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ba13e053d9b852afdf8b647a18310db5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/04/report-mass-public-shootings-rise/31071301/ | Report: Mass public shootings on rise | Report: Mass public shootings on rise
Mass public shootings have increased in frequency from 1.1 a year to 4.5 a year since the 1970s, according to a new report by the Congressional Research Service.
The report, sent to members of Congress on Friday, found that in the 1970s, mass public shootings killed roughly six peo... |
b35af0cb8ebbb7398d4d80832c0c506b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/05/4-children-killed-missouri-fire/31149813/ | 4 children killed in Missouri fire | 4 children killed in Missouri fire
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — A fire that broke out at a condo complex in central Missouri killed four children overnight. Two adults were able to escape.
The fire erupted just after 11 p.m. Tuesday at the Compass Pointe condominiums complex in Osage Beach, a community about 177 miles west of St... |
0b90ae982aa705baa061bba0d37c23b7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/05/gunman-nashville-movie-theater/31171671/ | Tenn. movie theater shooter armed with pellet gun, hatchet | Tenn. movie theater shooter armed with pellet gun, hatchet
NASHVILLE — A gunman who arrived at a suburban Nashville movie theater armed with a pellet gun, a hatchet and pepper spray had been arrested for criminal assault and had a history of mental health issues, police said. The assailant, Vincente David Montano, 29, ... |
5cfaec73e0d74b0562390b6b3a7fa8ff | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/05/norman-hall-waved-and-world-waved-back/31146711/ | Norman Hall waved, and the world waved back | Norman Hall waved, and the world waved back
LAMBERTVILLE, Mich. — He walked out to collect the mail one day, then Norman Hall turned to the traffic and waved.
The extraordinary happened: The world waved back.
For two years, the former U.S. Navy man and bus driver stood amid the stringy grass and chicory along a busy st... |
61bc7f20b0f691f63029b5841ec9ccd5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/05/reward-offered-shooting-near-nj-hip-hop-concert/31147273/ | Reward offered in shooting near N.J. hip-hop concert | Reward offered in shooting near N.J. hip-hop concert
HOLMDEL, N.J. — New Jersey State Police offered a $5,000 reward Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of the gunman who shot and critically wounded two people near a hip-hop concert at the PNC Bank Arts Center the night before.
The victims, identified as Nept... |
8ffc2a4b134263b3d939e71c6a3b2af7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/08/family-drops-lawsuit-over-sfo-runway-death--asiana-crash/31335739/ | Family drops lawsuit over SFO runway death in Asiana crash | Family drops lawsuit over SFO runway death in Asiana crash
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The parents of a teenage girl run over and killed by emergency vehicles after an Asiana Airlines crash landing at the San Francisco airport dropped their lawsuit against the city on Friday.
The parents' lawyers formally dismissed the lawsui... |
0499da1159f90d7c29865e417644859f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/10/navajo-nation-epa-mine-wastewater-spill/31399517/ | Gold mine's toxic plume extends to Utah | Gold mine's toxic plume extends to Utah
FARMINGTON, N.M. — The plume of heavy metals released last week into the Animas River from the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colo., reached Utah on Monday.
As of Monday evening, officials said the plume of contamination was southeast of Montezuma Creek, Utah, and was headed for ... |
50ac021f6bd2d9341935574019ef3d52 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/10/polyamorous-relationships-become-more-visible/31439123/ | Polyamorous relationships become more visible | Polyamorous relationships become more visible
LOUISVILLE — Her mother calls him “the man from Kentucky.”
But to Jacque Hanson of Lebanon, Ohio, Jason is more than the boyfriend her mom won’t accept.
He would be her second husband if she could get her way.
“I would marry him today if I could,” Hanson said, adding that s... |
89efc887c6456b3ab3bfb851a9070de9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/12/transgender-troops-treatment/31537791/ | Cost of treating transgender troops called negligible | Cost of treating transgender troops called negligible
WASHINGTON — Treating the military's estimated 12,800 transgender troops with hormone therapy and surgery will cost about $5.6 million a year, a tiny amount compared with overall spending on military health care, according to an article published Wednesday by the Ne... |
083c3127cd309aeeb0c56d9d707a6edb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/13/guns-relocation-law-ptr-newtown/30896025/ | From boom to near-bust: A gunmaker's cautionary tale | From boom to near-bust: A gunmaker's cautionary tale
AYNOR, S.C. — There was perhaps no more attractive small brand in the lucrative U.S. gun industry than PTR Industries.
The semi-automatic rifle maker had just announced its intention to leave Connecticut more than two years ago, when it was besieged by recruitment pr... |
2750a65b2f9e4c154cb8333c9b64f93f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/26/sandra-bland-boulevard-texas/32409847/ | Texas city names road after Sandra Bland | Texas city names road after Sandra Bland
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas — City council members here said they hope renaming a road that leads to Sandra Bland's alma mater in memory of her will serve as a constant reminder of the injustices they say she suffered in Waller County.
They also hope it's a reminder for law enforcement ... |
38914c46edaed5242930fca0b9693e4f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/26/two-dead-virginia-shooting-live-tv-social-media/32401101/ | Murder on social media: Killer wanted the world to watch | Murder on social media: Killer wanted the world to watch
The Twitter and Facebook accounts were created just last week.
Videos labeled as tests were added.
Then, as the nation learned that two journalists had been shot to death during a live TV broadcast Wednesday, the self-identified gunman used those accounts to post... |
a8e4ec319229f6e54ba7562c4cb5b80a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/27/residents-journalist-killings/32461065/ | Journalist killings like deaths in the family for viewers | Journalist killings like deaths in the family for viewers
ROANOKE, Va. — The on-air murder of a popular television reporter and her cameraman during a morning live shot Wednesday hit residents like a death in the family in this small city surrounded by rolling mountains and cattle fields.
