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CHICAGO (AP) — Two convicted bank robbers who pulled off a daring overnight escape from a high-rise Chicago jail had changed from their prison garb by the time they hopped into a cab near the lock-up, investigators said Wednesday as they expanded their manhunt for the men. Authorities were raiding houses and combing through records […]
DETROIT (AP) — Dozens of Michigan schools canceled classes for thousands of students to cool off rumored threats of violence and problems related to doomsday scenarios based on the Mayan calendar, officials said Thursday. Public schools in Genesee and Lapeer counties, neighboring counties north of the Detroit area, started the Christmas break Wednesday night rather […]
HARROLD, Texas (AP) — In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don’t give much thought to safety at the community’s lone school — mostly because some of the teachers are carrying concealed weapons. In remote Harrold, the nearest sheriff’s office is 30 minutes away, and people tend to know — and trust — […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela was seriously ill but has steadily improved over the last few days after being diagnosed with a lung infection and undergoing gallstone surgery, South African President Jacob Zuma said Thursday. It was the first official acknowledgement that Mandela’s condition had been grave, and came 13 days after the anti-apartheid icon […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — With his nation under financial strain, President Barack Obama is restricting the inaugural balls to the lowest number in 60 years, with just two official parties plus a concert honoring military families. The subdued celebration revealed Thursday is a big cut in reveling from the 10 balls Obama attended four years ago. […]
MERIDA, Mexico (AP) — The crystal skulls have spoken: The world is not going to end. American seer Star Johnsen-Moser led a whooping, dancing, drum-beating ceremony Thursday in the heart of Mayan territory to consult several of the life-sized crystal skulls, which adherents claim were passed down by the ancient Maya. The skulls weren’t the […]
Cameron Clarke, an African American Philadelphia high school senior, distinguished himself, his parents, Germantown Academy, where is an “A” student, and the city: He was one of just 360 teens nationwide to earn a perfect score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Some 1.66 million students across America sat for the rigorous examination on which […]
Allen Bryant, 57, drew blueprints for the Norfolk Southern Railway. Uncles John Poole and Joseph Lowery were painters, as well. Rebecca Lowery watched her grandfather display his natural talent and at age 4 convincingly told him that she, too, could draw. Now 13, the Charlotte, North Carolina teen is winning acclaim for her work and […]
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Cory Booker has ruled out a bid for New Jersey governor and is eyeing a run for U.S. Senate in 2014. Booker, 43, announced his decision on Twitter on Thursday, ending months of speculation over whether he would challenge Gov. Chris Christie in a marquee match-up next year. One […]
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Cory Booker has ruled out a bid for New Jersey governor and is eyeing a run for U.S. Senate in 2014. Booker, 43, announced his decision on Twitter on Thursday, ending months of speculation over whether he would challenge Gov. Chris Christie in a marquee match-up next year. One […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed a civil rights complaint against a North Carolina sheriff over what it says is his systematic racial profiling of Latinos. The suit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court follows a two-year investigation during which federal authorities concluded Alamance County Sheriff Terry S. Johnson and his […]
Two Texas women, Angel Dobbs, 38, and niece Ashley Dobbs, 24, are suing after state troopers performed an invasive cavity search that was recorded on video. Female trooper Kellie Helleson is seen in the footage aggressively searching the private parts of Angel Dobbs, 38, and her niece, Ashley Dobbs, 24, on the side of the […]
