednesday as his White House rivals pursued their last best opportunity to block the billionaire businessman from building an insurmountable delegate lead in two key states. The often-brash Trump softened his tone, […]
If you’re a teacher who has ever taught K-12, do you ever think back and wonder what happened to some of those kids? Little Johnny, who worked your nerves because he always threw those doggone paper airplanes when he thought you weren’t looking. Nikki, who never seemed to be in a good mood. And David. […]
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Elevated levels of lead caused officials in New Jersey’s largest school district on Wednesday to shut off water fountains at 30 school buildings until more tests are conducted, but officials said they don’t believe the contamination poses any serious health risks. Newark Public Schools notified the state Department of Environmental Protection […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Two officers who police Baltimore’s public schools walked out of jail Wednesday pending trial for assault and misconduct after their violent confrontation with a student was recorded by another teenager. Both have checkered records, prompting parents and authorities alike to question whether enough is being done to prevent violent people from being […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — One year after the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report highly critical of police and court practices in Ferguson, the city where the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown led to unrest and helped spark the Black Lives Matter movement may be nearing an agreement to end a lawsuit filed […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man has been charged in a stabbing rampage along a Philadelphia street in which police said he randomly attacked people at a cellphone store and inside a car and then killed a man at a mechanic shop. The death was one of six killings on a violent Tuesday in the city. […]
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A man wanted by Idaho authorities in an attack that left a church pastor seriously wounded has been arrested by U.S. Secret Service agents after allegedly throwing items over the fence at the White House, police said. Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White said Kyle Odom was arrested at about […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who shot an unarmed teenager to death will not face federal civil rights charges, officials announced Tuesday, closing an investigation into a case activists have invoked in decrying police killings of black men. There wasn’t enough evidence to support charges in the 2012 death of […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — The second trial for a police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray is set for next month — a year after the black man’s neck was broken in a police van — and one of the officer’s colleagues will be forced to testify. The latest reshuffling of trial dates happened […]