"Every morning we watch these ... |
3e7495cd0f1cad598916b0bbe94e5d45 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/28/baltimore-convictions-challenged-secret-stingray-surveillance/71279112/ | Lawyers plan challenge to arrests based on secret cellphone tracking | Lawyers plan challenge to arrests based on secret cellphone tracking
Defense lawyers in Baltimore are examining nearly 2,000 cases in which the police secretly used powerful cellphone tracking devices, and they plan to ask judges to throw out “a large number” of criminal convictions as a result.
“This is a crisis, and ... |
25d333e4ac32b34ca9d525a08277ccfb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/28/fema-trailers-brought-shelter-problems-katrina-victims/71342988/ | FEMA trailers brought shelter, problems to Katrina victims | FEMA trailers brought shelter, problems to Katrina victims
JACKSON, Miss. — For several years after Hurricane Katrina, ads selling FEMA trailers were on the Internet and in publications.
At its peak, there were more than 45,000 temporary housing units provided to disaster survivors in Mississippi after Katrina, said Ma... |
03a5fad3db0cb9385d2321c03ea0bb38 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/31/rally-alabama-secession/71452364/ | Rally for Alabama to secede from nation falls flat | Rally for Alabama to secede from nation falls flat
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — If support for the secession of Alabama from the United States can be measured in rally attendance, it’s safe to assume Alabama won’t be seceding any time soon.
More than 300 people were expected at the Alabama Flaggers Secession Rally, according to ... |
49c1becfa069cb5721765cff4980adf3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/31/voices-scene--burning-man/71453610/ | Voices: At Burning Man, pretty much anything goes | Voices: At Burning Man, pretty much anything goes
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story overstated the relative size of Black Rock City. It would be among the ten biggest cities in Nevada.
BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. — A young woman stepped into the dusty glare of my headlights, and I realized she wa... |
d900c27932daebc3581d8d15b9b8e40d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/08/annulments-celebrities-catholic-church/71874694/ | Some high-profile people have obtained annulments | Some high-profile people have obtained annulments
The issue of annulments, now in the news after Pope Francis said he wants to simplify the procedure, has bubbled up before amid a swirl of questions including this one: Are they just for the rich and famous or can anyone get one?
One of the most high-profile people to h... |
f157960e51397317a1212d483525700c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/09/embattled-county-clerk-needs-rest/71922770/ | Embattled Ky. county clerk to return to work Monday | Embattled Ky. county clerk to return to work Monday
MOREHEAD, Ky. — Kim Davis, the embattled Kentucky county clerk at the center of a dispute over gay marriage and religious liberty, is resting at home with her family and won't return to work until next week.
"I am deeply moved by all those who prayed for me. All I can... |
d220603f766d283adb085f8d577bf759 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/09/former-nfl-players-fight-sparks-als-research/71952616/ | Former NFL player's fight sparks ALS research | Former NFL player's fight sparks ALS research
Former NFL player Steve Gleason’s fight against the disease trapping him inside his once-athletic body has helped inspire a groundbreaking research project that aims to defeat ALS.
The project, announced Wednesday, will be spearheaded by Johns Hopkins University’s Robert Pa... |
879f00c48cb2511d8a8a402a1e4a56ae | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/09/newborn-switched-reunited-family/71921234/ | Dallas couple reunited with child after baby swap | Dallas couple reunited with child after baby swap
DALLAS — A Dallas couple who said their child was switched in El Salvador have been reunited with their biological child.
And they have named him Moses.
Rich Cushworth and his wife, Mercy Casanalles, of Dallas were reunited with the baby Monday after they were given the... |
e58c5564c22c62e94b08dd9d20c6a3f9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/10/bioterrorism-military-labs-specimens-mistakes-plague-encephalitis/71888694/ | Latest military lab concerns involve plague bacteria, deadly viruses | Latest military lab concerns involve plague bacteria, deadly viruses
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's most secure laboratories may have mislabeled, improperly stored and shipped samples of potentially infectious plague bacteria, which can cause several deadly forms of disease, USA TODAY has learned.
The Centers for Disease ... |
b864c6364b7dbf4955078d3e30bcccd3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/10/obama-iran-nuclear-agreement-congres/72003758/ | Obama thanks veterans who back Iran deal | Obama thanks veterans who back Iran deal
President Obama thanked a group of veterans Thursday for backing the Iran nuclear agreement, saying they understand it is a good diplomatic alternative to the prospect of a military confrontation with Tehran.
"They know the consequences when we rush into war," Obama said after m... |
dfdbb939363dc989f710275755fb5297 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/11/after-14-years-911-memories-still-sear-heart/72054898/ | After 14 years, 9/11 memories still sear the heart | After 14 years, 9/11 memories still sear the heart
NEW YORK — It still sears the heart. And the memories still send shivers down spines and raise the hairs on arms.
On Friday morning, crowds gathered once again at the site of the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center to confront those 14-year-old memories and re... |
f03d0c98d27efcd2ee49bc6587ea469a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/12/man-dies-working-tulsa-state-fair-ride/72162434/ | Man dies working on Tulsa state fair ride | Man dies working on Tulsa state fair ride
A worker died Saturday morning while repairing a gondola ride at the Tulsa, Okla., fairgrounds.
