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Casket switch behind discovery of infant's partial remains
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have solved part of the mystery of the child's casket found on a Philadelphia sidewalk: A funeral home worker dumped it there, apparently unaware it contained some of the remains of an infant who had been transferred to another coffin for a funeral in New Jersey.
Virginia governor will not halt inmate's execution
Morva's death sentence, for killing an unarmed security guard and a sheriff's deputy in a 2006 escape from custody, has triggered renewed debate about capital punishment for the mentally ill. Governor Terry McAuliffe said examinations by prison doctors since Morva's 2008 conviction had shown no sign that he suffered from severe mental illness or delusional disorder, an ailment akin to schizophrenia, as his lawyers have argued.
2018 Volkswagen Atlas Is an SUV Done the American Way
For years Volkswagen chose to market European-developed, driver-focused vehicles at a premium price rather than build the larger, more vanilla vehicles its competitors offered. The manufacturer a...
Trump administration sued by 18 U.S. states over student loan relief
More than one-third of U.S. states on Thursday sued the U.S. Education Department and Secretary Betsy DeVos over the recent suspension of rules that would have swiftly canceled student-loan debt of people defrauded by Corinthian Colleges Inc and other for-profit schools. Last month DeVos pressed pause on the rules, due to take effect on July 1, saying they needed to be reset. Massachusetts, 17 other states and the District of Columbia said in a filing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. that the department broke federal law in announcing the delay with limited public notice and opportunity to comment.
Torrential rains cause severe flooding in Japan
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Troops worked to rescue hundreds of people stranded by flooding in southern Japan. Several death and nearly 20 people were still unaccounted for in flooding that wrecked homes, roads and rice terraces.
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