Texas police report active shooter situation at high school
ALPINE, Texas (AP) - Police in the West Texas town of Alpine say there's an "active shooter" situation at a high school and schools have been locked down amid the search for a suspect. Elizabeth Carter, a lieutenant at the Texas Department of Public Safety, said someone brought a gun onto the Alpine High School…
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Bruce Springsteen again breaks record for longest US show
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band just don't want to leave the stage. Wednesday night's concert at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia lasted nearly four hours, four minutes, breaking the previous record for the group's longest U.S. show set last week. Philadelphia Daily News sports statistician and Springsteen fan Bob Vetrone…
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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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