Wife of slain Baton Rouge officer announces pregnancy
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The wife of an officer killed in a lone gunman's ambush in Baton Rouge in July has announced that she's pregnant. Dechia Gerald tells WAFB-TV (http://bit.ly/2cv3x4G ) that she believes she conceived just five days before her husband, 41-year-old Officer Matthew Gerald, died in the line of duty. Gerald, Officer…
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As some states curb high fines, Oklahoma’s go even higher
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - When riots erupted two years ago in Ferguson, Missouri, some of the tension in the black community was blamed on the use of court fines and fees that burdened many low-income people with debts they could not pay. Since then, some states have reduced fines for traffic tickets and offered amnesty…
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Brock Turner returns to Ohio, registers as sex offender
XENIA, Ohio (AP) - A former Stanford University swimmer whose six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman sparked a national outcry has registered as a sex offender in Ohio, where he's living with his parents. Brock Turner registered at the Greene County sheriff's office on Tuesday, four days after leaving a California jail after…
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There she is: Out of the closet, and ready for Miss America
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - After competing in pageants for generations in the closet or working behind the scenes, gays and lesbians finally get to see one of their own take one of pageantry's biggest stages. Miss Missouri, Erin O' Flaherty, will compete for the Miss America crown on Sept. 11 as the first openly…
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Lawmakers likely to do what they do best: the bare minimum
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers return to Washington this week for an abbreviated election-season session in which they will likely do what they do best: the bare minimum. All Congress must do this month is keep the government from shutting down on Oct. 1 and, with any luck, finally provide money for the fight against the…
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