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San Francisco approves fully paid leave for new parents
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 8:58 pmSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco became the first place in the country Tuesday to require businesses to provide fully paid leave for new parents… -
United abandons attempts to add more slots at Newark Liberty
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 8:47 pmNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — United Airlines is abandoning its attempts to purchase additional takeoff and landing slots at Newark Liberty International Airport, a move the… -
Norway: 2 arrested in connection with 2009 Munch art heist
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 8:31 pmCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two men have been arrested and jailed for four weeks in connection with the 2009 theft of a valuable work by… -
9-year-old reporter defends homicide coverage after backlash
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 7:30 pmA 9-year-old reporter who wrote about a suspected murder in her small Pennsylvania town is defending herself after some locals lashed out about a young… -
Ride operator killed while doing maintenance at Florida fair
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 7:23 pmMIAMI (AP) — Authorities say a ride operator is dead after a malfunction at the Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition. Miami-Dade police spokeswoman Jennifer Capot… -
Addiction epidemic fuels runaway demand for ‘sober homes’
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 5:39 pmCHICAGO (AP) — The nation’s epidemic of addiction to painkillers and heroin is fueling runaway demand for a once-obscure form of housing known as “sober… -
Sentencing postponed for trail-hiking embezzlement suspect
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 5:02 pmCINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio has again pushed back the sentencing of a Kentucky accountant who spent much of six years as… -
Court rules in favor of Navajo Nation in fight over remains
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 4:29 pmSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday restored a lawsuit that sought to have human remains taken from Canyon de Chelly National… -
Today in History
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 4:01 pmToday is Thursday, April 7, the 98th day of 2016. There are 268 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 7,… -
GOP’s social, fiscal conservatives at odds over gay rights
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 3:03 pmJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican lawmakers upset about the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage have advanced measures in about a dozen states this…