The worker and a partner were 90 feet above the ground replacing a pulley on the ride when the maintenance bucket they were in broke loose and plummeted to the ground, Tulsa Fire Dep... |
6eb97d4b85795a719dde526a768e96bf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/15/california-wildfires-valley-fire-butte-fire/72292512/ | Firefighters race to contain Calif. wildfire before hot weather returns | Firefighters race to contain Calif. wildfire before hot weather returns
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. — Firefighters made slow progress against two fast-moving wildfires in Northern California early Tuesday, although forecasts for rain midweek signaled temporary relief in what has become a costly, intense wildfire season.
The Val... |
470b7b11badf533967d200aeab342138 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/16/jesuit-schools-thrive-pope-francis-america-trip/72314018/ | Jesuit schools thrive in USA ahead of Pope Francis' trip | Jesuit schools thrive in USA ahead of Pope Francis' trip
As he studied for the priesthood in Argentina in the mid-1960s, Jorge Mario Bergoglio followed a tradition that has long been key to members of the Society of Jesus: He served as a teacher — specifically, literature and psychology at a local Catholic high school.... |
d47205f04a72cb2c6c8f36c1f74ac23d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/17/arabic-baptist-church-tennessee/72362202/ | Arabic Baptist Church fights confusion, grasps evangelization | Arabic Baptist Church fights confusion, grasps evangelization
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The cadence of Sanaa Shehata’s prayer quickens as it goes on, her Arabic words foreign to some in Arabic Baptist Church’s pews, but her rising enthusiasm and volume obvious to all. The English translation, transmitted through an earpiec... |
9bbc7ef66ec1a54a958ebc5471a308e6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/23/indiana-state-fair-stage-collapse/72711736/ | Fair stage collapse damages before Ind. court | Fair stage collapse damages before Ind. court
INDIANAPOLIS — The question of whether the state of Indiana may still be on the hook for untold amounts of damages from the deadly stage collapse at the 2011 Indiana State Fair now rests with the Indiana Supreme Court.
The court's five justices heard arguments Wednesday mor... |
f7471b8afd02bf6f948da14444850146 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/23/nypd-traffic-queen-pope-obama-united-nations/72673690/ | For NYPD 'Traffic Queen' pope, president and UN pose a challenge | For NYPD 'Traffic Queen' pope, president and UN pose a challenge
NEW YORK — The cop known as “the Traffic Queen’’ faces her greatest gridlock challenge over the next week — visits by the pope, the president and about 200 foreign leaders leaders here for the UN General Assembly, all with police-escorted, street-clogging... |
40912f8235e983fd9a2b7bff2efe6a2c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/25/students-killed-bus-duck-vehicle-crash/72806212/ | Bus-Duck vehicle crash kills students from 4 countries | Bus-Duck vehicle crash kills students from 4 countries
SEATTLE — International students from four countries were killed Thursday in the collision of an amphibious tour vehicle and a charter bus on a bridge north of downtown, authorities said Friday.
North Seattle College, where the students were to begin classes Monday... |
829c7df50e4a52f0a40ab7e738304ef0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/26/sunday-nights-blood-moon-prediction-irksome-some-mormons/72883024/ | Sunday night’s blood moon prediction irksome for Mormon Church | Sunday night’s blood moon prediction irksome for Mormon Church
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story referred to "astrological" instead of "astronomical" in the second paragraph.
Sunday night’s blood moon has generated at least one end-of-the-world prediction that’s proving irksome for the Morm... |
0c6d439c19291be96c8d5e219a9a2602 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/10/01/officials-active-shooter-oregon-college/73153610/ | Ten killed in shooting at Ore. community college | Ten killed in shooting at Ore. community college
ROSEBURG, Ore. — Ten people were killed and another seven injured Thursday after a 26-year-old gunman opened fire in a classroom at a community college here in southern Oregon.
Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said the gunman was shot and killed during an exchange of g... |
c45f60c6dd2b721ff198f95e20b8879f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/10/10/surfer-critical-condition-after-shark-attack-hawaii/73723960/ | Surfer loses left leg after shark attack in Hawaii | Surfer loses left leg after shark attack in Hawaii
A 25-year-old Oahu man lost his left leg to a shark attack Friday while surfing off Oahu's North Shore, according to local media reports.
Colin Cook was straddling his board with both legs dangling in the water when the 10- to 12-foot shark latched onto his lower leg, ... |
f55e3265924ec51b10a1ce83466a0556 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/10/20/newser-lee-harvey-oswald/74264150/ | Verdict is in on whether Lee Harvey Oswald photo is a fake, thanks to 3D tech | Verdict is in on whether Lee Harvey Oswald photo is a fake, thanks to 3D tech
For decades, conspiracy theorists have claimed the famous "backyard photo" of Lee Harvey Oswald, which shows him holding the same type of rifle used to assassinate JFK, is a fake — a claim that Oswald himself made when he was arrested. But th... |
f59b19c5494c13692945124fb3f4ef44 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/10/27/firearms-national-tracing-center-atf/74401060/ | Millions of firearms records languish at National Tracing Center | Millions of firearms records languish at National Tracing Center
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Millions of firearm purchase records, potentially critical to tracing guns used in crimes, languish here in scores of cardboard boxes and shipping containers awaiting processing at the government's National Tracing Center.
Officials e... |
5b9987f398e4b2dfacd1bfc1a27979ca | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/11/07/record-siberian-snow-could-bode-ill-northeast/75224060/ | Record Siberian snow could bode ill for Northeast | Record Siberian snow could bode ill for Northeast
There is a theory about snow in Siberia during the month of October: If there is a lot, it can mean a particularly wicked winter in the northeast United States.
Last month, Siberia experienced record snowfall and the worst blizzard in a decade.
