By PHILIP MARCELO BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard University survey released Wednesday found that nearly one in two millennials believe America’s criminal justice system is unfair and few believe protests… Read more »
Category: National News
National Guard called in to keep the peace in Baltimore
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. and AMANDA LEE MYERS (BALTIMORE, AP) — National Guardsmen fanned out across the city, police with riot shields blocked streets, and firefighters doused smoldering blazes Tuesday after… Read more »
Deaths rise, aid flown in after Nepal quake
The death toll climbed above 3,700 on Monday, two days after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck central Nepal and surrounding regions. Key information known at this time: ___ CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE… Read more »
More than 12 hurt as stage collapses at Indiana high school
By LAURYN SCHROEDER (WESTFIELD, Ind., AP) — More than a dozen students suffered minor injuries after a stage filled with students collapsed during a musical performance at a central Indiana… Read more »
New Pentagon strategy warns of cyberwar capabilities
By LOLITA C. BALDOR (REDWOOD CITY, Calif., AP) — A new Pentagon cybersecurity strategy lays out for the first time publicly that the U.S. military plans to use cyberwarfare as… Read more »
Ex-CIA chief will be sentenced for leaking military secrets
(CHARLOTTE, N.C., AP) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose career was destroyed by an extramarital affair with his biographer, was expected to be sentenced Thursday in federal court in… Read more »
US to announce plans to reduce agricultural carbon emissions
By JEFF KAROUB (DETROIT, AP) — Federal agricultural officials are planning to announce voluntary programs and initiatives for farmers, ranchers and foresters meant to build on President Barack Obama’s efforts… Read more »
New York aims to cut waste by 90 percent by 2030
By JONATHON LAMIRE (NEW YORK, AP) — The nation’s biggest city, in a far-reaching effort to limit its impact on the environment, is set to mark Earth Day by announcing… Read more »
With bird flu spreading, USDA starts on potential vaccine
By STEVE KARNOWSKI (MINNEAPOLIS, AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working on a vaccine to counter a deadly strain of bird flu, as losses to poultry producers mount…. Read more »
Minnesota men charged with trying to join Islamic militants
By AMY FORLITI (ST. PAUL, Minn., AP) — When Guled Ali Omar made up his mind to join the Islamic State group, he wasn’t easily deterred. The Minnesota man emptied… Read more »