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Hundreds flee as two California wildfires threaten homesCalifornia firefighters are struggling to get the upper hand on two rapidly-spreading wildfires while contending with temperatures in the triple digits.
Widow of chokehold victim describes quiet, non-violent manMember of Eric Garner's family met Friday with federal prosecutors to ask them to bring a civil rights case against the NYPD. Garner died in police custody. An onlooker shot video of him in a chokehold.
Can Ohio State reverse band culture of sexual harassment?Ohio State University dismissed marching band director Jonathan Waters Thursday after concluding he knew about, but failed to stop inappropriate rituals. The university will appoint a task force to help bring about changes in the band.- More young homeless in Denver, drawn by legal marijuanaAt homeless shelters in Denver, officials say the rise in young men living on the streets is due to legalized marijuana.
Police still baffled by Abigail Hernandez's disappearanceMissing for nine months, 15-year-old Abigail Hernandez returned to her New Hampshire home last week, leaving police with questions about why she vanished and who may have helped conceal her.
Should steroid-era stars be admitted to Baseball Hall of Fame with asterisk?Tony La Russa聽told ESPN he believes players like Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire should be included in the Baseball Hall of Fame as the greatest players of their generation despite questions about their use of performance enhancing drugs.
John McCain calls 2-hour Arizona execution 'torture'Senator John McCain said Wednesday's execution of Joseph Wood, which took more than 90 minutes and left him gasping for air throughout, was聽a 'bollocks-upped situation.' McCain supports capital punishment for certain crimes.
Philly police search for suspects in carjacking that killed three childrenPhiladelphia police are searching for two men who allegedly carjacked an SUV and hit a fruit stand, killing three siblings ages 7, 10, and 15, and injuring their mother and the carjacking victim.
Miami-Dade judge rules Fla. ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutionalAgreeing with an earlier ruling by a judge in Monroe County, a Miami-Dade judge ruled Friday Florida's ban on same-sex marriage served only to discriminate against same-sex couples. Both ruling are expected to face appeals.
Hospital shooting: Man kills one, is shot by his psychiatrist, faces murder chargeHospital shooting: District Attorney Jack Whelan said Richard Plotts would be arraigned on a murder charge if he survived the night following Thursday's聽shooting.
Boehner vs. Obama: House panel moves toward vote on Obama lawsuitOver Democratic objections, Republicans cleared the way for a House vote on whether to sue President Barack Obama for failing to implement ObamaCare as it was written.
Sen. Sanders offers lower-cost bill to reform Veterans AffairsSenate VA Committee chairman聽Sen. Bernie Sanders聽said Thursday that a new proposal to improve veterans' access to health care would cost less than $25 billion over three years,聽$10 billion less than a bill passed by the Senate last month.
Montana judge censured over lenient rape sentence, rape commentsDistrict聽Judge聽G. Todd Baugh, of Billings, appeared before the court in Helena, where Chief Justice Mike McGrath read the prepared聽censure聽statement. A聽censure聽is a rarely used public declaration by the high court that a聽judge聽is guilty of misconduct.
Arizona execution drags on, inmate gasping throughoutThe execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood Wednesday afternoon took almost two hours, with Wood gasping repeatedly and making audible sounds throughout. An emergency legal appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court was unsuccessful.
Accused of plagiarism, Sen. John Walsh says he suffered from PTSDDemocratic Senator John Walsh said he聽was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder聽from his service in Iraq when he failed to attribute conclusions and verbatim passages lifted from other scholars' work in his master's thesis at the US Army War College.
Teen trying to set record killed in plane crash over Pacific OceanHaris Suleman, 17, was attempting to fly around the world in 30 days when his plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean, killing him, and leaving his father Babar Suleman, also on board, missing.
Supreme Court denies Arizona inmate's final appealThe Supreme Court cleared the way to carry out the execution of Arizona murderer Joseph Rudolph Wood, who聽was scheduled to be put to death at the state prison amid new scrutiny nationwide over lethal injections after several controversial executions.
Obama declares Washington wildfire emergency, firefighters make progressWashington wildfire: The cooler weather and moisture聽has helped firefighters in their efforts to combat the state's largest wildfire in history.聽With more rain in the forecast, crews worry that moisture could lead to flash floods after so much ground vegetation has been burned away.- Feds crackdown on Mexico border smugglersIn Operation Coyote, federal agents arrested 192 people along the Mexican border in South Texas on immigrant-smuggling charges and seized more than $625,000.
- Why California banned full-contact football practicesA new California law bans full-contact football practices for middle and high school students due to concerns over possible concussions. In Los Angeles, a high school now has mandatory baseline testing for concussions for all students.
