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a09faef5a3343be6bf3ed1d181919cc6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/26/freddie-gray-protest-funeral/26407267/ | Pastor: 'Someone has to pay' for Freddie Gray's death | Pastor: 'Someone has to pay' for Freddie Gray's death
The family of Freddie Gray began formally saying goodbye Sunday with a wake held hours after a largely peaceful protest over his death disintegrated into chaos on Baltimore streets.
The funeral for Gray, a black man who died one week ago of injuries sustained in pol... |
234b6f454ce173fe6c535639cee4736c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/26/supreme-court-gay-marriage/26302835/ | Long courtship leads to high court's altar for gay marriage | Long courtship leads to high court's altar for gay marriage
WASHINGTON -- When lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union filed the first federal lawsuit in 1970 seeking same-sex marriage rights, they were almost laughed out of court. "That did not work out well," recalls James Esseks, who directs the ACLU's gay ri... |
a75ab04021c62608e2e5a2bb71b805e0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/27/nepal-earthquake-everest-arizona-woman-trapped/26439559/ | Ariz. woman among those trapped on Everest after quake | Ariz. woman among those trapped on Everest after quake
PHOENIX — After this weekend's massive Nepal earthquake and aftershocks caused severe avalanches, an Arizona woman is among those stranded on Mount Everest.
Haley Ercanbrack, 32, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was trapped at Camp 2 at an elevation of 21,000 feet, according ... |
5232367e443a1345f0470eb2643eaa3a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/29/jared-foundation-exec-faces-child-porn-charges/26609805/ | Jared Foundation exec faces child porn charges | Jared Foundation exec faces child porn charges
INDIANAPOLIS — The executive director of the Jared Foundation was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of child exploitation and child pornography.
Russell Taylor, 43, was arrested and charged with three counts of child exploitation, three counts of possession of child pornogra... |
caf4d7a29cc153c3ec7b8c2db9637ef9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/01/baltimore-police-commissioner/26685431/ | Baltimore police chief: 'There is a sense of rage' | Baltimore police chief: 'There is a sense of rage'
BALTIMORE — Thursday night, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts walked alongside dozens of officers asking people to go home and to obey the city's 10 p.m. curfew.
Standing across from a burned-out CVS that has become the epicenter of protests, Batts told USA T... |
0d1ecc034332d905b8cb05dabf3dc5f4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/01/bourbon-longer-mans-drink/26735681/ | Bourbon: No longer a man's drink | Bourbon: No longer a man's drink
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In March, members of the Bourbon Women Association were presented with a survey asking how they preferred to drink bourbon.
Was their favorite drink a mint julep? A whiskey sour? A bourbon slushie?
The male master's degree student conducting the survey was probably sur... |
e0dc353db123b106b943daf50dd810c5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/03/voices-tonya-graham-freddie-gray/26775819/ | Voices: Baltimore mom's plea shines spotlight on mentoring | Voices: Baltimore mom's plea shines spotlight on mentoring
Baltimore mom Toya Graham has become a national sensation after confronting her 16-year-old son, Michael Singleton, when he didn't go straight home the day protests erupted in violence over the death of Freddie Gray.
Graham's tale is a doleful reminder of the f... |
dd45ce01f8664c154f85ecf5cb1fcae6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/05/pizza-delivery-driver-stabbed/26930607/ | Pizza guy stabbed, robbed - but still makes delivery | Pizza guy stabbed, robbed - but still makes delivery
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Spinelli's pizza delivery driver is in stable condition Monday after he was carjacked, robbed and seriously stabbed — but still managed to make his delivery.
Fortunately for Josh Lewis, he was delivering the pizza to the Norton Hospital emergency... |
1de25af245808196a2845fec07b2e8e8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/07/phoenix-mosque-terror-probes/70965798/ | Phoenix mosque is long-standing FBI target | Phoenix mosque is long-standing FBI target
PHOENIX — When Elton Simpson was convicted in federal court on charges he lied to the FBI, his case and its connection to one Phoenix mosque had a familiar ring.
Within the past 10 years, another Muslim here was convicted in federal court on similar charges while another was s... |
07b5dfb6845be1fb8932a15b9fb26109 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/08/wwii-planes-flyover-dc-restricted-airspace/26971483/ | Here's why a flyover in D.C. is such a big deal | Here's why a flyover in D.C. is such a big deal
When 56 planes flew over the National Mall Friday, they were in some of the most secure and restricted airspace in the world.
It's unique enough that those planes are fighters and bombers from WWII, but they are also flying a path that's been severely restricted since the... |
a649aee57ed9eb4103bee42322aeded1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/14/living-longer-active-aging/27252073/ | Longer lifespans bring hope, new problems | Longer lifespans bring hope, new problems
WASHINGTON — Octogenarians running marathons, or seniors skydiving to celebrate a birthday? Don't be surprised. Americans are going to continue to live longer and feel better. If you need proof of that, just look at Dixon Hemphill.
Now 90, Hemphill competed in the Washington, D... |
b5aad1873873fe675e6bf47c452c5375 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/18/waco-melee-192-arrests/27520997/ | More than 170 face charges in deadly Texas melee | More than 170 face charges in deadly Texas melee
More than 190 people were being arrested and charged Monday after a bloody melee at a Texas restaurant left nine people dead and 18 wounded, police said.
