Squirrels, bees could get US aid but not Yellowstone’s bison
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials rejected petitions Thursday to protect Yellowstone National Park’s storied bison herds but pledged to consider more help for...
Newly hired scientist for California among boat fire victims
Aboard were respected scientists, engineers, free spirits and parents with their teenage and adult children — all brought together over a passion for scuba diving....
Fire foiled rescued attempts by California boat crew
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The crew of a scuba diving boat that sank off the coast of Southern California made several attempts to rescue the...
Michigan State University fined $4.5 million in Nassar case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government on Thursday ordered Michigan State University to make sweeping changes and pay a $4.5 million fine after determining that it...
The Latest: Dallas Opera cancels 2020 Domingo performance
The Latest on new sexual misconduct allegations against opera star Placido Domingo (all times Eastern): 8 p.m. The Dallas Opera has canceled a 2020 Placido...
No conviction in California warehouse fire stuns families
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Thursday didn’t convict two men charged after flames tore through a party at a San Francisco Bay Area...
The Latest: Family stunned after verdicts in warehouse fire
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on verdicts against two men charged with involuntary manslaughter after a fire in a California warehouse killed 36 partygoers...
Dorian grazes Carolina coast, aims for Outer Banks
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the Carolinas with shrieking winds, tornadoes and sideways rain Thursday as it closed in for a possible direct...
Hurricane death toll in Bahamas at 30 as aid begins to land
ABACO, Bahamas (AP) — Carrying possessions in plastic bags, some weary Bahamians whose homes were smashed by Hurricane Dorian waited Thursday for a flight out...
The Latest: Dorian churns north along North Carolina coast
OCRACOKE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Dorian (all times local): 11:05 p.m. Forecasters say Hurricane Dorian is brushing up against North Carolina as...
Trucker, mail carrier at work, teen among Texas victims
The owner of a trucking company who was killed in West Texas had moved from Las Vegas after a 2017 mass shooting at a music...
High-capacity magazines get new scrutiny as Congress returns
SEATTLE (AP) — Lawmakers around the country are making a renewed push to ban high-capacity magazines that gunmen have used in many recent massacres, allowing...
Count on hurricanes to spark storms of online misinformation
The names of hurricanes may change, but one thing seems to stay the same: Misinformation spreads quickly during these dangerous storms. Hurricane Dorian, an extremely...
Not so easy to prevent the spread of mass shooters’ names
When law enforcement authorities gathered to discuss details of a mass shooting in West Texas that left seven people dead, there was one bit of...
4th time in 4 years: It’s hurricane evacuation time in US
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s become a hurricane-season ritual in the Southeast: When a storm threatens, coastal residents board up homes, load up...
Dorian isn’t moving because the upper atmosphere is too calm
Powerful Hurricane Dorian has been going nowhere because nothing high up is making it budge. It may sound strange when talking about a storm that...
Officer recorded punching a man could face assault charge
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer recorded while repeatedly punching a man in a street confrontation has resigned, and investigators are looking at charging...
Judge won’t toss claim against Mormon church in rape case
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman’s lawsuit claiming she was raped by a Mormon church leader who was allowed to oversee young missionaries despite...
Drenching rains close roads, prompt rescues in Pennsylvania
DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Overnight rains triggered flash flooding in parts of central and eastern Pennsylvania on Monday, closing down a heavily traveled interstate and...
Devastating toxic algae bloom plagues Florida’s Gulf Coast
LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. (AP) — Tons of dead fish. A smell so awful you gag with one inhale. Empty beaches, empty roads, empty restaurants. A...
Police: Man flies plane into his home after fight with wife
PAYSON, Utah (AP) — A Utah man flew a small plane into his own house early Monday just hours after he had been arrested for...
Charge added against California serial killing suspect
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Prosecutors added another murder charge Monday against a California serial killing suspect, boosting the number of victims to 13 in the...
Musk company to build Chicago-to-O’Hare express transport
CHICAGO (AP) — The Boring Company, founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has been selected to build a high-speed underground transportation system that it says...
Lake Tahoe clarity sinks to all-time low in 2017
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (AP) — Scientists at Lake Tahoe say the clarity of the alpine lake that straddles the California-Nevada line sank to an all-time...
Man scheduled for transplant granted deportation reprieve
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal immigration officials granted a six-month reprieve Thursday to a Connecticut immigrant facing deportation, a move that may allow him to...
Videos show Vegas police helping people duck, escape gunfire
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Some of the first Las Vegas police officers to respond to the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history huddled with...
