
According to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, an exponential increase in the number of deaths involving marijuana-impaired drivers occurred between 2013 and 2014, reports KOIN.
by William Bigelow21 Aug 2015, 8:38 PM PST0

In North Avondale, Ohio, a fourth-grade Montessori teacher gave math homework that included a question regarding liquor and two more referencing food stamps, prompting possible disciplinary action from the Cincinnati Public Schools.
by William Bigelow21 Aug 2015, 7:40 PM PST0

A family in Rockaway, New Jersey watched helplessly as a family of black bears climbed into their above-ground backyard pool.
by William Bigelow21 Aug 2015, 2:32 PM PST0

The Black Lives Matter group in St. Paul, Minnesota has announced that they will intentionally disrupt the Minnesota State Fair on Saturday, August 29.
by William Bigelow21 Aug 2015, 1:25 PM PST0

After acquiring Phillies second baseman Chase Utley on Wednesday for the stretch run of the 2015 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers crept very close to becoming the first MLB team with a $300 million luxury-tax payroll.
by William Bigelow21 Aug 2015, 10:52 AM PST0

On Thursday, Los Angeles Police Department detectives with the Crimes Against Children Task Force served a search warrant at the home of rock group Kiss bassist and reality star Gene Simmons.
by William Bigelow21 Aug 2015, 9:53 AM PST0

Compton mayor Aja Brown, along with council members Janna Zurita, Isaac Galvan, Yvonne Arceneaux, and Emma Sharif, have been padding their salaries, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office alleges, by remunerating themselves for commission meetings that last as little as one minute.
by William Bigelow21 Aug 2015, 9:44 AM PST0

Ronald Kessler, writing for The Daily Mail, testifies that Hillary Clinton and her long-time aide Huma Abedin were detested by members of the Secret Service because the two women arrogantly treated the Secret Service agents like dirt.
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2015, 6:34 PM PST0

On Wednesday, another Los Angeles area hospital revealed that a “superbug” transmitted through duodenoscopes was found in some of its patients.
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2015, 2:58 PM PST0

A man who allegedly brought a loaded firearm to the Esplanade area between Disneyland and the Disney California Adventure Park on July 9 has been arrested and charged with three felony criminal counts.
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2015, 2:38 PM PST0

On Wednesday, California Governor Jerry Brown evaded questions about whether he would raise taxes to pay for new road repairs. Some Democratic leaders have urged raising taxes on gas or cigarettes. But Brown remained mum on any tax hike, saying coyly, “I’m
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2015, 2:21 PM PST0

In the wake of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s popularity plunging, friends push former NBA Commissioner David Stern, a munificent donor to the Democratic Party, to run as a 2017 New York City mayoral candidate.
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2015, 8:48 AM PST0

On Wednesday, a venomous message aimed at police was discovered painted on a vacant tractor-trailer in West Nashville.
by William Bigelow19 Aug 2015, 5:59 PM PST0

On Wednesday, Bakersfield NAACP President Patrick Wayne Jackson was charged with a felony for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, according to ABC 23.
by William Bigelow19 Aug 2015, 4:58 PM PST0

On Wednesday, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone, who praised “Black Lives Matter” protesters in January after they blocked Interstate 93 during the morning rush hour, forcing an Easton ambulance transporting an elderly car crash victim to reroute to a lower-level hospital, doubled down on his support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, hanging their 12 x 4 banner in front of City Hall.
by William Bigelow19 Aug 2015, 4:52 PM PST0

A Japanese sports drink company has invested heavily to send a can of its product to the moon in late 2016, in hopes of making a future ad with an astronaut drinking it.
by William Bigelow19 Aug 2015, 12:02 PM PST0

The California legislature is examining two bills dealing with drone interference, one of which would allow public safety crews to shoot down a drone if it threatens personnel fighting fires.
by William Bigelow19 Aug 2015, 11:50 AM PST0

On Tuesday, the last-place Boston Red Sox made a kaleidoscopic shift in how they do business, hiring former Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski as the president of baseball operations while Theo Epstein protégé Ben Cherington decided to leave the general manager’s position he had been offered to keep.
by William Bigelow19 Aug 2015, 11:29 AM PST0

A Missouri patio and staircase comprised of military gravestones has prompted an investigation by the Federal Department of Veterans Affairs Office Inspector General.
by William Bigelow18 Aug 2015, 8:43 PM PST0

On Monday, California Assemblyman and former Oceanside city councilman Rocky Chavez, 64, who is running for U.S. Senate, criticized his party’s current presidential frontrunner, Donald Trump, for his comments on immigration.
by William Bigelow18 Aug 2015, 12:58 PM PST0

One elderly couple from Mount Morris, Illinois, married for 63 years prove that the world may change radically, but loving and baseball and loving baseball still reigns supreme.
by William Bigelow18 Aug 2015, 12:19 PM PST0

Firefighters across the Western United States will receive help from the U.S. Army to fight wildfires.
by William Bigelow18 Aug 2015, 11:26 AM PST0

A new report from the watchdog for the Department of Housing and Urban Development chastises the agency for allowing tenants earning far more than the maximum income for public housing to remain in the government subsidized housing.
by William Bigelow18 Aug 2015, 9:56 AM PST0

For the fifth time since 2001, a Little League team from the San Diego area heads to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
by William Bigelow18 Aug 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

In the immigration plan he released Sunday, Donald Trump slammed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for making the path easier for immigrants to land jobs at high-tech firms.
by William Bigelow17 Aug 2015, 6:21 PM PST0