The riot at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco involved rival motorcycle gangs armed with guns, knives, clubs, chains ... |
67cbf6ca06a78f7219d0237d736bf2c1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/21/attica-prison-riot-report/27724443/ | Attica records: Inmates brutalized, denied medical treatment | Attica records: Inmates brutalized, denied medical treatment
ATTICA, N.Y. -- Shortly after noon on Sept. 13, 1971, Dr. Robert Jenks, a staff physician at Batavia's Genesee Memorial Hospital, entered hell — the Attica prison grounds where a violent state police assault hours before had left dozens of men dead and wounde... |
684c91b994c617f670a8f41d8048b59d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/21/boy-scouts-end-ban-gays/27714681/ | Boy Scout president calls for end to ban on gay leaders | Boy Scout president calls for end to ban on gay leaders
The president of the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday called for an end to the group's ban on gay troop leaders.
Robert Gates, a former secretary of Defense, told a meeting of the organization's leadership in Atlanta that "we cannot ignore the social, political a... |
da8bc1c793727716755d1c295920142c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/23/verdict-reached--officer-over-deaths--137-shot-barrage/27837075/ | Cleveland cop acquitted of deaths in 137-shot barrage | Cleveland cop acquitted of deaths in 137-shot barrage
A Cleveland police officer was acquitted Saturday of charges of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of two unarmed people in a 137-shot barrage following a high-speed car chase.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell ruled that Michael Brelo, 31... |
18124f9dc1a78965bbba20f21e82b031 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/24/john-nash-dies/27879515/ | 'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash, wife killed in crash | 'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash, wife killed in crash
John Nash, the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose life story inspired the movie A Beautiful Mind, and his wife, Alicia Nash, were killed Saturday afternoon in a car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey State Police said.
The Nashes were in a ... |
d0245b3cd2aba42fe0a2dc19d48996ff | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/25/athenahealth-epic-safety-reliability-electronic-health-records/27499877/ | Government backs down on some requirements for digital medical records | Government backs down on some requirements for digital medical records
Government regulators are backing down from many of their toughest requirements for doctors' and hospitals' use of digital medical records, just as Congress is stepping up its oversight of issues with the costly technology.
Doctors and hospitals nee... |
749bc8ca8db53e509a35a9abef55c563 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/25/patient-advocate-paints-position-electronic-health-records/27825507/ | Patient advocate fights for access to digital records through her art | Patient advocate fights for access to digital records through her art
Regina Holliday was a toy store clerk and preschool art teacher when her husband died of kidney cancer in 2009.
Despite her grief and background, Holliday has emerged as a colorful patient advocate with a command of electronic health record rules to ... |
c91d91cc523da6d9d5a145443f74d841 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/27/sc-multi-vehicle-crash/28011217/ | Multi-vehicle crash closed S.C. interstate for hours | Multi-vehicle crash closed S.C. interstate for hours
LEXINGTON, S.C. — A multiple vehicle crash and fire here shut down both directions of Interstate 26 for more than three hours Wednesday morning. As of late morning, all westbound lanes had reopened. Just before 4 p.m., the eastbound lanes reopened.
The accident, whic... |
4655fdebd224f4755ca13d1496ff3bdc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/28/newser/28064115/ | 'Father' marries 'son' after they dissolve adoption | 'Father' marries 'son' after they dissolve adoption
(NEWSER) – Norman MacArthur and Bill Novak spent the past 15 years as father and son in the eyes of the law; they'll spend the rest of their years as a married couple. The couple, together for more than 50 years, married in Pennsylvania on Sunday, Yahoo News reports. ... |
ca2a300226acc6ee7cfaa2a185c3ab35 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/28/obama-national-hurricane-center-miami-climate-change/28072791/ | Obama links hurricane force to climate change | Obama links hurricane force to climate change
Climate change may well be a factor in the increased intensity of hurricanes and other storms, President Obama said Thursday after a tour of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
"Climate change didn't cause Hurricane Sandy, but it might have made it stronger," Obama said... |
229baac7c7f6f599c26dfc75f58ed18e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/28/treasure-hunters-find-shipwreck-in-lake-michigan/28044245/ | Shipwreck discovery may lead to Great Lakes treasure | Shipwreck discovery may lead to Great Lakes treasure
FRANKFORT, Mich. — Could lost Confederate gold that was stolen after the Civil War be buried somewhere in northern Lake Michigan? Two Muskegon treasure hunters strongly believe it is.
This year's quest to find the gold has begun for Kevin Dykstra and Frederick J. Mon... |
86bd8812ff0070ab347f07b7c72a339b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/29/dead-mans-family-prison-opted-cheaper-drugs/28190755/ | Dead man's family: Prison opted for cheaper drugs | Dead man's family: Prison opted for cheaper drugs
DES MOINES, Iowa — Cindy Jones buried her son this week, still uncertain about how he died after wandering into a wooded area a few streets away from home — and questioning whether the state of Iowa gave him the help he needed.
Jessie Russell Arlo Parish's body was foun... |
0b248333a846b59a501ff9192f7be042 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/29/psychiatrist-holmes-knew-wrong/28184771/ | Psychiatrist: Holmes 'knew what he was doing was wrong' | Psychiatrist: Holmes 'knew what he was doing was wrong'
CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Aurora theater shooting defendant James Holmes' actions suggest that "he knew what he was doing was wrong," a state-appointed doctor testified Friday.
The independent psychiatrist – the prosecution and defense hired their own – said Holmes also... |
1cd8cee4580829f738e9dd8b5838392b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/30/kostigen-waterspouts-havoc/28075499/ | What to do when waterspouts wreak havoc | What to do when waterspouts wreak havoc
It took only 17 seconds for a waterspout to spin onto a Florida beach earlier this week and loft a bounce house and the three children inside it into the air.
