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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-chief-justice-report-20151231-story.html
Chief Justice Roberts’ year-end report urges federal judges to pick up the pace
Chief Justice Roberts’ year-end report urges federal judges to pick up the pace U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. says too much time and money are wasted trying to resolve lawsuits in this country, and he urged federal judges to stop the “gamesmanship and procedural posturing” by lawyers that drag out litigation. ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-classified-info-theft-20170209-story.html
Former government contractor charged with stealing top-secret documents
Former government contractor charged with stealing top-secret documents A former government contractor accused in a massive theft of top secret information has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified materials. A federal grand jury in Baltimore indicted Harold T. Martin III on Wednesday on 20 counts of willf...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-college-student-shooting-suit-20181228-story.html
Prosecutor sues Justice Department over college student who was shot 59 times
Prosecutor sues Justice Department over college student who was shot 59 times A Georgia prosecutor is suing the U.S. Department of Justice over its refusal to provide information about how officers shot a schizophrenic college student 59 times. Fulton County Dist. Atty. Paul Howard said Friday that federal authorities ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-colorado-christopher-watts-sentenced-20181119-story.html
Colorado man gets life for killing pregnant wife and two daughters
Colorado man gets life for killing pregnant wife and two daughters A Colorado man was sentenced Monday to life in prison for killing his pregnant wife and their two young daughters and dumping their bodies on an oil work site. Prosecutors have said they agreed not to seek the death penalty in exchange for Christopher W...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-copslie-license-plate-20140507-story.html
‘COPSLIE’ license plate is protected by free speech, court rules
‘COPSLIE’ license plate is protected by free speech, court rules Though it might insult police officers and make them want to pull him over, a New Hampshire man’s car could soon be sporting a license plate reading “COPSLIE.” David Montenegro, whose legal name is “human,” sued the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles afte...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-dallas-officers-soldier-ptsd-20160824-snap-story.html
Soldier who killed 5 Dallas police officers showed PTSD symptoms, documents show
Soldier who killed 5 Dallas police officers showed PTSD symptoms, documents show The Army reservist who shot and killed five Dallas police officers last month showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after returning home from Afghanistan in 2014 and sought treatment for anxiety, depression and hallucinations, ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-david-duke-kkk-senate-20160722-snap-story.html
Ex-KKK leader David Duke registers to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana
Ex-KKK leader David Duke registers to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana David Duke, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, announced Friday that he plans to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana, prompting more national hand-wringing on whether Donald Trump’s inflamed rhetoric on immigrants and refugees has indirectly ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-deep-south-severe-weather-20161129-story.html
3 dead as wildfires roar through Great Smoky Mountains
3 dead as wildfires roar through Great Smoky Mountains Wildfires fueled by high winds roared through parts of the Great Smoky Mountains, burning the doorstep of the Dollywood theme park, destroying a resort and chasing thousands of people from their homes. National Guard troops arrived Tuesday to help overwhelmed firef...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-dennis-hastert-sex-abuse-trial-20160408-story.html
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert abused four teenagers, prosecutors say
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert abused four teenagers, prosecutors say Dennis Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to a person the former House speaker sexually abused when the victim was 14 years old and Hastert was working as a high school teacher and wrestling coach outside Chicago, prosecutors said in a court fil...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-drug-sentences-reduced-20140718-story.html
Federal government moves to reduce sentences of 46,000 drug offenders
Federal government moves to reduce sentences of 46,000 drug offenders The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted Friday to slash the sentences of 46,000 inmates serving time for drug offenses, the latest move by federal officials to ease decades-old policies that have clogged the nation’s prisons. If the decision is not bloc...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-dylann-roof-church-shooter-20160823-snap-story.html
Church shooting suspect Dylann Roof was ‘self-radicalized,’ authorities say
Church shooting suspect Dylann Roof was ‘self-radicalized,’ authorities say A white man charged with the shooting deaths of nine black churchgoers in Charleston “self-radicalized” in the months before the attack and grew more entrenched in his beliefs in white supremacy, according to court papers prosecutors filed this...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-ebola-texas-20141001-story.html
Dallas Ebola patient flew United; airline says ‘zero risk’ of infection
Dallas Ebola patient flew United; airline says ‘zero risk’ of infection Five elementary, middle and high school students who had contact with a man diagnosed in Dallas with Ebola are being monitored, Texas officials said Wednesday, as the search was underway for people who may have been exposed to the deadly virus. The...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-eclipse-folklore-20170821-story.html
Violence, sex and rage: There’s nothing light about the folklore of eclipses
Violence, sex and rage: There’s nothing light about the folklore of eclipses It’s not just the skies that get dark when there’s a total solar eclipse. So do we. On Monday, the United States will experience a total solar eclipse. Modern science explains that the sun disappears because the moon is passing in front of it....
