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4a2213a89e4bdd810ec485f9a76a7f3e | https://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-venezuela-election-20131209-story.html | Venezuela’s ruling socialists survive electoral test | Venezuela’s ruling socialists survive electoral test
CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Nicolas Maduro’s socialists captured a majority of the mayorships in contention in weekend elections, according to preliminary results, a significant victory that analysts say will give him the political backing he needs to make policy... |
04eb79d13b9fd766bd4476d2b6bb6332 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/09/13/great-dane-michigan-worlds-tallest-dog/1567907/ | Great Dane from Michigan is world's tallest dog | Great Dane from Michigan is world's tallest dog
OTSEGO, Mich. (AP) -- A Great Dane from Michigan is doggone tall.
The Guinness World Records 2013 book published Thursday recognizes Zeus of Otsego, Mich., as the world's Tallest Dog.
The 3-year-old
measures 44 inches from foot to shoulder.
Standing on his hind legs, Zeus... |
fec863ddb5be16af8fa92af6ed4f01cd | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/10/16/meningitis-steroids-deaths-cdc/1636999/ | 19 more meningitis cases linked to steroid injections | 19 more meningitis cases linked to steroid injections
Nineteen more cases of fungal meningitis infections related to contaminated steroid injections were reported Tuesday, bringing the national total to 233 in 15 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Fifteen have died.
The newly-reported cases ar... |
0b0d95ee1711f4bde5e4614f4ec30c1d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/11/12/syria-rebel-opposition-group/1699917/ | New Syrian opposition group recognized by Gulf council | New Syrian opposition group recognized by Gulf council
ANTAKYA, Turkey – The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council says it has recognized the new broad-based Syrian opposition group as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people.
Monday's statement is the first formal recognition for the newly united opposition g... |
3b501a02845fae97177e2943aac697de | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/11/17/camden-homicide-record/1711157/ | Camden, N.J., sets homicide record | Camden, N.J., sets homicide record
CAMDEN, N.J. — The city of Camden set a grim record Friday, with its 59th homicide of the year.
The latest victim was shot dead in the city's Fairview section around 11:30 a.m, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.
Additional details were not immediately available, but r... |
4093604117ef949206f8db9a24d97e18 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/12/16/obama-prayer-vigil-connecticut-school-shooting/1773031/ | Obama: 'We will have to change' | Obama: 'We will have to change'
President Obama told survivors of the Connecticut elementary school shooting on Sunday that the nation's "love and prayers" are with them and their children -- and told the nation that "we will have to change" to prevent such horror in the future.
"We can't tolerate this any more," Obama... |
9d9655b2c12399a97eb7afdc675a95b0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/12/27/iowa-immigrant-drivers-licenses/1795427/ | Iowa stance on immigrant driver's licenses criticized | Iowa stance on immigrant driver's licenses criticized
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Immigrant advocates are criticizing Thursday's decision by the Iowa Department of Transportation to deny driver's licenses to young people whom the Obama administration has allowed to stay and work in this country.
However, state officials say th... |
bc93ceddebac4802a0d6855c0c40483b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/12/29/more-turn-to-tea/1798157/ | More turn to tea as benefits become known | More turn to tea as benefits become known
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Worldwide, tea is the second-most-popular drink, after water. But in this coffee-crazed nation, it's long been a subordinate brew.
Until now.
Tea's popularity is growing across America as scientists and the public learn more about its bountiful health benefit... |
fa85aa35bbc3440f724f2b42e16426ea | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/12/29/mourners-honor-iowa-slain-girl/1798269/ | Mourners honor slain Iowa girl's short life | Mourners honor slain Iowa girl's short life
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- In Lyric Cook-Morrissey's family, goodbyes always end with a hug, a kiss and an "I love you," relatives say.
On Saturday afternoon, loved ones, friends and neighbors said goodbye for the final time to a girl who loved singing with her cousins, swimming wi... |
dafe56fe6e70a9e45e2d6bccc6bd6c17 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/03/05/fla-hazing-death-robert-champion/1964835/ | New charges give hope to parents in FAMU hazing death | New charges give hope to parents in FAMU hazing death
ATLANTA — The parents of former Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion said Tuesday that they are encouraged by the upgraded charges in their son's hazing death.
"I definitely think it's a step in the right direction," said Pamela Champion. "I'm more enco... |
7695d557940cb5e528ce5f410991b155 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/03/26/supreme-court-dog-sniffing-drug-case/2020743/ | High court rules against drug-sniffing dog search | High court rules against drug-sniffing dog search
Correction: A previous version of this post stated an incorrect outcome of the case.
A drug-sniffing dog at your doorstep is a step too far, the Supreme Court has decided.
While the high court had ruled last month that a Florida police officer's use of a drug-sniffing d... |
e974c14061ca6565b6b2887796914036 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/04/24/bombing-marathon-suspect-says-attacks-were-not-rehearsed/2110491/ | Boston suspect: No rehearsal before attacks carried out | Boston suspect: No rehearsal before attacks carried out
The deadly Boston Marathon attacks were launched without a rehearsal before the coordinated bombs were detonated seconds apart, the surviving suspect has told federal investigators.
A federal law enforcement official, who has been briefed on the matter, said Dzhok... |
9a717735ec61bfcf5246b3d479d60b17 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/05/15/teen-suicide-thwarted-tumblr/2160673/ | Life saved as an online mystery is solved | Life saved as an online mystery is solved
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. -- As soon as Jackie Rosas saw the post, she knew the threat was real. Rosas had followed the blog of this teenage girl for about a year, and the posts were laced with depression.
