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Driver of double-decker bus may have been impairedWilliam Dalambert, the driver of a double-decker sightseeing bus in New York City, failed a sobriety test after plowing into a Times Square plaza and injuring 14 people on Tuesday.
Indiana chooses first female chief justiceLongtime juvenile court judge Loretta Rush was chosen as the first female chief justice of Indiana's Supreme Court Wednesday. Rush has been on Indiana's Supreme Court since 2012.
Military begins questioning Bergdahl on his captureLawyers for Bowe Bergdahl have indicated the freed prisoner of war will cooperate with Army investigators as they begin questioning him on the circumstances that led to his capture by the Taliban.
Obama welcomes African dignitaries for dinner and 'a little bit of fun'With more than 400 guests, this is the most elaborate dinner President Obama and Michelle Obama have hosted. In a sense it was like a dinner for one head of state, multiplied 50 times.
Second American aid worker stricken with Ebola now back in USNancy Writebol was flown Tuesday by a private jet from Liberia to an Air Force base just outside Atlanta.- Alabama law restricting abortion doctors ruled unconstitutionalA federal court judge in Birmingham handed down the opinion Monday.
- Ohio water ban lifted, but questions remainToledo's mayor lifted the ban on city drinking water, declaring it safe. Since Saturday, residents were told not to drink, brush their teeth or wash dishes with the water.
Northern California wildfires destroy eight homes, force evacuationsCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for parts of central and northern counties in the state, due to the wildfires.- Southern California flash floods, mudslides strand 2,500 peopleOne person died after thunderstorms Sunday caused flash flooding and mudslides near Mount Baldy, Calif. Thousands are stranded in the mountains.
- Why Ohio drinking water ban continues Monday morningToledo Mayor D. Michael Collins said early Monday morning that the drinking water ban will continue. Toxins from Lake Erie have been blamed for the contamination of the drinking water.
- California declares emergency as wildfires rage across westFires are burning in California, Oregon and Washington at an intensity officials call extreme.
Atlanta hospital one of safest in world for EbolaThe isolation unit at the Emory University Hospital is designed for the treatment of diseases like Ebola.- California teen sets self ablaze in 'fire challenge'A Southern California teenage boy set himself on fire, encouraged by a new online fad known as the 'fire challenge.' The boy's injuries are not considered life threatening.
Why lotteries are targetting young adultsAdults under age 40 generally aren't lottery players. Look at how state and corporate gambling groups are trying to boost participation in games of chance.- What did Obama say about CIA torture after 9/11?President Obama says the US did torture Al Qaeda suspects after Sept. 11, 2001. "We crossed a line," he said. "That needs to be understood and accepted...We did some things that were wrong," Obama said in a press conference Friday.
- Why 400,000 people in Toledo, Ohio can't drink the waterA toxin in the water, possibly algae from Lake Erie, sent people scrambling to buy water. Toledo, Ohio, residents were advised not to brush their teeth with it or boil the water.
NYC hate-crime trial: Jewish vigilante or too zealous prosecution?Yitzhak Shuchat, a white member of a Jewish neighborhood watch group, faces trial for an assault on a black man in Crown Heights in New York. Hate crime or something else.
CIA's John Brennan apologizes for Senate spyingAfter Senate leaders learned about the intrusion in January and protested, the聽CIA聽made a criminal referral to the Justice Department, alleging improper behavior by Senate staffers.聽
CIA admits to spying on Senate intelligence committeeThe Central Intelligence Agency聽improperly accessed Senate intelligence committee computers earlier this year,聽according to a summary of a聽CIA聽inspector general report describing the results of an internal investigation.
Senate nixes border, Iron Dome fundingThe US Senate voted down legislation that would fund $2.7 billion in appropriations for addressing the tens of thousands of migrant children flooding the US border.