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-ex-coal-ceo-prison-sentence-20160406-story.html
Former coal company CEO gets one year in prison for deadly mine blast
Former coal company CEO gets one year in prison for deadly mine blast A judge sentenced former coal executive Don Blankenship to a year in prison Wednesday for his role in the deadliest U.S. mine explosion in four decades, saying he was part of a “dangerous conspiracy.” One day after the sixth anniversary of the Upper ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-family-detention-20150726-story.html
Judge says immigrant families should be released from detention: What happens now?
Judge says immigrant families should be released from detention: What happens now? A federal judge has ruled that hundreds of immigrant women and children held in U.S. detention facilities should be released because their detention violates conditions of a 1997 court settlement that put restrictions on how migrant chil...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-g-tracking-changes-in-same-sex-marriage-20141008-htmlstory.html
Infographic: Tracking changes in same-sex marriage
Infographic: Tracking changes in same-sex marriage Where gay marriage stands Same-sex marriage legal 2015 Supreme Court rules same-sex marriage is a constitutional right Friday, June 26: In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court declared gay marriage a fundamental right. “The right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-george-w-bush-trump-russia-20170227-story.html
George W. Bush on Trump and Russia: ‘We all need answers’
George W. Bush on Trump and Russia: ‘We all need answers’ Former President George W. Bush said Monday “we all need answers” on the extent of contact between President Trump’s team and the Russian government, and he didn’t rule out the idea that a special prosecutor could be necessary to lead an investigation. The Repub...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-great-white-shark-nursery-snap-story.html
Researchers confirm there’s a great white shark ‘nursery’ off Long Island
Researchers confirm there’s a great white shark ‘nursery’ off Long Island A privately funded great white shark research group has confirmed that the waters off Long Island’s Montauk Point are a shark “nursery,” a first in the study of great whites in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, the organization and other leading scie...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-houston-immigrant-clinic-arrest-20150914-story.html
Advocates protest Latina immigrant’s arrest at Texas doctor’s office
Advocates protest Latina immigrant’s arrest at Texas doctor’s office Blanca Borrego has been living in the U.S. illegally for a dozen years, so she didn’t think she was risking arrest when she went to her gynecologist’s office this month. Her husband works and has private health insurance for the family. But sheriff’s ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-immigration-obama-fifth-circuit-20150417-story.html
Appeals court panel takes up challenge to Obama’s immigration actions
Appeals court panel takes up challenge to Obama’s immigration actions A panel of three federal appeals court judges grilled government lawyers Friday about whether to lift a temporary stay on President Obama’s executive action, which seeks to shield up to 5 million people from deportation. The judges — two appointed by...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-iran-400-million-20160818-snap-story.html
U.S. now says $400 million to Iran was contingent on release of prisoners
U.S. now says $400 million to Iran was contingent on release of prisoners The Obama administration said Thursday that a $400-million cash payment to Iran seven months ago was contingent on the release of a group of American prisoners. It is the first time the U.S. has so clearly linked the two events, which critics hav...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-jared-fogle-suit-20160902-snap-story.html
Jared Fogle, former Subway pitchman, blames victim’s parents in lawsuit
Jared Fogle, former Subway pitchman, blames victim’s parents in lawsuit Subway’s former pitchman imprisoned for child pornography and sex abuse is arguing in a court filing that the parents of one of his female victims are to blame for what he describes as her “destructive behaviors.” Jared Fogle’s motion filed Thursda...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-jim-webb-presidential-run-20150702-story.html
Jim Webb becomes fourth challenger to Hillary Clinton in Democratic field
Jim Webb becomes fourth challenger to Hillary Clinton in Democratic field Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb became the fifth Democrat to enter the 2016 presidential contest, acknowledging in his announcement Thursday that he would be a long shot against former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. “I understand the od...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-judge-dakota-pipeline-20170213-story.html
Judge denies request to halt Dakota Access pipeline work
Judge denies request to halt Dakota Access pipeline work A federal judge on Monday rejected a request by two American Indian tribes for an emergency order halting construction of the remaining section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, in Washington, D.C., said that as long as the oi...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-kalief-browder-family-20150608-story.html
Kalief Browder’s family mourns his suicide and urges reforms
Kalief Browder’s family mourns his suicide and urges reforms Arrested at 16 years old for a crime he swore he didn’t commit. Charged as an adult on suspicion of stealing a backpack. Three years in jail waiting for a trial that never happened. Kalief Browder spent two of those years in solitary confinement on New York’s...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-kansas-bar-shooting-20170223-story.html
Man shouts ‘get out of my country’ before killing one man and injuring two at Kansas bar, witnesses say
Man shouts ‘get out of my country’ before killing one man and injuring two at Kansas bar, witnesses say Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 51-year-old man with murder and attempted murder after they say he opened fire in a crowded suburban Kansas City bar, killing one man and injuring two others, but authorities decline...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-kentucky-abortion-20170109-story.html