The children were playing in the inflatable on Memorial Day in Fort Lauderdale when the rotating column of air and sea mi... |
bbfb5e920815b2f27dda6ef6041a67c2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/30/man-killed-by-fish-hawaii/28205861/ | Hawaii man impaled, killed by fish | Hawaii man impaled, killed by fish
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii man was killed Friday after he was apparently impaled by the bill of a fish, a Hawaii County fire official said.
Witnesses at Honokohau Harbor in Kailua-Kona reported that a man in his 40s jumped from the pier in an apparent attempt to catch a billfish, likely... |
12cb7391477aa60823e62979efea0091 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/30/protest-heated-peaceful-phoenix-mosque/28199545/ | Protest heated but peaceful at Phoenix mosque | Protest heated but peaceful at Phoenix mosque
PHOENIX — Police officers lined barricades separating protesters and counter-protesters who gathered outside a Phoenix mosque Friday evening in response to a planned "freedom of speech" demonstration where attendees were encouraged to bring weapons and "draw Mohammed," an a... |
f65ab161786eb8f1815315382b5bbbeb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/30/san-francisco-zoo-polar-bear/28206851/ | Pike the polar bear dies at San Francisco Zoo | Pike the polar bear dies at San Francisco Zoo
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Zoo has lost one of two polar bears.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Friday that Piké died Thursday from problems associated with old age. She was 32 years old.
The average lifespan of a polar bear is 24. The zoo's other polar bear... |
9cc3b9450ccf5170ed18ad9191376195 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/30/texas-open-carry-handguns/28206743/ | Open carry handguns will soon be legal in Texas | Open carry handguns will soon be legal in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Friday approved carrying handguns openly on the streets of the nation's second most-populous state, sending the bill to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who immediately promised to sign it and reverse a ban dating to the post-Civil War ... |
9fa826a914a1c695abc97a506d52ea8f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/31/arizona-attorney-dale-baich/28277027/ | Ariz. attorney Dale Baich fights for right to humane death | Ariz. attorney Dale Baich fights for right to humane death
PHOENIX -- At times, the federal public defender Dale Baich is brought into a death-penalty eligible murder case at its earliest stages. His job is to describe death row to the accused.
Baich describes the small cells and the solitary existence that begins to w... |
94733926cadcc43e73fabe2b4f0b21e4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/31/waco-biker-files-lawsuit/28266941/ | Biker in Waco shootout files civil rights lawsuit | Biker in Waco shootout files civil rights lawsuit
WACO -- A 30-year old father and former firefighter who is also a member of a motorcycle club has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging he was illegally swept up in the police dragnet following this month's Twin Peaks biker shootout in Waco.
Matthew Clendennen o... |
358cfc31f83d70f9c9aee73c5a4b71b4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/01/home-schooling-loopholes/28301411/ | Lack of home-schooling oversight comes under scrutiny | Lack of home-schooling oversight comes under scrutiny
DETROIT — The deaths of two Detroit children removed from public school and later found in a freezer in March has sparked debate over whether more state oversight of home-schooled students is needed to prevent tragedies.
Michigan is one of only 11 states that does n... |
48d3caae672ac1cb3609f2abdb9b5a2c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/03/supreme-court-execution-texas/28412669/ | Texas' oldest death-row inmate is executed | Texas' oldest death-row inmate is executed
WASHINGTON — A 67-year-old man convicted of killing four men more than three decades ago at a North Texas ranch has been executed.
Lester Bower is the oldest prisoner put to death in Texas since the state resumed capital punishment in 1982.
He received a lethal injection Wedne... |
5bc2731a4ad79348090e64071dda8689 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/03/tamir-rice-investigation-cleveland/28420403/ | Police complete investigation into Tamir Rice's death | Police complete investigation into Tamir Rice's death
CLEVELAND — The investigation into the shooting death of a 12-year-old black boy by a white Cleveland police officer is complete and will be handed over to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, a spokeperson for Tamir Rice's family confirmed.
The Cuyahoga County ... |
96b128dfe22e8169c4c92cc43f63a98e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/04/court-strikes-guams-sex-marriage-ban/28512629/ | Court strikes down Guam's same-sex marriage ban | Court strikes down Guam's same-sex marriage ban
HAGATNA, Guam — A federal judge on Friday struck down a Guam law that defined marriage as between couples of the opposite sex.
The decision will take effect Monday.
The ruling came in a lawsuit filed in April by Kathleen M. Aguero and Loretta M. Pangelinan after they were... |
d059ffb74b2b507414ac5f8e62ed3d14 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/06/vets-visitors-return-to-normandy-to-mark-d-day-anniversary/28594145/ | Vets, visitors return to Normandy to mark D-Day anniversary | Vets, visitors return to Normandy to mark D-Day anniversary
PARIS (AP) — Allied veterans and families of their fallen comrades gathered Saturday at the U.S. cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach to mark the 71st anniversary of the D-Day invasion that helped defeat the Nazis in World War II.
Visitors and cadets from the Unit... |
24eaafd867cc2218605ed124045ac243 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/08/service-dog-jumps-between-blind-owner-bus/28709683/?AID=10709313&PID=6151680&?utm_source=wnd&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=syndicated | Service dog jumps between blind owner, bus | Service dog jumps between blind owner, bus
Corrections & Clarifications:An earlier version of this report misstated the dog's name.
BREWSTER, N.Y. — When Figo the service dog saw an oncoming mini school bus heading for Audrey Stone, the blind woman he was trained to guide, the golden retriever's protective instincts ki... |
6abb00919b6a36704c0f0d45d3ae5c8d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/08/supreme-court-handguns/27716645/ | Supreme Court won't overrule gun ownership restrictions | Supreme Court won't overrule gun ownership restrictions
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court refused to weigh in again Monday on one of its most controversial topics: the right to bear arms.
