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Ole Miss: Donor wants his name removed after 'racial' post
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 7:12pm
A University of Mississippi donor has asked for his name to be removed from the university's journalism school following a social media post criticized for an "unjustified racial overtone," the journalism school's dean said.
Watchdog slams safeguards for foster kids on psych drugs
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 5:57pm
Thousands of foster children may be getting powerful psychiatric drugs prescribed to them without basic safeguards, says a federal watchdog agency that found a failure to care for youngsters whose lives have already been disrupted.
Person briefed on talks says Kavanaugh, Ford tentatively agree to testify Thursday to Senate panel
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 5:40pm
Person briefed on talks says Kavanaugh, Ford tentatively agree to testify Thursday to Senate panel.
11-year-old becomes fourth fatal victim in domestic shooting
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 5:22pm
Police in Maryland say an 11-year-old girl has become the fourth member of her family to die from a shooting rampage by her father, who also killed himself.
Settlements reached in Native American foster care abuse cases against church
Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 5:18pm
Four Native Americans who claimed they were sexually abused while enrolled in a now-defunct church foster care program decades ago filed paperwork to dismiss their cases after reaching financial settlements, a lawyer said.
Man killed when car crashes during race in Louisiana
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 5:08pm
A North Carolina man driving more than 200 mph (320 kph) has been killed after his vehicle crashed during a race Saturday at NOLA Motorsports Park.
AP source: Kavanaugh, Ford agree to testify on Thursday
Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 4:29pm
Negotiators reached a tentative agreement Saturday for the Senate Judiciary Committee to hear testimony Thursday from Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault from decades ago, according to two people briefed on the matter.
State defends no-jail sentence in Anchorage assault case
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 3:26pm
The Alaska Department of Law stood by a judge's sentence that calls for no jail time for an Anchorage man who authorities say offered a woman a ride and choked her until she was unconscious.
The Latest: Wisconsin authorities who shot at gunman named
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 3:19pm
The Latest on this week's shooting at a software company in Wisconsin (all times local):
Deputies: Man threatened to shoot helicopter flying overhead
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 2:54pm
A Florida man is facing a felony charge after authorities say he told a television station and sheriff's deputies that he was going to shoot down the sheriff's helicopter if it didn't stop flying over his house.
Man to return to Louisiana prison after escape 15 years ago
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 2:48pm
It's been 15 years since inmate Lonnie Payne called Louisiana's East Feliciana Parish Prison his home, but a sheriff's official says that's about to change.
Peruvian national linked to atrocity arrested in West Texas
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 2:20pm
Federal authorities say a former Peruvian Army sergeant has been apprehended in Texas on human rights violations for his alleged involvement in the 1991 killing of 15 villagers in the South American country.
Some see signs of hope on North Korea as Trump heads to UN
Matthew Pennington, Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 2:15pm
North Korea's Kim Jong Un is "little rocket man" no more. President Donald Trump isn't a "mentally deranged U.S. dotard."
Authorities: East Idaho robbery suspect shoots Bingham County deputy
Idaho State Journal Staff | Posted Sep 22nd - 2:07pm
A Bingham County deputy was hospitalized and bound for surgery Friday night after he was shot by a suspect in recent drive-by shootings and robberies in Bonneville County, authorities said.
Judge: California child can take cannabis drug to school
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 2:00pm
A California kindergartner can keep bringing a cannabis-based drug used for emergency treatment of a rare form of epilepsy to her public school, a judge ruled Friday.
Storms dump record rain in Oklahoma and cause death in Texas
Ken Miller and David Warren, Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 1:26pm
A storm system dumped record amounts of rain in parts of Oklahoma and caused flooding in Texas, including in the Dallas area, where floodwaters swept a man from a bridge to his death near the University of Texas' campus in nearby Arlington.
Lawyers for Kavanaugh accuser 'accept' Senate panel request to tell her story, ask to continue talks on terms Saturday
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 12:45pm
Lawyers for Kavanaugh accuser 'accept' Senate panel request to tell her story, ask to continue talks on terms Saturday.
Maine officials investigating restaurant that calmed lobsters with marijuana
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 12:37pm
State health inspectors are investigating a Maine lobster restaurant that tried to mellow out lobsters with marijuana.
The Latest: Warehouse shooting victim had new wife, new job
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 22nd - 11:59am
The Latest on a shooting at a Maryland warehouse that killed four people and wounded three others (all times local):
