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Florida governor warns his state can’t handle an influx of immigrants
MIAMI — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday the state isn’t prepared to handle vague Trump administration plans to send some 1,000 undocumented immigrants a month from the southern border to South Florida. “We cannot accommodate in Florida the dumping of unlawful migrants into our state,” DeSantis said during a...
Feds want stolen Alexander Hamilton letter returned
BOSTON — A 1780 letter from Alexander Hamilton to the Marquis de Lafayette stolen from the Massachusetts Archives decades ago has been found and now an effort is underway to get it back. The U.S. attorney’s office in Boston this week filed a forfeiture complaint in federal court asking a...
House passes bill to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Friday to amend the decades-old Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Despite a sea change in the past decade in public opinion regarding gay rights and the legalization of same-sex marriage nationally, 30 states have no laws...
Report: Ex-Ohio State team doctor sexually abused 177 students over decades
A former Ohio State team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students from 1979-96, according to an investigative report released Friday. The abuse included athletes from at least 16 school sports teams and also encompassed other students who saw Dr. Richard Strauss at the school’s student health center and...
Texas man suspected of cutting off mom’s head with hacksaw
DENTON, Texas — A Texas man used a hacksaw to cut off his mother’s head before fleeing and leading police on a chase into Oklahoma last week before they arrested him, authorities said. Isaac Israel Warriner, 22, was being held Friday in a Denton County, Texas, jail on charges including...
California kids having slumber party fight off nude intruder
CLOVIS, Calif. — Police say two girls having a slumber party fought off a naked man who broke into the home through a window and sexually assaulted them last weekend. Police Chief Matt Basgall in the Fresno suburb of Clovis said the 10-year-old girl who lives in the home and...
Federal appeals court rules against Trump on ending DACA
RICHMOND, Va. — The federal appeals court has ruled the Trump administration acted in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner when it sought to end an Obama-era program that shields young immigrants from deportation. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 Friday that...
Minneapolis considering ban on new drive-thru windows
Can you imagine life without the convenience of drive-thru windows? Well, leaders in one midwest city are trying to do just that. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports the city’s planning commission is supporting a zoning code amendment that would ban any new drive-thru window within city limits. Current drive-thru windows...
Body of missing W.Va. teen found, mother’s boyfriend charged
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Authorities say they’ve found the body of a missing West Virginia girl, and her mother’s boyfriend has been arrested. News outlets report Morgan County Sheriff K.C. Bohrer said during a news conference Thursday that 15-year-old Riley Crossman’s decomposed body was found on an embankment near a...
Boeing says 737 Max update is being held up by FAA questions
Boeing’s path to returning its 737 Max jet to service is being held up by questions from the Federal Aviation Administration. The U.S. regulator has asked Boeing to provide more details about “how pilots interact with the airplane controls and displays in different flight scenarios,” the company said in a...
Grumpy Cat, internet legend, dead at age 7
Grumpy Cat, the feline that became an internet celebrity for her permanent scowl, died Tuesday. She was 7. Her family announced the sad news on Twitter. “Besides being our baby and a cherished member of the family,” the family wrote, “Grumpy Cat has helped millions of people smile all around...
MGM might pay $800 million in Las Vegas shooting settlement
LAS VEGAS — Casino giant MGM Resorts told federal regulators Thursday it might pay up to $800 million to settle liability lawsuits stemming from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas — the deadliest in modern U.S. history. “The company believes it is reasonably possible that a settlement will be...
Colorado officer quits after confronting black man picking up trashVideo
DENVER — A white Colorado police officer who pulled out his gun during a confrontation with a black man picking up trash around his dormitory resigned this week under an agreement that lets him collect $69,000 in salary despite violating department policies. Police body camera footage released Thursday provided a...
Spray foam-encased kitten rescued by Oregon garbage workerVideo
HILLSBORO, Ore. — A kitten that was found encased in hardened spray foam is expected to make a full recovery after being rescued from a garbage can by an Oregon sanitation worker, authorities said Thursday. The sanitation worker was using a hydraulic arm to empty a trash can near Hillsboro,...
Chelsea Manning sent back to jail for refusing to testify
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was ordered back to jail Thursday for refusing to testify to a grand jury, even after telling a judge she’d rather “starve to death” than cooperate with prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga ordered her to remain incarcerated at the Alexandria...
Malaysian teen jumps to her death after Instagram poll
A 16-year-old Malaysian girl with a history of depression is believed to have committed suicide after asking her social media followers to vote on whether she should kill herself. The girl, who was not named, ran a poll on the photo-sharing app Instagram asking “Really Important, Help Me Choose D/L,”...
Red Lobster giving away Cheddar Bay Biscuit Fanny Packs
If you love Cheddar Bay Biscuits from Red Lobster, you might want to tell them why. If you do, you could win a limited-edition, insulated Cheddar Bay Biscuit Fanny Pack to keep your biscuits nice and toasty when you’re on the go. Fashion meets flavor on #NationalBiscuitDay! For the chance...
NTSB: Autopilot was in use before Tesla hit semitrailer
DETROIT — A Tesla Model 3 involved in a fatal crash with a semitrailer in Florida March 1 was operating on the company’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system, federal investigators have determined. The car drove beneath the trailer, killing the driver, in a crash that is strikingly similar to one that happened...
New Trump immigration plan would overhaul green card system
WASHINGTON — Setting aside some of his hard-line rhetoric on illegal immigration, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wanted to recruit “top talent” to the nation as he unveiled his latest efforts to reform residency laws after years of setbacks and stalemates. “We discriminate against genius,” Trump said of...
Taco Bell Hotel & Resort will have sauce packet floaties in the pool
You can spend your summer vacation at Taco Bell. If you’re a big fan of the Mexican cuisine, fast-food chain you’re going to love this immersive taco-themed getaway. It’s called The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort and it will be located in, you guessed it, California. Palm Springs...
Former Nebraska state senator cited for urinating in public
LINCOLN, Neb. — A former Nebraska state senator who has been working for the city of Lincoln has resigned his post after being ticketed for urinating in public. Police say David Landis was charged Tuesday after an officer saw him urinating next to his car parked just west of the...
Missouri’s GOP-led Senate passes strict antiabortion bill
As states across the nation are pushing stringent antiabortion legislation, lawmakers in Missouri have passed a bill that aims to make Missouri what the governor called “one of the strongest pro-life states in the country.” In the early hours of Thursday morning — before the legislators’ Friday deadline — Missouri’s...
Alligator blocks runway at Air Force base in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. — Staff at a U.S. Air Force base in Florida had to bring in a front-end loader to remove an alligator that was lounging on a runway. The Tampa Bay Times reports that the large reptile was spotted Tuesday morning on a MacDill Air Force Base flight line....
U.K. leader under pressure as rivals push for her ouster
LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May was braced for an uncomfortable meeting Thursday with Conservative Party lawmakers who are demanding she quit within weeks. Executive members of a committee that oversees party leadership contests were set to confront May with the threat of a leadership challenge if she does...
Pregnant Chicago woman slain, baby cut from her wombVideo
CHICAGO — A pregnant woman who had gone to a Chicago home in response to a Facebook offer of free baby clothes was strangled and her baby cut from her womb, police and family members said. The newborn was in grave condition and not expected to survive, and three people...
