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Stocks slump; Dow ends down 588 after early 1,000-pt. slide
Criminal justice reformers await holy ally: Pope Francis
How a New Orleans church found salvation from Katrina in Texas
Judge overhauls troubled Ferguson, Missouri, court
New England prep school rape defendant had list of targets: friend
Colorado movie gunman is 'monster' destined for 'hell,' victim says
How President Bernie Sanders would handle foreign policy
Americans, Briton who thwarted attack get France's top honor
IndyCar driver Justin Wilson in coma after wreck at Pocono
Obama sheds summer curse, just in time for daunting fall

Stocks slump; Dow ends down 588 after early 1,000-pt. slide

Posted: 24 Aug 2015 03:37 PM PDT

U.S. stocks slid again Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average briefly plunging more than 1,000 points in a sell-off that sent a shiver of fear from Wall Street to Main Street.

Criminal justice reformers await holy ally: Pope Francis

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How a New Orleans church found salvation from Katrina in Texas

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The congregation of Smoking For Jesus Ministry is still together ten years after the storm.

Judge overhauls troubled Ferguson, Missouri, court

Posted: 24 Aug 2015 04:21 PM PDT

Municipal Court Judge Donald McCullin, appointed in June, ordered that all arrest warrants issued in the city before Dec. 31, 2014 be withdrawn. Defendants will receive new court dates along with options for disposing of their cases, such as payment plans or community service. The changes come five months after the U.S. Department of Justice strongly criticized city leaders in its report, saying the police force and court worked together to exploit people in order to raise revenue.

New England prep school rape defendant had list of targets: friend

Posted: 24 Aug 2015 04:20 PM PDT

Friends of a former student at an elite New Hampshire prep school who is on trial for allegedly raping a younger student described in court testimony on Monday a young man who had made a list of girls he wanted to have sex with before graduation. Prosecutors have said Owen Labrie, now 19, took a 15-year-old girl to the roof of a campus building before sexually assaulting her in a machine room at St. Paul's School in May 2014, shortly before graduation.

Colorado movie gunman is 'monster' destined for 'hell,' victim says

Posted: 24 Aug 2015 03:46 PM PDT

The Colorado movie massacre gunman is destined for the "darkest, most painful part of hell," a sobbing victim testified on Monday at the start of a three-day hearing after which James Holmes will be formally sentenced to life with no parole. "I will never forgive the monster that sits in this courtroom, smiling and laughing with his defense attorneys when the jury and your honor are out of the room," said Anita Busch, whose second cousin Micalya Medek was among the dozen people Holmes killed. Holmes, clean-shaven and clad in red jail garb, showed no reaction as a procession of victims addressed the court.

How President Bernie Sanders would handle foreign policy

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Here is where the Democratic presidential candidates stands on a range of important foreign policy issues.

Americans, Briton who thwarted attack get France's top honor

Posted: 24 Aug 2015 11:04 AM PDT

The four men were honored for subduing a heavily armed man on a train speeding towards Paris.

IndyCar driver Justin Wilson in coma after wreck at Pocono

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 07:36 PM PDT

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — IndyCar driver Justin Wilson was in a coma and in critical condition after sustaining a head injury when he was hit by a large piece of debris that broke off a car Sunday in the crash-filled race at Pocono Raceway.