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'Devious licks' videos of damage, thefts bedevil US schools TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Children across the U.S. are posting TikTok videos of themselves vandalizing school bathrooms and stealing soap dispensers — and even turf from football fields — bedeviling school administrators seeking to contain the viral internet trend. by Associated Press Published Sep. 17 2021 @ 11:05pm

Ex-deputy charged in teen's death RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas sheriff's deputy was charged Friday with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a white teenager whose death has drawn the attention of national civil rights activists. by Associated Press Published Sep. 17 2021 @ 11:05pm

Drought haves, have-nots test how to share water in the West MADRAS, Ore. (AP) — Phil Fine stands in a parched field and watches a harvester gnaw through his carrot seed crop, spitting clouds of dust in its wake. by Associated Press Published Sep. 16 2021 @ 11:05pm

Democrats call oil giants to testify on climate campaign WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are calling top executives at ExxonMobil and other oil giants to testify at a House hearing as lawmakers investigate what they said is a long-running, industry-wide campaign to spread disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming. by Associated Press Published Sep. 16 2021 @ 11:05pm

Ex-Georgetown tennis coach to plead guilty in college scam A former Georgetown University tennis coach accused of accepting more than $2 million in bribes to help children get into the school will plead guilty in the sweeping college admissions scandal, according to court documents filed Wednesday. by Associated Press Published Sep. 15 2021 @ 11:05pm

As COVID-19 vaccine mandates rise, religious exemptions grow An estimated 2,600 Los Angeles Police Department employees are citing religious objections to try to get out of the required COVID-19 vaccination. by the Associated Press Published Sep. 15 2021 @ 11:05pm

Democrats could change 'weaponized' California recall system Hours after California Gov. Gavin Newsom beat back a recall election that could have cost him his job, his fellow Democrats in the state Legislature said Wednesday that they will push for changes to make it more difficult to challenge a sitting governor. by Associated Press Published Sep. 15 2021 @ 11:05pm

Dems revise elections bill but face Senate headwinds Senate Democrats unveiled a pared back elections bill Tuesday in hopes of kickstarting their stalled push to counteract new laws in Republican states that could make it more difficult to cast a ballot. by Associated Press Published Sep. 14 2021 @ 11:05pm

Tropical Storm Nicholas slows, dumps rain along Gulf Coast Tropical Storm Nicholas slowed to a crawl over southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana Tuesday after blowing ashore as a hurricane, knocking out power to a half-million homes and businesses and dumping more than a foot of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. by Associated Press Published Sep. 14 2021 @ 11:05pm

Census: Relief programs staved off hardship in COVID-19 crash Massive government relief passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic moved millions of Americans out of poverty last year, even as the official poverty rate increased slightly, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. by Associated Press Published Sep. 14 2021 @ 11:05pm

Militia leader gets 53 years in Minnesota mosque bombing The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities said masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque was sentenced Monday to 53 years in prison for an attack that terrified the mosque's community. by Associated Press Published Sep. 13 2021 @ 11:05pm

FDA experts among group opposing US booster shot plan The average person doesn't need a COVID-19 booster yet, an international group of scientists — including two top U. by the Associated Press Published Sep. 13 2021 @ 11:05pm

2 nuclear plants saved in energy plan set to go to Illinois governor Two Illinois nuclear plants would be saved from closure and carbon-emitting coal plants closed during the next quarter-century as part of a clean-energy package the Senate approved Monday and which next moves to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who has pushed for a carbon-free Illinois by 2045. by Associated Press Published Sep. 13 2021 @ 11:00pm

Polk County to buy Sleepy Hollow Sports Park in Iowa The owners of a popular central Iowa park known for winter sledding and tubing have announced that Polk County plans to buy the park. by Associated Press Published Sep. 13 2021 @ 10:00pm

4 injured after apartment building explosion near Atlanta An explosion rocked an apartment building in suburban Atlanta on Sunday, causing the three-story structure to partially collapse and leaving four people with minor injuries, authorities said. Published Sep. 12 2021 @ 11:05pm

Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain and flooding Tropical Storm Nicholas headed toward the Texas coast Sunday night, threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and storm-battered Louisiana. by Associated Press Published Sep. 12 2021 @ 11:05pm

3 GOP prospects for 2024 criticize Biden at political event Three Republican presidential prospects Sunday sharply condemned President Joe Biden's handling of the end of the war in Afghanistan, rebuking the administration's conduct of the U.S. withdrawal as weak and as emboldening its adversaries. by Associated Press Published Sep. 12 2021 @ 11:05pm

Biden embraces message of unity on 9/11 anniversary From an urban memorial to a remote field to the heart of of the nation's military might, President Joe Biden on Saturday paid tribute at three hallowed places of grief and remembrance to honor the lives lost two decades ago in the 9/11 terror attacks. by Associated Press Published Sep. 11 2021 @ 11:05pm

Court: DeSantis ban on school mask mandates back in force The on-again, off-again ban imposed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to prevent mandating masks for Florida school students amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak is back in force. by Associated Press Published Sep. 11 2021 @ 11:05pm

Rain helps in California fire fight, lightning sparks others Thunderstorms that dropped light rain gave some breathing room to crews struggling to quench California's massive wildfires but lightning sparked several new blazes in the drought-stricken north, fire officials said. by Associated Press Published Sep. 11 2021 @ 11:05pm

Biden's vaccine rules to set off barrage of legal challenges WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's sweeping new vaccine requirements have Republican governors threatening lawsuits. Published Sep. 11 2021 @ 11:05pm

Two decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias NEW YORK (AP) — A car passed, the driver's window rolled down and the man spat an epithet at two little girls wearing their hijabs: "Terrorist!"It was 2001, mere weeks after the World Trade Center fell, and 10-year-old Shahana Hanif and her younger sister were walking to the local mosque from their Brooklyn home. by Associated Press Published Sep. 10 2021 @ 11:05pm

Appeals court blocks Tennessee Down syndrome abortion ban NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of federal judges reversed course Friday and blocked a Tennessee restriction that outlaws abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, or because of the race or gender of the fetus. by Associated Press Published Sep. 10 2021 @ 11:05pm