Amid growing complaints about university property named after “racist” and slaveholding historical figures, Yale announced yesterday that it has formed a Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming.
A charter bus veered off a central California highway before dawn Tuesday and struck a pole that sliced the vehicle nearly in half, killing five people and sending five more to hospitals, some with lost limbs, authorities said.
The Army sought to have U.S. Sen. John McCain back away from statements about punishment for Bowe Bergdahl because of concerns about hurting the soldier's right to a fair trial, according to newly released emails.
The 16-year-old boy charged with murdering his parents, ex-NFL linebacker Antonio Armstrong and his wife, Dawn, initially blamed a masked intruder before police picked apart his story, prosecutors revealed in court Monday.
Californians conserved less water in June, the first month after statewide mandates were eased and control over drought restrictions returned to local water agencies, officials said Tuesday.
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