Above-average snow cover ... |
2664a8ddc031dfc3b7dc7bf48768b8e4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/11/29/laquan-mcdonald-chicago-police-shooting/76502818/ | Burger King: Chicago shooting video altered | Burger King: Chicago shooting video altered
A Chicago Burger King manager says that he testified before a grand jury this week about police deleting surveillance video that may have captured images of a black teenager in the moments before he was shot by a white officer there, according to local media reports.
Officer ... |
9b0b77bd11a46b4590510dba78c8e4e0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/11/30/bus-driver-charged-crash-injured-34-virginia-college-students/76567184/ | Speed linked to bus crash that injured 34 students | Speed linked to bus crash that injured 34 students
Speed was a factor in the crash of a bus that toppled off a Virginia highway ramp, injuring dozens of college students and the driver, authorities said Monday.
Bus driver Thomas Chidester, 58, was charged with reckless driving in the crash Sunday night just outside Ric... |
a959f06e1caabd0192ec8bb1ee7fb9e5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/11/30/newborn-found-buried-alive/76562500/ | Newborn found buried alive | Newborn found buried alive
(NEWSER) – Two sisters were out taking a walk in Compton, Calif., on Friday afternoon when they heard a baby crying —or was it a cat? Evangelina McCrary and Angelica Blount weren't sure, but two deputies soon responded to their call and found a newborn buried alive under rubble and pieces of ... |
17536753e11b9122877937b91da2adb0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/12/01/mayor-juneau-dead/76597078/ | Mystery swirls around death of Alaska mayor | Mystery swirls around death of Alaska mayor
Authorities in Alaska's capital city on Tuesday were investigating the mysterious death of Juneau's new mayor – and trying to tamp down intrigue swirling around the case.
Mayor Greg Fisk's adult son, Ian, found the body at his dad's home Monday afternoon and called 911, Junea... |
be235bf494f63473d1c73f093559a6e9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/12/02/women-mass-killings/76701974/ | Unusual detail in San Bernardino shooting: One suspect is a woman | Unusual detail in San Bernardino shooting: One suspect is a woman
Out of the horror that played out in San Bernardino, Calif., on Wednesday from a shooting rampage at a social services center emerged one compelling detail: One of the suspects killed by police was a woman.
Women are suspects in just 6% of mass killings ... |
010ee305afe982a5df11889d2c996ba7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/12/03/women-in-combat-defense-secretary-ash-carter/76719938/ | Military will open all combat jobs to women, Defense secretary announces | Military will open all combat jobs to women, Defense secretary announces
WASHINGTON — All U.S. military combat jobs, including infantry units and special operations, will be open to women beginning next year, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Thursday.
Carter said the decision was part of his commitment to build a... |
20ff4ab7d97a43945e7b4a3a5005093d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/12/14/connecticut-marks-3rd-anniversary-sandy-hook-horror/77277876/ | Connecticut marks 3rd anniversary of Sandy Hook horror | Connecticut marks 3rd anniversary of Sandy Hook horror
State and U.S. flags across Connecticut were flying at half-staff Monday to honor the memory of the 20 children and six school staffers fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown three years ago.
The town and the school district were handling the anniversary ... |
15ec803e3cccbc2cf54e8745ba7b1dfe | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/12/23/russian-rocket-debris-fireball/77796850/ | Fireball across western sky was debris from Russian rocket | Fireball across western sky was debris from Russian rocket
A white ball of light with a fiery tail that streaked across the night skies over Arizona was debris from a newly launched Russian rocket re-entering the earth's atmosphere, the U.S. Strategic Command said Wednesday.
The fireball, seen over Arizona, Nevada and ... |
3b40464a2b57e435411321375b41461f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/01/07/funding-ban-needle-exchanges-effectively-lifted/78420894/ | Funding ban on needle exchanges effectively lifted | Funding ban on needle exchanges effectively lifted
Congress effectively lifted the nation’s long-standing ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs, which allow intravenous drug addicts to trade dirty syringes for clean ones in the hope of preventing disease.
The measure was quietly tucked into the omnibus sp... |
89243feb1277a9133a31adbb2d69068a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/01/11/coming-america-el-chapo-could-fight-extradition-years/78622760/ | Coming to America: Why the El Chapo extradition could take years | Coming to America: Why the El Chapo extradition could take years
It took six months of hard work for Mexican authorities to track down notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán. It could take years of hard work to extradite him to the United States.
José Manuel Merino Madrid, who oversees extradition efforts in Mex... |
9953484ba2f259fb487a041051893673 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/01/26/fresno-man-could-key-stunning-california-jailbreak/79337272/ | Fresno man could be key to stunning California jailbreak | Fresno man could be key to stunning California jailbreak
The manhunt for three Southern California men who escaped an Orange County jail last week entered its fifth day Tuesday with much attention focused on an escapee who has been compared to the brutal film character Hannibal Lecter.
Hossein Nayeri, 37, had been held... |
7cb60cc8d7b398af2607278e98862b29 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/01/28/pentagon-unveils-family-friendly-initiatives/79462998/ | Pentagon unveils family-friendly initiatives | Pentagon unveils family-friendly initiatives
WASHINGTON — Female troops in all services will receive 12 weeks of maternity leave as part of a series of personnel initiatives Thursday aimed at making military careers more appealing, especially to millennials, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced.
The moves, unveiled u... |
c2f03a36cc7bf2c09a5783d36f3a4daf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/02/04/kik-messaging-app-scrutinized-wake-va-teens-murder/79826224/ | Kik messaging app scrutinized in wake of Va. teen's murder | Kik messaging app scrutinized in wake of Va. teen's murder
Federal authorities and parents are scrutinizing a popular teen messaging app following the murder of a Virginia teen who may have met her killer via the anonymous chat system.
