👍👎 Ledes submitted by students

JRN 2201, spring 2019

✏️11:30 a.m. class

A “mass overdose” in a California home Saturday morning left one person dead and another 12 hospitalized after police say the victims may have ingested fentanyl, a powerful opioid.
—foxnews.com (submitted by Dylan Hurst)

One Birmingham police officer was killed and another critically wounded in a shooting early Sunday outside a downtown nightclub.
—AL.com (submitted by Marilee Butler)

After days of conflicting statements about a timeline for U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out American troops from Syria, a U.S. defense official said Friday the withdrawal process has begun with some military cargo pulled out.
—The Associated Press (submitted by Ryon Gibson)

After mass street protests in Poland, legislators with the country’s ruling party have abruptly reversed their positions and voted against a proposal to completely ban abortion.
—npr.org (submitted by Destiny Haynes)

The Alabama Department of Public Health says it is investigating a hepatitis A outbreak that has spread into a second north Alabama county.
—abc3340.com (submitted by Chan Osborne)

A super wolf blood moon is going to appear in all its stunning splendor later this month, as a rare cosmic gesture to welcome in 2019.
—ABCnews.com (submitted by Maddie Smith)

Troy officially announced Chip Lindsey as the next head football coach on Thursday afternoon.
—AL.com (submitted by Brady Talbert)

Authorities have arrested a man in connection with the kidnapping of 13-year-old Jayme Closs in Wisconsin.
—usnews.com (submitted by Kaylee Willis)

GoFundMe may reimburse more than $20 million to people who contributed to an Iraq War veteran’s fundraiser to build a southern border wall.
—Huffpost.com (submitted by Savanna Slater)

Former University of Mobile basketball player Sarah Thomas will become the first female official to work an NFL playoff game on Sunday afternoon.
—AL.com (submitted by Taylor Bodiford)

Charles Henderson basketball star Maori Davenport’s eligibility for the remainder of the basketball season could be decided in a Pike County courtroom next week.
—dothaneagle.com (submitted by David Jackson)

✏️1 p.m. class

A sculpture that partly features the Saudi flag is being removed from the site of the 9/11 terror attack.
—bbc.com (submitted by Cody Giles)

An unidentified person was killed Thursday afternoon after being decapitated by a helicopter at a Florida airport.
—New York Daily News (submitted by Jieyu Yang)

It’s shaping up to be the world’s most expensive divorce — and drop the most wealthy person on the planet down to the fourth richest.
—New York Daily News (submitted by Emma Zhang)

Three people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation yesterday from a house fire officials say was ignited when a man in the home fell asleep while smoking in bed.
—www.thoughtco.com (submitted by Ouyang Zhao)

President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general will tell senators at his confirmation hearing “it is vitally important” that special counsel Robert Mueller be allowed to complete his Russia investigation, according to prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press on Monday.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Sam Granville)

A dream Brett Smith “toyed” with for five years became a reality almost two weeks ago thanks to helping hands from his downtown neighbors and others.
—dothaneagle.com (submitted by Yanran Zheng)

Artificial sweeteners offer no health benefits, a large review of studies found. But it found no proof that they do any harm, either.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Ling Zhu)

A Saudi teenager who fled her family alleging abuse and got stranded at a Bangkok airport has arrived in Canada after being granted asylum there.
—bbc.com (submitted by Yuxuan Zhu)

A traveler carrying a firearm boarded a flight from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and flew to Tokyo Narita International Airport on January 3, according to a statement from the Transportation Security Administration.
—CNN.com (submitted by Minyun Du and Ouyang Zhao)

Michael Atiyah, a British mathematician who united mathematics and physics during the 1960s in a way not seen since the days of Isaac Newton, died on Friday. He was 89.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Rui Sun)

The Alabama Supreme Court recently ordered a new trial for a Dale Country man on death row after finding that his defense attorney failed to prepare for trial.
—Dothan Eagle (submitted by Clara Ding)


