Trump administration drops guidance on college sex-crime probes

The Trump administration on Friday reversed Obama-era guidelines on how colleges should handle sexual assault allegations that it said treated the accused unfairly.

California mass killer sentenced to life in prison for hair salon attack

A California man was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the worst mass killing in Orange County history, the 2011 shooting deaths of eight people at a hair salon where his ex-wife worked.

Doomsday sale: U.S. survivalists stock up as disasters roil the planet

Two earthquakes, three monstrous hurricanes and the North Korean missile crisis have U.S. survivalists convinced that the end of the world is nigh. And they are clearing store shelves to stock bunkers in anticipation of Earth’s final chapter.

Former mobster Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano released from prison

Former mob underboss Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, who admitted to involvement in 19 murders and testified against Gambino crime family head John Gotti, has been released from prison after serving more than 17 years, his attorney said on Friday.

Storm Maria pitches Puerto Rico barrio into sunken ‘Venice’

Wading through highways swamped by turbid waters that sloshed over scattered, sunken belongings, residents of this Puerto Rican barrio flooded by Hurricane Maria have begun emerging from their shattered homes.

Flood, fix and flip: Houston housing investors see profit in Harvey’s wake

Addressing a real estate conference in flood-ravaged Houston this month, longtime investor Ray Sasser detailed his strategy: buy up to 50 flooded homes at deep discounts, then fix and flip them for a hefty profit.

Colorado City Abruptly Eliminates Police Chief Finalist for Supporting Immigration Enforcement

A highly qualified and respected veteran law enforcement official with impressive credentials was precipitously eliminated as a finalist to be police chief in a U.S. city after officials discovered he endorsed immigration enforcement.

Shock Tactics | Part 5: The X26 | More power, more risk and a quiet exit for Taser’s best-selling product

Part 5: The X26, Taser’s most powerful stun gun, was removed from the sales lineup in 2014. Behind the phase-out, a truth: The popular weapon posed a higher cardiac risk than other models.

Distrustful U.S. allies force spy agency to back down in encryption fight

An international group of cryptography experts has forced the U.S. National Security Agency to back down over two data encryption techniques it wanted set as global industry standards, reflecting deep mistrust among close U.S. allies.

Death toll from overheated Florida nursing home rises to 10

A 10th elderly patient at a Miami-area nursing home has died after she was exposed to sweltering heat in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, police said on Thursday.

U.S. safety board says train crash engineers had undiagnosed sleep disorder

The engineers in two New York City area commuter train crashes suffered from sleep apnea that had not been diagnosed, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.

Illinois high court upholds former cop Peterson’s murder conviction

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson for murdering his third wife.

Maryland proposes $9 billion plan to relieve traffic congestion

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan proposed on Thursday an ambitious $9 billion public-private partnership to add new traffic lanes around the traffic-clogged U.S. capital region and assume control of a highway operated by the federal government.

U.S. motorists kept up record driving pace in July: DOT

U.S. motorists logged 0.8 percent more miles on the road in July than they did in the year-ago month, keeping 2017 on a pace to break last year’s record of total miles driven, according to U.S. Department of Transportation data released Thursday.

Former U.S. Attorney Bharara joins CNN as senior legal analyst

Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara is joining CNN as a senior legal analyst, a CNN spokesman said on Thursday.

Trump makes his debut at ceremonies for new U.S. citizens

For the first eight months of Donald Trump’s presidency, new U.S. citizens did not receive the customary presidential welcome at their naturalization ceremonies. The timing of Trump’s video was in line with that of his predecessor. Barack Obama’s recording began airing in October of 2009.

Girl in hospital after being struck by baseball at Yankee Stadium

A young girl was transported to hospital after being hit by a foul ball off the bat of third baseman Todd Frazier in the fifth inning of the New York Yankees’ home game against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon.

St. Louis approves police body cameras ahead of more protests

St. Louis officials decided on Wednesday to supply police officers with body cameras for a year following nearly a week of protests touched off by the acquittal of a former police officer for the shooting death of a black man.

Equifax Confirms Another ‘Security Incident’

After the revelation that a cybersecurity breach at the international credit reporting agency Equifax exposed personal information of 143 million people, the company has confirmed an additional security incident with a payroll-related service in the months prior. It says the two are unrelated.

Shock Tactics | Part 4: The garage science behind the stun gun that changed policing

Part 4: Taser International won over police by touting research it said was as rigorous as FDA-style testing. But its claims about its early studies – which began with a pig, five dogs and some willing cops – were overstated.

University study confirms that most minorities have NEVER experienced discrimination of any kind

A study recently conducted by a group of university professors found that only 25 percent of Americans responded affirmatively to ever experiencing discrimination.

Tusk-smuggling case ends in prison for Canadian ex-mountie :U.S. judge

A retried Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer was sentenced on Wednesday by a U.S. judge to five years and two months in prison, after pleading guilty to 10 money laundering charges related to a scheme to smuggle Arctic narwhal tusks.

Oklahoma City police fatally shoot deaf man who did not respond to commands

A deaf man holding a metal pipe was fatally shot by Oklahoma City police who yelled for him to drop his weapon and get on the ground, but did not know that he could not hear, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.

ANTIFA PROFESSOR CALLED ON PEOPLE TO “OFF THE PIGS”; STILL NOT FIRED

“Dead cops are good” tweeted Isaacson

Boston beheading plotter cited 2013 bombing: prosecutor

A Massachusetts man charged with plotting to attack police and behead a conservative blogger on behalf of Islamic State told someone online that he wanted to cause more harm than the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.

S&P downgrades Pennsylvania credit to A-plus, cites budget problems

S&P Global Ratings downgraded Pennsylvania’s general obligation debt one notch to A-plus on Wednesday as state officials struggle to close a $2.3 billion budget gap, the credit rating agency said.

Trial opens for American in Islamic State-linked police beheading plot

A Massachusetts man charged with plotting to behead police officers in an effort to help Islamic State was due in court on Wednesday for the start of his trial on charges including conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism.

Trump administration prepares to ease export rules for U.S. guns

The Trump administration is preparing to make it easier for American gun makers to sell small arms, including assault rifles and ammunition, to foreign buyers, according to senior U.S. officials.

Dozens of states sign nuclear weapons ban treaty at United Nations

Dozens of countries signed a treaty to ban nuclear weapons on Wednesday amid tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests, although the United States, Britain, France and others boycotted the event at the annual United Nations gathering of world leaders.

TARPS COVERING CONFEDERATE STATUES ARE BEING RIPPED DOWN

Officials in Charlottesville, Virginia, are trying to stop people from ripping down tarps that cover statues of Confederate generals.

Unbudgeted: How the opioid crisis is blowing a hole in small-town America’s finances

As deaths mount in America’s opioid crisis, communities on the front lines face a hidden toll: the financial cost.

Failing Charter Schools Have a Reincarnation Plan

Converting into private schools — and using voucher programs to thrive on the public dime.

‘Shocking’ disregard for safety in U.S. meningitis case -prosecutor

A federal prosecutor on Tuesday accused a Massachusetts pharmacist charged with murder for his role in a deadly 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak of showing a “shocking” disregard for patients’ lives, while his lawyer argued the man was no killer.

Wisconsin appeals court upholds state’s ‘right-to-work’ law

A Wisconsin appeals court on Tuesday upheld the state’s “right-to-work” law, which bars mandatory union membership and prohibits unions or employers from requiring non-members to pay dues.

Drug dealer gets 11 years in death of Hollywood movie executive

A convicted drug dealer was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 years in prison in the death of a Hollywood studio executive whose remains were found buried in the California desert more than two years after he disappeared in 2012.

Man arrested in killings of two men in Louisiana

A 23-year-old white man was arrested on Tuesday and will be charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, authorities said.

U.S. appeals court blocks San Francisco ordinance on soda health warnings

A U.S. appeals court sided with the beverage industry on Tuesday, granting its request to block a San Francisco ordinance mandating health warnings for soda and other sugary drinks.

Americans Want Refugee Resettlement Cut to 25K or Less Annually, Survey Finds

Most Americans want to see current refugee resettlement figures cut to at least 25,000 a year — or none at all — according to a new survey.

Poll: Nearly a Fifth of Students Support Using Violence to Shut Down Free Speech

Over half say its acceptable to de-platform “controversial” speakers through heckling

St. Louis mayor to meet with protesters after nights of violence

Activists in St. Louis plan to voice their concerns directly to the mayor on Tuesday over the acquittal of a white policeman who shot a black man to death, a verdict that sparked four night of violent protest.

After Irma, special oxygen masks helped Florida pets breathe easier

Soon after millions of Floridians lost power in the wake of Hurricane Irma last week, firefighters in the city of Titusville responded to an emergency call at a home where a gasoline-powered generator had been running in an attached garage.

PROFESSOR: “WE’LL JUST GET RID OF ALL THE WHITES IN THE UNITED STATES”

An infectious diseases expert ‘joked’ that a good way to eliminate vaccine refusniks, who overwhelming tend to be white people, is to simply “get rid of all the whites in the United States”.

St. Louis mayor to meet with protesters after nights of violence

Activists in St. Louis plan to voice their concerns directly to the mayor on Tuesday over the acquittal of a white policeman who shot a black man to death, a verdict that sparked four night of violent protest.

Florida’s insured losses from Irma total nearly $2 billion to date

Florida policyholders so far have filed nearly $2 billion in claims to insurers for damage from Hurricane Irma, the state’s insurance regulator said on Monday.

Family seeks answers after Georgia Tech student killed by police

The family of a Georgia Institute of Technology student shot and killed by police in Atlanta over the weekend is questioning why campus officers did not try to disarm the knife-wielding computer engineering major with nonlethal force.

Wine maven Kurniawan, convicted of fraud, loses bid for freedom

The convicted Indonesian wine dealer Rudy Kurniawan on Monday failed to persuade a U.S. judge to set aside his 10-year prison term for counterfeiting an estimated $30 million of wine.

St. Louis protests enter fourth day in wake of ex-cop’s acquittal

Protesters took to the streets of downtown St. Louis on Monday after three nights of arrests and scuffles with police during demonstrations against the acquittal of a former police officer for killing a black man in 2011.

Three dead, at least 15 hurt after buses collide in New York City

Three people were killed and at least 15 others were injured after a New York City transit bus and a tour bus collided early on Monday in the city’s borough of Queens, before slamming into a restaurant, fire officials said.

Brown University will offer segregated student dinners for black, Muslim students

University will host dinners as part of ‘racial reconciliation’ program

YALE SWAPS OUT ‘FRESHMAN’ AND ‘UPPERCLASSMAN’ WITH ‘GENDER-NEUTRAL’ TERMS

Dean claims university is modernizing language

Interior chief urges action at 10 U.S. monuments: Washington Post

The head of Department of the Interior called for changes to 10 U.S. monuments that would lift restrictions on activities such as logging and mining, and shrink the footprints of at least four of the sites, the Washington Post reported.

At U.N., Trump adviser says U.S. still leaving Paris climate pact

President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said at the United Nations on Monday the United States had not changed its plans to withdraw from the Paris climate pact without a renegotiation favorable to Washington, with little appetite for such a step in the international community.