The justices declined to reconsider the rights of local governments to constrain that right -- upheld by the high court in two landmar... |
3daa1b5d86001f20ca7d2d86a7238857 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/10/richmond-hill-blast-firefighters/28780285/ | Ind. home blast: Firefighters' testimony emotional | Ind. home blast: Firefighters' testimony emotional
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Two veteran firefighters choked on their words, trying to describe the Richmond Hill subdivision as it burned one fall night in November 2012.
A man living nearby, who rushed to the neighborhood to help, paused several times as he talked about "groun... |
276dfe3a0dcd74f6ff0dd257d2aefe1a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/12/spokane-naacp-president-ethnicity-questions/71110110/ | Parents out 'black' NAACP leader as white woman | Parents out 'black' NAACP leader as white woman
SPOKANE, Wash. — A recent investigation into racially charged threats made toward the president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane have raised questions beyond who made the threats.
On Thursday, the chapter president's parents claimed she had been deceiving people.
Ruthanne ... |
a5d83d28d2659521760d7c67abfde331 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/13/oregon-drought-emergency-kate-brown/71162340/ | Drought emergency declared for more than half of Oregon counties | Drought emergency declared for more than half of Oregon counties
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has declared drought emergencies in four more Oregon counties, bringing the total to 19.
That's more than half of the state's 36 counties and the most since 2002, when 23 counties experienced drought emergencies.
"Oreg... |
c724b16b83d5c4b5aeea6eae4ff011bd | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/15/shark-attacks/71251814/ | Shark attack deaths: How common are they? | Shark attack deaths: How common are they?
Blame it on Jaws.
The national fear of shark attacks got its start 40 years ago this summer with the release of Jaws, the movie blockbuster that unleashed the primal fear of being eaten alive while swimming.
Over the years since then, shark attacks continue to get plenty of med... |
a7ed9151bc425bb699d8e5eb96e19c59 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/17/charleston-south-carolina-shooting/28902017/ | 9 dead in shooting at black church in Charleston, S.C. | 9 dead in shooting at black church in Charleston, S.C.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nine people have died in a shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., police said early Thursday morning.
"I do believe this was a hate crime," Police Chief Gregory Mullen said.
Eight people died on the scene at the Emanuel African ... |
45652853ca482f1295818db057952ee9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/18/dining-dog-just-got-easier-ny/28958787/ | Dining out with your dog just got easier in N.Y. | Dining out with your dog just got easier in N.Y.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Farm-to-bowl biscuits, anyone?
The New York state Senate has passed legislation that would amend the state health law to allow restaurant patrons' dogs into outdoor dining areas. On Tuesday the bill passed the Assembly, and it now heads to Gov. Andre... |
9e71dd9a0a42c97faf12936490b1977e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/18/marijuana-decriminalization-bill-okd-delaware/28955055/ | Marijuana decriminalization bill OK'd in Delaware | Marijuana decriminalization bill OK'd in Delaware
WILMINGTON, Del. — Voting along party lines, the Delaware state Senate gave final approval Thursday to a measure that decriminalizes the possession and private use of small amounts of marijuana, and Gov. Jack Markell almost immediately signed the legislation into law.
T... |
63c36d573e941ae71b38c22f66c12b67 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/19/jury-awards-family-aqua-dots-trial/29016451/ | Jury awards $435K to family in Aqua Dots trial | Jury awards $435K to family in Aqua Dots trial
PHOENIX — A federal jury has sided with two Arizona parents who sued the makers of Aqua Dots after their toddler suffered critical injuries from swallowing the toy beads.
The toy, which has since been recalled, was coated with a chemical that converts into the "date-rape d... |
561bdd04259f887e8a1cbb9d430a90bf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/19/sheriff-church-protection/28996519/ | Arizona sheriff sending armed posse into black churches | Arizona sheriff sending armed posse into black churches
PHOENIX — A sheriff on trial, accused of harassing some members of a minority community, will send armed volunteer posse members into 60 black churches Sunday in response to the racially motivated attack in South Carolina earlier this week.
Maricopa County Sheriff... |
5f5c3a0c26bfe7b903b642557dc125c5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/20/melanoma-trial-begins-new-drugs-show-promise/29046873/ | Melanoma trial begins as new drugs show promise | Melanoma trial begins as new drugs show promise
PHOENIX — Joel Spatt thought his skin-cancer scare was over after a doctor removed a small growth on his cheek eight years ago.
But in 2012, the Cave Creek man began to feel pain through his arm from a disk injury in his neck. He returned to a doctor and underwent tests a... |
8eb6ed23834f67c70541e97d7935177b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/22/obama-n-word-podcast-marc-maron/29115569/ | Obama uses 'n word' to make point about race relations | Obama uses 'n word' to make point about race relations
WASHINGTON — President Obama used a racial slur to underscore his point that, while the United States has made great progress on race relations, more work needs to be done, his spokesman said Monday.
During a podcast taped last week, just days after the mass killin... |
5f1f93d8417670c8fb00c56354b473b8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/22/south-carolina-confederate-flag/29109939/ | S.C. governor calls for removing Confederate flag from Capitol grounds | S.C. governor calls for removing Confederate flag from Capitol grounds
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called Monday for the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds.