ACLU challenges Kentucky’s new ultrasound abortion law
ACLU challenges Kentucky’s new ultrasound abortion law Fighting back against the Republican majority in Kentucky’s Legislature, abortion rights supporters filed a federal lawsuit Monday aimed at blocking a new state law that requires women to get an ultrasound and have the fetal images described to them before having a...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-las-vegas-shooting-video-20140611-story.html
Las Vegas police release disturbing video of cop killers’ last moments
Las Vegas police release disturbing video of cop killers’ last moments Las Vegas police on Wednesday released a video of Jerad and Amanda Miller in the final moments of their lives, as they lay barricaded on the floor of a Wal-Mart store Sunday, with Jerad apparently in the throes of death and his wife about to put her...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-maga-native-american-20190121-story.html
Teen denies provoking Native American protester: ‘I will not stand for this’
Teen denies provoking Native American protester: ‘I will not stand for this’ The student who stared and smiled at an elderly Native American protester drumming in his face outside the Lincoln Memorial as his schoolmates chanted and laughed said he did nothing to provoke the man in the videotaped confrontation and was o...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-measles-outbreak-20190123-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0LDJfjWLQpHbmq59-YaWVfWxEr8CMTVDTBA3f1-JNPi_-Qdr4q1tV6Yrk
An anti-vaccination ‘hotspot’ near Portland declares an emergency over measles outbreak
An anti-vaccination ‘hotspot’ near Portland declares an emergency over measles outbreak A quickly escalating measles outbreak around Portland, Ore., has led health officials in nearby Clark County, Wash., to declare a public health emergency as they warn that people infected with the highly contagious virus since the b...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-medical-marijuana-20151104-story.html
Federal judge slaps Justice Department for limits on medical marijuana
Federal judge slaps Justice Department for limits on medical marijuana A recent federal court ruling in San Francisco is a blow to Justice Department efforts to limit the sale of medical marijuana in California and 22 other states, according to legal experts and government officials. In a scathing opinion last month, U...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-melania-trump-immigration-20180621-story.html
Melania Trump visits Texas detention centers housing migrant children
Melania Trump visits Texas detention centers housing migrant children Melania Trump made an unannounced visit to a Texas facility Thursday to get a firsthand look at some of the migrant children sent there by the U.S. government after their families entered the country illegally. The first lady’s stop at Upbring New Ho...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-mexico-beach-destruction-20181014-story.html
4 days after the storm, Florida’s Panhandle is still reeling
4 days after the storm, Florida’s Panhandle is still reeling Crews with backhoes and other heavy equipment scooped up splintered boards, broken glass, chunks of asphalt and other debris in hurricane-flattened Mexico Beach on Sunday as the mayor held out hope for the 250 or so residents who may have tried to ride out th...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-michelle-obama-racist-post-20161114-story.html
Two West Virginia officials face backlash over racist post about Michelle Obama
Two West Virginia officials face backlash over racist post about Michelle Obama The director of a West Virginia development group and a mayor are under scrutiny after a racist post about First Lady Michelle Obama caused a backlash and prompted calls on social media for both women to be fired. Clay County Development Co...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-michigan-shootings-20160220-story.html
Passenger says he warned Uber of erratic driver before Kalamazoo killings began
Passenger says he warned Uber of erratic driver before Kalamazoo killings began An Uber passenger said he called police to report an erratic driver more than an hour before the driver allegedly began a series of three random shootings that killed six people in Michigan. Matt Mellen told Kalamazoo television station WWM...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-migrant-kids-psychotropic-drugs-20180731-story.html
L.A. judge says U.S. must seek consent to give migrant kids psychotropic drugs
L.A. judge says U.S. must seek consent to give migrant kids psychotropic drugs A federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. government must seek consent before administering psychotropic drugs to immigrant children held at a Texas facility. U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee in Los Angeles issued a ruling that the federal ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-milo-yiannopoulos-breitbart-resigns-20170221-story.html
Milo Yiannopoulos resigns from Breitbart News after his comments on pedophilia resurface
Milo Yiannopoulos resigns from Breitbart News after his comments on pedophilia resurface Milo Yiannopoulos, the conservative provocateur whose comments on race and gender have been assailed by Democrats and Republicans alike, resigned Tuesday from his senior editor position at Breitbart News. In recent days, nearly a d...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-minnesota-officer-charged-philando-castile-20161116-story.html
Minnesota police officer is charged with manslaughter in Philando Castile’s shooting death
Minnesota police officer is charged with manslaughter in Philando Castile’s shooting death When Philando Castile was pulled over in July near St. Paul, Minn., he calmly told the officer he had a gun and was licensed to carry it, according to prosecutors. Moments later, the officer fired on the motorist, and a bleeding ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-missing-brains-found-in-texas-20141203-story.html
Case of 100 missing brains in Texas takes an odd twist
Case of 100 missing brains in Texas takes an odd twist Like all good mysteries, the case of the 100 missing brains in Texas has taken a new twist. First, word had come that about half of the 200 brains kept at a university research center had gone absent without leave. Then a professor said Wednesday they had been loca...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-mississippi-abortion-ruling-20181121-story.html
Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, judge rules
Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, judge rules A federal judge Tuesday struck down a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, one of the most restrictive in the United States. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled that the law “unequivocally” violates women’s constitutional right...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nevada-drug-execution-20180929-story.html
Judge bans Nevada prison system from using drug in execution
Judge bans Nevada prison system from using drug in execution A judge has banned the Nevada prison system from using its supply of a drug in the lethal injection of a convicted killer. Nevada District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez wrote late Friday afternoon that state prison officials obtained drug manufacturer Alvogen’s se...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-9th-circuit-arizona-execution-case-20140721-story.html
Federal appeals court refuses rehearing on Arizona execution case
Federal appeals court refuses rehearing on Arizona execution case A federal appeals court has denied Arizona a rehearing in a capital punishment case, setting the stage for the state to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. In a ruling made public on Monday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Arizona’s r...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-affluenza-anger-lawsuits-jail-time-texas-20131219-story.html
‘Affluenza’ in Texas incites anger, lawsuits and call for jail time
‘Affluenza’ in Texas incites anger, lawsuits and call for jail time HOUSTON -- It is the Texas case with fiery elements: the fear of unequal justice, a rich kid who claimed his family’s wealth entitled him to special consideration, and the tragic death of four people in a drunk driving episode. All that and more was wr...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-air-force-oath-so-help-me-god-20140918-story.html
Air Force drops requirement to use ‘So help me God’ in oaths
Air Force drops requirement to use ‘So help me God’ in oaths There are no atheists in a foxhole, goes the old military saw, but there is a place for them in the Air Force, which has decided to make the words “So help me God,” optional in oaths. The action allows enlisted members and officers to delete the words “So hel...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-altanta-snow-storm-20140129-story.html
Snowed-in Atlanta: Drivers trapped overnight; kids sleep at school
Snowed-in Atlanta: Drivers trapped overnight; kids sleep at school ATLANTA, Ga. -- It was just a few inches of snow, but for the normally balmy South, enough of it fell to throw life into turmoil for millions of people from Louisiana to Virginia on Wednesday, trapping Atlanta motorists overnight on highways and forcing...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ariel-castro-plea-deal-possible-20130724-story.html
Plea deal talks ongoing for Cleveland kidnap suspect Ariel Castro
Plea deal talks ongoing for Cleveland kidnap suspect Ariel Castro CLEVELAND — Prosecutors and lawyers for a Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for more than a decade signaled Wednesday that they are talking about a possible plea deal. With a trial less than two weeks away, there was no men...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arizona-fire-dustin-deford-montana-jesus-20130702-story.html
Arizona firefighter Dustin DeFord, 24, had ‘simple faith in Jesus’
Arizona firefighter Dustin DeFord, 24, had ‘simple faith in Jesus’ Dustin DeFord grew up knowing God and fire. He was raised in a tiny town in southeastern Montana by a Baptist pastor who volunteered for the local fire department. Surrounded by teenagers and toddlers, Dustin — the fifth of 10 children — was always loud...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arizona-tightrope-20130623-story.html
Nik Wallenda survives tightrope walk over gorge near Grand Canyon
Nik Wallenda survives tightrope walk over gorge near Grand Canyon A career daredevil in a T-shirt and jeans completed a 1,400-foot long high-wire walk across a 1,500-foot tall gorge near the Grand Canyon on Sunday evening in a feat broadcast with a 10-second delay -- just in case. Nik Wallenda’s vertiginous feat came l...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arkansas-gay-marriage-stay-20140516-story.html
Arkansas Supreme Court halts same-sex marriages
Arkansas Supreme Court halts same-sex marriages Without explanation, the Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday halted the the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples by granting a request to stay a lower court ruling that had invalidated all laws banning gay marriage. Hundreds of gays and lesbians have married acr...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arkansas-judge-gay-marriage-20140515-story.html
Arkansas judge fixes ‘clerical error,’ officially OKing gay marriage
Arkansas judge fixes ‘clerical error,’ officially OKing gay marriage Same-sex marriages were expected to resume Thursday in parts of Arkansas after a local judge clarified a ruling he made last week that had left county clerks confused as to whether the state’s ban on gay marriage had really been struck down. Hundreds ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arkansas-stay-gay-marriage-licenses-20140514-story.html
Arkansas Supreme Court ruling leaves uncertainty on gay marriage
Arkansas Supreme Court ruling leaves uncertainty on gay marriage The Arkansas Supreme Court has refused to delay a lower court ruling last week that struck down the state’s ban on gay marriage, but also said Wednesday that a law banning clerks from giving marriage licenses to same-sex couples remained in place. The Sup...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arpaio-contempt-20150423-story.html
At hearing, Sheriff Joe Arpaio says his lawyer investigated judge’s wife
At hearing, Sheriff Joe Arpaio says his lawyer investigated judge’s wife The contempt proceeding involving Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio was always going to come down to a test of wills with the federal judge whose order in a racial profiling case had been spurned by the headstrong law enforcement chief. But the hearing...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-atari-cartridges-new-mexico-20140426-story.html
The legend is real: Hundreds of lost Atari cartridges unearthed in N.M.
