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Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison testifies during a public hearing into the June 5 building collapse that killed six people and injured 13 others, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Official: Philly not liable for private demo work

The city issues demolition permits, but it isn't responsible for the work done by contractors on private property, Philadelphia officials said Wednesday at the first public hearing on this month's fatal building collapse. The June 5 collapse at a downtown redevelopment site killed six people inside an adjacent thrift shop, ...

US calls out China, Russia over human trafficking

The U.S. accused China and Russia of failing to meet minimum standards in fighting human trafficking, ranking them on a par with North Korea and Syria. The State Department downgraded China and Russia in rankings on how 188 governments around the world have performed in fighting the flesh trade and ...

Georgia News Digest

The state at 4:45 p.m. NEW & DEVELOPING: PAULA DEEN-LAWSUIT GUN TRAFFICKING-INDICTMENT POLICE-SEIZED ASSETS — LAWMAKER INDICTED — SERGEANT REINSTATED TOP STORIES: PAULA DEEN-LAWSUIT SAVANNAH, Ga. — Celebrity cook Paula Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of ...

Assembly Democratic Minority Leader Peter Barca speaks out against the Republican-backed state budget on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Wis. Assembly passes state budget, heads to Senate

The Wisconsin Assembly passed the state budget Wednesday after Democrats decided against offering any amendments or prolonging debate, saying the $70 billion spending plan is so bad it can't be fixed. The budget would cut income taxes for all tax filers by $650 million over two years, expand statewide private ...

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2013 file photo, Serena Williams answers a question during a press conference ahead of  the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)

Serena Williams sorry after rape case comments

Serena Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." "I am currently reaching out to the girl's family to let her know ...

Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill

Justice Department prosecutors secured new indictments Wednesday against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The new indictment of former BP executive David Rainey adds language alleging that he knew of the ...

Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill

Justice Department prosecutors secured new indictments Wednesday against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The new indictment of former BP executive David Rainey adds language alleging that he knew of the ...

Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill

Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing investigations of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Wednesday's indictment of former BP executive David Rainey adds language alleging that he knew of the pending congressional ...

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents keep watch at a checkpoint station, on Feb. 22, 2013, in Falfurrias, Texas. Some drug smugglers caught at the highway checkpoint about an hour north of the Texas-Mexico border are losing their drugs, but not facing prosecution because cooperation between local and federal prosecutors has broken down. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Uncertain future for border prosecution program

On an October afternoon in 2009, a Dallas man arrived at a highway checkpoint about an hour north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Inside the gas tank of his pickup truck, agents found 99 pounds of marijuana. When the Border Patrol called the Drug Enforcement Administration, the agency said it was ...

Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill

Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing investigations of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Wednesday's indictment of former BP executive David Rainey adds language alleging that he knew of the pending congressional ...

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