Judge gets challenge to Mississippi mental health system
A federal judge will now decide if Mississippi’s mental health system breaks the law by unnecessarily confining people …
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Mom who tried to kill baby held in his death 11 years later
She’s charged with killing the now 12-year-old she tried to drown as a baby. …
Glitches snarl start of California’s ammo background checks
On the first day California has required background checks for every ammunition purchase, dealers are reporting delays and glitches with the state’s online system …
The Latest: Boy drowns after mom tried to drown him in 2008
A woman who was prosecuted in Montana for attempting to drown her 10-month-old son in 2008 is charged in California with killing the now 12-year-old boy by drowning him in an irrigation ditch …
Grand jury indicts woman for Las Vegas manicurist’s death
A grand jury has indicted a 21-year-old woman on charges of murder, robbery and other crimes after she was accused of skipping out on a $35 manicure and running over a salon worker with her car…
Closing arguments due in Navy SEAL court-martial
A military prosecutor says a Navy SEAL committed murder and the proof is in his own words, photos and testimony of his fellow troops …
Father of 2, deported to El Salvador, allowed return to US
A 33-year-old father of two American-born children has been allowed to return to the US two years after being deported to El Salvador …
Rice to launch task force on its segregationist history
Rice University will launch a task force to explore its segregationist history with the aim of sparking dialogue and further documenting its past …
Gay rights, anti-war activist Justin Raimondo dies at 67
Justin Raimondo was active in San Francisco politics in the 1970s and 1980s. …
7 hurt when gunfire erupts at Louisiana nightclub
Police continue to investigate a shooting incident at a Baton Rouge nightclub. …
Racist, anti-gay student flyers challenge Wyoming district
Wyoming school officials address aftermath of racist and anti-gay flyers. …
The Latest: Thunderstorms end Chicago Pride Parade early
Thousands marched in the streets of San Francisco waving rainbow flags and dancing to upbeat music in the city’s Pride parade …