Rosas, 18, had seen anonymous bullies send the girl hurtful messages on Tum... |
14111ea344394faf9da27a3ef416c6b1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/05/16/nashville-show-state-incentives/2165233/ | 'Nashville's future in Music City is up in the air | 'Nashville's future in Music City is up in the air
NASHVILLE — As ABC's Nashville looks toward a new season and a new producer, a key question remains: Will the series be filmed in Music City next season?
The filming this year was estimated to have a $40 million impact on the local economy, and state and city officials... |
b93337985c87836339bed91775f7915b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/05/21/celebrate-recovery-12-step-program/2346409/ | Program helps heal 'hurts, hang-ups and habits' | Program helps heal 'hurts, hang-ups and habits'
DES MOINES — A 12-step program offered in 20,000 churches around the world adds religion to the mix to help heal people suffering from addiction and abuse.
The program addresses not just alcoholism and drug addiction, but codependency, depression, eating disorders, gambli... |
c5ed977cb1b8f6c6b99a4267618bc171 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/05/23/london-machete-attack/2353557/ | First Take: London in shock after brutal machete attack | First Take: London in shock after brutal machete attack
LONDON — "You people will never be safe."
The United Kingdom woke up Thursday with the words of the man suspected of carrying out the first fatal terrorist attack on home soil since the July 7, 2005 bombings ringing in its ears.
Britain has a well-trodden reputati... |
447e4a390546957d6304154634c5863a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/05/28/television-china-beach/2367887/ | 25 years later, 'China Beach' earns your respect | 25 years later, 'China Beach' earns your respect
Whatever happened to China Beach?
The show, created by William Broyles Jr. and John Sacret Young, ran on ABC from 1988 to 1991. It told the story of the 510th Evacuation Hospital and the people who staffed it during the Vietnam War.
Critics lauded the show for its intens... |
c31f0fe5bb97c1878c6ac97d7120f5f3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/06/10/missing-girl-iowa/2410427/ | Officials to compare abduction to unsolved Iowa cases | Officials to compare abduction to unsolved Iowa cases
DES MOINES -- State investigators in coming months will conduct a painstaking examination of potential similarities between the kidnapping and murder of a Dayton teenager and missing person cases in Iowa, a state official said Monday.
Potential connections are alrea... |
d5201b736d8eafaa23f633abcff834f2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/06/25/zimmerman-trial-trayvon-neighborhood-watch/2455163/ | Trial turns to Zimmerman's neighborhood-watch role | Trial turns to Zimmerman's neighborhood-watch role
SANFORD, Fla. — The trial of George Zimmerman focused Tuesday on whether the former neighborhood watch volunteer targeted others for alleged suspicious activities.
Zimmerman, 29, faces life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder. The former criminal justice stu... |
439473237d552da3566dd3c5c76a2237 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/06/28/bloomberg-police-minorities-stops/2474261/ | Bloomberg: Police stop minorities 'too little' | Bloomberg: Police stop minorities 'too little'
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday that police "disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little" as compared to murder suspects' descriptions, sparking criticism from activists and some politicians in a city that has been immersed in a de... |
3152cb6f6d0b66e9c009f38b8e2b9330 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/06/29/gretchen-wilson/2473889/ | 'Redneck Woman' Gretchen Wilson shifts gears | 'Redneck Woman' Gretchen Wilson shifts gears
NASHVILLE -- In country music, as in most things, what goes up must come down.
Unless you're George Strait.
And Gretchen Wilson isn't George Strait.
So, after three No. 1 albums — including her 2004 five-times-platinum debut Here for the Party — Gretchen Wilson came down. Ha... |
3fa0d3dcfc84444d724d912022a2ef76 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/10/14/obama-reid-mcconnell-boehner-pelosi/2980695/ | Senators say debt, shutdown deal is near | Senators say debt, shutdown deal is near
WASHINGTON — Senate leaders said Monday they are close to an agreement to reopen government and avoid an unprecedented U.S. debt default before the Thursday deadline.
"We hope with good fortune and the support of all you (senators) —recognizing how hard this is for everybody — t... |
b2c100fcbfc4ab550cfbd400a2e3077c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/10/31/halloween-13-costumes-party/3323323/ | These 13 things will make your day magical on Halloween | These 13 things will make your day magical on Halloween
In honor of the holiday, here are 13 things you should check out for Halloween:
1) Kelly Ripa twerked. Ellen DeGeneres was half naked. And don't even get us started on Matt Lauer in a bathing suit for his version of Pamela Anderson on Baywatch. Awkward. See photos... |
cbba1cf7e7cfc0a2296eb62d03dae69a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/12/20/london-apollo-theatre/4139959/ | Britain probes ceiling collapse at popular theater | Britain probes ceiling collapse at popular theater
LONDON — British officials were trying to establish Friday what led to the collapse of the ceiling at the packed Apollo Theatre in the heart of London's West End, injuring at least 76 people.
Investigators are still assessing the damage and trying to find out what happ... |
9f4721e417025becbe59382bb80e9245 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/12/31/viral-videos-2013/4263203/ | Watch: Our favorite viral videos of 2013 | Watch: Our favorite viral videos of 2013
It was a year of hilarity and creativity from all corners of the internet. From companies stretching their advertising muscle, to out-of-this-world oddities, viral videos made a big impact in 2013.
Watch our video as we honor the best, and keep your eyes online to see who makes ... |
61f765d79d90e58eb8a08367b542e1ce | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/01/17/freedom-industries-files-for-bankruptcy-following-last-weeks-chemical-spill/4587805/ | Freedom Industries files for bankruptcy after spill | Freedom Industries files for bankruptcy after spill
Freedom Industries, the chemical company behind the toxic leak that tainted West Virginia's Elk River and forced 300,000 state residents and businesses to go without water for several days, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday.
