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Rally sentiment: Justice for Fla. teen's killing

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- One sentiment was clear among the thousands who rallied Thursday night for action in last month's fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teenager: justice....
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Houston died from drowning, coroner says

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Whitney Houston was a chronic cocaine user who had the drug in her system when she drowned in a hotel bathtub, coroner's officials said Thursday after releasing autopsy findings that also noted heart disease contributed to her death....
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USGS: Micro-quake near Wis. city bothered by booms

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A minor earthquake occurred this week near the eastern Wisconsin city where researchers have been investigating a series of unexplained booming sounds, federal geologists said Thursday....
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USGS: Micro-quake near Wis. city bothered by booms

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A minor earthquake occurred this week near the eastern Wisconsin city where researchers have been investigating a series of unexplained booming sounds, federal geologists said Thursday....
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Embattled Florida police chief takes leave

SANFORD, Fla. — The police chief and prosecutor who have been bitterly criticized for not arresting a neighborhood watch volunteer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager both left the case Thursday, with the chief saying that he is temporarily leaving his job to let passions cool.

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Butler found guilty in Conn. fake-virus extortion

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A former butler for philanthropist Anne H. Bass was found guilty on Thursday of trying to extort millions of dollars from her during an hours-long ordeal in which she and a companion were held hostage on her estate and were injected with what masked intruders claimed was a deadly virus....
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Legislature OKs bill on homemade beers and wines

MADISON, WIS. — About the only thing Kevin Flynn enjoys more than drinking his home-brewed beer is sharing it with fellow beer-club members at festivals and tasting competitions. So Mr. Flynn and his buddies were shocked to discover that Wisconsin law prohibits sharing homemade suds anywhere outside the brewer's ...

Komen still roiled by Planned Parenthood flap

DALLAS — At least five high-ranking executives with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity have resigned in the aftermath of the organization's decision, promptly rescinded, to eliminate its funding for Planned Parenthood.

The departures include three officials from Komen's Dallas headquarters, as well as CEOs ...

Bales to be charged with murder in Afghan killings

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder as well as assault and a string of other offenses in the massacre of Afghan villagers as they slept, a U.S. official said Thursday....
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Govt to keep info on Americans with no terror ties

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. intelligence community will now be able to store information about Americans with no ties to terrorism for up to five years under new Obama administration guidelines....
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Govt to keep info on Americans with no terror ties

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. intelligence community will now be able to store information about Americans with no ties to terrorism for up to five years under new Obama administration guidelines....
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Man pleads guilty in synthetic drug death

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota man who provided a synthetic drug that killed a 19-year-old and sent 10 other partygoers to the hospital last year pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree unintentional murder....
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Man pleads guilty in synthetic drug death

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota man who provided a synthetic drug that killed a 19-year-old and sent 10 other partygoers to the hospital last year pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree unintentional murder....
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Scores arrested in Vermont Yankee protest

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- A 93-year-old anti-nuclear activist was among scores of protesters arrested at the corporate headquarters of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant Thursday, the first day of the plant's operation after the expiration of its 40-year license....
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Several executives leave Komen after controversy

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
DALLAS (AP) -- At least five high-ranking executives with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity have resigned in the aftermath of the organization's decision to eliminate its funding for Planned Parenthood....
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Several executives leave Komen after controversy

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
DALLAS (AP) -- At least five high-ranking executives with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity have resigned in the aftermath of the organization's decision to eliminate its funding for Planned Parenthood....
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Several executives leave Komen after controversy

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
DALLAS (AP) -- At least five high-ranking executives with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity have resigned in the aftermath of the organization's decision to eliminate its funding for Planned Parenthood....
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APNewsBreak: Soldier had 2nd assault incident

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- A second incident involving alcohol and violence surfaced Thursday in the background of the Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 17 Afghan villagers - a 2008 accusation that he thrust a woman's hand to his crotch and fought with her boyfriend....
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Audit: Gas lines tied to fracking lack oversight

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The federal government knows nothing about thousands of miles of pipelines that tap natural gas flows released through the drilling method known as fracking, and needs to step up oversight to ensure they are running safely, government auditors say....
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Govt to keep info on Americans with no terror ties

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-05-19 21:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. intelligence community will now be able to store information about Americans with no ties to terrorism for up to five years under new Obama administration guidelines....
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