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2nd accuser tearfully details Sandusky abuse

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 13:08
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- A school guidance counselor initially didn't believe the abuse claims brought by one of Jerry Sandusky's alleged victims because the former Penn State assistant football coach was considered to have "a heart of gold," the accuser told jurors Tuesday....
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Commerce secretary Bryson taking leave of absence

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 13:08
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Commerce Secretary John Bryson is taking a medical leave of absence to undergo tests after suffering a seizure connected to two traffic accidents in the Los Angeles area over the weekend....
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Killings by police in L.A. County jump sharply

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 13:08
LA Times | "With 612 people killed in the county last year, nearly 1 in every 10 such deaths occurred at the hands of law enforcement officers."

Dozens of dolphins stranded in Texas since fall

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 13:08
HOUSTON (AP) -- More than 120 dolphins have stranded off the Texas coast, prompting a federal agency to declare the event "unusual" and investigate whether the deaths are related to others in the Gulf of Mexico....
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Fighting Sioux nickname clash heads to N.D. voters

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Voters are casting ballots Tuesday to resolve a bitter dispute over whether the University of North Dakota should save or scrap its Fighting Sioux nickname, even as supporters of the moniker promised to resume the battle this fall regardless of the outcome.

The issue has been simmering ...

Israeli irrigation expert wins World Food Prize

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 13:08
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An Israeli scientist who has reached across political and ethnic boundaries to help dozens of countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America improve agriculture with new methods of irrigation will receive the World Food Prize, the prize's foundation announced Tuesday....
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"Gone With the Wind" actress Ann Rutherford dies

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 13:08
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ann Rutherford, the demure brunette actress who played the sweetheart in the long-running Andy Hardy series and Scarlett O'Hara's youngest sister in "Gone With the Wind," has died. She was 94....
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Lawyer: Jail conditions may end Mayweather career

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2024-11-27 13:08
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Lawyers for Floyd Mayweather Jr. say the undefeated champion boxer may never fight again if he's not released from the Las Vegas jail he entered earlier this month....
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Anti-Putin Protest Held in Moscow After Police Raid Homes of Kremlin Critics

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 13:08
ABC News | Yesterday Putin raided homes of prominent protest leaders in effort to curb violence against riot police, but were raids actually to deter protests?

Police leave home after search for Auburn suspect

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — After firing tear gas and searching with thermal imaging and tactical teams, authorities in Montgomery appeared to have left a home early Tuesday where they believed the man charged with fatally shooting three people near Auburn University might have been hiding.

Law enforcement swarmed the scene ...

Fractured gangs blamed for Chicago homicide surge

CHICAGO — There are many theories about what has caused a recent spike in Chicago's homicide rate, including a splintering of established drug gangs, the warm winter and high unemployment in some neighborhoods that seem a world away from the city's beaches, lush parks and skyscrapers.

The numbers clearly show ...

Ex-Penn State assistant coach McQueary testifies in Sandusky case

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary told jurors in Jerry Sandusky's sex-abuse trial Tuesday that he saw his ex-colleague with a prepubescent boy in an on-campus shower and that  he heard a "skin-on-skin smacking sound."

His account of the night differed little from his appearance ...

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