New Jersey begins taking legal sports bets
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s governor kicked off a new era of gambling Thursday in the state that led the charge for the entire...
NY high court nixes Trump’s bid to delay defamation suit
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court has turned down President Donald Trump’s latest bid to delay a defamation suit filed by a former...
Fewer US teens smoking, doing drugs … and drinking milk
NEW YORK (AP) — Fewer U.S. teens are smoking, having sex and doing drugs these days. Oh, and they’re drinking less milk, too. Less than...
AP Investigation: Fish billed as local isn’t always local
MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) — Even after winter storms left East Coast harbors thick with ice, some of the country’s top chefs and trendy restaurants were...
Big hurdles for bold push to split California into 3 states
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians will face a choice this November of whether to divide the nation’s most populous state into three, an effort that...
Many animals are shifting from day to night to avoid people
NEW YORK (AP) — Lions and tigers and bears are increasingly becoming night owls because of us, a new study says. Scientists have long known...
Police: Gunman killed 4 children in their sleep
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A felon shot four children in their sleep at the start of a 21-hour standoff that also left a police officer...
Jurassic World crew reacts to real-world volcanic disasters
HONOLULU (AP) — The lava pours from the ceilings. It explodes from the mountaintop. It creeps, then pours and roars down the mountainside as people...
Raised in the projects: San Fran elects black woman mayor
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s incoming mayor knows the yawning gap between rich and poor firsthand, having been raised by her grandmother in the...
Uber launches in Portland despite being completely illegal there
TAKING DOWN "THE MAN", ONE RIDE AT A TIME!!
California’s Prop 47: A Step in Bringing “Justice” to our Criminal Justice System
(The Guardian)- Russell Griffith, a deputy public defender in the Los Angeles crucible known as Compton, had strong words to describe the criminal justice system:...
John Oliver Destroys Corruption in “Asset Forfeiture” Laws in Hilarious Sketch
(The Hollywood Reporter)- John Oliver has proposed an idea for a Law and Order spinoff. The HBO host tackled the topic of civil forfeiture laws, which...
Cops Can Take Your Stuff Without Convicting You of Anything
(Vice)- Last week, the Washington Post released the results of an excellent—albeit alarming—investigation into the use of asset forfeiture in the United States. What is...
The Fun of Empire: Fighting on All Sides
(The Intercept) CBS News, August 18, 2011: President Barack Obama officially demanded that Syrian President Bashar Assad resign for the sake of his own people,...
Georgia County Won’t Pay Medical Bills for Toddler Critically Injured by Flash Bang Grenade During Drug Raid
(Reason)- Politicians like Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) who have supported the militarization of police but have found it politically unfeasible to do so now have...
Study: TSA Full-Body X-Ray Scanners Miss Guns, Explosives, Knives
(CBS)- Teflon tape, molded plastic explosives and handguns are all concealment tricks that a group of researchers were able to pull off on the Rapiscan...
U.S. Military Bans Glenn Greenwald’s, “The Intercept”
I guess the War Complex is concerned that if the soldiers have the whole story, they may realize they aren't fighting for the good guys after all?
The Military Occupation Of Ferguson, Missouri Is Just A Preview Of What Is Coming To America
(InfoWars)- Let’s be honest – Ferguson, Missouri is under military occupation right now, and the entire world is watching in horror as militarized police fire...
Meet Four Business Owners Squeezed by Operation Choke Point
(The Daily Signal)- With no explanation, Brian Brookman last month lost the bank account for his pawn shop. He had no idea why. Brookman says...
“The border fence is a joke: Filmmaker crosses from US to Mexico dressed as Osama bin Laden
(Daily Mail)- A flamethrowing American conservative activist raised eyebrows in the U.S. on Monday by releasing a video of himself crossing the Rio Grande River...
Fourth U.S. President in a row bombs Iraq for “Sake of Humanity”!
(The Intercept)- U.S. “Humanitarian” Bombing of Iraq: A Redundant Presidential Ritual New York Times, January 17, 1991: CNN, December 16, 1998: ...
Teen facing life in prison for pot brownies awaits fate
I mean WTF! Does our jackboot law enforcement system really have nothing better to do than ruin people's lives for no reason?!
Decades of Incompetence and Corruption at FBI test lab may have hundreds of innocent people rotting in jail
(Washington Post)- Nearly every criminal case reviewed by the FBI and the Justice Department as part of a massive investigation started in 2012 of problems...
Less than 3 percent of the U.S. population identify themselves as gay
(Washington Post)- Less than 3 percent of the U.S. population identify themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday...