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Boy Scouts threatened by wave of child sex abuse lawsuits

The Scouts have been sued in multiple states in recent months by purported abuse victims, including plaintiffs taking advantage of new state laws or court decisions allowing suits previously barred.

Electric bikes to be allowed in all national parks, public lands

Motorized electric bicycles may soon be humming their way into national parks and other public lands nationwide, under a new Trump administration order — hotly opposed by many outdoors groups.

Jim Leavelle, lawman at Oswald’s side in shooting, dies at 99

Jim Leavelle, a Dallas lawman who was captured in one of history’s most iconic photos as he escorted President John F. Kennedy’s assassin as he was fatally shot, has died. He was 99.

Mexico’s new bloody drug war may be worse than old one

Mexico’s drug war appears to be back — and it may be worse this time around than in the bloody years of the government’s 2006-2012 offensive against drug cartels.