JRN 2201, fall 2018

✏️11:30 a.m. class

Domeka Kekar McKenzie, 41, was arrested and charged with the murder of 33-year-old Carl Burney. According to the Troy Police Department, officers responded to the 400 block North Knox Street to a report of man down around 10 p.m. Thursday.
—WSFA (submitted by Alexis Bennett)

It looks like Nick Jonas did good. Weeks after it was reported that he and “Quantico” star Priyanka Chopra got engaged, she’s sporting a huge rock on her finger.
—CNN Entertainment News (submitted by Briana Borders)

Pike County residents were among the nearly 70 minors charged with underage consumption or possession of alcohol Aug. 4 at a field party in Brantley.
—The Troy Messenger (submitted by Tatiyunna Conner)

The sun climbs above the clouds without making a sound.
—DJ Booth (submitted by Coby Daniel)

The sixth triple play in Texas Rangers team history turned out to be an incredibly rare one.
—usatoday.com (submitted by Aaron Dixon)

The Rev. John David Crowley was once adored by his parishioners. Then came the news that he was among the priests who abused more than 1,000 children.
—The New York Times (submitted by Angelica Granat)

Asia Argento, the Italian actress who helped expose Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein last October, quietly settled her own sexual assault scandal as the #MeToo movement swelled, the New York Times reported Monday.
—Vice News (submitted by Hannah Littleton)

A man was arrested on Monday in relation to the robbery of a Troy student’s home during the summer, according to city of Troy Police Chief Randall Barr.
—Tropolitan (submitted by Xinran Lu and Anna Wang)

Members of the Troy University Sound of the South hit the intramural field on campus Friday evening to rehearse sets for the upcoming football season.
—The (Troy) Messenger (submitted by Maya Martin)

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) — Montgomery Public Schools staff members are working Sunday at Hayneville Road School to get the campus ready for Booker T. Washington students, after a Saturday morning fire destroyed part of the magnet school’s campus.
—WSFA-TV (submitted by Michael McKenney)

A Houston doctor who was convicted of raping a hospital patient will not serve prison time and, instead, will spend a decade on probation.
—The Washington Post (submitted by Dana Mitchell)

Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul” whose recordings of such classics as “Respect” and “Chain of Fools” made her the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died Thursday of advanced pancreatic cancer. She was 76.
—foxnews.com (submitted by Yee Hans Ng)

Federal prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen and could announce them by the end of the month, people familiar with the matter tell CNN.
—CNN (submitted by Lee Ni)

President Trump on Friday blamed local officials for his decision to postpone a grand military parade in Washington this fall, alleging without evidence that they had unreasonably inflated the price.
—The Washington Post (submitted by William Oliver)

District 27J officially slashed Mondays off the school calendar and started a four-day school week in a move designed to cut costs and attract teachers — but parents are concerned it will cost them money instead.
—Fox News (submitted by Brianna Shackelford)

Malaysia has repealed a controversial anti-fake news law, which has been widely condemned for stifling free speech since its introduction in April.
—cnn.com (submitted by Xindi Shao)

At least 324 people have died in the Indian state of Kerala since the start of monsoon season in late May, officials said Friday.
—CNN (submitted by Jenny Si)

The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely submerged by 2050, say researchers. Is it too late?
—BBC News (submitted by Yao Wu)

Students, staff and even locals can now take bright orange bikes and scooters at Troy University for a spin.
—Tropolitan (submitted by Ran Xiang and Jixuan Tang)

✏️1 p.m. class

CORPUS CHRISTI — Police say they are looking for a suspect involved in a shooting that left two women dead and sent another victim to the hospital.
—KRIS-TV (submitted by Stuart Bradly)

More than a dozen people hoping to attend a Backstreet Boys concert were injured in Oklahoma on Saturday when the severe weather took down an outdoor concert entrance structure, according to the casino where the event was to be held.
—Fox News (submitted by Ziheng Feng)

As surely as dawn follows darkness, the Commander-in-Tweet was back on his Twitter megaphone this morning for his usual Sunday messaging.
—deadline.com (submitted by Jacob Heath)

