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CALIFORNIA—The University of California has announced that enrollment will not be expanded to in-state applicants and will place a firm limit on the enrollment of out-of-state applicants at the University of California-Berkeley and UCLA. In spite of an increase in total applications, the public university system has stated that it cannot increase enrollment without further state funding. The schools are expected...

UNITED STATES—The U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. is on lockdown after an active bomb threat was received at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 19. U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) discovered a suspicious vehicle located outside the Library of Congress. According to reports, explosives may be inside. USPC reported this is an “Active bomb threat investigation,” and The Federal Bureau...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Supreme Court will be having a closed-door conference this Friday to discuss an ongoing debate in regard to legal benefits for the San Franciscan same-sex couple Karen Golinski and Amy Cunninghis, along with 4 other similar cases. Golinski, a lawyer for the Federal Appeals Court based in San Francisco and Cunnhinghiss, her partner of 23 years, married in...

CHICAGO—On Wednesday, August 5, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) announced that first degree murder charges will be pressed against Christopher Lara, 19. He was involved in the death of a 10-year-old girl in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, on June 27. Lena Marie Nunez, 10, was shot in the head while sitting at her grandma’s apartment with...

DETROIT—Wednesday, August 5th, Hakim Littleton's autopsy report was released. Littleton, 20 years old, was fatally shot on the west side by Detroit police officers on July 10. In a video captured on an officer's body camera, Littleton is shown pulling a gun from his shorts' pocket and firing two shots two feet away from a cop. The officer was investigating a...

SEATTLE —Detectives arrested a 62-year-old man for the murder of two people after their remains were found in Alki Beach in June, according to a Seattle Police report released on Thursday, August 20. At a residence in Burien on Wednesday afternoon, detectives arrested the suspect in the homicide case of 35-year-old Jessica Lewis and 27-year-old Austin Wenner whose remains were...

HOLLYWOOD HILLS—Singer Trey Songz, whose real name is Tremaine Neverson was arrested on Monday, March 19 for his alleged role in an assault against a woman at a party during NBA All-Star weekend on the morning of February 17. Neverson, 33, turned himself into officials at the Los Angeles Police Department Hollywood police station. The singer is being accused of...