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Law enforcement in Madison County said they are aware of a possible threat against a north Alabama high school. A Snapchat message sent Thursday night claimed a fight would occur at the school Wednesday morning followed by a shooting. Screenshots of the message have been circulating on social media and some parents said they decided to keep their kids home today in light of the claims. Brent ...

Update (8:41 PM)- **Tonight, Cory Sanders and Pitt extend an offer to freshman running back Jabree Coleman from Imhotep Charter School in Philadelphia. Coleman has already received offers from Boston College, Ole Miss, Penn State, Temple, Texas A&M and West Virginia. Update (8:24 PM)- Report: TJ Banks Set to Transfer, Tight End Room Thins Ahead of Guaranteed Rate Bowl@JuliaMellett htt...

19th District Representative Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, has prefiled two bills this week for the upcoming legislative session— according to Walsh, both are designed to cure what he calls “problematic unintended consequences” of legislation passed in Olympia and signed into law by Washington Gov. Inslee. In a release from Walsh, he states that; House Bill 1588, entitled “Restoring the authority of...

The Tenement Museum at 97 Orchard St. on the Lower East Side is the subject of an interactive feature by The Washington Post, with 3-D looks into how immigrants lived in the historic building. (Wikimedia Commons) Good morning, New York! Enjoy your day in the most congested city in the United States, according to a new traffic analysis by Inrix. SWEET SCIENCE: Former boxing champion Yuri Forem...

The holiday season is upon us, and that tends to mean Christmas specials and festive cheer on television. Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Organized Crime aren’t the merriest shows on TV, but the shows are crossing over with a holiday twist. While the crossover probably isn’t going to be packed with holly and mistletoe and carolers, stars Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni are h...

California's female director quota law was on trial last week. According to Brian Melley, a reporter for the Associated Press, a witness from the Secretary of State's office testified "It's required but there's no penalty, so it's essentially voluntary." While the Secretary of State's office has yet to impose any fines, I don't believe that anyone believed that the law was "voluntary". The st...

Poland was locked tight under martial law last night, as the country’s leader, General Jaruzelski, made a last, desperate gamble to avoid “catastrophe.” Mr Lech Walesa, the moderate leader of the independent trade union, Solidarity, was brought from Gdansk to Warsaw for talks with party officials, while hundreds of more militant union leaders were being interned throughout the country. Appare...

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Colombia is rolling out a new strategy to fight deforestation, including charges for those causing environmental devastation - a crime for which there is no shortage of culprits. On December 6, Colombia's environmental ministry and police jointly announced the new measures, which include a dedicated anti-deforestation police force and reinforced online monitoring to track the illegal sales of...

(Image via Getty) * Applying for law school and worried you can’t rely on mom and dad for good Bluebooking advice? You aren’t as alone as you might think. [U.S. News] * Massachusetts is looking to update its hate crime laws after 30 years. [Boston Globe] * The “Remember the Alamo” state is about to spend $15M to make sure kids don’t learn about the unimportant stuff. Like slavery. [Yahoo] * T...