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2 Florida officials step aside in teen death probe

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The police chief and prosecutor who have been bitterly criticized for not arresting a neighborhood watch volunteer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager both left the case Thursday, with the chief saying that he is temporarily leaving his job to let passions cool....
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Answers sought in death of teen in Fla. suburb

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The family of a Florida teen who was fatally shot after an encounter with a neighborhood watch leader on Thursday asked the police department investigating the death to release 911 tapes that may help explain how the young man died....
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Answers sought in death of teen in Fla. suburb

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The family of a Florida teen who was fatally shot after an encounter with a neighborhood watch leader on Thursday asked the police department investigating the death to release 911 tapes that may help explain how the young man died....
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2 children found living in abandoned school bus

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
SPLENDORA, Texas (AP) -- The abandoned school bus had no engine and no front wheels. But there were crude curtains in the windows, an air conditioner and even bunk beds inside....
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Texas looks to fund health program without feds

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Gov. Rick Perry has told Texas health officials to find a way to pay for a women's health care program if the federal government pulls Medicaid funding amid a fight over Planned Parenthood....
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Titanic debris might yield answers

SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE — Researchers have pieced together what's believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened that night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg, plunged to the bottom ...

Report: Work needed to curb youth tobacco use

RICHMOND — More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products, the U.S. surgeon general's office said in a report released Thursday.

Almost 1 in 5 high-school-aged teens smokes, down from earlier decades, but the ...

Dad is blunt about missing daughter's double life

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
DENVER (AP) -- Investigators said the attractive single mom who vanished from western Colorado 4 1/2 years ago was running an escort service, but her father is more blunt....
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Court blocks 2 more parts of Ala. immigration law

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked two more sections of Alabama's tough new law targeting illegal immigration pending the outcome of lawsuits that seek to overturn the law entirely....
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Court blocks 2 more parts of Ala. immigration law

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked two more sections of Alabama's tough new law targeting illegal immigration pending the outcome of lawsuits that seek to overturn the law entirely....
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Court blocks 2 more parts of Ala. immigration law

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked two more sections of Alabama's tough new law targeting illegal immigration pending the outcome of lawsuits that seek to overturn the law entirely....
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Court blocks 2 more parts of Ala. immigration law

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked two more sections of Alabama's tough new law targeting illegal immigration pending the outcome of lawsuits that seek to overturn the law entirely....
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Senate blocks bid to speed pipeline from Canada

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Under pressure from the White House, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday blocked a Republican bid to speed approval of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas....
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NJ Muslims file federal suit to stop NYPD spying

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the Obama administration's go-to civil rights groups in its efforts to build relationships with American Muslims is suing the New York Police Department over its surveillance programs, some of which were paid for with federal money....
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Holder disturbed by reports on NYPD Muslim spying

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Thursday he's disturbed by what he's read about the New York Police Department conducting surveillance of mosques and Islamic student organizations in New Jersey....
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Senate rejects GOP environment, energy proposals

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has rejected several Republican-backed attempts to overturn President Barack Obama's environmental and energy policies as it deals with a bill to keep federal aid flowing to transportation projects across the country....
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Pitt hospital: Police say clinic shooting kills 2

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:56
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Gunfire at a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured seven others Thursday afternoon, the university's medical center said....
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