The house on 53rd Street and Huntington Avenue stood motionless. From the south side of the building, nothing looked out of the ordinary except for the police barricades that were set up.
—The Daily Nebraskan (submitted by Kerissa Justice)

The White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, has cooperated extensively in the special counsel investigation, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether President Trump obstructed justice, including some that investigators would not have learned of otherwise, according to a dozen current and former White House officials and others briefed on the matter.
—The New York Times (submitted by Mingrui Li and Jacob Heath)

Federal investigators have locked in on more than $20 million in loans to taxi businesses owned by Michael Cohen and his family as part of their probe into whether the former longtime personal lawyer to President Donald Trump committed bank and tax fraud crimes and campaign-finance violations, The New York Times reported Sunday night.
—nbcnews.com (submitted by Yann Murzeau-Fernandez)

A man has been charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident following a hit-and-run in Samson.
—The Dothan Eagle (submitted by Yue Qian)

A longtime Oakland Raiders fan, Guy Fieri’s tailgating feasts are legendary. Now you can show off with the Daytime Emmy-winning chef/restaurant’s top tips and recipes. Get grilling!
—Parade Sunday (submitted by Zhou Shi)

Students, staff and even locals can now take bright orange bikes and scooters at Troy University for a spin.
—Tropolitan (submitted by Jixuan Tang and Ran Xiang)

Audiences fell in love with “Crazy Rich Asians.”
—cnn.com (submitted by Chen Wang)

The Republican Attorneys General Association is closely monitoring the AG race in New York, but hasn’t yet decided whether to get involved.
—New York Daily News (submitted by Ming Wei)

LeBron James, his new teammates and the aura of the storied Los Angeles Lakers will be must-see television all through the 2018-19 NBA season. Expect Lakers games to surpass the reigning champion Golden State Warriors in interest, whether it’s James’ home debut, return to Cleveland, rematch with the Warriors, visit to Washington, D.C., any of it. Asked about James’ arrival to the Lakers, second-year forward Kyle Kuzma simply said, “Go time!”
—The Undefeated (submitted by Yunze Wu)

It doesn’t take a basketball savant to see that the Golden State Warriors are really, really good at passing. In the four years that Steve Kerr has been head coach, the team has led the league in assists four times, and it’s never been particularly close.
—SBNation: Golden State of Mind (submitted by Jiandong Xu)

He stared into a television camera and pleaded for his missing, pregnant wife and two young daughters to come home. Now he’s accused of killing them.
—The New York Times (submitted by Janet Zhang)

Despite a slight decline in the number of incoming international students this year, Troy University is one of the most ethnically diverse colleges in the South.
—Tropolitan (submitted by Tongtong Zhu)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Urban Meyer was suspended by Ohio State on Wednesday for the first three games of the season for mishandling domestic violence accusations, punishing one of the sport’s most prominent leaders for keeping an assistant on staff for several years after that coach’s wife accused him of abuse.
—Associated Press and Houston Chronicle (submitted by Daniel Hoff)

After NYU announced it will offer free tuition to all current and future medical school students, some medical professionals are debating if the tactic will help with the shortage of primary-care physicians in the U.S.
—Twitte (submitted by Mengmeng Xue)


JRN 2201, summer 2018

The blood alcohol level of a 20-year-old student from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte was more than double the legal limit when she was killed earlier this month after falling out of a party bus, toxicology results revealed Tuesday.
—Fox News (submitted by Doriya Dong)

At least 4,645 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria and its devastation across Puerto Rico last year, according to a new Harvard study released Tuesday, an estimate that far exceeds the official government death toll, which stands at 64.
—Dothan Eagle (submitted by Yiming Xu)


JRN 2201, spring 2018

✏️11:30 a.m. class
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson may not have a trophy to lift, but that will not stop him from celebrating the league’s recent postseason successes.
—dothaneagle.com (submitted by Nicholas Brooks)

