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School kids on bus escape serious injury in Wash. crash

ORONDO, Wash. (AP) — A motorist died but dozens of children escaped serious injury when a truck driver apparently fell asleep and crossed the center line of a rural Washington highway, colliding with a car […]

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Anniversary of Selma march rekindles Ferguson comparisons

By JESSE J. HOLLAND   WASHINGTON (AP) — In only a few minutes on national television, the beatings of civil rights marchers by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, dragged the inhumanity of […]

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Jurors in Jodi Arias case: We were 11-1 for death penalty

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and TERRY TANG PHOENIX (AP) — It took just one juror to spare the life of convicted murderer Jodi Arias on Thursday — and the woman had to survive an attempt by her colleagues to […]

Health

Fate of Obama health law subsidies rests with 2 justices

By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court argument over subsidies that help millions of people afford their health insurance suggests that the Obama administration has two chances to attract one critical vote. The justices […]

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Failures by 3 governments preceded homeless man’s death

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and TAMI ABDOLLAH LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mistakes and miscommunication by three governments on three continents over nearly 20 years led to a homeless man known as “Africa” being on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, where […]

Education

Placentia, Ca. teacher hanging update: Jillian Jacobson, photography teacher, found hanging from classroom ceiling by students

(AP) A Southern California teacher — Jillian Jacobson — who committed suicide by hanging herself in her classroom was a well-liked 31-year-old photography instructor, authorities said Monday. Students arriving at El Dorado High School found […]

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Alabama probate judges ordered to halt gay wedding licenses

By JAY REEVES (AP) Probate judges must again decide whether to issue wedding licenses to gay couples after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is legal, despite a federal court’s decision to […]