RALEIGH, N.C. — Authorities have identified four students who they say hung a black teddy bear from a noose at a North Carolina high school. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports (http://bit.ly/2rqaHBh) Wake County schools spokeswoman Lisa Luten said an investigation revealed that the students hung both the teddy bear, which was dressed as
Students who put noose on black teddy bear identified
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — The mother of six girls a man is accused of assaulting, fathering two children by one of them, says she knew about the sexual activity but believed it “could be a good thing.” The testimony came as trial opened Wednesday in Bucks County for 52-year-old Lee Donald Kaplan on numerous charges of
Trial opens for man accused of abusing girl he got as a gift
NEW YORK — The Kushner Cos. engaged in a bit of creative mapmaking to qualify one of its buildings in a booming New Jersey waterfront neighborhood across from Manhattan for a federal visa-for-investment program targeting struggling areas. Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner placed
Kushners used creative mapmaking to gain visa-tied funds
ORLANDO, Fla. — Newly-released video from bodycams on officers responding to a mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub shows shattered glass inside the club, the sounds of automatic gunfire and an officer shouting, “Come out with your hands up or you will die!” The videos were released Wednesday to ABC News (http://abcn.ws/2qBUFRA ), the
New police bodycam video released from nightclub massacre
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — A man who killed a police officer in Ohio has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and other charges and has been sentenced to life in prison plus 35 years without the possibility of parole. Herschel Jones III pleaded guilty and was sentenced Wednesday in Knox County in the 2016 shooting death
Man pleads guilty in police officer’s slaying, gets life
BERKELEY, Calif. — An investigation into the misuse of funds by an outgoing chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley cost 10 times more than the misspending. UC spokesman Ricardo Vazquez told The Associated Press on Wednesday that UC spent $57,671 on the probe. The investigation found that Chancellor Nicholas Dirks used university resources for
Probe of university official cost more than misspending
PERRY, Iowa — Police say three more people have been charged in the death of a 16-year-old central Iowa girl who weighed only 56 pounds at her death. Sabrina Ray’s body was found May 12 in the Perry home she shared with her adoptive parents, who were charged May 17. Police said Wednesday that the
Police: New charges brought in case of Iowa teen’s death
A new report traces how a short letter in a medical journal in 1980 helped sow the seeds of today’s opioid epidemic by helping to convince doctors that these powerful painkillers carried less risk of addiction than they actually do. The letter in the New England Journal of Medicine was written by a respected doctor
Painful words: How a 1980 letter fueled the opioid epidemic
WASHINGTON — Barack and Michelle Obama have bought the home they’ve been renting in a tony D.C. neighborhood since the former president left office. The Washington Post reports (http://wapo.st/2qHfREZ ) that the Obamas bought the eight-bedroom, 9½-bath mansion for $8.1 million. Property records show the deed transfer was recorded Wednesday. The Obamas have said they
Obamas buy house they were renting in tony DC neighborhood
BISMARCK, N.D. — The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, which is expected to begin shipping oil to contractors on Thursday, will face scrutiny later this summer over whether it violated North Dakota rules during construction. North Dakota’s Public Service Commission is looking into whether Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners removed too many trees and
Dakota Access pipeline expected to begin shipping Thursday
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