The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing will ... |
e29ab71dd31c44366bf418a8a2672f90 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/02/10/squirrel-water-ski/5363481/ | This squirrel can water ski | This squirrel can water ski
We thought it was urban legend, but no, there really is a squirrel that can water ski. While Twiggy (that's his name) doesn't do any tricks in the water, we guess we should go easy on him since, well, he's a squirrel that can water ski.
Watch the video to check out his aquatic skills at the ... |
5106bde6628555c843dcf71387d2e7af | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/03/22/newser-snail-pain-killers/6736001/ | Newly created drug has 100 times morphine's power | Newly created drug has 100 times morphine's power
Move over, morphine. Someday, we may be turning to carnivorous snails for our pain-killing needs, a study suggests. Australian researchers have found that a drug made using venom from ocean-dwelling cone snails may be 100 times as powerful as top painkillers morphine an... |
6e24237af165515dbf0ccef72d294fcc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/03/31/evening-news-roundup/7120319/ | All the news you missed Monday | All the news you missed Monday
HealthCare.gov meltdown: Glitches on crucial deadline day
Consumers who waited until today to enroll for insurance on the federal HealthCare.gov were out of luck, and the problem still may not be fixed: The tools to set up new accounts and enroll are functioning erratically and some peopl... |
b34a5316169368d17edc05719c43ca71 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/03/31/five-things-to-know-monday/7085405/ | 5 things you need to know on Monday | 5 things you need to know on Monday
Baseball season in full swing
Baseball season really swings into action today when 26 teams are at bat and there's plenty of peanuts and Cracker Jacks. Sunday's U.S. opener was just one game. Play ball at mlb.usatoday.com. Check out a database of interesting MLB stats and salaries, t... |
a4e4fab67237550435eeed3942cbf5af | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/04/14/evening-news-roundup/7705735/ | Catch up: All the news you missed today | Catch up: All the news you missed today
'Washington Post,' 'The Guardian' share Pulitzer Prize for NSA coverage
The Washington Post and The Guardian will share the prestigious public service prize for unveiling government secrets about spying by the National Security Agency. Their stories were based on documents handed... |
8914ce78e42f6d97178fc7335c10a54b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/04/26/threepeat/8193977/ | USA TODAY Threepeat: Best viral videos of the week | USA TODAY Threepeat: Best viral videos of the week
Welcome USA TODAY Video Threepeat, a round up of the best viral videos of the week. Maybe you've seen them already, maybe not. But they are all definitely worth watching again. So without further holdup, here are our picks for top viral videos of the week.
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714642b3cd1b5e6da244dc1ba0310795 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/05/21/evening-news-roundup/9377829/ | Catch up: All the news you missed today | Catch up: All the news you missed today
80 U.S. troops join search for kidnapped Nigerian girlsThe U.S. is trying to help Nigeria #bringbackourgirls. Eighty tservicemembers are headed to neighboring Chad to join the international search for the almost 300 Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Islamist radical grou... |
e707b8b58fa236d1b49fe56c8d44ce53 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/06/06/threepeat-best-video/10111615/ | USA TODAY Threepeat: Best videos of the week | USA TODAY Threepeat: Best videos of the week
Welcome to USA TODAY Video Threepeat, a round up of the best viral videos of the week. Maybe you've seen them already, maybe not. But they are all definitely worth watching again. So without further holdup, here are our picks for top viral videos of the week.
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aa9a53a82782ed26f8d5deec3aae1a2a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/06/07/obama-putin-ukraine-poroshenko-g-7/10120083/ | Obama, Putin face uncertain standoff over Ukraine | Obama, Putin face uncertain standoff over Ukraine
PARIS — The U.S-Russian standoff over Ukraine moves into a new phase this weekend, with fresh rules and an uncertain path forward.
During this week's trip to Europe, President Obama and Group of Seven colleagues made new demands on Russian President Vladimir Putin and t... |
d3da80a6946b083a3a8b6cb7fc761e28 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/07/06/drones-commercial-usage-illegal-faa-real-estate-realtors-developers/12262513/ | Real estate agents pushing legal limits with drone use | Real estate agents pushing legal limits with drone use
Real estate agents are increasingly taking their work to the skies, using remote-controlled aircraft to film bird's-eye-view video tours of homes, land and commercial properties.
It's a great way to interest potential buyers, agents say.
The only problem: They're f... |
c1cb949f2b7f06ca315094702547f540 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/08/04/inspiration-nation-camp-middle-east-teens/13577707/ | Camp plants seeds of peace with Middle East teens | Camp plants seeds of peace with Middle East teens
On the same day an airstrike near a school in Gaza killed ten people, there were teenagers from Israel and Palestine meeting in the United States, singing each other's national anthems, raising their country's flags, and planting the seeds of friendship.
For the last 22... |
a84c55d94e3026f94f67b7233e35e789 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/08/11/obama-iraq-nouri-al-maliki-haider-al-ibadi-fouad-massoum/13912597/ | Obama lauds new Iraq leaders, despite al-Maliki protest | Obama lauds new Iraq leaders, despite al-Maliki protest
President Obama praised the designation of a new prime minister in Iraq on Monday, despite the protests of current office occupant Nouri al-Maliki.
