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Northern Calif. wildfire burns almost 7,000 acres

A northern California wildfire continued to rage Friday, threatening homes and torching 6,900 acres in Napa and Sonoma Counties, authorities said.

NY prison employee to be arraigned on criminal charges

The female prison worker accused of smuggling tools to two inmates who recently staged a daring escape from an upstate New York facility will be arraigned on criminal charges next week.

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4 airlines under investigation for price gouging

The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday began an investigation of possible price gouging by four American airlines in the aftermath of a deadly Amtrak crash in Philadelphia in May.

 
3 dead, 7 injured after shooting in Louisiana theater

A lone gunman opened fire inside a crowded movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Thursday evening, killing two people and injuring seven others before taking his own life, police said.

Cincinnati traffic stop shooting investigation over

A grand jury was seated in Cincinnati on Thursday as prosecutors consider whether to bring charges against a university police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man during a traffic stop over the weekend.

 
Pentagon finds fault with anthrax inactivation procedures

An investigation into how U.S. Defense Department labs sent live anthrax spores to researchers failed to find a single root cause, but concluded that protocols to inactivate the bacteria were deficient.

 
Northern Calif. wildfire prompts home evacuations

A rapidly expanding wildfire in Northern California is threatening about 150 structures and has forced evacuations in several rural areas as the wind-whipped blaze rips across parched vegetation, officials said on Wednesday.

 
Pharmacy owners can’t deny medicine because of religion, court rules

The state of Washington can require a pharmacy to deliver medicine even if the pharmacy’s owner has a religious objection, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday, the latest in a series of judgements on whether religious believers can opt out of providing services.

 
White House opposes bill on immigration sanctuary cities

The White House on Thursday said it strongly opposes a bill being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to restrict federal funds from cities that do not deport undocumented immigrants.

Sandra Bland’s death ruled suicide by hanging

An autopsy on a black woman found hanged in a Texas jail after being arrested following a traffic stop is consistent with suicide, the Waller County assistant district attorney told a news conference on Thursday.