Police arrested two Virginia Tech students in connection with the death of Nicole Lo... |
e4a98191caa39be0d19c62c323874a42 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/02/05/medicaid-across-us-matter-when-not-if-says-federal-health-chief/79887926/ | Medicaid across U.S. a matter of when, not if, says federal health chief | Medicaid across U.S. a matter of when, not if, says federal health chief
The 4 million new people who signed up for insurance on the federal HealthCare.gov exchange for 2016 are one of several signs the open enrollment period that ended Sunday was a success, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said Frida... |
e645a0ee555eda9d6a1c37dc5b0cd166 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/02/08/new-hampshire-state-police-lab-swamped-heroin-opioids/79876578/ | New Hampshire State Police: Lab swamped by heroin, opioids | New Hampshire State Police: Lab swamped by heroin, opioids
CONCORD, N.H. — Apart from the growing body count, there is no more powerful evidence of the enormous supply of heroin and fentanyl that continue to inundate this state than the thousands of yellow case files arrayed on an examination table in the state's crime... |
fe515acd09662c7b655d59d60a22926d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/02/12/ferguson-justice-department-lawsuit/80248170/ | What Ferguson faces in fighting the Justice Dept. | What Ferguson faces in fighting the Justice Dept.
WASHINGTON — The first time a Justice Department lawsuit to reform a local police department was challenged, the odds seemed stacked against Columbus, Ohio.
Federal authorities alleged that police officers had engaged in false arrests and excessive force. The actions, o... |
d1023eb99d1845df5b602982566a0e7f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/02/13/sue-klebold-columbine-shooting/80332022/ | Mother of Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold breaks silence | Mother of Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold breaks silence
The mother of one of the two perpetrators of the one of the worst school shootings in United States history is breaking her 17-year silence, saying she has been wracked with pain and guilt since the incident.
Sue Klebold spoke to ABC News’ Diane Sawyer on Friday ... |
bb2d98504b62eda4aec0b7f12ec66b7b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/02/21/scandals-dog-bolivias-evo-morales/80697326/ | Scandals dog Bolivia's Evo Morales ahead of referendum | Scandals dog Bolivia's Evo Morales ahead of referendum
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — An influence-peddling scandal involving a former lover and a deadly incident of political violence could not have come at a worse time for Bolivian President Evo Morales.
Bolivians decide in a referendum Sunday whether to amend the constituti... |
3b8e0a7f96ad55fa994608e0d6f20a32 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/02/29/almost-20-top-medals-awarded-secretly-since-911/81119316/ | Almost 20% of top medals awarded secretly since 9/11 | Almost 20% of top medals awarded secretly since 9/11
WASHINGTON — Nearly 20% of the military’s most-treasured medals have been awarded for classified missions since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, according to data obtained by USA TODAY.
The secrecy surrounding more than 200 Service Cross and Silver Star awards reflects t... |
eda8b156ae37db18d028ebe313a8802b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/07/pain-loss-infant-may-linger-forever/81351272/ | The pain from the loss of an infant may linger forever | The pain from the loss of an infant may linger forever
Five years after her third child, Eleanora, died at five months old of a congenital abnormality, Joyal Mulheron still goes to occasional therapy to process the grief and has trouble speaking publicly about her loss.
The former health policy adviser to the National ... |
7e228d4eaf40322f6737efc933d6af87 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/08/feds-call-prescription-drug-price-2014-ncrease-remarkable/81490820/ | Feds call prescription drug price 2014 increase 'remarkable' | Feds call prescription drug price 2014 increase 'remarkable'
Fast-rising drug prices coupled with the use of costlier specialty drugs were the main reasons for a nearly 13% uptick in prescription drug spending in 2014, federal health officials said Tuesday.
The Department of Health and Human Services called drug growth... |
3edacd64db3b35166ad1d6c030e9f888 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/09/pentagon-developed-unique-policy-ensure-drones-used-legally/81540412/ | Pentagon has a 'unique' policy for legal use of drones in U.S. | Pentagon has a 'unique' policy for legal use of drones in U.S.
The use of military drones over U.S. soil appears to be perfectly legal, but some question why the program has been largely shrouded in mystery and say local governments should assume more control over the practice.
The Pentagon has used spy drones over the... |
962df45056248025946a13a77ed74eea | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/16/how-water-systems-identified/81281114/ | How USA TODAY ID'd water with high lead levels | How USA TODAY ID'd water with high lead levels
To identify water systems across the country that found excessive amounts of lead in tests of users’ tap water, the USA TODAY NETWORK turned to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Information System, a repository of data that purports to include ... |
6ffd306b4a1575c43bd0de499c82069f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/16/questions-answers-water-filters-lead/81219174/ | What you need to know about water filters to remove lead | What you need to know about water filters to remove lead
Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misidentified the name of the Aquasana filter.
If you're not confident the drinking water in your home is lead free, consider buying a water filter or other treatment device.
Before you purchase a w... |
9115e09fe54a1a0eb4600919f75f14a3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/16/what-lead-levels-in-water-mean/81534336/ | How much lead in water poses an imminent threat? | How much lead in water poses an imminent threat?
The water contamination crisis in Flint, Mich., has fueled concerns about how much lead is coming out of taps in homes across the USA.
But what amount of lead in drinking water poses an urgent health risk — the kind of threat that should cause consumers to immediately st... |
cb303676ab5659e2633119281e2fa9b2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/21/pharmacy-benefit-firms-can-raise-drug-costs-despite-cheaper-choices/81767978/ | Secret deals may mean consumers pay more for drugs | Secret deals may mean consumers pay more for drugs
Secret deals often prompt drug benefit companies to cover brand-name prescriptions when equally effective generic or even over-the-counter medications are available, several drug pricing experts say.