Four people were shot early Sunday morning in a guest room at the Country Inn and Suites on Westchester Drive in Madison, according to Madison police.
—AL.com (submitted by Makayla Cameron)

The one thing the Jacksonville Jaguars have been able to count on all season is their defense.
Not on Sunday.
—espn.com (submitted by Seth Carpenter)

Australian researchers have discovered a new species of extinct marsupial lion that once roamed the continent.
—The Courier Mail (submitted by Victoria Cirilli)

President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they discussed protecting immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to several people briefed on the meeting.
“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to countries mentioned by the lawmakers.
—The Washington Post (submitted by Elizabeth Evans)

Ben Hyatt rushed to wake everyone up when rivers of mud started banging the doors and walls of his Montecito, California, home.
—cnn.com (submitted by Rachell Frachioni)

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For 38 minutes, Hawaii held its breath.
—CNN (submitted by Justice Kennedy)

An emergency alert notification sent out on Saturday claiming a “ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii” was a false alarm, according to state leaders and emergency officials, who blamed it on an employee who “pushed the wrong button.”
—CNN (submitted by Shaaz Peerani)

An emergency alert notification sent out on Saturday claiming a “ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii” was a false alarm, according to state leaders and emergency officials.
—cnn.com (submitted by Jadin Rahming)

An incoming missile alert plunged residents of Hawaii into panic on Saturday morning before it was declared to be false.
—bbc.com (submitted by Scott Watkins)

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The mother of teenage boy was abducted and killed in Florida after a hitman and his girlfriend mistook her for the intended victim, according to reports.
—foxnews.com (submitted by Bailey Pelkey)

If you feel like you’ve spent more time in your car over the last year, you probably have — and you’re not alone.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Lan Yang)

The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a bill legalizing same sex marriage in Britain, indicating that the bill is assured of passage as it moves through further legislative stages.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Jingwen Zhu)

Protesters in Troy are organizing to block U.S. 231 on the morning of Feb. 5.
—WSFA.com (submitted by Martin Alvarado)

Toronto police say an incident involving an 11-year-old girl who claimed to have her hijab cut by a stranger on the street, “did not happen.”
—CTV (submitted by Daniel Hunt)

✏️1 p.m. class

The City of Dothan is hosting a public input workshop this Tuesday for the purpose of initiating the Highway 84 East Corridor Master Plan.
—The Dothan Eagle (submitted by Yolanda Allen)

Former Vice President Joe Biden has a small lead over media mogul Oprah Winfrey and the field of potential Democratic presidential candidates for 2020, according to a new survey.
—TheHill.com (submitted by Ashley Brown)

Federal authorities announced Friday the arrests of 21 people suspected of trafficking methamphetamine and heroin in the Enterprise and Dothan area.
—The Enterprise Ledger (submitted by Tatiyunna Conner)

WASHINGTON (CNN) — In fewer than two years, Sen. Lindsey Graham has turned from a political rival who called Donald Trump a “jackass” and a “political car wreck” to a semi-regular golf partner of the now-president and a close ally on some of the biggest issues facing the country.
—cnn.com (submitted by Emma Daniel)

“We have a crisis situation going on” regarding the flu outbreak, said Scott Harris, acting state health officer with the Alabama Department of Public Health.
—montgomeryadvertiser.com (submitted by Adoria Hughes)

Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue said Sunday that President Donald Trump did not use the phrase “shithole countries” during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration reform last week.
—cnn.com (submitted by Ho Lee)

A car slammed into the second floor of a building in Orange County, California, early Sunday morning. The incident unfolded in the 300 block of East 17th Street in Santa Ana, CBS Los Angeles reports.
—CBS (submitted by Taylor Pollock)

Fifty people jumped more than 10 feet into frigid winter waters after the shuttle ferrying them to a casino ship off the Florida Gulf Coast caught fire Sunday, authorities said.
—nbcnews.com (submitted by Luke Brantley)

Construction on the new Marianna K-8 School was scheduled to start in the spring, but that has now changed.
—WTVY.com (submitted by Madison Gallinger)

