CARLSBAD, N.M. – A project out of a New York college is set to offer free medical-screening programs for former workers at the federal government’s nuclear waste repository. The Worker Health Protection Program run by Queens College of the City University of New York will announce later this month details …
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PHOENIX – Convicted murderer Jodi Arias has declined to address a jury considering whether to sentence her to life in prison or death in the killing of her former boyfriend. Arias said Monday that she wanted to make comments to jurors but insisted the courtroom be cleared. She said she …
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SEATTLE – The Coast Guard says protesters opposed to offshore drilling in the Arctic will have to stay in safety zones when a drill rig arrives in Seattle. Chief Petty Officer Sara Mooers says a Seattle-bound drill rig and a heavy-lift vessel are expected to arrive in Port Angeles later …
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The Senate Judiciary deployed U.S. Marshals to serve subpoenas compelling top big tech CEOs to testify before Congress after allegedly refusing to cooperate. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,announced Monday that subpoenas were issued to the …
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A train in North Texas derailed Sunday morning after plowing through an 18-wheeler that had become stuck on the tracks, authorities said. The derailment happened just before 10 a.m. near Aledo, about 20 miles west of Fort Worth, when a Union Pacific train traveling to Fort Worth struck a semitruck …
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Police are investigating a string of home robberies in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle last week, including one in which the homeowner exchanged gunfire with the would-be home invaders. The first incident took place on Dec. 18 near the intersection of Beacon Avenue and South Graham Street. A man …
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Police were investigating after a fiery two-vehicle collision killed two people and injured five others in Rochester, New York, early on New Year’s Day, officials said. The crash happened shortly before 1 a.m. Monday as officers were directing traffic after a concert let out at the Kodak Center theater complex, …
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An inmate at a federal prison in West Virginia has died after a fight at the facility, authorities said. FEDERAL INMATE CONVICTED OF DEADLY WEST VIRGINIA PRISON STABBING Andrew Davis, 39, was found with unspecified injuries from a “perceived altercation” with another inmate on Sunday at the Federal Corrections Institute …
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FRANKFORT, Mich. – Michigan state archaeologists say a shipwreck found in Lake Michigan isn’t the Griffin, the earliest known wreck in the Great Lakes. The Muskegon Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1QQIVju ) reports two men came forward late last year with photos of the shipwreck found off of Frankfort, which is about 40 …
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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – A hand grenade a woman found in her grandfather’s belongings prompted police in Vermont to evacuate their department and surrounding homes after she brought it into the station. South Burlington police say the cleared the department and nearby buildings on Saturday as a precautionary measure because …
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