These companies, known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), negotiate... |
77a142d55f847cc5c0e29e108ebc3e97 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/27/cop-intern-sexual-assault/82318974/ | She wanted to be a cop, until a cop did this | She wanted to be a cop, until a cop did this
(NEWSER) – The city of La Cruces, N.M., has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a federal civil lawsuit brought by a woman who was sexually assaulted by a police detective when she was a high-school intern with the department. During the trial, Diana Guerrero, who had aspired... |
cbc9a9062cd3fd95a9e9596bf074284c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/04/09/postal-service-dropping-mail-prices/82837718/ | Postal Service dropping mail prices for first time in 100 years | Postal Service dropping mail prices for first time in 100 years
Mailing letters, postcards and parcels gets cheaper Sunday as the U.S. Postal Service drops its prices for the first time in 100 years.
First-class letters will drop from 49 cents to 47 cents, and postcards from 35 cents to 34 cents.
Stamp prices typically... |
495a04689223619702bd7432da4bdc53 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/04/24/pilot-lands-solar-powered-plane-after-risky-flight-across-pacific-ocean/83462522/ | Pilot lands solar-powered plane after risky flight across Pacific Ocean | Pilot lands solar-powered plane after risky flight across Pacific Ocean
Two pilots landed a sun-powered airplane in California Saturday night, finishing the Pacific leg of their attempt to navigate around-the-world in an aircraft without using any fuel.
Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard and fellow pilot Andre Borschber... |
9d54685ec6e0c55c011643d23d627c9a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/04/27/paralyzed-bride-opens-up-pool-incident/83590900/ | 'Paralyzed bride' opens up about pool accident | 'Paralyzed bride' opens up about pool accident
(NEWSER) – Rachelle Chapman, the now-30-year-old paralyzed in 2010 when one of her best friends pushed her in the pool at her bachelorette party, is talking to People and Today in advance of a TLC documentary about her story — a documentary that reveals, among other things... |
f6561f930c8d0e112ab5b76d404674d9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/04/28/transgender-bathroom-bills-discrimination/32594395/ | The imaginary predator in America's transgender bathroom war | The imaginary predator in America's transgender bathroom war
You have to pee.
If you're like 99% of America, you look at pictograms, predictable gender binaries, to guide you toward the appropriate toilet. A person in pants on the left. A person in a dress on the right. If you're a woman, it's irrelevant that you have ... |
7d58f33b31b77825e5d7676afbc30fab | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/05/01/circus-elephants-perform-final-acts-before-retirement/83801062/ | Ringling elephants perform last show, end 145-year run | Ringling elephants perform last show, end 145-year run
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' performers spin, twirl, jump and sparkle in the colored spotlights, David Orr, 77, turns his attention elsewhere — to the mesmerized children who pack the stands, many waiting to see an elephan... |
942414ac59fc06da99d5bfcf0d5ce5be | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/05/09/americans-listed-in-panama-papers/84160016/ | Closer look at Americans named in Panama Papers | Closer look at Americans named in Panama Papers
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which produced the Panama Papers, said Monday that at least 36 Americans have been accused of fraudulently using off-shore accounts.
USA TODAY could not reach the Americans listed in the Panama Papers for comment.... |
7fd6dcf4daaa0fcad3c6e50e9d837728 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/05/11/planned-parenthood-shooting-suspect-found-not-competent-stand-trial/84243964/ | Planned Parenthood shooting suspect found incompetent to stand trial | Planned Parenthood shooting suspect found incompetent to stand trial
COLORADO SPRINGS — The man who admitted to killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic here was found incompetent to stand trial Wednesday and indefinitely confined to a state mental hospital.
Two state-appointed doctors said Robert Lewis Dear... |
e87e503d9f0c02299dbf80380f6af21b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/05/23/police-chiefs-ferguson-san-francisco/84785128/ | Amid heightened scrutiny, it's 'a precarious time' for U.S. police chiefs | Amid heightened scrutiny, it's 'a precarious time' for U.S. police chiefs
The list of local police chiefs recently ousted in the wake of personnel disputes or racially charged episodes involving officers’ conduct is long — and getting longer.
San Francisco Chief Greg Suhr, who resigned last week after the fatal police ... |
a58b427b58b0a457caf8b97bd5e9c2a6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/05/23/sen-bob-corker-says-meeting-donald-trump-policy/84795618/ | Sen. Bob Corker says meeting with Donald Trump was on policy | Sen. Bob Corker says meeting with Donald Trump was on policy
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bob Corker met privately with Donald Trump on Monday, stoking speculation the Tennessee Republican is being vetted as a possible running mate for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
Corker arrived for the meeting at Trump Tower in New ... |
edc43b258e4bc800540267f6cdc2cde8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/05/26/private-investigator-claims-casey-anthony-lawyer/84954666/ | P.I. says Casey Anthony lawyer acted unethically | P.I. says Casey Anthony lawyer acted unethically
New court papers suggest discord between a private investigator and the attorney representing Casey Anthony, the Florida woman acquitted in 2011 of her daughter's murder, according to media reports.
The investigator, Dominic Casey, said in court deposition documents rela... |
3d60e67aedbc31bc74d3e80af0f4412b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/04/muhammad-ali-hollywood-star/85426914/ | Why Ali's Hollywood star is on a wall (not the ground) | Why Ali's Hollywood star is on a wall (not the ground)
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — You'd literally need to float like a butterfly to walk on Muhammad Ali's Hollywood star.
