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For long-unemployed, hiring bias rears its head

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Few job seekers who fail to get an interview know the reason, but Michelle Chesney-Offutt said a recruiter told her why she lost the chance to pitch for an information technology position....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Arrest demand grows in Fla teen's shooting death

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The investigation into last month's shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in an Orlando suburb is out of the hands of the beleaguered police chief and the county prosecutor with the Justice Department looking at possible civil rights violations and a grand jury perhaps considering charges....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Social media aids angst over Trayvon Martin case

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- It started a couple of weeks ago with just a few cryptic messages on Twitter and other social media websites: Where is the justice? and R.I.P. TrayvonMartin....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Drowning killed Houston but drugs took high toll

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Drugs took many things from Whitney Houston - her pristine voice, clean image and her career - and coroner's officials revealed Thursday that cocaine also played a role in the Grammy winner's death in the bathtub of a luxury hotel nearly six weeks ago....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Dozens arrested in Vt. nuclear plant protest

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- A 93-year-old anti-nuclear activist was among more than 130 protesters arrested at the corporate headquarters of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on the first day of the plant's operation after the expiration of its 40-year license....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The attorney for the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians says his client has memory problems that pre-date the March 11 shootings....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Drowning killed Houston, but drugs took high toll

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Drugs took many things from Whitney Houston - her pristine voice, clean image and her career - and coroner's officials revealed Thursday that cocaine also played a role in the Grammy winner's death in the bathtub of a luxury hotel nearly six weeks ago....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

For long-unemployed, hiring bias rears its head

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Few job seekers who fail to get an interview know the reason, but Michelle Chesney-Offutt said a recruiter told her why she lost the chance to pitch for an information technology position....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Arrest demand grows in Fla teen's shooting death

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The investigation into last month's shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in an Orlando suburb is out of the hands of the beleaguered police chief and the county prosecutor with the Justice Department looking at possible civil rights violations and a grand jury perhaps considering charges....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is expected to be told he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled U.S.-Afghan relations....
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Documents show NYPD infiltrated liberal groups

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
NEW YORK (AP) -- Undercover NYPD officers attended meetings of liberal political organizations and kept intelligence files on activists who planned protests around the country, according to interviews and documents that show how police have used counterterrorism tactics to monitor even lawful activities....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Drowning killed Houston, but drugs took high toll

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Drugs took many things from Whitney Houston - her pristine voice, clean image and her career - and coroner's officials revealed Thursday that cocaine also played a role in the Grammy winner's death in the bathtub of a luxury hotel nearly six weeks ago....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Audit: Gas lines tied to fracking lack oversight

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Government auditors say federal officials know nothing about thousands of miles of pipelines that carry natural gas released through the drilling method known as fracking, and need to step up oversight to make sure they are running safely....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Audit: Gas lines tied to fracking lack oversight

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Government auditors say federal officials know nothing about thousands of miles of pipelines that carry natural gas released through the drilling method known as fracking, and need to step up oversight to make sure they are running safely....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Social media aids angst over Trayvon Martin case

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- It started a couple of weeks ago with just a few cryptic messages on Twitter and other social media websites: Where is the justice? and R.I.P. TrayvonMartin....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Social media aids angst over Trayvon Martin case

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- It started a couple of weeks ago with just a few cryptic messages on Twitter and other social media websites: Where is the justice? and R.I.P. TrayvonMartin....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder - but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being sent back to war....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder - but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being sent back to war....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Arrest demand grows in Fla teen's shooting death

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The investigation into last month's shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in an Orlando suburb is out of the hands of the beleaguered police chief and the county prosecutor with the Justice Department looking at possible civil rights violations and a grand jury perhaps considering charges....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Insurers speed health care overhaul preparations

Thu, 2024-11-28 14:36
The nation's big insurers are spending millions to carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even though there's a chance the wide-reaching law won't survive Supreme Court scrutiny....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US