Gang member arrested in corrections killing probe
Written by STEVEN K. PAULSON,Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — A white supremacist prison gang member was arrested and another was still being sought for questioning Friday in the death of Colorado's prisons chief as authorities investigated whether the gang had any ties to the killing.
2 children died instantly in I-76 crash
Written by AP
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — The coroner's office says two children died instantly from "devastating" injuries in a crash on Interstate 76 near Youngstown.
Kasich to meet with murder victim's family
Written by ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS,AP Legal Affairs Writer
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio's governor has agreed to a rare meeting with the family of a murder victim whose condemned killer the governor spared from execution.
Holmes psychiatrist warned of threat before attack
Written by DAN ELLIOTT,Associated Press NICHOLAS RICCARDI,Associated Press
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A psychiatrist who treated James Holmes told campus police a month before the Colorado theater attack that Holmes had homicidal thoughts and was a danger to the public, according to documents released Thursday.
Laws, rumors have ammo flying off store shelves
Written by MICHAEL VIRTANEN,Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gun enthusiasts fearful of new weapon controls and alarmed by rumors of government hoarding are buying bullets practically by the bushel, making it hard for stores nationwide to keep shelves stocked and even putting a pinch on some local law enforcement departments.
NY judge makes morning-after pill available to all
Written by LARRY NEUMEISTER,Associated Press LAURAN NEERGAARD,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration, a federal judge ruled Friday that age restrictions on over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill are "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable" and must end within 30 days.
Obama seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security
Written by JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's proposed budget will call for reductions in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs while still insisting on more taxes from the wealthy in a renewed attempt to strike a broad deficit-cutting deal with Republicans.
FAA funded airport towers using 30-year-old data
Written by JOAN LOWY,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting this weekend, control towers at scores of small airports are to begin shutting down because of government-wide automatic spending cuts. But federal officials insist the closures won't compromise safety, and there's evidence that some of the closures may even make economic sense.