"This is an important step towards forming a new government that can unite Iraq's different communities," Obama told... |
5f2fe5c921edcfd563eda31329d91fbf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/09/18/science-uncovers-story-slaves-zoo-property/15845447/ | Science uncovers story of slaves on zoo property | Science uncovers story of slaves on zoo property
They were relatively young people of African descent, worn down by years of hard labor.
Six of them had arthritis. One man walked with a limp, and a woman endured fractured vertebrae in her lower spine. A young, probably heavyset man had a damaged hip — and maybe sickle ... |
bb2356e3d2e5dd4297c0ec41e88e0634 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/10/17/commander-biden-knew-drug-test-coming/17463959/ | Hunter Biden drug test: Sailors warned | Hunter Biden drug test: Sailors warned
There should have been no question in Hunter Biden's mind about the possibility of a random drug test.
So says the commander of the Norfolk, Va.-based unit where Vice President Joe Biden's youngest son was assigned until his February discharge due to a drug test failure a month af... |
f071c336d4d9f489110dba7eae5d5d6a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/12/19/sony-the-interview-hackers-gop/20635449/ | Obama: Sony 'did the wrong thing' when it pulled movie | Obama: Sony 'did the wrong thing' when it pulled movie
WASHINGTON – Sony did the wrong thing when it backed down and pulled The Interview in the face of North Korean hacker threats, President Obama said at his new conference Friday.
"I wish they had spoken to me first," he said. "I would have told them do not get into ... |
6c01050b2136768bdd2ad5b6b8573891 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/12/30/year-in-review-united-states/20489635/ | Year in review: 50 stories from 50 states | Year in review: 50 stories from 50 states
When the year ends, we reflect. We look back at the stories that changed the national conversation, the people who inspired us, the painful events we bore witness to, and the shifts in public opinion that showed us how America is evolving on issues both big and small.
As 2014 c... |
9d5ed5ef32de4d8e3ca848df03fbcc57 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/12/31/new-years-day-deadliest-for-pedestrians/21106307/ | New Year's Day is deadliest day to be a pedestrian | New Year's Day is deadliest day to be a pedestrian
(NEWSER) – New Year's Eve culminates in a circus of drunk drivers and pedestrians going home after a night of merry-making — and experts say drunk pedestrians are eight times more likely to be killed on the way than drunk drivers. New Year's Day is the most dangerous d... |
bdf15b775cc58b43f4caeffb028c4163 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/09/inspiration-nation-bagpipe-boy-father/21466029/ | Self-taught 7-yr-old shocks family with bagpipe skills | Self-taught 7-yr-old shocks family with bagpipe skills
CLEBURNE, Tx. - Lots of little boys want to be like their dads, from mowing the lawn and playing basketball to shaving and driving cars.
So when 7-year-old Luke Stewart took an interest in his firefighter dad's new hobby, it wasn't all that surprising. But the new ... |
675b7ec380356de5a3b5e1ba8d83dfbf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/15/body-found-palm-desert/21834449/ | Family: 'Very loved' Omar Meza has passed away | Family: 'Very loved' Omar Meza has passed away
The coroner's office has confirmed the death of Omar Meza, a Los Angeles man missing since Jan. 8.
The 33-year-old financial executive's body was found in a pond at the JW Marriott Desert Springs resort in Palm Desert Thursday afternoon.
No other information, including pos... |
2b5cd489d18d3b64bc7eca43941584f9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/18/disney-measles-spreads/21953767/ | Disneyland measles outbreak continues to spread | Disneyland measles outbreak continues to spread
A measles outbreak that started at Disneyland in California is spreading further across the country and into Mexico as people who were infected on their vacations take the virus home to unvaccinated family members.
More than four dozen people in four states have been diag... |
51e7017fe0b27881499b3c0f9dbf4e79 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/21/bacteria-deadly-endoscope-contamination/22119329/ | Deadly bacteria on medical scopes trigger infections | Deadly bacteria on medical scopes trigger infections
Editor's note: This story originally was published January 21, 2015, at 6:21 p.m. EST. It has been updated to add video and links.
The deadly pattern of illnesses began to emerge in 2012 at hospitals in Seattle, Pittsburgh, Chicago. In each case, the culprit was a ba... |
bcec374033a1f799b51cb1380a8fe96e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/21/blue-cross-blue-shield-knee-hip-surgery-rates-vary-widely/21999929/ | Surgery costs vary wildly -- even in same area | Surgery costs vary wildly -- even in same area
The cost of having a knee or hip replaced varies wildly and can be up to four times more in one place than another -— even in the same area, a report out Wednesday found.
A total knee replacement averaged about $31,000 in 64 markets where Blue Cross Blue Shield analyzed it... |
53eb426d36c3d4ae215796751b70f3c2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/21/police-redoubling-efforts-to-recruit-diverse-officers/21574081/ | Police redouble efforts to recruit diverse officers | Police redouble efforts to recruit diverse officers
Police departments, spurred by widespread protests against racial profiling and police brutality, are boosting efforts to recruit more non-white officers, but tight budgets and strained relationships with communities of color have made it difficult for authorities to ... |
8a4a41c1df32d272552d5546b608860b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/22/ntsb-crash-recommendations-faa-video-deployable-recorders/22152303/ | NTSB recommends ways to find plane crashes faster | NTSB recommends ways to find plane crashes faster
WASHINGTON — In an effort to find plane crashes faster and learn more from them, the National Transportation Safety Board made eight recommendations Thursday to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The proposals include installing cockpit video recorders, preventing any... |
36c9e94f5e4afbcdaad5c685539d1f81 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/29/measles-outbreak-dangerousness/22521529/ | Measles has infected 84 people in 14 states this year | Measles has infected 84 people in 14 states this year
A resort such as Disneyland, where visitors mix with people from all over the world before flying home, is the perfect place to start a nationwide measles epidemic, public health experts say.
