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SEATTLE (AP) — In sun-deprived Washington state, the promise of nice spring weather has prompted a small private school to give students a day off to enjoy the sunshine. Friday will be a “sun day” of sorts for 205 students at Bellingham Christian School in Bellingham, Wash. Principal Bob Sampson announced the day off on […]
The United States’ judicial system is cracking down on drunk drivers especially repeat offenders. Timothy Morrow found that out when he was sentenced to 13 years in jail after racking up eight DUIs. Timothy Morrow has been in and out of the court since he was 17 due to his excessive drinking problem. Morrow’s brushes with thelaw […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than the government first estimated. The job increases helped reduce the unemployment rate from 7.6 percent to a four-year low of 7.5 percent. The report Friday from the Labor Department was a reassuring sign that […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A high-school teacher from Alabama is accused of kidnapping a 6-year-old girl from school in Mississippi, sending a frightening text message to the child’s mother and paying to keep her overnight in a hotel. U.S. Attorney Gregory Davis says a federal magistrate in Jackson denied bond Thursday to 54-year-old Jesse Mae Pollard, […]
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) — The mother and father of a missing Eastern Connecticut State University student made a tearful plea to the public Thursday for any information that might help find her. Corrinna Martin and Christopher Wiley joined state police and a state prosecutor at a news conference at the Willimantic school. Their daughter, 20-year-old […]
SAN DIEGO (AP)- Dozens of students at a San Diego high school have been suspended for making a suggestive “twerking” dance video. U-T San Diego reports the students from Scripps Ranch High School might not be able to attend prom or walk during commencement ceremonies. School board member Kevin Beiser says he was told that […]
BOSTON (AP) — A funeral home has claimed the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died in a gunbattle with police after an intense manhunt. Department of Public Safety spokesman Terrel Harris said Thursday a funeral home retained by Tsarnaev’s family picked up the 26-year-old’s remains. Authorities are now closer to being […]
The Wilcox County High School in Georgia finally pulled off their first integrated prom and it appears that fun times were had by all. The quartet of friends, two black, two white, Stephanie Sinnot, Quanesha Wallace, Keela Bloodworth, and Mareshia Rucker, we originally reported on April 5, pulled it off! The flyers they had torn […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A man who had fired a gun inside a ticketing area at Houston’s largest airport was killed after being confronted by a law enforcement official during an incident that sent people in the terminal scrambling and screaming, police said Thursday. It’s unclear if the man fatally shot himself or was killed by […]
NEWARK, N.J. — A militant convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper 40 years ago is now the first woman on the FBI’s list of most wanted terrorists. The FBI and state of New Jersey also announced Thursday a doubling of the reward, to $2 million, for the capture of Joanne Chesimard. The state is […]
John Strother was intoxicated when he stumbled into a Harlem church Sunday evening as a gospel choir performed. After hugging two members on stage, he was physically tossed out, struck his head on the pavement and is now fighting for his life in an intensive care unit, according to the New York Daily News. The 42-year-old man visited The […]
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, an Atlanta nurse is accused of being intoxicated on duty when she sexually assaulted a patient. 29-year-old Danielle Gates was arrested and now she faces a charge of sexual assault. Gates worked as a nurse at Anchor Hospital, a facility that treats adults with psychiatric illness, addiction and emotional […]
