According to a national study, a county in the River Valley is ranked one of the worst in the U.S. for opioid overdoses - causing law enforcement to amp up its tactics.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Video of a young black girl leaving her New Orleans area Catholic school in tears after being told her hair extensions violated school policy is prompting thousands of social media comments - many expressing puzzlement or outrage. Some accuse Christ the King Middle School of racism, including social activist Shaun King on Twitter and rapper T.I. on Instagram.
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and "fixer," pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he and Trump arranged the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to influence the election. Under a plea bargain reached with federal prosecutors, Cohen, 51, could get about four to five years in prison at sentencing Dec. 12.
An Independence County woman has been arrested after police say she locked herself in a store's dressing room with about two-thousand dollars worth of clothing and refused to leave.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina university officials and a former governor condemned the toppling of a century-old Confederate memorial on the state's flagship campus by protesters who said its presence on campus was rooted in racism.