Yet a Disneyland measles outbreak that has spread to eight states and Mexi... |
334d85b646d49d9c55eb0dccc028fe77 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/02/bakery-same-sex-oregon-fined-wedding-cake/22771685/ | Bakery risks large fine for anti-gay discrimination | Bakery risks large fine for anti-gay discrimination
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story's headline misrepresented the timeframe for damages. The bakery has not yet be fined.
GRESHAM, Ore. – An Oregon bakery discriminated against a same-sex couple who wanted to purchase a wedding cake, the Oregon Bureau of L... |
280a02a12bedd351ad5c1e072f44507e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/03/black-history-harlem-renaissance/22825245/ | Harlem Renaissance ushered in new era of black pride | Harlem Renaissance ushered in new era of black pride
Neighborhoods change.
Harlem today has become a hot real estate market as well-heeled buyers flood into the northern end of Manhattan seeking bargain properties.
The Harlem of recent decades, by contrast, was often synonymous with poverty and crime.
But Harlem 100 ye... |
1239f52c5c0eba34ef32d2cae9d98134 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/04/schoolvaccinationrates/22840549/ | Low vaccination rates at schools put students at risk | Low vaccination rates at schools put students at risk
Nearly one in seven public and private schools have measles vaccination rates below 90% — a rate considered inadequate to provide immunity, according to a USA TODAY analysis of immunization data in 13 states.
Hundreds of thousands of students attend schools — rangin... |
f6d699c2b940ce0b73d879a3e411eb12 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/06/moms-charge-in-newborn-drug-case-dropped-after-she-completes-program/23002693/ | Mom's charge in prenatal drug case dropped after she completes program | Mom's charge in prenatal drug case dropped after she completes program
Mallory Loyola, the first woman charged under a new state law against prenatal drug use, has completed a drug rehabilitation program. As a result, the assault charge against her has been dismissed.
Loyola went through a program at Helen Ross McNabb ... |
a7b3dd47f7d99a9b906691ef9ea06df1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/15/blues-medical-doctor-dan-health/23389379/ | In Chicago, a spoon full of blues help the medicine go down | In Chicago, a spoon full of blues help the medicine go down
CHICAGO –Few things give Daniel Ivankovich more satisfaction than responding to what might be called "Code Blues."
Ivankovich, known locally as "Dr. Dan" or "Chicago Slim," is a musician and spinal surgeon who dedicates much of his time and effort to helping t... |
5bde76fa20867eeac31765b90743d6ee | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/15/medicaid-patients-struggle-to-get-dental-care/23315811/ | Medicaid patients struggle to get dental care | Medicaid patients struggle to get dental care
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — When Pavel Poliakov's clothing shop in this picturesque college town closed last year, he felt lucky to be able to sign up for Medicaid just as Colorado expanded the program under President Obama's health law.
But when Poliakov developed such a severe ... |
140f21b18aa6f8364179eb55760defbb | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/20/west-coast-ports-dispute-union-labor-secretary-tom-perez/23744299/ | Deal reached in West Coast dockworkers dispute | Deal reached in West Coast dockworkers dispute
SAN FRANCISCO — Negotiators reached a tentative contract covering West Coast dockworkers on Friday evening, likely ending a protracted labor dispute that snarled international trade at seaports handling about $1 trillion worth of cargo annually.
The breakthrough came after... |
c051cfb63467c4205b98a50c7b0acedc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/23/mummified-monk-inside-buddha-statue/23908879/ | Mummified monk revealed inside Buddha statue | Mummified monk revealed inside Buddha statue
The mummified remains of a monk have been revealed inside a nearly 1,000-year old Chinese statue of a Buddha.
The mummy inside the gold-painted papier-mâché statue is believed to be that of Liuquan, a Buddhist master of the Chinese Meditation School who died around the year ... |
3e3e319a026296465e04d50b3d15016e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/24/rahm-emanuel-chicago-mayor/23971209/ | Rahm Emanuel faces runoff in re-election bid | Rahm Emanuel faces runoff in re-election bid
CHICAGO — Rahm Emanuel was dealt a tough political blow on Tuesday, after he was forced into a runoff election to hold onto his seat as mayor of the Windy City.
Emanuel, who raised about $15 million for the campaign, finished first in the five candidate field, but fell far s... |
15ae7859c32fdb19221f65f704deac78 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/25/american-sniper-murder-trial-ptsd/24008739/ | 'American Sniper' trial likely to increase stigma of PTSD | 'American Sniper' trial likely to increase stigma of PTSD
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — The killer of American Sniper author and veteran Chris Kylewas handed swift justice Tuesday when a jury found him guilty of capital murder. But damage to the reputation of veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder used in the ... |
7211a23456a3c59cb640ac3ad1cf98f1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/03/ferguson-justice-report/24320987/ | DOJ: Ferguson PD engaged in racially biased policing | DOJ: Ferguson PD engaged in racially biased policing
WASHINGTON — A Justice Department review has found that Missouri's troubled Ferguson Police Department engaged in a broad pattern of racially biased enforcement that permeated the city's justice system, including the use of unreasonable force against African American... |
71e4626ddfacc78ba20adafe0c545b28 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/03/justice-department-discovery-policies-released/24239225/ | Rules to keep federal prosecutors in line revealed | Rules to keep federal prosecutors in line revealed
USA TODAY obtained copies of internal Justice Department policies that spell out when and how they should share information with defense lawyers.
