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Federal inspectors comb DC subway for track problems
Associated Press | April 7, 2016 2:20 amWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal inspectors are combing Metro’s subway tracks in a “safety blitz” that follows a recent systemwide shutdown to check tracks and make… -
Review: Trippy ‘Quantum Break’ marred by tiresome gunplay
Associated Press | April 7, 2016 1:48 amWhat would you do if you could control time? Visit the future and grab an iPhone 50? Kill a despised historical figure while he’s still… -
Austrian museum to return 2 Schiele works to Jewish heiress
Associated Press | April 7, 2016 1:45 amVIENNA (AP) — A Vienna museum has agreed to give up two of five drawings by Austrian artist Egon Schiele that were at the center… -
State lawmakers don Alaska Native garments to honor culture
Associated Press | April 7, 2016 1:17 amJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Every Friday during the Alaska legislative session, a growing group of state lawmakers trades suit coats and sweater sets for a… -
SC bill would bar requiring transgender choice of bathrooms
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 11:57 pmCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina senator wants to bar local governments from requiring businesses to let transgender people use the bathroom of their… -
Cause of fire at posh Park Avenue apartment building probed
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 11:17 pmNEW YORK (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out at a Manhattan apartment building that’s historically been home to… -
Smokies to use lottery for synchronous firefly parking
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 11:01 pmGATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Great Smoky Mountains National Park visitors hoping to see the synchronous fireflies this summer will need to enter a lottery for… -
Mississippi gov. signs law allowing service denial to gays
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 10:39 pmJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s governor signed a law Tuesday allowing religious groups and private businesses to deny services to gay and transgender people —… -
Bangladesh failing to spare millions from arsenic poisoning
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 9:45 pmKHIRDASDI, Bangladesh (AP) — For more than two decades, Nasima Begum and her family have been drawing water from a well painted red to warn… -
Facebook rearranging notification buttons to highlight video
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 9:30 pmMENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook is rearranging the notification panel on its mobile apps in an effort to broaden the audience creating, watching and…