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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 […]

Business

Silicon Valley gender bias suit puts spotlight on industry

By SUDHIN THANAWALA   SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A sex discrimination trial against one of Silicon Valley’s most prestigious venture capital firms is providing a rare peek into the elite investment companies vying to fund the […]

Entertainment

Harrison Ford survives crash-landing on golf course

By LYNN ELBER and TAMI ABDOLLAH   LOS ANGELES (AP) — When a man battles Darth Vader, Nazis and other evil-doers for work, what does he do for fun? Harrison Ford’s answer is found in a pilot’s license […]

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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 […]

Sports

Westbrook 1st player since MJ with 4 straight triple-doubles

By CLIFF BRUNT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook became the first player since Michael Jordan in 1989 to have four consecutive triple-doubles, according to STATS, and the first since Jordan that year to have back-to-back […]

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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 […]