Apr 20 Watch 3:41 Twenty years after Columbine, what's changed and what hasn't Today marks 20 years since the Columbine High School shooting near Denver, Colorado, where two students killed 12 classmates and a teacher before turning their guns on themselves. As members of the community gathered Saturday for a day of remembrance,… Continue watching
Apr 20 Quest for food stamp data lands newspaper at Supreme Court By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press In the summer of 2010, reporters at South Dakota’s Argus Leader newspaper decided to request data about the government’s food assistance program, previously known as food stamps. Trying to get that data has taken the paper more than eight years… Continue reading
Apr 20 Trump's legal team breathes a sigh, takes a victory lap By Jonathan Lemire, Eric Tucker, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s legal team, through a combination of bluster, legal precedent and shifting tactics, managed to protect their client from a potentially perilous in-person interview during special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Continue reading
Apr 19 Police are now taking roadside blood samples to catch impaired drivers By Jenni Bergal, Stateline While it’s easy for police to screen drivers for alcohol impairment using a breath-testing device, there’s no such machine to screen for drug impairment. As a result, more police are ordering electronic warrants and drawing blood roadside, sparking concerns about… Continue reading
Apr 19 U.S. judge blocks part of Ohio ban on abortion procedure By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press The ruling comes as the state's ban of abortions in cases involving a Down Syndrome diagnosis also is before the courts, and the ACLU plans a court challenge to a heartbeat abortion ban signed last week. Continue reading
Apr 19 Trump blasts ex-advisers who say he tried to stop Mueller By Nancy Benac, Chad Day, Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Tweeting on a rainy Friday from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump lashed out at people who cooperated with Mueller’s team. Continue reading
Apr 19 U.S. home construction slips 0.3% in March By Josh Boak, Associated Press Years of price gains eclipsing income growth has left many buyers unable to afford a home, possibly suppressing construction activity. Continue reading
Apr 19 How Maine's major education reform effort dissolved into a patchwork of policies By Kelly Field, The Hechinger Report Well-intentioned education and business leaders, backed by wealthy foundations and a success story from faraway Alaska, sold state lawmakers on a largely untested theory of change. Now seven years after the state passed a law that required high schools to… Continue reading
Apr 18 5 key takeaways from the Mueller report By Daniel Bush In the special counsel’s full report, which was released Thursday with some redactions, Robert Mueller provided significant evidence of Trump trying to interfere in the investigation, though Mueller stopped short of concluding he’d obstructed justice. Continue reading
Apr 18 Judge scales back Weinstein suit, allows sex-traffic claim By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A federal judge eliminated 17 claims against the once powerful movie mogul who has been accused by women of seeking to trade his influence for sexual favors. Continue reading