The engraved star, which was presented in 2002, is alone on a wall, while the nearby stars of Steven Spielberg, Halle Berry and Nicole Kidman cover the Walk... |
6a0cef4bab760179bb0d25158ec26ce4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/09/stanford-rapist-scheduled-release-september/85641596/ | Prosecutor says Stanford rapist lied to judge | Prosecutor says Stanford rapist lied to judge
The Stanford University freshman convicted of raping an unconscious woman outside a fraternity lied when he told his sentencing judge he had little experience with partying prior to his arrival on campus, a prosecutor claims.
Brock Turner, now 20, was sentenced last week to... |
f8db3811626582a345abde07b6d96947 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/12/military-suicide-rates/85287518/ | Experts worry high military suicide rates are 'new normal' | Experts worry high military suicide rates are 'new normal'
Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story misidentified the university where Carl Castro is an assistant professor.
Seven years after the rate of suicides by soldiers more than doubled, the Army has failed to reduce the tragic pace of self-... |
b4f8fa5543ffedfc952e2455dc066ee0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/12/orlando-nightclub-shooting-what-we-know/85786006/ | Orlando nightclub shooting: What we know | Orlando nightclub shooting: What we know
Police and Orlando city officials said 50 people are dead and 53 are hospitalized after a gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub early Sunday.
Here is what we know so far:
• A gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub: It began around 2 a.m. Sunday as a gunbattle between a man and an... |
de759d809f72ba1c19d25b306f046882 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/12/orlando-shooting-omar-mateen-suspect/85787480/ | FBI: Orlando suspect U.S. citizen, vowed allegiance to Islamic State | FBI: Orlando suspect U.S. citizen, vowed allegiance to Islamic State
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Investigators were reviewing a range of possible terror and hate-crime links to a gunman who professed his allegiance to the Islamic State from the scene of a horrific mass shooting at a crowded Orlando nightclub early Sunday th... |
8ce7a7d662710fa78f950392da524bba | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/15/sex-scandal-claiming-california-cops-jobs/85894724/ | Oakland sex scandal fallout: Interim police chief fired | Oakland sex scandal fallout: Interim police chief fired
Oakland’s mayor fired the city’s interim police chief less than a week after appointing him to run the department amid a probe into whether dozens of officers had sex with a prostitute, including when she was underage.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Mayor Libby ... |
cd6154832cc06a4728889cd6efd2b2a0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/19/orlando-marks-week-after-pulse-massacre-tears-and-questions/86114078/ | Orlando marks week after Pulse massacre: tears and questions | Orlando marks week after Pulse massacre: tears and questions
Seven hard days after it became the site of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, Orlando remembered the fallen Sunday with pealing church bells and — from normally raucous nightclubs to Disney World — moments of silence.
An estimated 20,000 people prepare... |
f0f55e29d028109e576837403c9af570 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/23/supreme-court-drunk-driving-warrant-police-minnesota-north-dakota/85939208/ | Supreme Court divides over breath, blood tests for drunk drivers | Supreme Court divides over breath, blood tests for drunk drivers
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that suspected drunk drivers can be arrested for refusing breath tests when police lack a warrant — but they can refuse more invasive blood tests.
While sympathizing with the intention of such laws in 13 state... |
a22fe86ba993b281d1567bfc26aa50e8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/30/va-suicide-hotline-workers-veterans/86239764/ | VA suicide hotline workers ripped for failing vets | VA suicide hotline workers ripped for failing vets
More than a third of troubled veterans are not getting through to the best trained suicide-hotline staffers because of poor work habits at the Department of Veteran's Affairs' call center, according to VA emails obtained by USA TODAY.
Some workers handle only one to fi... |
2706e49d5fb00949ffd1716e9afc6e84 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/30/veterans-tie-up-va-suicide-hotline-abusive-calls/86507544/ | 4 vets tie up VA suicide hotline with abusive calls | 4 vets tie up VA suicide hotline with abusive calls
A suicide hotline struggling to assist increasing numbers of former servicemembers in crisis is being hampered by four veterans who call thousands of times per month, tying up phone lines with abusive and even vulgar comments, according to the Department of Veterans A... |
dc37a03ca520670d3a36fc43e8e58489 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/07/03/explosion-central-park-new-york-city/86654300/ | Police: Homemade explosive blast injures man in Central Park | Police: Homemade explosive blast injures man in Central Park
An 18-year-old Virginia man was seriously injured in a blast in New York's Central Park Sunday that police say could have been caused by homemade fireworks.
Police identified the injured man as Connor Golden of Fairfax, Va.
WABC-TV reported that he was critic... |
9e2fb9ea2f385d8b49382b51facaf4a9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/07/06/black-leaders-demand-state-probe-fatal-shooting-baton-rouge-police/86745562/ | New video in Alton Sterling shooting stirs anger | New video in Alton Sterling shooting stirs anger
With questions and anger bubbling up nationwide, the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights division took over the investigation Wednesday of a fatal shooting — captured on at least two graphic videos — of a black man by two Baton Rouge, La., police officers.
The move ca... |
9c742c838ce7382feb9259ee2b7a47a0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/07/11/black-lives-matter-what-what-stands/86963292/ | Black Lives Matter: A primer on what it is and what it stands for | Black Lives Matter: A primer on what it is and what it stands for
After a week of conflict in the United States that included the police-involved shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the subsequent sniper attack that left five Dallas police officers dead, the Black Lives Matter movement once agai... |
5dbb991ccc998fe3e65b41647316b94b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/07/15/thousands-christians-gather-national-mall-together-2016/87146256/ | Thousands of Christians to gather on National Mall for 'Together 2016' | Thousands of Christians to gather on National Mall for 'Together 2016'
When Nick Hall first began planning “Together 2016” several years ago, he didn’t expect it would ultimately be held during a contentious political season and in the midst of several recent acts of violence across the world.