The legend is real: Hundreds of lost Atari cartridges unearthed in N.M. As one online commentator put it, “This is like discovering a UFO for gaming.” The writer was referring to the dusty scene captured in a YouTube video shot in the New Mexico desert, where makers of a film documentary began digging in a landfill in ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-banksy-new-york-20131016-story.html
New Yorkers hustle to catch Banksy street art
New Yorkers hustle to catch Banksy street art NEW YORK -- New Yorkers can visit thousands of priceless works of art just about any time they want, meticulously staged and presented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Whitney. But this month, they seem to prefer to trek across the city’s boroughs, ignoring the smel...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-bao-bao-outside-first-time-national-zoo-20140402-dto-story.html
Bao Bao outside for first time at National Zoo and is not shy about it
Bao Bao outside for first time at National Zoo and is not shy about it Bao Bao, the National Zoo’s 7-month-old panda cub, would be allowed for the first time to go outside and play, the zoo announced Monday in a news release. “She may decide to stay inside the panda house,” the zoo warned. “It may take several weeks.” ...
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Hagel says U.S. acted swiftly to protect ex-POW Bowe Bergdahl’s safety
Hagel says U.S. acted swiftly to protect ex-POW Bowe Bergdahl’s safety Senior Republicans on Sunday criticized President Obama for releasing five Taliban prisoners to secure the return of an American prisoner of war, arguing that it breached longstanding U.S. policy against negotiating with terrorists. “What does this ...
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Black man’s body found hanging from tree in Mississippi
Black man’s body found hanging from tree in Mississippi Local police have called in the FBI for help in investigating the death of a 54-year-old black man found Thursday hanging from a tree in the deep woods of central Mississippi. The discovery has stunned friends and family members in this small rural town southwest ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-boise-beer-size-lawsuit-20140312-story.html
Boise arena sued over ‘large’ beer cup that held same as ‘small’
Boise arena sued over ‘large’ beer cup that held same as ‘small’ Two cups of beer are causing one big headache in Idaho. Just not the hangover kind. For years, thousands of hockey fans and other arena-goers in Idaho have paid $4 for a “small” beer, served in a squatty plastic cup, and $7 for a “large” beer, served in a...
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Border agency ousts head of internal affairs, will investigate unit
Border agency ousts head of internal affairs, will investigate unit The head of internal affairs for U.S. Customs and Border Protection was removed from his post Monday amid criticism that he failed to investigate hundreds of allegations of abuse and use of force by armed border agents, officials said. James F. Tomsche...
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Homeless Boston man turns in backpack with $42,000; charity rolls in
Homeless Boston man turns in backpack with $42,000; charity rolls in When Glen James found himself in front of a room full of reporters earlier this week, he used his time in the spotlight to thank others. He thanked the people who look after him at a homeless shelter. He thanked “every pedestrian stranger” who has giv...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-boy-drowns-carnival-victory-no-lifeguard-20131014-story.html
Boy, 6, drowns on Carnival ship; cruise line doesn’t have lifeguards
Boy, 6, drowns on Carnival ship; cruise line doesn’t have lifeguards There was no lifeguard on duty on the Carnival cruise ship on which a 6-year-old boy drowned on Sunday. Qwentyn Hunter, of central Florida, drowned on the Carnival Victory as he played with his 10-year-old brother, the Miami Herald reported. “We do no...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-bradley-manning-court-martial-20130710-story.html
Bradley Manning’s defense rests its case in WikiLeaks scandal
Bradley Manning’s defense rests its case in WikiLeaks scandal FT. MEADE, Md. — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s defense rested its case Wednesday after presenting evidence from 10 witnesses, hoping to prove the loads of material the soldier gave to WikiLeaks did not threaten national security or U.S. troops in Iraq and Afgh...