"It's time to move the flag from the Capitol grounds," Haley said to applause at a news conference, while flanked by ... |
27b82c619ffcd9012554b4afb62d06fe | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/22/supreme-court-raisin-farmer/28475623/ | Supreme Court strikes down federal raisin program as unconstitutional | Supreme Court strikes down federal raisin program as unconstitutional
WASHINGTON — Score one for the little guy.
The Supreme Court sided with a renegade raisin farmer Monday in his battle against a federal program designed to keep excess raisins off the market.
A majority of justices ruled that the Agriculture Departme... |
3ead5ca7bc82fa4900d98920aa313b09 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/23/jodi-arias-restitution-travis-alexander-family/29148029/ | Judge orders Jodi Arias to pay $32,000 to victim's family | Judge orders Jodi Arias to pay $32,000 to victim's family
PHOENIX — A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Monday ordered convicted murderer Jodi Arias to pay more than $32,000 in restitution to the siblings of Travis Alexander, the man she killed.
Arias, 34, who was sentenced to life in prison in April, did not att... |
14edc62492c9efab34fec1d4b0fafaab | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/24/anethesiologist-mock-sedated-patient-colonoscopy/29213807/ | Anesthesiologist mocked sedated patient, pays big | Anesthesiologist mocked sedated patient, pays big
(NEWSER) – It's not an uncommon practice in the smartphone era: recording instructions you need to recall later. A patient in Virginia says he used his phone to do just that prior to his April 18, 2013, colonoscopy—and accidentally left it recording during the whole pro... |
8c35c41d2b75124103620b8857f5ea3d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/25/national-cathedral-confederate-windows/29299901/ | National Cathedral to remove Confederate stained glass | National Cathedral to remove Confederate stained glass
WASHINGTON — The dean of Washington National Cathedral has called for two stained-glass windows featuring Confederate flags to be taken down from the Gothic edifice, in yet another instance of institutions reconsidering countless tributes to the Southern cause.
"It... |
97730849e5768da5299914879c81b092 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/26/churches-same-sex-marriage/29376803/ | High-court ruling won't affect church weddings | High-court ruling won't affect church weddings
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Rev. Cynthia Campbell of Highland Presbyterian Church said Friday that she looks forward to performing her church's first same-sex marriage now that Kentucky's ban on gay marriage has been lifted.
But the Rev. Steve Jester, pastor of Second Presbyteri... |
b3f2fc6b2df724fba1a4c695b460206a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/26/police-involved-shooting-unarmed-black-man-baltimore-county/29322373/ | Unarmed black man killed by Baltimore County police | Unarmed black man killed by Baltimore County police
BALTIMORE — An unarmed black man was shot and killed by Baltimore County police who answered a domestic incident call early Thursday morning.
Spencer Lee McCain, 41, was shot about 1 a.m. at a condominium in Owings Mills, Md., while a woman who said he threatened to b... |
7d2cd704494b48d85f8b67fc061c78ed | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/29/ghost-hunters-discover-body/29491251/ | Ghost hunters find woman's body at haunted hospital | Ghost hunters find woman's body at haunted hospital
VICKSBURG, Miss. - A team of ghost hunters found the body of a missing woman on Sunday as they explored the old Kuhn Memorial State Hospital in Vicksburg, a site known to be one of Mississippi's most haunted.
Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong said Sharon Wilson,... |
284a8004a4eb1a54d1d97d203bd6a629 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/29/glenn-ford-exonerated-death-row-inmate-dies/29489433/ | Glenn Ford, exonerated death row inmate, dies | Glenn Ford, exonerated death row inmate, dies
SHREVEPORT, La. — Glenn Ford, who was exonerated last year after spending nearly 30 years of his life on death row for a crime he did not commit, died of lung cancer Monday, the Innocence Project New Orleans announced. He was 65.
According to a news release, Ford died surro... |
98b642280ccbd3449b4fb9b99d0a69b0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/29/human-terrain-system-afghanistan/29476409/ | Army kills controversial social science program | Army kills controversial social science program
WASHINGTON — The Army has quietly killed a program that put social scientists on battlefields to help troops avoid unnecessary bloodshed and improve civilians' lives, an Army spokesman said Monday.
The initiative, known as the Human Terrain System, had been plagued by fra... |
90cd629045516c4a0759de02ddde2ea6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/29/michigan-firework-death/29470091/ | Man killed by firework in front of family | Man killed by firework in front of family
DETROIT — A 47-year-old man died Sunday evening in Walled Lake, Mich., when a large mortar fireworks shell he was holding to his head exploded, police said.
Walled Lake Police Chief Paul Shakinas said the man's family was devastated as it happened in front of them at about 9:14... |
40826f066b4c2e4744fe214b1988a591 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/29/supreme-court-arizona-congress-maps/27400015/ | Supreme Court strikes blow against gerrymandering | Supreme Court strikes blow against gerrymandering
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can try to remove partisan politics from the process of drawing political maps.
The decision was a victory for the proponents of independent commissions and a blow for state lawmakers who did not want to be drawn o... |
474888c490721c3f9992d4e2fd0751c9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/29/supreme-court-lethal-injection/28648145/ | Supreme Court refuses to ban controversial method of execution | Supreme Court refuses to ban controversial method of execution
WASHINGTON – A fiercely divided Supreme Court refused Monday to limit states' use of a controversial execution method that dissenters compared to being burned at the stake, leading two justices to contend that the death penalty is most likely unconstitution... |
a8926a89015ef00267c051dec86dfb5b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/30/shark-attacks-east-coast/29519371/ | Yes, the number of shark attacks is above average | Yes, the number of shark attacks is above average
The number of shark attacks across the country is slightly above average for this time of year, and many of the incidents have occurred farther north than usual.
