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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A trial date has been set for a Southern California couple charged with the torture and abuse of most of their 13 children. A judge on Friday ordered that jury selection begin Sept. 3 in the case against David and Louise Turpin. The couple has pleaded not guilty to charges that […]

The McCleary decision upped the ante for K-12 public education. This budget cycle, the Legislature needs to prioritize higher education.

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police have arrested a 15-year-old boy suspected in a series of sexual assaults in Texas and Louisiana, and are investigating him in the fatal attack of a woman this week in Texas, investigators said Friday. The teen was charged as a juvenile Thursday with three counts of aggravated sexual assault in […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Nick Saban and Kirby Smart posed stiffly behind the trophy, forcing smiles for the cameras. Saban whispered something in his former assistant’s ear, drawing a bit of a chuckle. Then, a quick handshake, and off they went in opposite directions. It was a formality that had to wait until the last day […]

DALLAS (AP) — The indictment of Dallas police officer Amber Guyger on a murder charge in the killing of an unarmed black neighbor marks the latest development in a national conversation on issues of law enforcement and race. A look at that case and others in recent years in which law enforcement officers faced charges […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — A U.S. Army sergeant has been sentenced to life in federal prison for killing his wife, who was an Army soldier. A judge on Friday sentenced 37-year-old Sgt. Maliek Kearney to life without the possibility of parole. He was convicted in August. Kearney of San Antonio, Texas, traveled to Maryland in August […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The state of Oregon has agreed to pay $1.25 million to the family of a teen who died under the watch of child welfare workers. Terms of the settlement became public this week after attorneys filed settlement documents in Multnomah County Circuit Court, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported . Gloria Joya of Albany […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Pioneering lawmaker Shirley Chisholm will be honored with a statue in the New York City borough she served as the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress. City officials announced Friday that a monument to Chisholm will be installed at the entrance to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. The Brooklyn-born Chisholm served […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department lawyers appeared to be challenging a Maryland federal judge’s decision to allow a case against President Donald Trump to move forward. The filing late Friday afternoon, however, was merely a notice to the court. It comes as U.S. District Court Judge Peter J. Messitte is poised to allow the subpoenas […]

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It’s no wonder the president is haunted by the Mueller investigation, as even with the bits and pieces that have been revealed in recent months it is clear several people connected with his campaign had dealings with the Russians.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have offered suspended shortstop Addison Russell a 2019 contract while maintaining his future with the team is not uncertain. Russell is serving a 40-game domestic violence suspension following allegations by his ex-wife. President of president of baseball operations Theo Epstein says in a statement Friday the “procedural step” by […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas prosecutors are dropping two criminal charges against a former employee at a water park where a 10-year-old boy died on a waterslide. The charges accuse Tyler Miles of lying to authorities and concealing evidence from investigators, The Kansas City reported . Miles — who was director of operations at Schlitterbahn […]

Microsoft closed stock trading Friday with a market value of $851.2 billion, topping Apple's $847.4 billion and making the Redmond company the most valuable publicly traded company in the world.

Touring on her excellent new album, "Hell-On," the Northwest indie-rock great is at the top of her game.

Microsoft’s big bet on cloud computing is paying off as the company has surpassed Apple as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company. The software maker’s prospects looked bleak just a few years ago, as licenses for the company’s Windows system fell with a sharp drop in sales of personal computers. But under CEO Satya […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft surpasses Apple as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company as Microsoft’s big bet in cloud pays off.

Will Richard Sherman exact revenge revenge on the Seahawks in his first game back in Seattle with the San Francisco 49ers? Unlikely is the popular consensus — and Joel McHale goes big in his score prediction.