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The U.S. Department of Education has reversed Obama-era Title IX guidelines on sexual misconduct investigations, announcing that schools may use a higher standard of evidence in adjudicating allegations and that the Department is planning to take...
9.25.2017
1:05pm
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Violent crime in America rose for the second straight year 2016, but remained near historically low levels, according to FBI data released Monday.
9.25.2017
12:52pm
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Former New England Patriots star and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez had a severe case of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, researchers said on Thursday.
9.25.2017
12:49pm
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Scientists from the University of Surrey have developed a rapid and highly sensitive fingerprint test that can take just seconds to confirm whether someone has used cocaine. This new breakthrough, published in Clinical Chemistry, comes as a result of the...
9.25.2017
11:04am
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To ease overcrowding in state prisons, California lawmakers want to release more of the state’s older prisoners and more of the inmates who were young when they committed their crimes.
9.25.2017
10:52am
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Thanks to the nation’s out-of-control opioid epidemic, New Hampshire's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner can’t completely autopsy every body anymore. It’s been getting too many.
9.22.2017
12:25pm
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Authorities have uncovered no evidence that toddler Ayla Reynolds is still alive despite the more than 1,000 leads they’ve received since her 2011 disappearance, state police said Thursday.
9.22.2017
12:18pm
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Alcohol is a major driver in American homicide. In about half of all U.S. homicides, either victim or perpetrator (or both) are under the influence at the time of the fatal act. Taxing, regulating and restricting alcohol reduces its incidence in...
9.22.2017
12:14pm
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A teenager suspected of a killing who was named one of Texas' 10 Most Wanted fugitives was caught in Los Angeles on Tuesday after posting a live video on social media, police said.
9.22.2017
12:03pm
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The use of hearsay testimony to convict former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson in the death of his third wife was proper, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday in upholding the conviction.
9.22.2017
11:30am