There have been 23 attacks in 2015, of which one in Hawaii was fatal, according to data from the Internation... |
862d6e57079bf92c1aef6f4ad3c023d1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/30/wildfire-washington-wenatchee-sleepyhollowfire/29498073/ | Washington's Sleepy Hollow fire burns 24 houses, unites a neighborhood | Washington's Sleepy Hollow fire burns 24 houses, unites a neighborhood
Firefighters at a Washington wildfire that's burned 24 houses and destroyed four businesses have been so busy that they haven't been able to keep an eye on all the hot spots.
So people in one Wenatchee, Wash. neighborhood grabbed garden hoses and to... |
9f7a46525bd9ea4cf992045d9b766512 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/01/black-churches-fire-arson-south-carolina/29554075/ | Report: Fire at black church in S.C. was not arson, feds say | Report: Fire at black church in S.C. was not arson, feds say
Although arson is blamed for at least three fires over the past two weeks at several predominantly black churches in Southern states, a blaze that destroyed Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal church in South Carolina was not deliberately set, according to... |
7eb972d03619199b2175f27040d1e466 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/01/obama-cuba-raul-castro-embassy/29555255/ | Obama, Cuba announce embassy openings | Obama, Cuba announce embassy openings
WASHINGTON — While re-opened embassies will restore diplomatic ties between the United States and Cuba, full normalization requires more actions -- including an end to the trade embargo that must be approved by the Republican-run Congress.
In announcing that embassies will re-open ... |
1ca8450984183fe5f6b3672956fd048f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/06/cancer-doctor-unneeded-chemo-hearing/29772733/ | Witness: Cancer doctor's treatment 'over the top' | Witness: Cancer doctor's treatment 'over the top'
DETROIT — A metro Detroit doctor who raked in millions of dollars committing fraud against insurance companies grossly over treated hundreds of patients, sometimes giving nearly four times the recommended dosage amount of aggressive cancer drugs, a government witness te... |
4b83777bd5d424020c0bb486cebe4320 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/07/more-students-getting-college-degrees-in-high-school/29846455/ | More students getting college degrees in high school | More students getting college degrees in high school
More than one-third of Americans have earned a postsecondary degree.
Few obtain one as a teenager. But this spring, hundreds — if not thousands — of U.S. students received associate degrees before high school commencements.
Brayan Guevara said he made a goal of earni... |
b2215aa057abe6d857f5efb05dad1fdf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/07/palm-springs-decorate-fountains-california-drought/29803265/ | In water-gulping Palm Springs, the fountains are flowing | In water-gulping Palm Springs, the fountains are flowing
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. —There was a sign in front of the "Rainmaker" fountain in this resort town on Monday afternoon: "This Fountain is Dry for the Drought. Saving Water is Mandatory."
By the time you read this, that statement might not be true.
The Palm Springs C... |
bf7d280e3abcaccc0affe71b152f2116 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/08/cessna-f16-victims/29861975/ | Plane crash in S.C. the second tragedy for family | Plane crash in S.C. the second tragedy for family
The family that lost two of its own in Tuesday's S.C. military-civilian plane crash had already been reeling from another tragedy four days earlier.
Joseph Johnson, 30, and Michael Johnson, 68, from Moncks County, S.C., were identified as the victims the deadly crash no... |
02418681f9c8a8be461ea99bc706eec9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/08/south-carolina-house-debates-confederate-flag/29855017/ | S.C. Gov. Haley signs bill to remove Confederate flag | S.C. Gov. Haley signs bill to remove Confederate flag
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Confederate flag is coming down.
Gov. Nikki Haley on Thursday afternoon signed a measure to remove the controversial symbol from the grounds of the Statehouse. The flag will be taken down at 10 a.m. Friday.
After a contentious day of debate, the... |
14a51fd887ec916b8cf124eddacf6962 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/09/obama-hack-office--personnel-management/29921919/ | OPM says second hack affected more than 21M Americans | OPM says second hack affected more than 21M Americans
Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the number of people affected by the hack.
WASHINGTON — The massive hack of background check records at the Office of Personnel Management compromised the data of 21.5 million people — five t... |
8ee40cbffb5151e8f2a9e515188032d6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/10/fbi-chief-roof-gun-shooting/29966337/ | FBI chief says Roof shouldn't have been able to buy gun | FBI chief says Roof shouldn't have been able to buy gun
WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary acknowledgement of cascading bureaucratic failures, FBI Director James Comey said Friday that Dylann Roof should not have been able to purchase the gun police say he used in the June 17 Charleston, S.C., massacre.
Comey said an arr... |
471a5aa6cc59228cd13f321be36d32e5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/10/south-carolina-confederate-flag/29952953/ | South Carolina takes down Confederate flag | South Carolina takes down Confederate flag
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Confederate battle flag – a powerful symbol of slavery and the Old South that has roiled emotions in South Carolina for decades – was removed from the Statehouse grounds Friday in a brief ceremony observed by thousands kept at a distance behind metal barri... |
4ad1984716a1a65ff0a9b70a0fb6dfde | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/11/sd-tribes-pot-plans-develop-questions-remain/30036255/ | As tribe prepares to legalize marijuana, questions remain | As tribe prepares to legalize marijuana, questions remain
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Five months from now, according to the plan, Indians and non-Indians alike will be smoking marijuana on tribal lands in Flandreau.
