Author: Sudhin Thanawala
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Hundreds line up ahead of funeral for a slain Georgia nursing student who loved caring for others
Hundreds of people are lining up to pay respects before the funeral of a nursing student found slain on the University of Georgia campus
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Medical examiner rules death of baby decapitated during delivery was a homicide
A medical examiner has classified the death of a Georgia couple’s baby that was decapitated during delivery as a homicide
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Search goes on for missing after California wildfire
CHICO, Calif. • Desperate families posted photos and messages on social media and at shelters in hopes of finding missing loved ones, many of them elderly, nearly two weeks after the deadliest, most destructive wildfire in California history. The death toll stood at 77 Monday, with about 1,000 people unaccounted for. “I have an uncle…
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N. California wildfire: Searchers look through debris, ash for remains
CHICO, Calif. • Volunteers in white coveralls, hard hats and masks poked through ash and debris Sunday, searching for the remains of victims of the devastating Northern California wildfire before rains that are forecast for this week complicate their efforts. While the predicted downpours could help tamp down the blazes that have killed 76 people…
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Women can’t be paid less than men based on past wages, court says
SAN FRANCISCO — Employers cannot pay women less than men for the same work based on differences in their salaries at previous jobs, a federal appeals court said Monday. Pay differences based on prior salaries are discriminatory under the federal Equal Pay Act, a unanimous 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
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YouTube shooter’s bizarre videos key to suspected motive
MENIFEE, Calif. — The woman who shot three people at YouTube’s headquarters was prolific at producing videos and posting them online, many of them bizarre, such as a clip in which she removes a revealing purple dress to expose fake breasts with the message, “Don’t Trust Your Eyes.” In others, Nasim Aghdam exercises, promotes animal…
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Woman shoots 3, self at YouTube in possible domestic dispute
SAN BRUNO, Calif. — A woman opened fire with a handgun Tuesday in a courtyard at YouTube headquarters, wounding three people before fatally shooting herself in what is being investigated as a domestic dispute, authorities said. Terrified employees huddled inside, calling 911, as officers and federal agents swarmed the company’s suburban campus sandwiched between two…
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Cancer claim for Monsanto’s Roundup gets judge’s scrutiny
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SAN FRANCISCO — Claims that the active ingredient in the widely used weed killer Roundup can cause cancer have been evaluated by international agencies, U.S. and foreign regulators and the product’s manufacturer — agribusiness giant…
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Judge blocks Trump decision to end young immigrant program
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Tuesday night temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s decision to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation. U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted a request by California and other plaintiffs to prevent President Donald Trump from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program while their lawsuits play…
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Judge temporarily blocks new Trump rules on birth control
PHILADELPHIA— A federal judge in Philadelphia on Friday ordered the Trump administration not to enforce new rules that could significantly reduce women’s access to free birth control. Judge Wendy Beetlestone issued the injunction, temporarily stopping the government from enforcing the policy change to former President Barack Obama’s health care law. The law required most companies…