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Door-to-door checks after tornado damage in Missouri capital
May 23, 2019 by Rick Watts
By DAVID A. LIEB JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri’s capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state that left at least three…
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Probe inconclusive on racist picture in governor’s yearbook
May 22, 2019 by Rick Watts
By BEN FINLEY and ALAN SUDERMAN NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — An investigation ordered up by a Virginia medical school failed to determine whether Gov. Ralph Northam is in a 1984 yearbook photo of a man in blackface…
Tornadoes flip campers, damage homes in Southern Plains
May 21, 2019 by Rick Watts
By KEN MILLER OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A tornado touched down Tuesday near Tulsa International Airport, injuring at least one person and damaging about a dozen homes, amid storms in the Southern Plains that brought…
Speaker stuns 2019 Morehouse grads, to pay off student debt
May 20, 2019 by Rick Watts
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK A billionaire technology investor stunned the entire graduating class at Morehouse College when he announced at their commencement Sunday that he would pay off their student loans __ estimated at up…
Meet the Democratic candidates who are running for president
May 16, 2019 by Rick Watts
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio became the latest entry into the 2020 Democratic presidential race on Thursday, bringing the primary field to nearly two dozen candidates. The sprawling Democratic field features candidates ranging…
Alabama ban on nearly all abortions in GOP governor’s hands
May 15, 2019 by Rick Watts
By KIM CHANDLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama legislators have given final approval to a ban on nearly all abortions, and if the Republican governor signs the measure, the state will have the strictest abortion…
Apps cost too much? Court allows suit adding to Apple’s woes
May 14, 2019 by Rick Watts
By MARK SHERMAN and MICHAEL LIEDTKE WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers can pursue a lawsuit complaining that iPhone apps cost too much, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, adding to Apple’s woes that already include falling…
Hero students highlight shift in school shooting guidance
May 10, 2019 by Rick Watts
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MICHAEL MELIA BALTIMORE (AP) — The actions of students who died tackling gunmen at two U.S. campuses a week apart have been hailed as heroic. At a growing number of schools…
Parents can’t delete what kids tell Amazon voice assistant
May 09, 2019 by Rick Watts
By MATT O'BRIEN Amazon met with skepticism from some privacy advocates and members of Congress last year when it introduced its first kid-oriented voice assistant , along with brightly colored models of its Echo Dot speaker designed…
Students kill classmate, injure 8 at school near Columbine
May 08, 2019 by Rick Watts
By KATHLEEN FOODY and P. SOLOMON BANDA HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) — Two high school students shot and killed a classmate and injured eight others at a charter school in a Colorado community that just…
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