The U.S. Justice Department told Indian tribes last December that they can grow and sell marijuana as long as t... |
15987a875da34c04e00a93c4f0b5a9e1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/11/taxpayers-shoulder-sides-ariz-redistricting-fight/30018679/ | Taxpayers shoulder both sides of $1.5M Ariz. redistricting fight | Taxpayers shoulder both sides of $1.5M Ariz. redistricting fight
PHOENIX — Arizonans paid for a win and a loss in last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision on congressional redistricting.
That's because taxpayers were on the hook for both sides of the historic legal fight — at a cost of more than $1.5 million, according ... |
839851c9f8b4f923ee515819b0635d84 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/13/man-who-threatened-boehner-found-insane/30118525/ | Man who threatened Boehner found insane | Man who threatened Boehner found insane
CINCINNATI — A federal judge on Monday found the Deer Park man who threatened to kill House Speaker John Boehner not guilty by reason of insanity.
Michael Hoyt was in the throes of a two-year battle with mental illness last fall when the former country club bartender told police ... |
ebde952854fc7fe8558fdea4704ca2f0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/15/judge-orders-video-released--police-killing-unarmed-man/30175645/ | Videos show cops killing unarmed man in L.A. suburb | Videos show cops killing unarmed man in L.A. suburb
First, a judge ruled Tuesday that disturbing videos showing Gardena, Calif., police officers fatally shooting an unarmed man should be released.
Then, the Los Angeles Times published the videos under the headline This is the video Gardena police didn't want you to see... |
029cfff89d95b2ab87eef6626466994b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/15/obama-news-conference-iran-nuclear-agreement-white-house/30179497/ | Obama: The choice is the Iran nuclear deal or war | Obama: The choice is the Iran nuclear deal or war
WASHINGTON — President Obama aggressively defended the Iran nuclear agreement against its critics Wednesday, saying it would prevent Tehran from making nuclear weapons and claiming that the alternative is military force.
"Either the issue of Iran obtaining a nuclear wea... |
89502a2ddad0c9f34cf0244ede187e1a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/16/new-mormon-temple-indiana/30237455/ | Get a rare look inside a Mormon temple | Get a rare look inside a Mormon temple
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the age of Mormon baptism.
CARMEL, Ind. — After three years of construction on a 34,000-square-foot building, a temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is ready for public viewing.
This is ... |
6b0a3a2798f4ab1233453f58f0da453b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/18/70-years-later-how-world-war-ii-changed-america/30334203/ | 70 years later: How World War II changed America | 70 years later: How World War II changed America
Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country. What they didn’t know was just how much or for how long.
In that last wartime summer of 1945, the seeds of a new America had been sown. Not just postwar America — the B... |
546521988d0790b797f72ec1a51bf4fb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/19/biotech-firm-may-change-cancer-treatment-early-testing/30395039/ | Biotech firm may change cancer treatment with early testing | Biotech firm may change cancer treatment with early testing
WILMINGTON, Del. — What if a blood sample taken by a family physician could diagnose breast cancer months — or even years — before a woman feels the first lump in her chest?
Now imagine if that diagnoses also came with a treatment plan so well-tailored to a pa... |
253f97cad8a756af5310536f0c11a45d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/19/fighter-pilot-warned-seconds-before-crash/30383275/ | Report details final seconds before deadly F-16, Cessna crash | Report details final seconds before deadly F-16, Cessna crash
The pilot of an Air Force fighter jet was warned of "traffic" ahead moments before the spectacular midair crash of his F-16 and a single-engine Cessna over South Carolina this month, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report.
The ... |
0d84d9f89e4f358763c16ae84eb70a0a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/22/bullying-whether-your-child-victim-perpetrator/30518803/ | Bullying: Whether your child is the victim or perpetrator | Bullying: Whether your child is the victim or perpetrator
Good news on the bullying front from the U.S. Department of Education: In a study released this May, fewer children aged 12 to 18 reported being targeted by bullies in 2013, only 22 percent, down from 28 percent in 2011. It’s the lowest number since the departme... |
8af4ed1c60f75c52a3700d2c6bf45b75 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/22/ferguson-set-name-new-interim-police-chief/30505031/ | Ferguson names black interim police chief | Ferguson names black interim police chief
FERGUSON, Mo. — Ferguson, Mo., which was wracked with unrest last summer after the shooting of an unarmed black teenager, named on Wednesday a black interim police chief who said his first goal was "simply to build trust" within the community.
The new chief, Andre Anderson, 50,... |
16ffd3853ebaf8f27a2080549b6988bc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/22/gay-marriage-religion-discrimination/29812729/ | Baked in the cake: Legal battles follow gay marriage ruling | Baked in the cake: Legal battles follow gay marriage ruling
DENVER — Same-sex marriage is now the law of the land. But that doesn't mean the newlyweds always get their choice of wedding cakes.
Or flowers. Or photographs. Or venues.
Just ask Jack Phillips, a "cake artist" who may represent the next legal hurdle for gay ... |
43b2a1b67ea914e25fa6af94bce6e357 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/23/army-anthrax-shipments-pentagon-army/30154545/ | Pentagon: Poor testing led to Army shipping live anthrax | Pentagon: Poor testing led to Army shipping live anthrax
In the wake of the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground shipping live anthrax - by mistake - to dozens of labs, the Pentagon has released the report of its investigation.
A Pentagon investigation blames inadequate killing and testing of anthrax specimens among the mai... |
6ffa16a443e0654ded7a2a75468cae5e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/23/justice-inspector-general-challenge/30588021/ | Justice IG: Independence undermined by disclosure limits | Justice IG: Independence undermined by disclosure limits
WASHINGTON — Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz asserted Thursday that the office's central watchdog function has been undermined by a new department legal memorandum that, he said, effectively blocks independent access to sensitive records to ... |
7f27466a56a41372d9400417dc2f6d3e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/28/quest-inclusiveness-undermining-corps-germano/30463249/ | Voices: Marines balance warrior spirit and diversity | Voices: Marines balance warrior spirit and diversity
Born inauspiciously in a Philadelphia tavern in 1775, the Marine Corps has grown into the country's preeminent 911 force, proving itself in battles from Tripoli to the streets of Fallujah, Iraq.
