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Louisiana Attorney General To Consider Prosecution In Alton Sterling Case

5:05am May 04, 2017

by Greg Allen

The Justice Department announced it will not bring charges against white police officers who killed Alton Sterling, a black man in Baton Rouge, La. The state is now looking into a criminal case.

A saliva test allowed scientists to accurately predict how long concussion symptoms would last in children.

Spit Test May Reveal The Severity Of A Child's Concussion

5:05am May 04, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

By measuring fragments of genetic material in saliva, scientists were able to accurately predict whether a young person's concussion symptoms would last days or weeks.

Two different variations of Confederate flags fly in Owen Golay's yard in rural Pleasantville, Iowa.

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Feeling Kinship With The South, Northerners Let Their Confederate Flags Fly

5:00am May 04, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

"They wanted their independence, they wanted a smaller government. I find that a lot in people, it's just that rebelliousness," Iowa resident Bruce Peterson said.

An advocacy group says a move at the Drug Enforcement Agency to hire prosecutors is another signal of how the Justice Department is changing under Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

DEA Seeks Prosecutors To Fight Opioid Crisis; Critics Fear Return To War On Drugs

5:00am May 04, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

The Drug Enforcement Administration wants to hire prosecutors "to hold accountable the people who are facilitating addiction." Advocacy groups worry the move would exceed the DEA's legal authority.

Khadra Abdulle, a resident of St. Paul, stops to shop at the Riverside Market in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis. It's the inaccurate information about a link between vaccines and autism, she says, that's keeping some well-meaning parents

Unfounded Autism Fears Are Fueling Minnesota's Measles Outbreak

11:33pm May 03, 2017

by Mark Zdechlik

State health officials are struggling to contain a measles outbreak that has sickened mostly Somali-American children. The vaccination rate is low in this tight community that's worried about autism.

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House Republican Leaders Plan Vote On Revised Health Care Bill

9:28pm May 03, 2017

by Susan Davis

House Republican leaders are planning a vote on the American Health Care Act on Thursday. The bill has been revised to provide options for states to opt out of some key Obamacare requirements.

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Williams House at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire will become an all-gender dorm.

Elite Prep Schools Experiment With 'All-Gender' Dorms

9:28pm May 03, 2017

by Gabrielle Emanuel

Two of the top U.S. preparatory boarding schools, Phillips Exeter and Phillips Academy Andover, are converting some dorm space to "all-gender" dorms to better meet the needs of transgender students.

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Veda Washington-Abusaleh attends a vigil Tuesday night for her nephew Alton Sterling, who was shot by police last July in Baton Rouge, La.

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Baton Rouge Officers Won't Face Federal Charges In Killing Of Alton Sterling

8:35pm May 03, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"All of this was for nothing, but it just hurts so bad," Sandra Sterling, Alton Sterling's aunt, says of news that the Justice Department won't prosecute two officers involved in her nephew's death.

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This is what the subject line may look like in the email, for people using Microsoft Outlook. The telltale sign something's amiss: that email address with that long line of H's.

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Did You Get A Weird Invitation To Edit A Google Doc? It's Best Not To Click

8:16pm May 03, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The reason: It's probably not legit. A vast phishing scam has been emailing malicious files masquerading as Google Docs. Does a recent edit invitation smell fishy to you? Just delete it.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, seen walking to the House chamber on Wednesday, says he has the votes needed to pass the GOP health care bill on Thursday.

House To Vote On GOP Health Care Bill Thursday With Leadership Sure Of Support

8:00pm May 03, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

After a series of changes, including one to create federal high-risk pools, the Republicans' health care plan is headed back to the House floor for a vote. The majority leader says it will pass.