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Long wait times plague Social Security disability process
Health / U.S. News

Long wait times plague Social Security disability process

Posted on 11/30/15 by rparker16

MIAMI (AP) — Diabetes, arthritis and open-heart surgery have kept Sherice Bennett from working, but she can’t afford her medicine and became homeless while waiting more than two years for a chance to convince a judge that she qualifies for federal disability benefits. Maria Ruiz also is waiting to appeal her denial; meanwhile, she’s been … Continue reading →

Sheriff’s deputies rescue newborn found buried near river
U.S. News

Sheriff’s deputies rescue newborn found buried near river

Posted on 11/30/15 by rparker16

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials asked for the public’s help Saturday in gaining information about a newborn baby deputies rescued after finding her buried beside a popular Compton bike path. The girl was believed to be only 24 to 36 hours old when she was found Friday afternoon near a creek … Continue reading →

Images, analysis released of Cleveland officer shooting boy
U.S. News

Images, analysis released of Cleveland officer shooting boy

Posted on 11/30/15 by rparker16

CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio on Saturday released a frame-by-frame analysis of the surveillance camera footage first made public a year ago that shows a white Cleveland police officer fatally shooting a black 12-year-old boy who had a pellet gun. The additional images taken from surveillance video at a recreation center where Tamir Rice … Continue reading →

Weather, flights aid post-Thanksgiving travel efforts
U.S. News

Weather, flights aid post-Thanksgiving travel efforts

Posted on 11/30/15 by rparker16

NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of millions of Americans returning home after the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend Sunday had cooperative weather and mostly efficient airport operations to thank for smooth traveling conditions. Other than a winter storm that is bringing freezing rain and snow to the central Plains Sunday night and into Monday, and flood … Continue reading →

Kevorkian archive opens as physician-assisted deaths rise
U.S. News

Kevorkian archive opens as physician-assisted deaths rise

Posted on 11/30/15 by rparker16

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Just days before she died with Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s assistance, Merian Frederick could not speak or hold up her head without help from her daughter, Carol Poenisch. On a video recorded by Kevorkian in 1993, Poenisch steadies Frederick’s Lou Gehrig’s disease-ravaged body as she signs a form requesting help to … Continue reading →

Speculation swirls on motive as judge seals docs in attack
U.S. News

Speculation swirls on motive as judge seals docs in attack

Posted on 11/30/15 by rparker16

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The man accused of killing three people, including a police officer, at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs lived a troubled, isolated life in the Carolinas and Colorado, but acquaintances said he never hinted that he would target the organization. Robert Lewis Dear, 57, Is accused of shooting a … Continue reading →

Volunteers continue sorting mementos after church shooting
Celebrities / U.S. News

Volunteers continue sorting mementos after church shooting

Posted on 11/12/15 by rparker16

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Five months after nine black parishioners were gunned down at a Charleston church, volunteers continue the laborious job of sorting and cataloguing thousands of letters, mementos and gifts that poured in after the tragedy. For weeks following the June 17 shootings, the sidewalk in front of Emanuel AME Church was a … Continue reading →

Rogue emu captured after 60 days on the lam in Delaware
U.S. News

Rogue emu captured after 60 days on the lam in Delaware

Posted on 11/12/15 by rparker16

ODESSA, Del. (AP) — An emu whose escape more than 60 days ago prompted lockdowns at two Delaware elementary schools has been captured. Daniel Shortridge is a spokesman for the state Department of Agriculture. He is quoted by The News-Journal of Wilmington as saying that private parties and state officials netted the flightless bird Thursday … Continue reading →

US Rep. Sam Farr of California to retire after 20-plus years
Celebrities / Politics / U.S. News

US Rep. Sam Farr of California to retire after 20-plus years

Posted on 11/12/15 by rparker16

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Sam Farr of California will retire at the end of his term in 2017, ending a career in Congress spanning nearly a quarter-century, he announced Thursday in Salinas. Farr, 74, said he decided not to run next year because he has spent more than half his life in … Continue reading →

Backlash over Mormon LGBT rule change spreads among faithful
U.S. News

Backlash over Mormon LGBT rule change spreads among faithful

Posted on 11/12/15 by rparker16

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New Mormon church rules targeting gay members and their children have triggered a firestorm of backlash from church members of all political backgrounds. Mormon scholar Patrick Mason said the symbolism of targeting kids has riled up even conservative, orthodox Latter-day Saints who don’t usually get on the LGBT bandwagon or … Continue reading →

Rite Aid adds prescription analysis to genetic test lineup
U.S. News

Rite Aid adds prescription analysis to genetic test lineup

Posted on 11/12/15 by rparker16

Rite Aid is giving patients a chance to peek over their doctor’s shoulder with genetic tests that help determine the effectiveness of some prescriptions. The drugstore chain said Thursday that it is selling Harmonyx testing kits at nearly all of its stores. The kits cost between $49 and $89 without a prescription, and customers can … Continue reading →

Black administrator named Missouri system’s interim head
U.S. News

Black administrator named Missouri system’s interim head

Posted on 11/12/15 by rparker16

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — One of the University of Missouri’s first black law school graduates was appointed Thursday to lead the four-campus system through a tumultuous period of racial unrest, drawing praise from students who said he’s well-equipped to confront the problems they felt his predecessor largely ignored. Michael Middleton, 68, has spent 30 years … Continue reading →

Earnings fail to lift US stocks as economic growth slows
U.S. News

Earnings fail to lift US stocks as economic growth slows

Posted on 10/30/15 by rparker16

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped Thursday after the U.S. said economic growth slowed more than expected in the summer. A mixed batch of third-quarter earnings reports didn’t inspire investors. Companies including restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings and camera maker GoPro plunged after releasing weak results. The market was lower all day after the Commerce … Continue reading →

New Mexico police officer dies after being shot on duty
U.S. News

New Mexico police officer dies after being shot on duty

Posted on 10/30/15 by rparker16

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A somber Albuquerque police chief stood surrounded by dozens of law enforcement officials Thursday as he described a well-liked, highly decorated officer who was gunned down outside a pharmacy last week. Officer Daniel Webster died early Thursday at University of New Mexico Hospital, a little more than a week after he … Continue reading →

Praying coach’s suspension opens split on religion in school
Sports / U.S. News

Praying coach’s suspension opens split on religion in school

Posted on 10/30/15 by rparker16

SEATTLE (AP) — A football field in Washington state has become more than a battleground for athletes as the suspension of an assistant coach for praying at midfield after games divided people around the country over the religious rights of school employees. District officials put Joe Kennedy, Bremerton High School’s assistant football coach, on paid … Continue reading →

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