WASHINGTON – Five years ago, after a major corruption case imploded because federal prosecutors had improperly concealed ev... |
1575e5cffcb57ab80acc2e68c6a886d8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/15/boston-snowfall-record/24822823/ | Boston breaks seasonal snowfall record with 108.6 inches | Boston breaks seasonal snowfall record with 108.6 inches
More snow fell on Boston on Sunday, enough to make this the snowiest season ever on record there.
The National Weather Service said 2.9 inches fell by 7 p.m., pushing total snowfall for the winter of 2014-2015 to 108.6 inches.
That is a full inch over the previou... |
20ff101f32d0e7dd6b243c19345feb5c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/16/boston-marathon-trial/24843547/ | Cop: Tsarnaev shootout 'non-stop' for 8 minutes | Cop: Tsarnaev shootout 'non-stop' for 8 minutes
BOSTON — The police officer who confronted the Boston Marathon bombing suspects while on patrol three nights after the attacks took the witness stand Monday to describe a harrowing, eight-minute shootout, punctuated by a massive explosion from a pressure-cooker bomb that ... |
b2420cee9b724a414f757754ece539de | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/20/911-deadly-flaw-investigations-from-local-gannett-newspapers-and-tv-stations/25077265/ | 911's deadly flaw: what our local investigations found | 911's deadly flaw: what our local investigations found
In an era when your mobile phone can tell Facebook, Uber or even video games where you're located – with amazing accuracy – 911 operators are often left in the dark.
Your chance of 911 getting a quick fix on location ranges from as low as 10% to as high as 95%, acc... |
32beb6ea2c6e90e95b94f79a2073518b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/20/five-things-to-know-friday/25028203/ | 5 things you need to know Friday | 5 things you need to know Friday
1. Study: Gay men tan more and get more skin cancer
Gay and bisexual men in the United States are twice as likely as heterosexual men to get skin cancer, a new study shows. One reason: Gay and bisexual men are three times more likely to engage in indoor tanning, according to the study t... |
b7de371ea9219c28dde6acb099d5f235 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/20/uva-arrest-meeting/25118145/ | Students walk out of U-Va. meeting over bloody arrest | Students walk out of U-Va. meeting over bloody arrest
University of Virginia students stormed out of a meeting Friday aimed at resolving questions tied to Wednesday's violent arrest of a student leader, who is black.
In a recap on its website, the school based in Charlottesville, Va., described the public forum organiz... |
e46a31db9065530a74f2fae46b4c4934 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/24/power-grid-physical-and-cyber-attacks-concern-security-experts/24892471/ | Bracing for a big power grid attack: 'One is too many' | Bracing for a big power grid attack: 'One is too many'
About once every four days, part of the nation's power grid — a system whose failure could leave millions in the dark — is struck by a cyber or physical attack, a USA TODAY analysis of federal energy records finds.
Although the repeated security breaches have never... |
159790d23c9a7dc66d46d8f6cc20aec5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/30/missing-student-found-dead-near-usc/70692452/ | Missing California soccer player victim of traffic accident | Missing California soccer player victim of traffic accident
LOS ANGELES -- A University of California-Berkeley freshman missing since leaving a party early Saturday died after being struck on a freeway, Los Angeles police said Monday.
Police said Eloi (eh-loy) Vasquez, 19, a member of the UC soccer team, was last seen ... |
4606d90da0e60b05bd737d80297ee4ff | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/30/overuse-baseball-injuries-increasing-for-younger-player/70694528/ | Overuse baseball injuries increasing for younger players | Overuse baseball injuries increasing for younger players
A new study suggests more than half of parents with teen and preteen baseball players aren't aware of safe pitching practices. That's partly to blame for overuse injuries.
AUSTIN -- Little leaguers as well as middle and high school players are gearing up for thei... |
6e5d7ef867691a62aea57851bd447745 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/01/chicago-murders-shootings/70787110/ | Murders, shootings on the rise in Chicago | Murders, shootings on the rise in Chicago
Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the murder record set in 2014.
CHICAGO — After recording the fewest murders in decades last year, violence is soaring: a 40% increase in shootings and 29% more homicides in the first three months of the ... |
802d937dd8de5cbec4586d9ee12c798b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/07/ferguson-voters-head-to-polls/25401037/ | Ferguson voters make history and increase turnout | Ferguson voters make history and increase turnout
Residents in Ferguson, Mo. Tuesday elected two black city council members, transforming the political body's racial composition after months of protests over racial profiling and police brutality.
One sitting black member of the council was not up for re-election. When ... |
f0e73d94307c961c0a0ec72fa0cec3cf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/08/boston-bombing-chronology/25477717/ | Key events in the Boston Marathon bombing case | Key events in the Boston Marathon bombing case
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty Wednesday on all 30 federal counts in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing case and faces a possible death sentence. Here is a timeline of events that led to the verdict.
March 2011: Russian FSB intelligence security service gives FBI informa... |
57d93daa56eb65c3cfcb3e2c004dff7d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/13/feeding-america-report/25723863/ | Hunger strikes even rich U.S. counties | Hunger strikes even rich U.S. counties
Loudoun County in Virginia is made up of one of the wealthiest communities in the USA.
But it's also where Barbara Diaz, a nanny, struggles to feed her family of eight.
While the median income in the county stands at $122,000 a year, Diaz, 55, makes about $21,600 a year as a nanny... |
124c29deeef235fd7673a154e849ec68 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/14/aging-brain-advice-iom/25759829/ | Expert advice: Do 3 things to protect your aging brain | Expert advice: Do 3 things to protect your aging brain
If you want to stay mentally sharp as you age, experts have three pieces of advice: Get more exercise, control your risks for cardiovascular disease and work with your doctor to head off medical conditions and drug side effects that might impair your thinking.
