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Ancient shells -- found in American West -- may have been used as trumpets, study says
If you were standing on the edge of a canyon in the San Juan Basin of the Colorado Plateau about 1,200 years ago, you may ... Read More
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As court overturns a California's lot-splitting law, SB 9, one early adopter asks why
LOS ANGELES — Sam Andreano is currently putting the finishes touches on his split-lot property in Whittier. He's a guinea pig for state Senate Bill 9, a housing law that allows homeowners to divvy up their properties and...Read more
Pro-Palestine protesters at Rutgers reach deal with school, close encampment
Pro-Palestine protesters took down and cleared their encampment at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., on Thursday after agreeing to a deal with the school’s administration.
University president Jonathan Holloway...Read more
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Boston marathon bombing case moves ahead, feds won't appeal
BOSTON — In a simple sentence, federal prosecutors announced they would abide by an appeals court ruling and take another look to see if the Boston Marathon bomber deserves another death penalty trial.
“This letter is...Read more
NYPD officer fired gun in Columbia's Hamilton Hall; DA investigating
NEW YORK — An officer fired off his gun inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall during the NYPD raid Tuesday, police sources said.
A spokesperson with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office Thursday confirmed ...Read more
Vitti calls on leaders to target edible marijuana use by students in school
The head of Michigan's largest school district is calling on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and a host of federal, state and local elected leaders to enact immediate policy changes to address the rise of ...Read more
Huawei secretly backs US research, awarding millions in prizes
WASHINGTON — Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese telecommunications giant blacklisted by the U.S., is secretly funding cutting-edge research at American universities including Harvard through an independent Washington-...Read more
Long Beach health officials declare tuberculosis outbreak a public health emergency
LOS ANGELES — Long Beach officials declared a public health emergency Thursday afternoon after one person died and nine others were hospitalized because of a tuberculosis outbreak in the city.
The city's chief health ...Read more
IG says Illinois state employees made up businesses, lied about income to defraud federal COVID-19 aid program
CHICAGO — Illinois state employees fabricated hair salons, paid others to inaccurately fill out forms and drastically inflated income numbers for their side businesses in an effort to fraudulently receive pandemic-era ...Read more
Are pro-Gaza college protests free speech? Survivors of Hamas attack say no in lawsuit
Pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities are prompting constitutional questions – particularly questions of free speech – and law enforcement responses.
A new federal lawsuit says the demonstrators don’t have ...Read more
'We need him in our life': Wife of radiologist accused of driving family off California cliff speaks in court for first time
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — The wife of Dharmesh Patel — who was sitting next to him when the Pasadena radiologist allegedly drove the family’s Tesla off a 250-foot cliff near Devil’s Slide last year — pleaded in ...Read more
At a California federal prison tainted by sex-abuse scandal, all of the prisoners have been cleared out
DUBLIN, Calif. — All of the women who used to live behind the bars at the notorious Federal Correctional Institute of Dublin — where guards and other officials engaged in repeated sexual abuse of inmates — are now in...Read more
Jury hears Trump discuss plans to pay hush money to Playboy model in secret recording by Michael Cohen
NEW YORK — Jurors at Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial on Thursday heard audio of him discussing plans to pay hush money to a Playboy model with his former fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen — tying him to the deal his ...Read more
Las Vegas Review-Journal agrees to turn over most data on slain reporter's phone
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Review-Journal has agreed to give prosecutors, police and defense attorneys the majority of data on slain investigative reporter Jeff German’s phone.
“We’ve reached an understanding,” ...Read more
Penn's Hey Day, a decades-old student tradition, rerouted as pro-Palestinian encampment enters second week
PHILADELPHIA — At the University of Pennsylvania’s iconic statue of its founder, Benjamin Franklin, police had dispersed a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters Thursday, only to have a young man break through metal ...Read more
Nearly half arrested in Columbia, CCNY Gaza protests were outsiders, but unclear if they were 'agitators'
NEW YORK — Almost half of the more than 280 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University and City College this week weren’t students or faculty at the schools, according to data released by Mayor Adams’...Read more
Activists sue Johnson administration over DNC protests, say Chicago isn't ready
CHICAGO — As protests surge across America just months before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, activists representing LGBTQ+ and women’s reproductive rights say Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is...Read more
After NYPD on-campus arrests, Columbia faculty group calls for no confidence vote on Shafik
NEW YORK — A faculty group at Columbia University on Thursday called for a vote of no confidence in Minouche Shafik, the newly minted university president whose tenure has been marred by campus protests and criticism of ...Read more
All aboard? Biden just nominated a former Boise City Council member for a national post
BOISE, Idaho — When Boise City Council Member Elaine Clegg stepped down in November to join Valley Regional Transit as CEO, she told The Idaho Statesman that “rail is a big issue of mine” and would be a focus for her...Read more
Second Boeing whistleblower dead within the past 3 months
A 45-year-old former aircraft quality auditor has become the second Boeing-related whistleblower to die in the past three months, after allegedly suffering from a sudden bacterial infection.
Joshua “Josh” Dean, of ...Read more
Rikers Island jail search uncovers large cache of contraband drugs, weapons
A search in a Rikers Island jail uncovered a large cache of narcotics, including cocaine, K2 and marijuana in vacuum sealed bags, dozens of fentanyl-soaked papers, cigarettes, tobacco and ceramic blades, the Daily News has...Read more
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