Along the way the Marines built a legend based on grit and raw courage. ... |
557f6448a256797981318d436af7fb54 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/29/feds-iranian-hacker-targeted-vermont-aerodynamics-firm/30860681/ | Feds: Iranian hacker targeted Vermont aerodynamics firm | Feds: Iranian hacker targeted Vermont aerodynamics firm
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A university student from Iran hacked into the computer system of a Vermont aerodynamics company to steal millions of dollars worth of software, according to federal authorities.
Nima Golestaneh, who will celebrate his 30th birthday Thursday behi... |
9e9f5da11813bb5e044acb7489169d3b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/29/michael-brown-death-anniversary/30839421/ | Ferguson preps for anniversary of Michael Brown's death | Ferguson preps for anniversary of Michael Brown's death
FERGUSON, Mo. — Several new city leaders will be on the front lines in 10 days when the #BlackLivesMatter spotlight returns here Aug. 9, the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death.
Interim Police Chief Andre Anderson started work July 22, taking a six-month... |
d0d915f2dabf23160a00e1b6497b4333 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/30/another-toxic-algae-outbreak-feared-lake-erie/30916703/ | Another toxic algae outbreak feared for Lake Erie | Another toxic algae outbreak feared for Lake Erie
CURTICE, Ohio — Scientists predict one of the most severe outbreaks yet this summer of toxic algae blooms on western Lake Erie — the type that last August disrupted the water supply of 400,000 people in Toledo and southeastern Michigan.
And while the region’s drinking w... |
cb61cb73f0509947b7c0bfb3e11890e3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/31/employment-discrimination-lgbt-community-next-frontier/29635379/ | Employment discrimination: The next frontier for LGBT community | Employment discrimination: The next frontier for LGBT community
Hundreds of advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court on June 26 to celebrate a historic decision to legalize same-sex marriage. After years of legal battles, the higher court put the issue to re... |
452c8d203c947909dc9bb2679499cd06 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/03/dubose-family-pursue-wrongful-death-claim/31078071/ | DuBose family to pursue wrongful death claim | DuBose family to pursue wrongful death claim
CINCINNATI — The mother of the man shot and killed by a fired University of Cincinnati police officer has asked a judge to allow her to oversee his interests in a wrongful death claim.
No lawsuit has been filed in connection with the July 19 killing of Samuel DuBose by ex-UC... |
a74edd6cef51f241785f4e5d49b5e790 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/04/2-airmen-idd-after-florida-training-incident/31141921/ | 2 airmen ID’d after Florida training incident | 2 airmen ID’d after Florida training incident
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Two Special Tactics airmen have died from injuries sustained in an accident Monday on Eglin Range during military free fall training.
Both airmen were rushed to local hospitals, where they later died.
Tech Sgt. Timothy A. Officer Jr., 32, was a Tactical Ai... |
b6f6695f8cf0845f7e554338de8a82a2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/04/celebrity-photog-peter-freed-prime/31143329/ | Celebrity photog Peter Freed's in his 'Prime' | Celebrity photog Peter Freed's in his 'Prime'
RYE, N.Y. — Photographer Peter Freed has a "war room" in a modern house in Rye whose expansive windows frame a spectacular view of the Long Island Sound.
What is in his war room — which occupies the dining room of his partner Beth Stevens' home — is equally extraordinary.
I... |
3376ae48a1e2be15e7eb345b6324484a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/04/ex-famu-player-police-shooting-trial/31141601/ | N.C. cop defense blames victim for shooting | N.C. cop defense blames victim for shooting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The long-awaited trial of CMPD Officer Randal Wes Kerrick began Monday morning in a Mecklenburg County courtroom.
Kerrick is charged with voluntary manslaughter for shooting and killing former Florida A&M football player Jonathan Ferrell in September of 201... |
ba7377395cc03ac43f201b3ad3f71608 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/04/park-service-names-4-new-national-historic-landmarks/31144339/ | Park Service names 4 new National Historic Landmarks | Park Service names 4 new National Historic Landmarks
DETROIT — There's no question that Lafayette Park is a Detroit landmark. Now, there's no question that it's a national one, too.
Detroit's Mid-Century Modern masterpiece on the outskirts of downtown has been named a National Historic Landmark, one of four awarded the... |
dcec04731722856ac0012352d7e267da | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/04/peanut-throwing-cop-resigns/31142469/ | Cop resigns after tossing food at handcuffed homeless man | Cop resigns after tossing food at handcuffed homeless man
SARASOTA, Fla. — A Florida police officer caught on video tossing food to a suspect at the Sarasota County jail resigned Tuesday.
Officer Andrew Halpin announced his resignation just moments before his scheduled interview with internal affairs investigators rega... |
9a9af6e0aad576ed9a3d8311e8ba10e4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/04/police-cyclist-fault-crash-killed-him/31131545/ | Police: Cyclist at fault in crash that killed him | Police: Cyclist at fault in crash that killed him
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The final state police report regarding a fatal car-bicycle crash indicates a well-known radiologist broke the law when he made a U-turn in front of a driver whom prosecutors say was driving under the influence.
Dr. Ken Najarian, 60, of Charlotte was k... |
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