Whil... |
d7ecaa22684de99e8c9323211f1197de | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/16/beech-nut-glass/25861257/ | Baby food recalled after glass found in jar | Baby food recalled after glass found in jar
The threat of potential glass contamination has prompted baby food maker Beech-Nut to recall more than 1,900 pounds of baby food, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.
The agency's Food Safety and Inspection Service said the affected product is Stage 2 Beech... |
bd473904ac2ba603a39cf01828e8cb9a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/16/world-trade-center-health/25856199/ | Health problems are common among 9/11 medical crews | Health problems are common among 9/11 medical crews
Emergency medical service workers who went to Ground Zero after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001 have suffered from an usually high number of health problems, a new study shows.
Previous research has documented the health problems suffered by firefighters who wo... |
624663b0d1776c9d7173912944bc9c0a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/19/clinton-fallin-mcveigh/26030261/ | Oklahoma City ceremony recalls those lost in terror attack | Oklahoma City ceremony recalls those lost in terror attack
Former President Bill Clinton, who was in the White House when a terrorist bomb destroyed the Oklahoma City federal building, told those who gathered Sunday to mark the 20th anniversary of the tragedy that all Americans owe the city a debt of gratitude for how ... |
2041c352716c102aed6e0c3e17164925 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/20/wisconsin-senator-baldwin-accused-of-cover-up-by-fired-aide-in-va-health-care-scandal/26090619/ | Fired aide accuses Wis. senator of cover-up in vets' care case | Fired aide accuses Wis. senator of cover-up in vets' care case
WASHINGTON – Former aide Marquette Baylor is accusing Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., of making false statements to "cover up" actions taken by her chief of staff and to "protect her political career."
Baylor had been Baldwin's top aide in Milwaukee until she w... |
c96ba10338cca18924fc3b27ccf9c8e7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/29/california-undersea-pipeline-drought/26559457/ | French firm proposes 'submarine river' to beat California drought | French firm proposes 'submarine river' to beat California drought
SACRAMENTO—A French engineering and construction firm is proposing a flexible undersea pipeline to carry water from two Northern California rivers to cities farther down the coast.
Via Marina, a subsidiary of the giant multinational company Vinci, has pr... |
ec5a3e4ca2829b5e7fdaeb96fd77006b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/29/fsu-hires-first-full-time-title-ix-director/26571399/ | FSU hires first full-time Title IX director | FSU hires first full-time Title IX director
Facing a federal investigation and a civil lawsuit over its handling of campus sexual-violence complaints, Florida State University announced today the hiring of its first full-time Title IX director.
Jennifer Broomfield, who is the current manager of the Department of Vetera... |
43c6bc9067d3891f2221a7845e7742d2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/30/double-chin-fda-shot-kybella-injections/26627949/ | FDA OKs shot to zap your double chin | FDA OKs shot to zap your double chin
(NEWSER) – About 70% of participants in a 2014 survey by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery about cosmetic procedures pointed fingers at chin and neck fat as a "top concern," per the Washington Post. But a drug just approved by the FDA looks to banish double chins, ABC Ne... |
e4efae30e962ca67406275376e9c506a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/01/couple-charged-with-killing-baby-by-diluting-breast-milk/26694695/ | Couple charged with killing baby by diluting breast milk | Couple charged with killing baby by diluting breast milk
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (WXIA) -- A Georgia mother and father have been charged with killing their 10-week-old daughter by diluting the breast milk they fed her.
Nevaeh Marie Landell died in late March of water intoxication, according to arrest warrants filed Wednes... |
6d4a522489f2bed6e4565f634fd0a0c4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/08/wwii-flyover-vintage-fighters-bombers-national-mall-arsenal--democracy/70967724/ | WWII vets gather for rare flyover of vintage planes celebrating V-E day | WWII vets gather for rare flyover of vintage planes celebrating V-E day
Vintage World War II planes flew down the National Mall on Friday afternoon as part of the 70th anniversary Victory in Europe celebration in Washington.
More than 50 military planes in 15 formations made their way down the Potomac River to the Linc... |
bd4c60a2891e77ac2619e8af31666f81 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/08/wwii-vets-iwo-jima-okinawa-switzer-kraus-requardt-bentle/70975204/ | Veterans hope WWII anniversary celebrations inspire learning about history | Veterans hope WWII anniversary celebrations inspire learning about history
ARLINGTON, Va. – Noah Switzer slowly navigated the paths at Arlington National Cemetery swarmed by well-wishers congratulating him on his service and shaking the hand that wasn't holding the cane.
Switzer, 89, of Taylor Mill, Ky., slogged throug... |
ed31a80a9d8924ba14c4f65c8bff3e10 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/14/tsa-air-marshal-robert-maclean-whistle-blower/27305461/ | TSA air marshal reinstated after Supreme Court win | TSA air marshal reinstated after Supreme Court win
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration has reinstated an air marshal who was fired after disclosing proposed agency cutbacks, but was later deemed a justified whistle-blower by the Supreme Court.
Robert MacLean, an air marshal who flew undercover and a... |
2a7ed3380facf07153ab7f9fdabf18a0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/19/amtrak-crash-braking/27588285/ | Amtrak: Modern braking system coming to N.E. Corridor by year's end | Amtrak: Modern braking system coming to N.E. Corridor by year's end
Amtrak officials said Tuesday that automatic braking widely adopted after a Boston crash in 1990 wasn't flexible enough to install across the entire system, including the northbound Philadelphia track where eight people died in a crash last week.
