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Investigation continues into deadly group home fire
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:58pm
Authorities in Maryland say they are investigating what caused a fire that killed three people at a group home over the weekend.
Effort in Oregon county would ban enforcing gun control laws
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:58pm
Some residents of an Oregon county are asking voters to sign a petition that would put a measure on the ballot barring local officials from enforcing any gun control law.
The Latest: Official: Father could face charges over guns
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:57pm
The Latest on shooting at Tennessee restaurant that left four dead (all times local):
Dead prison riot: South Carolina gov takes 'emergency' steps
Meg Kinnard, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:52pm
South Carolina's governor is taking "emergency" action he hopes will make state prisons safer following last weeks' deadly rioting.
The Latest: McConnell looks forward to confirming Pompeo
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:51pm
The Latest on the nomination of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state (all times local):
'It was life or death,' says man who snatched gunman's AR-15
Sheila Burke, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:49pm
The man who snatched an AR-15 rifle from a gunman at a busy Tennessee restaurant says his was a "selfish" act of self-preservation and he doesn't consider himself a hero. Never mind that he is being credited with saving several other lives.
Planned Parenthood sues Indiana over new abortion rules
Rick Callahan, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:47pm
A new Indiana law that requires medical providers who treat women for complications arising from abortions to report detailed patient information to the state "imposes unique and burdensome obligations" that are unconstitutional, Planned Parenthood said in lawsuit filed Monday that seeks to block two of the law's provisions.
AP NewsAlert
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:39pm
Federal agent: Waffle House shooting suspect's father "could potentially" face charges for giving weapons back to son.
Michigan water activist, 6 others win environmental prize
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:37pm
A woman who played a key role in exposing the lead-tainted water disaster in Flint, Michigan, is among seven people from around the world to be awarded a Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots environmental activism.
Gov. Cuomo pitches statewide plastic bag ban
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:33pm
New York's governor is proposing a statewide ban on plastic shopping bags.
Lawmakers: EPA analysis said Pruitt bug sweep was inadequate
Michael Biesecker, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:29pm
Internal documents from the Environmental Protection Agency say a sweep for hidden listening devices requested by Administrator Scott Pruitt for his office was conducted with shoddy methods and didn't meet U.S. government standards.
Horse racing initiative backers accuse tribe of breaking law
Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:26pm
Backers of a ballot initiative seeking to legalize lucrative betting machines in Idaho say the Coeur d'Alene Tribe has broken state law while attempting to deter the success of their petition and they have alerted law enforcement officials.
Houston police: Woman sets car on fire with children inside
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:18pm
Authorities in Houston have taken a woman into custody after witnesses reported she set her car on fire as she sat inside with her three children.
Small plane crashes into lake near airport, injuring pilot
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:15pm
A small plane has crashed into a lake near a New Jersey airport, injuring the pilot, who freed himself and swam away before a police rowboat plucked him from the water.
Police: Suspect in fatal Waffle House shootings had a handgun in his backpack when he was arrested in woods in Nashville
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:11pm
Police: Suspect in fatal Waffle House shootings had a handgun in his backpack when he was arrested in woods in Nashville.
US won't ease sanctions without action by NKorea on nukes
Matthew Pennington, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:10pm
The White House says North Korea won't get sanctions relief until it takes "concrete action" toward denuclearization.
Happy homecoming: Family welcomes back retired police dog
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:08pm
A Pennsylvania transit police officer and his family have been reunited with the police dog they say helped them heal after a son's death.
New lynching memorial evokes terror of victims
Kim Chandler, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:04pm
Visitors to the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice first glimpse them, eerily, in the distance: Brown rectangular slabs, 800 in all, inscribed with the names of more than 4,000 souls who lost their lives in lynchings between 1877 and 1950.