Authorities in southern California on Tuesday are working to determine how a couple allegedly managed to keep their 13 children captive and on the verge of starvation inside their home without any apparent red flags in the community.
—foxnews.com (submitted by Ricki Grant)


JRN 2201, fall 2017

✏️ 11:30 a.m. class

A 25-year-old woman who survived for three weeks in a wooded area in Bullock County is speaking to national media about the incident.
—AL.com (submitted by Hannah Barron)

The media has officially hit rock bottom. Fox News Insider reports that First Lady Melania Trump and First Daughter Ivanka Trump have been censured for wearing high heels.
—The Blaze (submitted by Taylor Boydstun)

The feud between President Donald Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham over the President’s response to racially motivated protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, continued Thursday, with the South Carolina senator accusing Trump of stoking tensions, a claim Trump called “a disgusting lie.”
—CNN (submitted by Kailey Carr)

Paris Hilton revealed in an interview that the tape of her and her ex-boyfriend having sex ruined her chances of being like her idol Princess Diana.
—Fox News Entertainment (submitted by Lily Cole)

Wells Fargo has promised to make amends to the customers it forced to buy car insurance that they didn’t need. Allan Dunlap, a former Wells Fargo borrower who spent months trying to get the bank to correct an insurance error that marred his credit report, says he’ll believe it when he sees it.
—New York Times (submitted by Bradley Dixon)

Some eclipse watchers want to be so sure they’ll see the August 21st solar blackout that they’re willing to leave the surface of the Earth to get a good view. A spot high in the air is the only guarantee your view won’t be obstructed by clouds.
—CNN Money (submitted by Ruinan Duan)

Former President Barack Obama’s response to the deadly, racially charged unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend has become the most popular tweet of all time.
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution (submitted by Alexus Forbes)

Two US service members were killed and five were injured Sunday during combat operations in northern Iraq, according to a statement from US Central Command.
—CNN (submitted by Angi Gao)

Probiotic supplements may be a growing trend among health-conscious consumers, but the tiny bacteria that have been stuffed into capsules and stacked on pharmacy shelves coexisted with us before we were even aware of them.
—CNN.com (submitted by Zixuan Hu)

That didn’t take long.
Steve Bannon returned to Breitbart News as executive chairman on Friday following his ouster from the White House, the far-right website announced in a press release.
—CNNMoney (submitted by Sarah Jones)

The first flight takes off from Osan Air Base just after daybreak, ascending high above the Korean Peninsula to collect and send critical data back to US military headquarters in South Korea.
—CNN.com (submitted by Xianrui Ning)

Michael Moore style America-bashing is very much in style.
—FixNews.com (submitted by Katie Nobles)

A seven-year-old boy with dual British-Australian nationality was killed in the Barcelona terror attack, Catalan police have confirmed.
—BBC.com (submitted by Linjie “Plin” Pu)

Stephen K. Bannon, the embattled chief strategist who helped President Trump win the 2016 election by embracing their shared nationalist impulses, departed the White House on Friday after a turbulent tenure shaping the fiery populism of the president’s first seven months in office.
—The New York Times (submitted by Scott Shelton)

North Korea warned Sunday that the upcoming US-South Korea military exercises are “reckless behavior driving the situation into the uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war.”
—CNN.com (submitted by Ashley Sulzby)

At least two people were killed and six others hospitalized Friday in a stabbing attack at two markets in the Finnish city of Turku, police said.
—CNN.com (submitted by Jiachen “Elaine” Yu)

It’s probably the most anticipated weather forecast in recent memory.
—CNN.com (submitted by Heather Goodson)

Richard Beddingfield came home after a skiing trip in Colorado when he couldn’t find his prescription sunglasses.
—CNN.com (submitted by Daniel Samac)

✏️ 1 p.m. class

A bomb factory in a beach town may be key to Spain’s terror attacks.
—CNN (submitted by William Bowdoin)

At 5pm on Thursday, a white Fiat van ploughed into a crowd in tourist hot-spot Las Ramblas in Barcelona. At least 13 people were killed and 130 more injured as the driver mowed down innocents along a 500m stretch of the packed pedestrian area.
—The Sun (submitted by Kelvin Hawkins)

We’re only days away from the Great American Eclipse and excitement is building to astronomical proportions.
—AL.com (submitted by Haerin Shin)

Evacuation orders affecting hundreds of people were issued in California and Oregon as wildfires neared small towns, including one that’s a prime location for viewing the eclipse.
—abcnews.com (submitted by Amber Thompson)

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JRN 2201, summer 2017

WASHINGTON — Michael Dubke, the White House communications director, announced on Tuesday that he was resigning, as President Trump weighs a broader shake-up of his staff in the face of multiple investigations.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Colton Purdue)

Ariana Grande has called on her celebrity friends to join forces with her for a benefit concert honoring the victims and families of the Manchester terrorist attack.
—CNN (submitted by Siyang Wang)

A 6-year-old Mississippi boy was found dead from a gunshot wound on Thursday in the back of a car that had been stolen from his mother hours earlier in Jackson, Miss., the authorities said.
—The New York Times (submitted by Jeremy Hilson)

The worst drought in a century is forcing the most stringent water restrictions ever implemented for South Africa’s second largest city.
—cnn.com (submitted by Octavius Ausbon)

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JRN 2201, spring 2017

✏️ 11:30 a.m. class

The Army and local police are investigating the deaths of 11 Fort Hood soldiers who have died on and off the large Texas base in the past three months under mysterious circumstances, according to reports.
—Fox News (submitted by Kaylyn Boring)

The downfall of a cocaine kingpin and one-time enforcer for a violent Mexican drug cartel began at the bottom of a Pike Creek trash can.
—The News Journal (delawareonline.com)(submitted by Lily Cole)

McALLEN, Texas — Mexican drug cartels and human traffickers are cashing in ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration by exploiting anxiety over his vow to build a border wall and crack down on illegal immigration – fueling the latest surge across the U.S.-Mexico line, according to local law enforcement.
—Fox News (submitted by Zach Henson)

House members passed a resolution Friday paving the way for a swift repeal of Obamacare, following Senate passage on Thursday.
—USA Today (submitted by Martha Ladner)

Vice President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday that he and President Barack Obama were briefed last week by intelligence officials on unsubstantiated claims that Russia may have compromising information on President-elect Donald Trump.
—CNN (submitted by Chelsi Law)

The number of lawmakers planning to skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump grew Saturday after he criticized civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis.
—usatoday.com (submitted by Scott Ledford and Shanteya Leverette-Wilson)

Gunfire erupted early Monday at a club in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, leaving at least five people dead and more than a dozen others injured.
—cnn.com (submitted by Antonio Reese)

Kamiyah Mobley, who was abducted as a newborn from a Florida hospital in July 1998, has been found alive in South Carolina, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said Friday.
—cnn.com (submitted by Faith Rosenwald)

Google has shuttered its plan to use massive solar-powered drones to deliver Internet to rural and remote parts of the world.
—cnn.com (submitted by Christopher Wilson)

RIO DE JANEIRO — At least 10 prisoners have been killed in a prison riot in northeastern Brazil, the latest in a wave of fatal uprisings in the country’s overcrowded prisons that have killed nearly 100 this year — with many of the victims decapitated and mutilated.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Holly Scott)

Troy has begun moving toward converting all single room restrooms on campus into gender neutral or family restrooms according to Herbert Reeves, dean of student services.
—tropnews.com (submitted by Amy Russo)

A man fleeing from police Saturday morning was struck and killed while attempting to cross I-59 near Argo.
—wvtm13.com (submitted by Jeremy Hilson)

Donald Trump tore into civil rights legend John Lewis on Saturday for questioning the legitimacy of the Republican billionaire’s White House victory, intensifying a feud with the black congressman days before the national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
—wsfa.com (submitted by Alexus Forbes)

