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Co-author of 'broken windows' policing theory dies

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
BOSTON (AP) -- Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose "broken windows" theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80....
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Co-author of 'broken windows' policing theory dies

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
BOSTON (AP) -- Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose "broken windows" theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Five interpretations of The Lorax

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
Five interpretations of Dr Seuss's The Lorax
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CA storm makes ripe ski conditions, snow dangers

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) -- A late winter storm that dumped at least 6 feet of snow in parts of California's Sierra Nevada created ripe conditions Friday for snow sports enthusiasts but also posed risks for back country skiers, one of whom was killed by an avalanche....
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CA storm makes ripe ski conditions, snow dangers

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) -- A late winter storm that dumped at least 6 feet of snow in parts of California's Sierra Nevada created ripe conditions Friday for snow sports enthusiasts but also posed risks for back country skiers, one of whom was killed by an avalanche....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

CA storm makes ripe ski conditions, snow dangers

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) -- A late winter storm that dumped at least 6 feet of snow in parts of California's Sierra Nevada created ripe conditions Friday for snow sports enthusiasts but also posed risks for back country skiers, one of whom was killed by an avalanche....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

CA storm makes ripe ski conditions, snow dangers

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) -- A late winter storm that dumped at least 6 feet of snow in parts of California's Sierra Nevada created ripe conditions Friday for snow sports enthusiasts but also posed risks for back country skiers, one of whom was killed by an avalanche....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

UK's future addressed in speeches

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
Keynote speeches at the Scottish Labour and Scottish Lib Dem conferences address the issue of a referendum on independence for Scotland.
Categories: BBC, News

Man in Rutgers video stream says he noticed webcam

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A webcam was noticeably aimed at a Rutgers University freshman and his male guest during their intimate episode in a dorm room, the man testified Friday at the privacy-invasion trial of the student's roommate....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Deportation at stake in NJ webcam spying case

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- After weeks of testimony, the case that kick-started national conversations about gay youths and Internet privacy was sent Wednesday to a jury that must decide whether a former Rutgers University student is a criminal or just a young man who was confused by seeing two men kiss....
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Massive band of storms wrecks Ind. towns, kills 8

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
HENRYVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Powerful storms stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes wrecked two Indiana towns and killed at least eight people Friday as the system tore roofs off schools and homes, flattened a fire station, flipped over tractor-trailer trucks and damaged a maximum security prison. It was the second deadly tornado outbreak this week....
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Tornadoes kill at least 8 across southern Indiana

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
HENRYVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Authorities say at least eight people have been killed by tornadoes that ripped through a wide swath of southern Indiana....
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Alexei Navalny: The Man Putin Fears Most

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
The rising star of Russia's opposition on his political strategy and why the latest czar is 'trapped' by power.


Oregon health overhaul makes financial promises

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- If Oregon's Democratic governor is right, the bill he signed Friday will improve health care and reduce costs so significantly that it could help fix the federal budget....
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James Q. Wilson

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
An empiricist with a moral sense—and he could write too.


Colombia chief prosecutor quits

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
Colombia's chief prosecutor Viviane Morales stands down after a court rules her election invalid, but defends her role in tackling corruption cases.
Categories: BBC, News

Dior hems plunge, Lanvin celebrates at Paris shows

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
PARIS (AP) -- The buzz at Paris' ready-to-wear shows on Friday wasn't just about the clothes....

Dior hems plunge, Lanvin celebrates at Paris shows

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
PARIS (AP) -- The buzz at Paris' ready-to-wear shows on Friday wasn't just about the clothes....

Arthur Brooks: Social Science With a Soul

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2026-04-29 07:45
Life for James Q. Wilson was like a roadside curio shop, full of hidden and unrecognized intellectual treasures.


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