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Bolton: Coast Guard to help reassert US leadership in Arctic
Bolton has been President Donald Trump’s national security adviser since April of last year. He previously served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush.
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Iowa hires Billy Taylor as assistant basketball coach
Iowa has hired former Lehigh and Ball State head coach Billy Taylor to be an assistant on Fran McCaffery’s staff.
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ May 21 The Los Angeles Times on U.S.-Iran relations: Apprehensions about an imminent military confrontation between Iran and the United States have subsided for…
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2 bullets strike bus after students taken to Chicago museum
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say stray gunfire struck a suburban school bus after it dropped students at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Chicago police and Northbrook School District 28 officials said only…
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Philadelphia mayor easily fends off 2 challengers in primary
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Democrat Jim Kenney is poised to keep his job as mayor of the nation’s sixth largest city after fending off two challengers in Tuesday’s primary who criticized his signature achievement: a soda…
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Texas House advances school security bill after shooting
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers are gearing up to pass new measures aimed at increasing campus security, adding more armed personnel and boosting student mental health resources a year after a mass shooting at…
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Teacher charged with threatening to ‘shoot up’ her school
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina teacher has been charged with threatening to “shoot up” her school. A news release from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office says Kristen Thompson was arrested Tuesday on a…
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Washington State fires baseball coach Marty Lees
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Washington State has fired baseball coach Marty Lees after four disappointing seasons. Athletic director Pat Chun said Tuesday that Washington State needs to find someone to return the program to a…
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Downpours, runoff lead to decline in Chesapeake Bay’s health
Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science gave the Chesapeake Bay an overall grade of 46% for 2018, down from 54% in 2017. All of the indicators factored into the bay’s health index declined or stayed flat last year. Its letter grade of “C” is unchanged.
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LSU suspends fraternity for alleged hazing, misconduct
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana State University fraternity has been suspended amid hazing and misconduct allegations. The Advocate reports university officials confirmed that LSU’s Pi Kappa Phi chapter will be closed until May…
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Teacher charged with bringing gun to Florida school
SEMINOLE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida teacher was arrested after bringing a handgun and knives to the elementary school where she worked. The Tampa Bay Times reports 49-year-old Betty Jo Soto was arrested…
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Amended sex abuse suit filed against W.Va. Catholic diocese
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Roman Catholic diocese failed to publicly disclose decade-old allegations of sexual abuse of a student involving a Catholic school teacher, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday. Attorney General Patrick…
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Oregon hunts for bodies at ex-asylum seen in ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon will use ground-penetrating radar to search for bodies buried on the campus of a now-defunct psychiatric hospital where the movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was filmed before a…
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Lawyer, vintner plead guilty in college admissions case
A New York lawyer and a Napa Valley vintner have admitted to participating in the college admissions bribery scheme.
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Florida school shooting defendant has brief court appearance
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The defendant charged with killing 17 people in last year’s Florida school shooting was back in court, but only to learn the next time he must show up. Circuit Judge…
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