LIMA, Peru (AP) 鈥� Peru's government will impose harsh penalties for those who steal a cellphone, including life in prison if a robber kills someone while stealing their mobile device.The changes to the country's penal code, approved recently in Congress, went into effect Thursday.Peru's penal ...
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) 鈥� A Detroit-area county said it will use $2 million in federal aid to erase the medical debts of thousands of residents.Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter believes as much as $200 million of debt could be wiped away if health care providers agree to take less money to ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥� People ducked under desks and tables in California and other earthquake-prone areas around the world for an annual drill held Thursday to practice ways to stay safe during quakes.Up and down the U.S. West Coast, the <a ...
PHOENIX (AP) 鈥� Arizona's Maricopa County set a new record Thursday for annual heat-associated deaths, with 425 tallied so far this year, the same number confirmed for all of <a ...
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A man accused of shoving a woman into the side of a moving New York City subway train was captured in New Jersey on Thursday, police said.Sabir Jones, 39, was detained by Newark police and transferred to the U.S. Marshals Service, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Frag茅 ...
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) 鈥� An East Providence High School student was stabbed by another student Thursday afternoon, prompting a campus lockdown.A 17-year-old boy stabbed a 16-year-old boy in one of the school鈥檚 bathrooms, East Providence Police Chief Christopher Francesconi said at a ...
