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SAN FRANCISCO -- A bill that passed the California State Senate earlier this week has the potential to fundamentally change the way the state deals... Aaron Sankin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-sankin/

CHERRY HILL, N.J. — It sounded like an excuse from a politician who had been caught doing something wrong: When New Jersey Assemblyman Paul Moriarty... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisamiller/

WASHINGTON — A top Republican senator asked the Obama administration Thursday to explain how a student from Kazakhstan charged with trying to help get rid... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabrielle-dunkley/

Marking a sharp turn from its earlier stance, Facebook has caved to pressure to remove two controversial decapitation videos that have gone viral on the... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hunter-stuart/

PHILADELPHIA -- A homeless mother-of-six charged with murder in her baby's starvation death at a Philadelphia shelter has become "a scapegoat" for the alleged failings... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

Saskatoon police believe they've solved a homicide case that remained a mystery for almost 50 years. With the help of modern technology and evidence testing,... CBC http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seema-dhawan/

RICHMOND, Va. -- A judge has granted Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's request to withdraw from the politically charged embezzlement case against a former Virginia Executive... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabrielle-dunkley/

Disturbing new evidence has come to light in the case of an Arizona defense attorney who is accused of shooting his lover's ex-boyfriend. Joseph Palmisano,... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andres-jauregui/

US President Barack Obama headed to Mexico on Thursday to put trade back at the heart of bilateral ties, but his southern neighbor's shifting drug... Agence France Presse http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-craggs/

Authorities in Texas responded to a shooting early Thursday afternoon at Bush Intercontinental Airport, KHOU reports. The incident took place in Terminal B, according to... Steven Hoffer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-hoffer/

Given the lack of any pattern in radicalization, both law enforcement and community leaders face a very difficult task as to how they go about unearthing violence-prone radicals. As a free society, we will have to manage such threats without veering away from our constitutional principles. Parvez Ahmed http://www.huffingtonpost.com/parvez-ahmed/

SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- A Northern California couple might be able to blame this one on the dog. Authorities say sun refracted off the dog's... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

The trial of an Iowa teen accused of attempting to rape his mother and then shooting her dead began Wednesday with prosecutors playing a chilling... Hilary Hanson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

The Republican-controlled Missouri House of Representatives advanced two more pro-gun measures this week in an effort to compete with neighboring Kansas as a new home... John Celock http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-celock/

OXFORD, Miss. — A dust mask that tested positive for ricin also contained DNA from a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paige-lavender/

One of two teen hikers rescued from the Cleveland National Forest in Orange County, Calif. has been charged with drug possession. Nicolas Cendoya, 19, was... Anna Almendrala http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-almendrala/

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Opponents of capital punishment marked a milestone Thursday as Maryland became the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to abolish the... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mollie-reilly/

A mother who is accused of causing the deaths of her two young boys as a result of over overheating in her SUV while she... Matt Ferner http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-ferner/

How much murder can you tolerate as a neighborhood? It isn't only a question being asked in Chicago, where a particularly violent night claimed the... Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-anderson/

HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. — Every morning, Jim Crabtree said he would wake up, wash and dress his wife who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and drop... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathleen-miles/