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Ringling Bros. Circus to close after 146 years
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will end 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in May, following a 146-year run. The AP learned declining attendance combined with high operating costs are among the reasons for closing.
Report says Chicago police violated civil rights for years
The Justice Department on Friday laid bare years of civil rights violations by Chicago police, blasting the nation's second-largest department for using excessive force that included shooting at people who did not pose a threat and using stun guns on others only because they refused to follow commands.
Woman stolen at birth learns true identity; 'Momma' charged
Stolen from a hospital just hours after she was born, an 18-year-old woman finally learned her true identity and was reunited Friday with her birth family, by video chat. The woman she thought was her mother was charged with her kidnapping.
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Feds: Excessive force a big problem for Chicago police
The Justice Department released the findings of its yearlong investigation into civil rights abuses by the Chicago Police Department going back years.
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Federal report finds excessive force, shoddy discipline by Chicago police
Justice Department report said lax discipline enabled civil rights violations.
US agrees to pay billions to Marines affected by toxic water
After years of waiting, veterans who were exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may now be able to receive a portion of government disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion.
Pay gap between college graduates and everyone else at a record
Americans with no more than a high school diploma have fallen so far behind college graduates in their economic lives that the earnings gap between college grads and everyone else has reached its widest point on record.
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Time for North Dakota to dump daylight saving time, senator says
The annual switch "doesn't make any sense," a state senator says.
6 VW employees indicted in emissions scandal; VW fined $4.3B
Six high-level Volkswagen employees from Germany were indicted in the U.S. on Wednesday in the VW emissions-cheating scandal, while the company itself agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $4.3 billion — by far the biggest fine ever levied by the government against an automaker.
Taco Bell is going national with fried chicken taco shell
Taco Bell plans to go nationwide this month with its latest concoction: a taco with a shell made entirely out of fried chicken.
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Dangerous blizzard, flooding as new storm hits California
About 2,000 people in a rural California community near Sacramento were asked to leave their homes Tuesday as a river swollen by days of heavy rain threatened to flood, while north of San Francisco thousands more were urged to seek higher ground.
Ties between Best Buy's Geek Squad, FBI probed in porn case
A few workers at a Kentucky repair facility were paid for turning over images found on computers.
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Raw: Car slides down icy driveway, lands in pool
Icy conditions in Wake County, North Carolina led an SUV to slide down a driveway, through a garage and into a backyard pool on Monday.
Fans mourn death of California's famous 'drive-thru' sequoia
Joyce Brown was 12 when her parents first took her to visit the "drive-thru tree," a giant sequoia in California famous for a car-sized hole carved into the base of its trunk.
Manhunt underway for suspect in killing of Orlando officer
An Orlando police sergeant was shot and killed Monday after approaching a suspect wanted for questioning in the murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend.
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