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Loophole in law let teen drive big rig in crash

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
JORDAN, Minn. (AP) -- A 17-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a semi pulling a box trailer converted into a recreational vehicle when the 57,000-pound rig crashed through a guardrail and into a Kansas ravine, killing five of the 18 people on board....
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Pa. trial: Priest joked of abusing 3 boys in week

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Jurors in a landmark priest abuse trial on Monday heard about a priest-turned-camp prowler and another who was accused of bragging about having sex with three boys in a week....
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Pa. trial: Priest joked of abusing 3 boys in week

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Jurors in a landmark priest abuse trial on Monday heard about a priest-turned-camp prowler and another who was accused of bragging about having sex with three boys in a week....
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Battered racing yacht, crew limp toward SF Bay

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
ALAMEDA, Calif (AP) -- A Coast Guard cutter has returned to port after rescuing two injured members of a racing crew whose yacht was smashed by a giant wave during an around-the world race....
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US, Mexican leaders trade warnings on gun violence

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The explosion of drug-fueled violence along Mexico's border with the United States could harm relations between the two nations, President Barack Obama said Monday; Mexico's leader retorted that much of the problem of drugs and guns begins on the U.S. side of the line....
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Drug kingpin Arellano Felix gets 25-year term

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Former drug kingpin Benjamin Arellano Felix was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for leading one of the world's most brutal cartels, a Tijuana-based ring that raised Mexico's drug violence to a new level and tried to hide the bloodshed by dissolving bodies in drums of chemicals or burning them in the desert....
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Drug kingpin Arellano Felix gets 25-year term

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Former drug kingpin Benjamin Arellano Felix was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for leading one of the world's most brutal cartels, a Tijuana-based ring that raised Mexico's drug violence to a new level and tried to hide the bloodshed by dissolving bodies in drums of chemicals or burning them in the desert....
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7 dead in Christian school shooting

OAKLAND, Calif. — A 43-year-old former student of a small Christian university in California opened fire at the school Monday, killing at least seven people and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping center, authorities said.

Police Chief Howard Jordan said One ...

Lobbying justices, Obama makes his health law case

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday issued a rare, direct challenge to the Supreme Court to uphold his historic health care overhaul, weighing in with a vigorous political appeal for judicial restraint. He warned that overturning the law would hurt millions of Americans and amount to overreach by the "unelected" court....
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Cops: 7 dead, 3 hurt in Christian school shooting

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A gunman opened fire Monday at a Christian university in California, killing at least seven people, wounding three more and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping center, authorities said....
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GSA head resigns amid reports of lavish spending

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior government official resigned Monday after a report concluded her agency improperly paid for an "over-the-top" training session near Las Vegas that featured a mind reader, bicycle giveaways and lavish after-hour receptions in resort suites for federal workers....
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Feared drug cartel leader gets 25 years

Once one of the most feared and dangerous drug traffickers in the world, Benjamin Arellano-Felix, who bribed government officials in Mexico and kidnapped and killed his enemies, was sentenced Monday in federal court in San Diego to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $100 million gained through his ...

Feared drug cartel leader gets 25 years

Once one of the most feared and dangerous drug traffickers in the world, Benjamin Arellano-Felix, who bribed government officials in Mexico and kidnapped and killed his enemies, was sentenced Monday in federal court in San Diego to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $100 million gained through his ...

Loophole in law let teen drive big rig in crash

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
JORDAN, Minn. (AP) -- 17-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a semi pulling a box trailer converted into a recreational vehicle when the 57,000-pound rig crashed through a guardrail and into a Kansas ravine, killing five of the 18 people on board....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

It takes more time to deliver a baby than in the 1960s, study finds

While everything else in the modern world is go-go-go, the miracle of birth is actually taking a little longer these days.

An analysis of nearly 138,000 deliveries has found that women in the 2000s averaged 2.6 hours longer to deliver their first child than women in the 1960s, according to ...

It takes more time to deliver a baby than in the 1960s, study finds

While everything else in the modern world is go-go-go, the miracle of birth is actually taking a little longer these days.

An analysis of nearly 138,000 deliveries has found that women in the 2000s averaged 2.6 hours longer to deliver their first child than women in the 1960s, according to ...

Drug kingpin Arellano Felix gets 25-year term

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Former drug kingpin Benjamin Arellano Felix was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for leading one of the world's most brutal cartels, a Tijuana-based ring that raised Mexico's drug violence to a new level and tried to hide the bloodshed by dissolving bodies in drums of chemicals or burning them in the desert....
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Interest in 1940 US census paralyzes website

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
NEW YORK (AP) -- Interest in the newly released 1940 U.S. census is so great that the government website with the information was nearly paralyzed shortly after the records became available to the public for the first time....
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NJ wants to collect on unredeemed gift cards

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Remember that gift card you got from Aunt Francine but never spent? New Jersey would be more than happy to take it off your hands....
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NJ wants to collect on unredeemed gift cards

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 07:22
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Remember that gift card you got from Aunt Francine but never spent? New Jersey would be more than happy to take it off your hands....
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