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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans say they’ve won an election-year victory from a Supreme Court ruling that allows some companies to opt out of providing contraception to women under the nation’s new health care law. But Democrats have also found encouragement from the ruling. They say it will be unpopular with younger voters and women who […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending another 300 troops to Iraq to increase security at the U.S. Embassy and elsewhere in the Baghdad area to protect U.S. citizens and property, officials said Monday. That raises the total U.S. troop presence in Iraq to approximately 750, the Pentagon said. The State Department, meanwhile, announced that […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge on Monday dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed by George Zimmerman against NBC and three reporters, saying the former neighborhood watch leader failed to show the network acted with malice. Judge Debra Nelson said the malice standard was appropriate because Zimmerman became a public figure after he shot 17-year-old […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to turn around a troubled agency, President Barack Obama will nominate former Procter & Gamble executive Robert McDonald to lead a Veterans Affairs department gripped by reports of treatment delays and cover-ups. An administration official said Obama planned to nominate McDonald to the Cabinet post on Monday. If confirmed by the […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two men exchanged gunfire early Sunday on the city’s always-crowded Bourbon Street in the celebrated French Quarter and nine people were shot in the crossfire, including two who were critically wounded, police said. Images captured from a surveillance camera above a bar showed people running down the famous street in the […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dozens of people were stranded more than 200 feet up on a revolving tower at SeaWorld San Diego for hours Sunday when a power failure stalled the ride, authorities said. Forty-six visitors and two park employees were on the Skytower when it halted. The ride features a revolving capsule that rises […]
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A panel of mental health experts has concluded that Oscar Pistorius was not suffering from a mental illness when he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his home last year, the chief prosecutor at the athlete’s murder trial said Monday. Pistorius’ trial resumed after a break of one month during which […]
It seems the going is getting tough for Jeremy Meeks, the convicted felon whose dreamy mug shot went viral. Because of his looks, Meeks went from being a felon to a celeb with a manager, who is already getting death threats … supposedly from gang members who apparently don’t like the idea of Meeks getting shine and they aren’t. […]
Unfortunately, this news will probably come as no surprise to most. We can only shake our collective heads and be thankful it wasn’t worse. We have reports on two incidents stemming from BET Awards “pre-parties.” The first bit of negative news associated with the BET Experience/Awards weekend in Los Angeles involved a shooting in which one person […]
Charlie Bothuell, the 12-year old Michigan boy that was found in the basement of his father and stepmother’s home last Wednesday night is talking and forming a clearer picture to police about why he went missing for 11 days. He’s been checked out by medical examiners who still appear to have more questions than answers. Asked about […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A teary-eyed Dana Barks was almost speechless after officials for the San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge approved a $76 million funding package for a suicide barrier that could prevent people from jumping to their deaths. The bridge district’s board of directors voted unanimously in favor Friday for the funding of […]
Dr. Ersula Ore, an English professor at Arizona State University who was pushed and slammed to the ground by a police officer last month after…
