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Missouri police to fine parents for school shooting threats, fights
ST. LOUIS — As a surge of violent threats disrupt area schools, the St. John Police Department is putting its foot down.... Read More
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Too soon to elaborate on motive of murder of Eastern Kentucky judge, Gov. Beshear says
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear declined to comment on the motive behind the shooting of an Eastern Kentucky judge by a sheriff.
As a former prosecutor, Beshear said at a Friday morning news conference, it was not ...Read more
Key Bridge collapse victims, including survivor, sue Dali companies
BALTIMORE — The man who survived the March 26 Key Bridge collapse and the families of six workers who died that day simultaneously on Friday sued the companies behind the massive cargo ship that brought down the span.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs placed on suicide watch at NY jail; sources call it routine
Sean "Diddy" Combs, in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., as he awaits trial on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges, was placed on suicide watch by officials, according to sources.
The ...Read more
St. Hope schools charter renewed by Sacramento school board, with unspecified conditions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento City Unified School District board voted 6-0 to allow St. Hope Public School 7 and Sacramento Charter High School to renew their charters. Both schools will be allowed to operate ...Read more
California carbon emissions lag behind 2030 climate targets. Will new rules get us on track?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California carbon emissions are falling, but not fast enough to reach the state’s 2030 climate targets, according to data released Friday by the Air Resources Board. Leaders predicted that new and ...Read more
'They are blanketing everything': Solar plan a threat to Nevada, officials say
LAS VEGAS — As the country ramps up its stock of solar farms in the West, rural Nevada is bracing for impact. Especially so in one of the state’s most-strained water basins outside of Las Vegas.
Following the release ...Read more
Supreme Court turns down appeal to put Green Party on Nevada presidential ballot
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday turned down an appeal from the Nevada Green Party, keeping the progressive party off the state's November presidential ballot.
The justices refused to intervene and overturn the ...Read more
Parents of former Missouri student accused of threatening school facing tampering charge
ST. LOUIS — The parents of a former Ritenour School District student accused of threatening Husky Academy and taking a loaded gun to school grounds this week were charged Thursday night in connection with the incident.
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Armed guards, panic buttons: The changes coming to one Georgia hospital system
ATLANTA — Physical attacks, death threats and verbal abuse have been on the rise against nurses, doctors and other workers in health care settings. That fact made the news during the pandemic. But when the pandemic ...Read more
Israel shifts war focus to Hezbollah hurt by pager blasts
Israel’s operation against Hezbollah members in Lebanon and Syria through booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies was years in the making, and its use now ramped up a high-risk campaign aimed at deeply disrupting the ...Read more
Staff allows sexual assault of mom with dementia, saying she 'consented,' lawsuit says
A man is suing an assisted living facility, saying staff didn’t protect his mother, who has dementia, from two sexual assaults by a “dangerous” resident — and considered the assaults to be consensual.
Pamela ...Read more
Lebanon says 8 die in Israeli airstrike in Beirut suburb
An Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Iran-backed Hezbollah has a strong presence, killed eight people and wounded at least 59 others, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
The attack raises the ...Read more
Israel widens strikes against Hezbollah in 'new phase' of war
Israel carried out extensive air strikes across southern Lebanon on Thursday, stepping up hostilities after it declared a “new phase” of war against militant group Hezbollah in the area.
The Israel Defense Forces said...Read more
EU plans new €35 billion loan for Ukraine under G-7 plan
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced plans for a loan of up to €35 billion ($39.1 billion) backed by the profits from immobilized Russian central bank assets to help provide more predictable ...Read more
UC chancellors get big raises, putting them between $785,000 and nearly $1.2 million
LOS ANGELES — University of California chancellors will get big salary boosts — near or exceeding 30% in most cases — as the Board of Regents agreed Thursday that higher pay was needed to bring leaders of the nation'...Read more
Manhattan emergency response times at record highs as congestion worsens: report
NEW YORK — In their most dire moments — waiting for an ambulance, a fire truck or the police — Manhattanites are caught in a literal jam.
That’s the conclusion of a report expected Friday from State Sen. Brad ...Read more
Another California teen girl arrested as school threats spread 'like wildfire'
LOS ANGELES — Police in Riverside arrested a 15-year-old girl Wednesday who they said made violent threats on social media against Ramona High School.
The allegations come in the wake of the Riverside Police Department...Read more
Nepal’s revamped truth commissions will need to go beyond ‘ritualism’ to deliver justice to civil war victims
Nepal’s attempt to deliver justice and accountability following the country’s decade-long civil war froze more than two years ago with little progress – but a recent development has raised hopes that it could soon...Read more
Wind phones help the bereaved deal with death, loss and grief − a clinical social worker explains the vital role of the old-fashioned rotary phone
My mother died in my home in hospice in 2020, on the day my state of Washington went into COVID-19 lockdown. Her body was taken away, but none of the usual touchstones for grief were available to our family. There was ...Read more
Half of Black gay men will be diagnosed with HIV, despite highly effective preventive treatments − why?
At a pharmacy in Iowa, a 42-year-old Black gay man couldn’t find a medication he needed. The pharmacist, a white woman, told him they didn’t stock that medication. But while he waited to pay for his other purchases,...Read more
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