Animated videos: Boy Scouts’ new tactic to fight sex abuse
Boy Scouts seek to bolster their sex-abuse prevention efforts with a new awareness program featuring cartoon-style videos that will be provided to Cub Scouts nationwide …
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I-94 in Wisconsin reopens following fiery, fatal crash
Interstate 94 has reopened in southeastern Wisconsin after a fiery, fatal crash involving two semis and several other vehicles closed lanes in both directions …
Census Bureau data shows US median age has risen by a year
Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows the median age in the US increased by a year to 38.2 years from 2010 to 2018 …
The Latest: Parole board denies clemency for condemned man
The Georgia parole board has denied clemency for a prisoner scheduled to be executed Thursday for the killing of an off-duty prison guard more than two decades ago …
Georgia preparing to execute man for 1996 killing
A man convicted in the killing of an off-duty prison guard more than two decades ago is scheduled to be executed Thursday in Georgia …
2 killed when semitrailers explode on I-94 in Wisconsin
Authorities say the drivers of two semitrailers are dead after one trailer hit a construction barrier on a southeastern Wisconsin interstate and caused a chain reaction that caused explosions and set other vehicles on fire …
72 officers off streets amid probe into social media posts
Police Commissioner Richard Ross says 72 Philadelphia police officers have been placed on administrative duty amid an initial investigation into a national group’s accusation offensive posts by officers in several states …
The Latest: Phoenix man in video calls for police firings
The young black man who was targeted in a videotaped encounter that showed Phoenix police pointing guns at him and his pregnant fiancee has told the City Council he wants the officers to be fired …
Train derails near Nevada-Utah line; no injuries reported
Union Pacific investigating after a train carrying military munitions derailed in the high desert of northeast Nevada on Wednesday, closing an interstate for about an hour before emergency crews determined there was no danger …
Georgia panel delays clemency ruling for condemned man
The state parole board has delayed making a decision in a clemency hearing for a Georgia prisoner scheduled for execution for the killing of an off-duty prison guard …
The Latest: Witness says he saw Navy SEAL stab prisoner
A Navy SEAL has testified that he saw a comrade stab a wounded and captive Islamic State fighter in Iraq in 2017 …
PG&E says it’s fixed many major safety risks on lines, poles
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. officials say the utility discovered more than 1,000 high-priority safety risks on its transmission lines and distribution poles during several months of inspections and most have been fixed …