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NEW YORK (AP) — A spokeswoman for Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn says voter identification laws are constitutional and that Republicans are attempting to protect ballot integrity. That was the response to scathing criticism from President Barack Obama that voting restrictions being pushed across the country by the GOP pose the greatest threat to voting rights in decades. Obama made the comment at a civil rights gathering in New York.
ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators say they will review whether a stretch of California freeway where a bus carrying students was struck by a big rig should have had a barrier down the median to prevent head-on collisions. Yesterday's crash killed 10 people. The bush was carrying 44 teens on college visit. A federal safety official says it will also be determined if a fire suppression system recommended but not mandated for buses would have made a difference.
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Two students wounded in the Wednesday stabbing rampage at a Pittsburgh-area high school have been released from the hospital. One 15-year-old and two 16-year-olds remain in critical condition at Forbes Regional hospital's intensive care unit. Two other teens are still at other hospitals, including a 17-year-old in critical condition. The teens were among the 21 students stabbed or slashed at Franklin Regional High School. A security guard was also wounded.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some off-the-cuff remarks today from Pope Francis are the latest sign that he has become sensitized to the gravity of the church's abuses scandal. The pontiff said today that he took personal responsibility for what he described as the "evil" of priests who raped and molested children. Francis asked forgiveness from victims, and said the church must do more to protect the young.
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Two associates of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez have been indicted on murder charges in connection with the shooting of a man last summer near Hernandez's Massachusetts home. The Bristol County district attorney's office says a grand jury returned indictments against Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace in connection with the killing of semi-professional football player Odin (OH'-dihn) Lloyd. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty.
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