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Bradley Manning trial: Supervisor says she suspected he was a spy
Bradley Manning trial: Supervisor says she suspected he was a spy FT. MEADE, Md. -- Long before he was unmasked as the biggest leaker of classified intelligence secrets in U.S. history, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s boss, who worked with him inside a small plywood unit near Baghdad, suspected that he might be a spy. Her ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-bus-crash-indiana-20140713-story.html
Wrong-way stolen car hits Greyhound bus in Indiana, killing 1
Wrong-way stolen car hits Greyhound bus in Indiana, killing 1 A wrong-way car and a Greyhound bus collided Sunday morning on a highway in eastern Indiana, killing the car’s driver and sending 20 people to hospitals, officials said. The crash happened about 7 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 70 near the Ohio border, about 70 m...
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George W. Bush, painter, to get his first art exhibit
George W. Bush, painter, to get his first art exhibit George W. Bush, artist. The nation’s 43rd president will be showing off his new painting hobby at his presidential library in Dallas starting in April, library officials announced Tuesday. The exhibit is called “The Art of Leadership: A President’s Personal Diplomac...
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Cleveland suspect Ariel Castro: A troubling portrait emerges
Cleveland suspect Ariel Castro: A troubling portrait emerges When three young women emerged from a Cleveland home Monday evening after being held captive for about a decade, neighbors were thunderstruck. Ariel Castro, 52, who owns the home and who faces kidnapping and rape charges, was known as a sunny face, someone wh...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-cell-phone-ban-distracted-driving-20150605-story.html
Cellphone ban for driver who killed cyclist is ‘a reminder every day,’ judge says
Cellphone ban for driver who killed cyclist is ‘a reminder every day,’ judge says A Michigan judge gave an unusual sentence Thursday to a 23-year-old woman convicted of killing a bicyclist because she was distracted by her cellphone: He barred her from owning or even using a mobile phone or any other portable electroni...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-chicago-mayor-richard-daley-20140208-story.html
Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley leaves hospital after a week
Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley leaves hospital after a week Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley returned home Saturday after a one-week hospitalization in an intensive care unit because of an unspecified illness, his law firm said. Feeling ill, the 71-year-old Daley walked straight from a plane into an ambulan...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-chicago-tasers-20151230-story.html
To cut down on shootings, Chicago police to get more Tasers
To cut down on shootings, Chicago police to get more Tasers Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday rolled out his latest short-term steps to try to reduce the number of people shot by Chicago police, suggesting that training to “create more time and distance” to make tense situations “less confrontational and more conversatio...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-child-sex-abuse-siblings-20150605-htmlstory.html
Duggar scandal: What should parents do if a child touches a sibling?
Duggar scandal: What should parents do if a child touches a sibling? The scandal surrounding the Duggar family, famous for their reality TV series “19 Kids and Counting,” and who confirmed this week that one of their sons inappropriately touched girls, at least two of them his sisters, when he was a teenager, raises a ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-china-cyber-spying-20140519-story.html
China blasts ‘absurd’ U.S. charges of cyberespionage
China blasts ‘absurd’ U.S. charges of cyberespionage Chinese government officials on Monday strongly rebuked the U.S. over its claims of cyber-spying by five Chinese military officers, saying the Justice Department indictment was based on “fabricated facts” and would jeopardize U.S.-China relations. “The Chinese govern...
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Gun-obsessed, timid and his mom called him ‘baby’: What we know of Chris Harper-Mercer’s life
Gun-obsessed, timid and his mom called him ‘baby’: What we know of Chris Harper-Mercer’s life Chris Harper-Mercer has been identified by law enforcement officials as the gunman who opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., on Thursday, killing at least nine and injuring several others. Here’s what we k...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-civil-rights-act-50-years-20140702-story.html
Analysis: 50 years later, Civil Rights Act has a legacy of gain, loss and hope
Analysis: 50 years later, Civil Rights Act has a legacy of gain, loss and hope On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson went on national television to sign the Civil Rights Act, legislation born in the strife of people of color and their liberal white allies who marched, prayed and endured physical violence trying ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-coal-ash-north-carolina-20140218-story.html
North Carolina regulators order Duke Energy to contain 2nd leak