But in some ways, the eve... |
a5f517f4cffe817b9e8935849d0fae4b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/07/26/bus-driver-admits-raping-student-walks-free/87561230/ | Bus driver admits to raping student, walks free | Bus driver admits to raping student, walks free
(NEWSER) – A 35-year-old former school bus driver won't serve time in jail after pleading guilty to raping a 15-year-old student in Hamilton County, Tenn.
On Thursday, Judge Barry Steelman accepted Alexander Rodriquez's plea deal for aggravated statutory rape, which inclu... |
7b7498541540d3bfa677628c9d5379a9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/07/29/appeals-court-north-carolina-voter-id-law-discriminatory/87728254/ | North Carolina voting restrictions struck down | North Carolina voting restrictions struck down
A federal appeals court Friday struck down North Carolina's array of voting restrictions enacted in 2013, saying they all "disproportionately affected African Americans."
The decision came a week after a similar ruling against Texas' voter ID law, giving civil rights group... |
0323e47a0922bff7a6fbef64ead074ff | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/08/21/violence-flooding-mark-historic-baton-rouge-summer/89076252/ | Violence, flooding mark historic Baton Rouge summer | Violence, flooding mark historic Baton Rouge summer
A grueling summer for Baton Rouge that started with a racially charged officer-involved shooting and the murder of three police officers is winding down amid flooded streets and a visit from President Obama.
Some residents believe the Louisiana city on the eastern ban... |
0387691909153115b154cdbae0588dd0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/09/12/grand-jury-look-into-alleged-cover-up-chicago-cops-mcdonald-case/90261368/ | Grand jury to probe alleged cover-up by Chicago cops in Laquan McDonald case | Grand jury to probe alleged cover-up by Chicago cops in Laquan McDonald case
CHICAGO — A grand jury will hear evidence of a possible cover-up by several Chicago cops at the scene of the controversial police shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, an Illinois judge said Monday.
Judge LeRoy Martin Jr., the presidi... |
26668fe3c7ae6251ec53243390dd077b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/09/27/lawyer-nathan-desai-identified-gunman-who-shot-9-houston/91161506/ | Porsche-driving lawyer was Houston shooter | Porsche-driving lawyer was Houston shooter
Police found two semiautomatic weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition but no firm reason why a Porsche-driving lawyer went on a shooting rampage in southwest Houston that concluded with his own death.
Investigators on Tuesday identified the shooter as Nathan DeSai and w... |
fb332114523949a78f5ff6b57218740b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/10/14/rare-tornado-strikes-oregon-beach-town-thousands-without-power/92059086/ | Storm brings twisters, heavy rain to Pacific Northwest | Storm brings twisters, heavy rain to Pacific Northwest
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two tornadoes touched down Friday in Oregon, including one that damaged several city blocks in the coastal town of Manzanita, as heavy rain walloped the Pacific Northwest.
The Manzanita tornado hit at around 8:20 a.m. PT and had maximum winds betwe... |
55cd2d2e3003ccd8adb1e86c518dae14 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/10/31/7-hurt-pipeline-explosion-lights-up-sky-alabama/93095064/ | 7 hurt as pipeline explosion lights up the sky in Alabama | 7 hurt as pipeline explosion lights up the sky in Alabama
HELENA, Ala. (AP) — At least seven workers were injured Monday when an explosion occurred along the Colonial Pipeline in rural Alabama, not far from where it burst last month, authorities said.
The explosion sent flames soaring over the forest about a mile west ... |
031f35e18b352345697946f0d42d2786 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/11/23/epa-big-cities-stop-killing-rats-dry-ice/94337366/ | EPA to big cities: Stop killing rats with dry ice | EPA to big cities: Stop killing rats with dry ice
An efficient, chilling new weapon in the urban war on rats may be swiftly meeting its demise after the government notified major cities that the use of dry ice as a rodenticide violates federal law.
The method of stuffing dry ice — frozen carbon dioxide — into burrows t... |
fa04b1aeec59c174ada565939e6381ff | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/12/04/deadliest-nightclub-fires-us-history/94955170/ | Deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history | Deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history
At least 24 people were killed in Oakland after a massive fire erupted during a dance party Friday night in a warehouse and artist collective. As authorities search the rubble of the converted party space, expecting the death toll to climb, here's a look at the deadliest U.S. n... |
75fe646a6b82971cdcf4b89ee540cf9c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/12/04/oakland-warehouse-fire-ghost-ship/94950350/ | Death toll rises to 33 in Oakland warehouse fire | Death toll rises to 33 in Oakland warehouse fire
OAKLAND — The death toll rose to 33 Sunday and could still climb after a massive weekend fire roared through this city's "Ghost Ship," a warehouse-turned-artist collective and popular party space.
Mayor Libby Schaaf said Alameda County District Attorney Nancy E. O’Malley... |
161efcacfa7b7c10e5650a49b4577398 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/12/07/watch-live-75th-anniversary-attack-pearl-harbor/95085236/ | Watch: 75th anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor | Watch: 75th anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor
The U.S. Navy commemorates the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor Wednesday. A moment of silence marked the local time — 7:55 a.m. Dec. 7, 1941 — when the first Japanese planes filled the skies over the harbor where most of the Navy’s Pacific battleships wer... |
e90b2927c22518f411ade1c70adf608e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/12/12/concerned-muslim-women-rethinking-hijab/95351734/ | When wearing a hijab becomes too dangerous | When wearing a hijab becomes too dangerous
Melissa Grajek was subjected to all kinds of taunts for wearing the hijab, but an incident at Discovery Lake in San Marcos, Calif., sealed the deal.
Her 1-year-old son was playing with another boy when an irate father saw her and whisked his son away, telling Grajek: “I can’t ... |
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