LISA RATHKE
Associated Press
POULTNEY, Vt. (AP) — As colleges and universities come alive this fall, some campuses sit closed and empty after succumbing to a recent wave of fewer students and financial challenges.
Now communities that long hosted those historic institutions and relied on them for an economic boost — and their very identity — are left to adapt to...
NUEVO (CNS) - A man died today and another person suffered minor injuries in a single-vehicle crash in Nuevo.
Robert Flores, 25, of Cathedral City was pronounced dead at 6:37 a.m. at Riverside University Health System Medical Center in Moreno Valley, the Riverside County coroner's office said.
Firefighters and paramedics dispatched at 5:38 a.m. to the 29000 block of Ramona Expressway...
JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — In an age of rapidly advancing computer power, the U.S. Census Bureau recently undertook an experiment to see if census answers could threaten the privacy of the people who fill out the questionnaires.
The agency went back to the last national headcount, in 2010, and reconstructed individual profiles from thousands...
CARRIE ANTLFINGER
Associated Press
WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) — It's hard to regard Ellie as a menace.
When Greg Manteufel is frustrated or feeling down, she sits by him. At night, she sleeps under his covers. At dinner, she's there next to him, knowing he'll throw something her way. She belies the stereotype of the vicious pit bull.
"We love her like...
Kodi Lee, a 22-year old blind and autistic musical savant who attended Elsinore High School, is the latest winner of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”“This is so amazing,” Lee said after the announcement was made Wednesday, Sept. 18, when host Terry Crews asked him what he thought. “Unbelievable!”In winning the contest, Lee will headline shows Nov. 7-10 at Paris Las...
SAN BERNARDINO — James McGee, the lead attorney for Charles “Chase” Merritt filed a motion to withdraw as counsel, citing a conflict of interest, for the man convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of all four members of the McStay family of Fallbrook back in 2010. On Friday, Sept. 27, Superior Court Judge Michael A. Smith ruled that Merritt’s...