Doreen McCallister

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Census Bureau Director Resigns As Agency Faces Funding Debate

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Director John Thompson will leave the Census Bureau next month. He testified to a House panel last week that the 2020 Census was on track, but critics warn projected funding could prove inadequate.

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ESPN Troubles Cloud Disney Earnings; Apple Surpasses $800 Billion Mark

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Disney reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings, but questions about ESPN's health eclipsed results. Apple is the first U.S. company to surpass the $800 billion mark in market capitalization.

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Phoenix Police Announce A Break In The 'Serial Street Shooter' Case

Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Police say a suspect they've arrested was responsible for killing nine people from August 2015 to July 2016 in a largely Latino neighborhood of Phoenix. Aaron Saucedo, 23, faces multiple charges.

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Texas Gov. Abbott Signs Measure Targeting 'Sanctuary Cities'

Monday, May 08, 2017

The law, effective Sept. 1, allows police to ask during routine stops if someone is in the country legally and threatens sheriffs with jail if they don't cooperate with immigration agents.

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Chinese-Made Passenger Jet Takes Off For Its First Test Flight

Friday, May 05, 2017

The C919 is the first large passenger jetliner made in China. The narrow-body plane will compete with single-aisle jets from Airbus and Boeing. The C919 was originally expected to fly in 2014.

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San Bernardino Victims' Families Accuse Tech Giants Of Enabling ISIS

Thursday, May 04, 2017

Facebook, Google and Twitter have been accused in a new lawsuit of aiding terrorism. The suit was filed by family members of three of the victims in the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack.

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Police Close Investigation Into New York Judge's Death, Saying It Was Likely Suicide

Thursday, May 04, 2017

The NYPD has completed its investigation into the death of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first African-American woman on the New York Court of Appeals. The medical examiner will make a final ruling.

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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Blast In Kabul That Kills 8 Afghans

Wednesday, May 03, 2017

In addition to the deaths, three U.S. service members were wounded, as were 25 Afghan civilians, in the morning rush-hour attack that happened near the U.S. Embassy, a U.S. military spokesman says.

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Police Chief Fires Officer Who Shot And Killed Black Texas Teenager

Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber has dimissed the police officer who shot and killed Jordan Edwards, 15, while he was riding in a car that was leaving a house party on Saturday.

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Waffle House Founders Die Less Than 2 Months Apart

Friday, April 28, 2017

Joe Rogers Sr. and Thomas Forkner Sr. co-founded the Waffle House in an Atlanta suburb in 1955. A statement released by the company says Forkner died on Wednesday at age 98. Rogers died March 3 at 97.

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Milwaukee Prosecutors Weigh Charges In Inmate's Dehydration Death

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Prosecutors say Terrill Thomas, 38, had been left alone in his county jail cell for seven days without water. The medical examiner's office says he died of "profound dehydration" in the 2016 incident.

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Supreme Court Justice Breyer Guilty Of Not Silencing His Cellphone

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning were interrupted by a ringing cellphone. Amused colleagues watched as Justice Stephen Breyer reacted quickly to turn off the device.

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Senate Confirms Ex-Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue As Agriculture Secretary

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Sonny Perdue grew up on a farm in central Georgia and has owned several agriculture companies. He is not associated with the food company Perdue or the poultry producer Perdue Farms.

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NYPD Deems Judge's Death 'Suspicious' After Leaning Toward Suicide

Monday, April 24, 2017

Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first African-American woman to be appointed to New York's highest state court, the Court of Appeals, was found dead earlier this month in the Hudson River.

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'I Shot Them,' Suspect In Deadly Fresno Shootings Tells Police

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Kori Ali Muhammad, who is black, was arrested shortly after the rampage that left three white men dead, police in Fresno, Calif., said. He is also suspected in last week's killing of a security guard.

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George H.W. Bush Treated At Houston Hospital For Pneumonia

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

After treatment for a mild case of pneumonia at Methodist Hospital in Houston, the former president is being held there for observation while he regains his strength, spokesman Jim McGrath says.

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Bridal Couple Removed From United Airlines Flight Without Incident

Monday, April 17, 2017

A couple flying to Costa Rica for their wedding were removed from a flight on Saturday. The airline said the passengers repeatedly attempted to sit in upgraded seating that they did not purchase.

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First African-American Female Judge On New York's Top Court Found Dead

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Associate Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam was found dead on Wednesday in the Hudson River. She was the first African-American woman to be appointed to New York's Court of Appeals.

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'Rolling Stone' Settles Defamation Case With Former U.Va. Associate Dean

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Lawyers for the magazine have reached a confidential settlement with Nicole Eramo over a story about an alleged gang rape on the campus of the University of Virginia, according to The Washington Post.

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David Letterman's Mother, Dorothy Mengering, Dies At 95

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Dorothy Mengering became a hit with viewers when her son put her on his Late Show on CBS. She baked and appeared via satellite in her Indiana kitchen for a segment called "Guess Mom's Pies."

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