SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court says high school officials in Northern California acted appropriately when they ordered students wearing American flag T-shirts to turn the garments inside out during the Mexican independence celebration Cinco de Mayo.
Court: OK for school to order US flag shirts covered on Cinco de Mayo to avoid racial strife.
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s Republican governor announced Thursday he wants to reject a full Medicaid expansion that would enroll more people in the government program, and instead, seek federal dollars to cover the poor in private plans.
Utah GOP governor rejects traditional Medicaid expansion, wants federal grant to help poor
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – The founder of a Bible-themed museum in Kentucky who recently debated evolution with TV’s «Science Guy» Bill Nye will give an update Thursday on a stalled project to build a massive replica of Noah’s Ark.
Creation Museum founder who debated Bill Nye about evolution to update Noah’s Ark plans
LOS ANGELES – California Gov. Jerry Brown formally launched his re-election campaign Thursday, stepping into a contest that the former three-time presidential candidate is expected to dominate.
California Gov. Jerry Brown will seek re-election: ‘There is nothing I would rather do’
NEW YORK – An Egyptian Islamic preacher awaiting trial in New York after his extradition from Great Britain says he will testify at his April trial.
Egyptian Islamic preacher to testify at April trial in NY on charges he assisted al-Qaida
FRESNO, California – Drivers in California can legally read a map on their hand-held cellphones while behind the wheel, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
California appeals court says reading cellphone maps while driving is legal, overturns ticket
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan – Sharp cutbacks in phosphorus runoff into Lake Erie are needed to counter a worsening problem of algae blooms that degrade water quality, harm fish and chase away tourists, a U.S.-Canadian agency said in a report to both governments Thursday.
US-Canadian agency seeks deep cutbacks in phosphorus runoff to rein in Lake Erie algae blooms
WHITE PLAINS, New York – A New York jury has ended the day with no verdict after deliberating for about 45 minutes in Kerry Kennedy’s drugged-driving trial.
NY jury begins deliberating at Kerry Kennedy’s drugged-driving trial
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – A judge has delayed sentencing at least a month for an Alabama man who pleaded guilty earlier to trying to hire a Ku Klux Klan hitman to kill a black neighbor.
Judge: Sentencing delayed for Ala. man who pleaded guilty in attempt to hire KKK hitman
MEMPHIS, Tennessee – Federal investigators say a deadly explosion at a military flare plant in West Tennessee was an accident and not caused by a criminal act.
Investigators say explosion at West Tennessee flare plant an accident, not criminal
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