5 takeaways from the Indiana primary
All that delegate math, the fretting over whether Trump could reach 1,237 delegates? Stick a fork in it: Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus declared Trump the "presumptive GOP nominee." Just eight months ago, Republicans were so worried that Trump would lose the GOP primary and launch an independent bid that party leaders pressured its slate of presidential candidates to sign a pledge to support the ultimate nominee. Turns out, there was no need to worry about that. After c..>> view originalAuthor says he doesn't think father was Iwo Jima flag-raiser after all
DES MOINES, Iowa – The author of a best-selling book about his father and other men who raised a U.S. flag at Iwo Jima during World War II said Tuesday he no longer believes his father was in an iconic photograph of the event. James Bradley, who wrote the book "Flags of Our Fathers," said in a telephone interview that questions raised about the photo by two amateur historians, which have prompted a Marine Corps investigation, led him to think back on comments his father made about the 1945 fla..>> view originalAbduction, murder leaves Navajo community heartbroken
SHIPROCK, N.M. — The stranger walked with 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike into the hills of a remote area of the Navajo Nation known for its breathtaking views and the monolithic rock outcropping that stands as a beacon for miles. As the sun faded, the stranger returned alone with a crowbar tucked in his jacket; the girl was nowhere to be seen. Her body was found hours later. But as he came back, her distraught and scared 9-year-old brother started to run and kept running for more than two miles towa..>> view originalWashington, DC bus driver stabbed with screwdriver, bus hijacked, pedestrian struck and killed
A man stabbed a Washington, D.C. bus driver with a screwdriver, hijacked the bus and struck a pedestrian, who later died, police said. The incident was reported after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, when suspect Keith James Loving, 30, allegedly got on the bus in ...>> view originalLos Angeles county acts to ban solitary for juveniles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to ban most solitary confinement at juvenile halls and camps after backers said the practice is harmful and unproductive. The unanimous vote ordered the county's Probation Department to end the use of solitary at three juvenile halls and 13 camps by September except for rare and brief "cooling-down" sessions. Central Juvenile Hall and two camps will stop using it this month. Research has shown that isolating youngsters ..>> view originalIn NY, White House poised to create first monument to gay rights struggle
President Obama is poised to declare the first-ever national monument recognizing the struggle for gay rights, singling out a sliver of green space and part of the surrounding Greenwich Village neighborhood as the birthplace of America’s modern gay liberation movement. While most national monuments have highlighted iconic wild landscapes or historic sites from centuries ago, this reflects the country’s diversity of terrain and peoples in a different vein: It would be the first national monument..>> view originalAs States Expand Gun Rights, the Police Object
Despite the current conflicts, police officers and gun rights advocates have long been largely on the same side of the national debate over guns. But police departments have insisted that gun owners be required to receive training, as their officers do, and that people with violent histories, who are more likely to clash with the police, be blocked from obtaining weapons. The recent legislation, including “constitutional carry laws” — which typically eliminate the police’s role in issuing permi..>> view originalVirginia Supreme Court recognizes gay couples in divorce law
By Associated Press May 4 at 4:12 AM RICHMOND, Va. — The Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled that a person doesn’t need to pay alimony to a former spouse if the payee is in a new relationship with a member of the same sex. The decision clarifies a section of Virginia’s divorce law which states that alimony payments can be cut off if the payee remarries or has been cohabiting with another person for at least a year. The case stemmed from the 2008 divorce of Michael Luttrell and Samantha Cucco..>> view originalPowerball reaches $348M ahead of Wednesday night's drawing
Powerball tickets purchased in advance of the Jan. 13, 2016 drawing of the nearly $1.6 billion jackpot. The holders of the ticket purchased in Melbourne Beach, Fla., will be identified Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 in Tallahassee.(Photo: Craig Rubadoux, Florida Today)Lotto buyers have a shot to win $348 million Wednesday night, the second highest jackpot in the past year.Wednesday's Powerball drawing doesn't come close to the record $1.586 billion jackpot in January, but it's grown steadily over the..>> view originalCalifornia marijuana legalization initiative has signatures
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Backers of a marijuana legalization initiative say they have collected enough signatures for the measure to qualify for the California ballot this November.A coalition that includes former Facebook President Sean Parker and backed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the nation’s leading marijuana advocacy groups says it has collected 600,000 signatures, a lot more than the 365,000 needed, well ahead of the July 5 deadline.Newsom, a Democratic candidate for governor in 2018, and oth..>> view original
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