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Elijah Ruby, Florida student, suspended for passing out flyers promoting Global Climate Strike

A Florida high school student is speaking out after he was suspended for promoting participation in the Global Climate Strike taking place on Sept. 20.

September 20, 2019

Facebook employee dies in an apparent suicide at company headquarters

A Facebook employee died Thursday in an apparent suicide after jumping from a building at the company's headquarters, authorities say.

September 20, 2019

Massachusetts hospice nurse accused of stealing veterans’ morphine for her own use

A former Massachusetts hospice nurse serving in a Veterans Affairs facility is being accused of stealing morphine from patients and taking it herself.

September 20, 2019

Federal ruling allows women to legally go topless in six states

A federal court this week made it legal for women in six states to go topless.

September 20, 2019

Eight shot, two dead, after shootings in Columbia Heights; R.I. Ave NE

Two separate shootings in Washington, D.C., Thursday night have left one person dead and eight others wounded, police said.

September 20, 2019

Bernie Sanders, Andrew Yang turn down invite to LGBT town hall on CNN

Presidential hopefuls Sen. Bernie Sanders and businessman Andrew Yang have both turned down invitations to speak at an upcoming Democratic presidential town hall devoted to LGBT issues, citing scheduling conflicts.

September 19, 2019

1,200+ people join teen’s pledge to abstain from having children until climate change is tackled

More than 1,000 people have joined a Canadian teenager's pledge to not have children until world governments take climate change more seriously.

September 19, 2019

NRA calls William Barr’s gun background check proposal a ‘non-starter’

The National Rifle Association on Wednesday labeled the Trump administration's new proposal to require gun background checks a "non-starter."

September 19, 2019

Judge denies bond for three extremists who are appealing convictions on Charlottesville charges

Members of a white supremacist group were denied release on bond Tuesday while appealing their convictions from attacking counterprotesters at the 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia, white nationalist rally.

September 19, 2019

Fla. man who allegedly tampered with American Airlines flight has ties to ISIS, prosecutors say

A Miami American Airlines mechanic who reportedly sabotaged a commercial jet in July might have ties to the Islamic State, prosecutors said Wednesday.

September 19, 2019

Oklahoma church being investigated for restraining gay man during prayer at church service

An Oklahoma church is under investigation by authorities after a man filed a police report claiming he was held down and assaulted in an attempt to change his sexuality.

September 18, 2019

Alexis Wilson, Okla. teen, accused of threatening to ‘shoot 400 people for fun’ at her old school

An 18-year-old Oklahoma woman was arrested this week after she reportedly threatened to go to her former high school and "shoot 400 people for fun," police said.

September 18, 2019

Petition to ‘eliminate sexist definitions’ from Oxford English Dictionary receives 29k signatures

A new petition approaching 30,000 signatures is calling for the Oxford University Press to remove "sexist" synonyms and example sentences from its dictionary publication. An official with OUP, however, says the petition is somewhat misleading and that at any rate, objectionable terms "will not be excluded from the dictionary solely on the grounds that it is offensive or derogatory."

September 18, 2019

Uber plans to classify California drivers as contractors in spite of new legislation

Rideshare app maker Uber said Wednesday it will continue to classify California drivers as contractors, working to adapt to forthcoming state legislation designed to make it harder for them to do so.

September 18, 2019

Miss. Dem AG uses state probe to hammer his opponent in governor’s race

Democratic Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is being criticized after he reportedly used a state investigation as attack fodder against his Republican gubernatorial opponent in November.

September 18, 2019

New York outlaws flavored e-cigarette products

New York banned the use of flavored e-cigarette products Tuesday after worries over vaping being potentially linked to lung diseases.

September 18, 2019

Trump admin. sued by liberal advocacy group for ‘attempts to politicize NOAA’

A liberal pro-democracy group filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration for documents regarding "attempts to politicize" the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

September 17, 2019

Erik Villasenor, California man, called in phony shooting threat to county fair: Police

A 22-year-old California man was arrested Friday after he called in a phony mass shooting threat to avoid attending a county fair with his family, NBC News reported.

September 17, 2019

Sean Spicer: ‘Stand with Christ’ and help me win Dancing with the Stars

Following his debut on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" Monday, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer urged people to "stand with Christ" and help him win as a statement to Hollywood.

September 17, 2019

James Murdoch blasts father’s Fox News: ‘There are views I really disagree with’

James Murdoch, son of Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch, took shots at his one of his father's many news outlets in his media network.

September 17, 2019