North Carolina regulators order Duke Energy to contain 2nd leak DURHAM, N.C. -- State regulators in North Carolina have ordered Duke Energy to contain a newly discovered leak of coal ash from a second storm-water pipe at a storage basin on the Dan River, where an earlier ruptured pipe released a massive coal ash spill ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-coal-ash-spill-20140221-story.html
Second North Carolina coal ash spill plugged, but concerns remain
Second North Carolina coal ash spill plugged, but concerns remain RALEIGH, N.C. -- A second ruptured stormwater pipe that has been spilling toxic coal ash into the Dan River in North Carolina and Virginia has been sealed, North Carolina officials announced late Friday. The state’s Department of Environment and Natural ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-coal-ash-water-20140206-story.html
Water safety threatened by North Carolina coal ash spill, group says
Water safety threatened by North Carolina coal ash spill, group says EDEN, N.C. – An environmental group Thursday challenged Duke Energy’s assurances that drinking water from the Dan River in North Carolina and Virginia remained safe despite a massive spill of toxic coal ash that released a deluge of murky gray sludge ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-colorado-floods-missing-20130923-story.html
Number of missing after Colorado flood dwindles to 6
Number of missing after Colorado flood dwindles to 6 It’s come down to this: Of the 1,200 people unaccounted for after historic floods deluged Colorado this month, only six remained missing as of Monday. That number plunged over the weekend as rescue crews continued to pick through the isolated mountain communities of ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-colorado-methane-leak-reduction-20131118-story.html
Colorado proposes reducing methane leaks from energy production
Colorado proposes reducing methane leaks from energy production Colorado proposed new rules Monday to reduce methane leaks from oil and gas operations, the first effort in the country to address emissions of the greenhouse gas that is a byproduct of the domestic fossil fuel boom. Carbon dioxide from the combustion of f...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-cvs-caremark-cigarettes-tobacco-20140205-story.html
CVS Caremark, No. 2 drugstore chain, will end all tobacco sales
CVS Caremark, No. 2 drugstore chain, will end all tobacco sales WASHINGTON — CVS Caremark, the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain, plans to stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its more than 7,600 retail stores by Oct. 1, a landmark decision that would make it the first national pharmacy company t...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-death-row-inmate-exonerated-20140311-story.html
After 30 years on Louisiana death row, inmate exonerated of murder
After 30 years on Louisiana death row, inmate exonerated of murder Glenn Ford, one of the nation’s longest-serving prisoners on death row, is scheduled to be freed from a Louisiana prison after he was exonerated of charges that he killed a man in 1983, his lawyers announced. A Louisiana court on Monday ordered that For...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-denver-pot-ordinance-20131014-story.html
Denver considers bringing the smell of criminality to some pot use
Denver considers bringing the smell of criminality to some pot use The Mile High City is having a tough time living up to its name. Denver is considering a city ordinance that would impose penalties of up to a year in jail and a fine of $999 for “openly” using small amounts of marijuana in public places. The ordinance ...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-dhs-head-defends-immigration-policy-20140529-story.html
Homeland Security chief to review release of immigrants convicted of crimes
Homeland Security chief to review release of immigrants convicted of crimes Under pressure from lawmakers, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Thursday he was reviewing the release from jail of thousands of immigrants in the country illegally who were convicted of crimes and faced deportation. The Department o...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-doctors-everything-possible-save-life-20131121-story.html
More in U.S. say doctors should try to save lives, no matter what
More in U.S. say doctors should try to save lives, no matter what A surging share of Americans believe that doctors should do everything possible to save a life despite concerns over the costs and consequences of such intensive care. The new survey, released Thursday by the Pew Research Center, surprised doctors and bi...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-elton-simpson-fbi-20150507-story.html
FBI sent police bulletin about Elton Simpson before Texas attack
FBI sent police bulletin about Elton Simpson before Texas attack Federal investigators learned several hours before a provocative cartoon contest in Texas that a man under investigation for extremist activities might show up and alerted local police, but had no indication that he planned to attack the event, FBI Direct...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-everyones-saying-black-girls-are-magic-20150909-htmlstory.html
Why everyone’s saying ‘Black Girls are Magic’
Why everyone’s saying ‘Black Girls are Magic’ It’s been almost two years since CaShawn Thompson told the world that black girls are “magic.” But not everyone has gotten the message. Not so long ago, mainstream news outlets published pieces saying that Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis and tennis superstar Serena Will...