But a... |
ce660724326456d19af32f5cfea4f778 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/29/north-korea-us-stuxnet-attack-nuclear-failed/28184323/ | Report: U.S. cyberattack on N. Korea nuke program failed | Report: U.S. cyberattack on N. Korea nuke program failed
The United States tried but failed to sabotage North Korea's nuclear weapons program with a computer virus in 2010, Reuters reported Friday.
The cyber attack came at the same time the Stuxnet virus was disrupting Iran's uranium-enrichment efforts, according to so... |
76b05db49bb0750584b0dd585264cd3a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/30/5-things-know-weekend/28142429/ | 5 things you need to know this weekend | 5 things you need to know this weekend
1. Bracket almost set for Stanley Cup Finals
Either the Chicago Blackhawks or the Anaheim Ducks will face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning for the Stanley Cup Finals. The Western Conference Final Game 7 is Saturday night in Anaheim. The Lightning beat the Rangers Friday night, ... |
74d6264b042773bf5b0f45fff0960a9f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/30/paris-removing-all-love-locks--pont-des-arts-bridge/28209183/ | Paris removing all 'love locks' from Pont des Arts bridge | Paris removing all 'love locks' from Pont des Arts bridge
Lovers visiting Paris will soon have to find a new way of expressing their affections now that the city has decided to remove locks from its famed Pont des Arts, aka "Love Lock," bridge.
For years, couples touring the city of love have written their names on loc... |
5159d5ff30e1fd5d6e5caef58f74cc44 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/30/passenger-jet-nearly-collides--drone--mid-air-lasers-target-planes/28207569/ | Passenger jet nearly collides with drone in midair; lasers target planes | Passenger jet nearly collides with drone in midair; lasers target planes
A passenger jet nearly collided midair with a drone at 2,700 feet as it approached New York's LaGuardia Airport on Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration says.
The crew of Shuttle America Flight 2708 reported climbing 200 feet to avoid a coll... |
099635f8336a444d877bacff299c6b54 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/30/sister-meets-man-who-now-wears-her-brothers-face/28205885/ | Sister meets man who now wears her brother's face | Sister meets man who now wears her brother's face
Steady advances in face transplants have led to a remarkable reunion of sorts: A woman has met the man now wearing her brother's face.
The encounter between Rebekah Aversano and Richard Norris took place in Norris' Virginia home before the cameras of 60 Minutes Australi... |
1d965c51c8b6e044c30c1327d40c26f2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/02/mers-spreads-south-korea/28373087/ | South Korean MERS outbreak likely to spread, health officials say | South Korean MERS outbreak likely to spread, health officials say
A MERS outbreak in South Korea — the largest outside Saudi Arabia, where the disease first emerged in 2012 — is likely to grow, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
MERS, or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, has infected at least 25 people in Sout... |
1d6d12c4939636af732e91540b172e74 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/07/waco-bikers-protest/28645363/ | 1,000 bikers protest Twin Peaks shootout arrests | 1,000 bikers protest Twin Peaks shootout arrests
WACO, Texas — Nearly a thousand bikers gathered in downtown Waco on Sunday to protest what they say was unfair treatment by law enforcement following the violent May 17 shootout between rival biker gangs that left nine dead and 18 injured.
Many met in the parking lot of ... |
9fdd0fe8b6d8bcc08619485bd1acf57c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/11/underage-binge-drinking/71021464/ | Underage drinking, binge boozing by minors is on the decline | Underage drinking, binge boozing by minors is on the decline
Corrections and clarifications: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the percentage change in the U.S. binge-drinking and underage drinking populations. Underage drinking among all U.S. residents from age 12 through 20 dropped 21%. Underage bin... |
7e1f4c2e6980cbe21647117bea6fed6d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/14/rising-drug-prices/71077100/ | Skyrocketing drug prices leave cures out of reach for some patients | Skyrocketing drug prices leave cures out of reach for some patients
Sophisticated drugs are opening the door, scientists say, to an era of "precision medicine."
They're also ushering in an age of astronomical prices.
New cancer drugs are routinely priced at more than $100,000 a year — nearly twice the average household... |
4608ee1acf60a518e61a71d849638d2b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/20/president-obama-palm-springs-trade-deals/29014735/ | Trade deal revolt precedes Obama's California trip | Trade deal revolt precedes Obama's California trip
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.—As President Barack Obama arrives Saturday in this Southern California city, he is in rougher shape politically than on past trips, having just encountered an impressive show of resistance from fellow Democrats.
It was always going to be a hard sel... |
ace53ab7672054b3cd8e931982974f5f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/26/ferguson-activists-fall-27-signatures-short-mayor-recall/29354769/ | Ferguson activists fall 27 signatures short in mayor recall push | Ferguson activists fall 27 signatures short in mayor recall push
Activists in Ferguson, Mo. came 27 valid signatures shy in their bid to trigger a recall of the city's mayor, the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners ruled Friday.
Activists needed to get the signatures of at least 15% of the city's voters, o... |
1b140bc92582531777fac3aba735a1b4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/26/five-things-know-friday/29029791/ | 5 things you need to know on Friday | 5 things you need to know on Friday
1. South Carolina Sen. Clementa Pinckney laid to rest
President Obama will deliver the eulogy at the funeral of South Carolina state Sen. Clementa Pinckney on Friday, with Michelle Obama and Vice President Biden also attending. Pinckney was among the nine people killed last week at E... |
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