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It's no longer good enough to spell six-syllable words — kids who hope to advance to the semifinals and finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee also have to know what the head-scratchers mean.The organizers of the annual event announced Tuesday that competitors will take multiple-choice definition quizzes that will account for 50 percent of the score that determines who makes it to the last ro...
For the FBI, the word "investigating" is a term of art – just look at a federal official's statement on Sen. Mitch McConnell's allegations that a meeting in his campaign offices in February was illegally recorded, with a copy of the recording ending up in the hands of Mother Jones magazine.It would appear, from the official's statement, that the case has not reached the point of an investigation: ...
At least 14 people were hurt Tuesday in a stabbing spree at a Texas community college apparently carried out by a student, authorities said. Sheriff’s officials said the suspect was in custody.At least two victims were in critical condition. It was not immediately clear how severe the other injuries were. The stabbing happened at the CyFair campus of Lone Star College, in the Houston suburb of Cyp...
The chief executive of a Tennessee firearms instruction school, who said in an online video that he was “going to start killing people” if gun control laws were tightened, could get his carry permit back.A judge in Benton County ruled on April 3 that the suspension of James Yeager’s handgun carry permit was not supported by the evidence against him. Yeager lost his handgun carry permit on Jan. 10 ...
At least 15 people were hurt Tuesday in a stabbing spree at a Texas community college, authorities said. Sheriff’s officials said a suspect was in custody.At least two victims were in critical condition. It was not immediately clear how severe the other injuries were. The stabbing happened at the CyFair campus of Lone Star College, in the Houston suburb of Cypress.Robert Rasa of the Cy-Fair Volunt...
At least 14 people were hurt Tuesday in a stabbing spree at a Texas community college, authorities said. Sheriff’s officials said a suspect was in custody.It was not immediately clear how severe the injuries were. The stabbing happened at the CyFair campus of Lone Star College, in the Houston suburb of Cypress.A spokeswoman for North Cypress Medical Center outside Houston said the hospital had tak...
At least 11 people were hurt Tuesday in a stabbing at a Texas community college, authorities said. It was not immediately clear how severe the injuries were. Sheriff’s officials said that one suspect was in custody, and the school, the CyFair campus of Lone Star College, warned on an online campus alert page that another was still at large.A spokeswoman for North Cypress Medical Center outside Hou...
While more than 2 million people signed a petition that was delivered to President Obama today urging him not to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid and to abandon a "chained" CPI formula, hundreds more have left photo messages for the president.
Multiple stabbings were reported Tuesday at a Texas community college. The school said several people were taken to hospitals, and said it was not clear how many people were injured or how severe the injuries were.Sheriff’s officials said that one suspect was in custody, and the school warned on an online campus alert page that another was still at large.The CyFair campus of Lone Star College, out...
Multiple stabbings were reported Tuesday at a Texas community college. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured.Sheriff’s officials said that one suspect was in custody, and the school warned on an online campus alert page that another was still at large.The CyFair campus of Lone Star College, outside Houston, ordered students to find shelter somewhere safe.At least two medical he...