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Inquiry into Colorado explosion outside NAACP is ‘high priority,’ officials say
Inquiry into Colorado explosion outside NAACP is ‘high priority,’ officials say The investigation into an improvised explosive detonated outside the Colorado Springs, Colo., NAACP office, is a high priority, El Paso County officials said Thursday. The investigation, being conducted as a joint effort with local and fede...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-faa-lifts-ground-stop-chicago-20140513-story.html
Chicago airports resume flights after smoke causes nationwide delays
Chicago airports resume flights after smoke causes nationwide delays Controllers at a Federal Aviation Administration radar center near Chicago were working Tuesday evening to clear a backlog of more than 1,000 flights that were delayed an average of three hours after a faulty fan in a women’s bathroom whirled smoke in...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-fake-twitter-account-peoria-illinois-mayor-20140417-story.html
Fake Twitter account of Peoria, Ill., mayor prompts police raid
Fake Twitter account of Peoria, Ill., mayor prompts police raid The mayor of Peoria, Ill., might have saved his Police Department and a handful of residents some grief if he had just joined Twitter. Instead, someone set up a phony but official-looking Twitter account in the name of Mayor Jim Ardis and proceeded to twee...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-fbi-artifacts-indiana-20140402-story.html
Indiana Jones? FBI finds thousands of artifacts in 91-year-old’s home
Indiana Jones? FBI finds thousands of artifacts in 91-year-old’s home The FBI set up shop at the home of a 91-year-old man near Indianapolis, saying he has thousands of artifacts and cultural items originating from at least a dozen different countries and Native American tribes – some of them acquired improperly. Agent...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ferguson-activist-arson-burglary-20141227-story.html
Well-known Ferguson activist charged with arson, burglary
Well-known Ferguson activist charged with arson, burglary St. Louis prosecutors on Saturday charged well-known Ferguson, Mo., activist Joshua Williams, 19, with setting fire to a convenience store during protests sparked by the police shooting of teenager earlier this week. St. Louis County police said in a criminal co...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ferguson-mo-protests-live-updates-from-the-scene-20140814-htmlstory.html
Live updates: In Ferguson, peaceful protests after five nights of unrest
Live updates: In Ferguson, peaceful protests after five nights of unrest Peaceful protests unfolded Thursday night in Ferguson, Mo., a marked change from five nights of unrest that included heavily armed police officers lobbing tear gas into agitated crowds. Police took a decidedly low-key approach and were mingling wi...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ferguson-protest-curfew-20140817-story.html
Missouri governor orders National Guard to help quell Ferguson unrest
Missouri governor orders National Guard to help quell Ferguson unrest Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon early Monday ordered the National Guard deployed to Ferguson, where another night of violence saw police pelted with bottles and Molotov cocktails and looters rampaging through local businesses. The executive order directs the...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ferguson-racial-history-20140815-story.html
Ferguson unrest reflects decades of racial tension in St. Louis area
Ferguson unrest reflects decades of racial tension in St. Louis area The roots of the racial unrest that has racked Ferguson, Mo., this week go back more than a century in a region that has had one foot planted in the Midwest and another in the South, historians and sociologists say. “The St. Louis metropolitan area ha...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ff-gay-rights-arizona-bill-20140220-story.html
Gay rights activists in uproar over Arizona ‘religious freedom’ bill
Gay rights activists in uproar over Arizona ‘religious freedom’ bill TUCSON -- Say a gay couple in Phoenix walks into a bakery to order their wedding cake. The baker refuses to take their order because of his deeply held religious beliefs. Under a measure that passed the Arizona Legislature this week, the baker would h...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ff-new-mexico-immigration-deportation-20140821-story.html
Nearly 300 women, children deported from immigration detention centers
Nearly 300 women, children deported from immigration detention centers Nearly 300 Central American women and children have been deported from family detention centers that opened in the wake of a recent influx of people illegally crossing the Southwest border. As of Wednesday evening, 280 women and children had been de...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ff-woman-smacked-by-giraffe-wisconsin-zoo-20140817-story.html
Woman smacked by giraffe after entering Wisconsin zoo exhibit
Woman smacked by giraffe after entering Wisconsin zoo exhibit A California woman had a close encounter with a giraffe at a Wisconsin zoo — actually, a too-close encounter, authorities said. Madison police cited Amanda Hall, 24, of San Luis Obispo, on suspicion of harassment of zoo animals after officials said she cross...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-flooding-shuts-down-major-interstate-20151231-story.html
Flooding shuts down major interstate near St. Louis
Flooding shuts down major interstate near St. Louis Officials closed a major interstate highway south of St. Louis on Thursday morning amid historic flooding that has already left at least 20 people dead. Interstate 55 near the town of Arnold was entirely closed early Thursday due to floodwaters from the Meramec River....
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-florida-execution-20130910-story.html
Florida execution delayed because of attorney general’s fundraiser
Florida execution delayed because of attorney general’s fundraiser Florida’s attorney general has apologized for prompting a delay in an execution originally scheduled for Tuesday because the date conflicted with one of her political fundraisers. State attorneys general typically march to electoral victory by preaching...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-flynn-dia-20140430-story.html
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn quits as chief of Pentagon intelligence agency
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn quits as chief of Pentagon intelligence agency Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn abruptly announced his retirement Wednesday as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, after what current and former officials said were clashes with his boss and other opponents inside the Pentagon spy service. Flynn’s dep...
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-fort-hood-memorial-20140408-story.html
Ft. Hood prepares for Obama at memorial after shooting
Ft. Hood prepares for Obama at memorial after shooting KILLEEN, Texas — Security has tightened around Ft. Hood as soldiers and their families prepared to host President Obama and other dignitaries Wednesday for a memorial honoring those killed last week when one of their own opened fire on fellow troops. Spc. Ivan Lope...