Tag: Associated Press

Massachusetts ranked 38 out of 50 in the percent of foster children visited each month by caseworkers, according to 2012 data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the most recent data available. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Massachusetts ranks low when it comes to child welfare, watchdog group says

Washington Examiner · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

In this March 23, 2008 file photo, a protester holds a placard during a rally against an alleged rape in February of a 14-year-old girl by an American serviceman in Okinawa islands, southwestern Japan. An Associated Press investigation into the militaryâs handling of sexual assaults in Japan has found a pattern of random and inconsistent judgments in which most offenders are not incarcerated. Instead, commanders have ordered ânonjudicial punishmentsâ that ranged from docked pay to a letter of reprimand. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)

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Kirsten Gillibrand seeks records on military sex crimes

Richard Lardner · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Shirley Temple, the curly-haired child star who put smiles on the faces of Depression-era moviegoers, has died. She was 85. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Shirley Temple, iconic child star and former US ambassador to Czechoslovakia, dies at 85

Associated Press · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

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FDA wants more info on female libido pill

Matthew Perrone · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

In this Sept. 13, 2013, photo, volunteerspack food to be distributed at the Catholic Parish Outreach Food Pantry in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolinaâs food banks are struggling to serve huge numbers of hungry people as problems with a new state computer system, NC FAST, have delayed processing of food stamp applications. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

North Carolina health secretary to reveal food stamps status after deadline

Washington Examiner · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Former state lab chemist Annie Dookhan, center, stands in Middlesex Superior Court. The Boston Bar Association, a membership organization of about 10,000 attorneys, said more oversight is needed to make sure the state doesn't have a repeat of the crisis caused by Dookhan, whose misconduct at a state drug lab has jeopardized thousands of drug convictions. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Suzanne Kreiter, Pool)

Massachusetts legal group says labs need more oversight

Washington Examiner · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Republican lawmakers, including Russ Fulcher, aim to eliminate Idaho's 6 percent tax on groceries starting July 1, 2016.. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)

GOP lawmakers in Idaho push dumping tax on groceries

Associated Press · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

A House committee is holding a hearing on a bill to raise New Hampshire's minimum wage above the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

House panel considers minimum wage hike bill

Associated Press · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Advocates for allowing New York City officials to raise the minimum wage locally are heading to the state Capitol Tuesday, a day after Mayor Bill de Blasio said he planned to ask state lawmakers next week for the power to raise the minimum wage. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Advocates for higher NYC minimum wage go to Albany

Associated Press · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

The Wisconsin state Assembly plans to vote on Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to cut property and income taxes by $504 million. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

Wisconsin Assembly to vote on Scott Walker’s $504 million tax cut plan

Associated Press · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

In this Tuesday, Oct. 22 file photo, 16-year veteran skycap Fred Harris prepares multiple baggage tags for a traveler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. About 50 elected officials have signed a letter to the Port of Seattle urging the government agency that runs the airport to embrace a citizen-approved initiative to raise the minimum wage for SeaTac employees to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Officials pressure Port of Seattle about $15 wage

DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP · February 11, 2014 12:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Southwest Airlines Flight 4013 sits at the M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport in Hollister, Mo. On nearly 150 flights, U.S. commercial air carriers have either landed at the wrong airport or started to land and realized their mistake in time, according to a search by The Associated Press of government safety databases and media reports since the early 1990s. (AP Photo/Springfield News-Leader, Valerie Mosley, File)

Pilots often head to wrong airports, reports show

Joan Lowy · February 10, 2014 11:16 pm