Just like they did for Barack Obama in 2009, celebrities will descend on Washington for the presidential inauguration later this week — only this time to protest, not celebrate, the incoming president.
—foxnews.com (submitted by Eric Seabon)

✏️ 1 p.m. class

The newly debuted Janice Hawkins Cultural Arts Park and the International Arts Center are now home to the “Warriors Unearthed” exhibit, designed by artist Frank Marquette.
—tropnews.com, submitted by Tori Bedsole

The Green Bay Packers could not hold on to a huge early lead, but in the game’s final seconds Aaron Rodgers was given one more chance to score, and his long completion to Jared Cook set up Mason Crosby’s game-winning 51-yard field goal in a 34-31 victory over the Dallas Cowboys that earned the Packers a trip to the N.F.C. championship game next week against Atlanta.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Zach Bias)

An Arizona trooper who had been shot and was being beaten by a man with a pistol was saved Thursday by a motorist who killed his attacker, authorities said.
—cnn.com (submitted by Janae Jordan)

WASHINGTON (CNN) - China’s Foreign Ministry firmly pushed back Saturday against President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that the “One China” policy on Taiwan is negotiable, calling it the “political foundation” of the relationship between the US and China.
—cnn.com (submitted by Zachary Lane)

The Ringling Bros. circus is closing down after more than 100 years in operation, according to a press release from Feld Entertainment, which has owned the circus for the last 50 years.
—CNN (submitted by Tre Mickles)

Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump, multiple US officials with direct knowledge of the briefings tell CNN.
—CNN (submitted by Jenna Oden)

Twenty-six inmates were killed in eruptions of violence inside two prisons in northern Brazil, officials said Sunday as they quelled the latest in a string of jail disturbances across the country in which more than 100 people died within two weeks.
—abcnews.go.com (submitted by Julie Prax)

A team of scientists selected by federal officials in Seattle have come across new evidence in the mystery of D.B. Cooper.
—foxnews.com (submitted by Hanna Rizzi)

Three children died and two more were airlifted to Children’s Hospital in Birmingham after a Thursday afternoon fire in an Opelika mobile home.
—oanow.com (submitted by Shyra Sherfield)

Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan ripped into Donald Trump on Sunday for “talking and tweeting” about possibly easing sanctions against Russia, saying the president-elect lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States.
—al.com (submitted by Casey Watson)

The Los Angeles Rams have named their next head football coach, but this isn’t just any hire.
—cnn.com (submitted by Michael Shipma)

The Justice Department inspector general’s office said Thursday it would open an investigation into the decision in October by James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, to inform Congress about a new review in the Hillary Clinton email investigation — a move Mrs. Clinton has said cost her the election.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Brianna Spivey)

President-elect Donald Trump’s Education Secretary pick Betsy DeVos will face her Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday as critics question her financial dealings and fitness to handle to the nation’s schools.
—nydailynews.com (submitted by Gabe Gordon)

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JRN 2201, fall 2016

>11:30 a.m. class

A Pennsylvania State University associate professor who was reported missing last week has been found dead.
—msn.com (submitted by Joshua Byrd)

The International Olympic Committee has set up a disciplinary commission to investigate Ryan Lochte and the three other U.S. swimmers involved in an altercation at a gas station in Rio de Janeiro last Sunday.
—cnn.com (submitted by Matthew Helms)

A Central Texas man serving a life prison sentence for a double slaying in 1992 is innocent, as are three co-defendants no longer in prison, a state judge has found.
—foxnews.com (submitted by Justin Walker)

The fall semester begins at Troy University with hundreds of new students on campus.
—alabamanews.net (submitted by Licheng Xu)

RIO DE JANEIRO — Caster Semenya of South Africa, heavily favored to win the Olympic women’s 800 meters, ran a quick opening round this week and then breezed past reporters.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Huailu Jiang)

A federal judge on Friday referred Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his second-in-command for criminal prosecution, finding that they ignored and misrepresented to subordinates court orders designed to keep the sheriff’s office from racially profiling Latinos.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Justin Blowers)

An explosion at a wedding in southeastern Turkey killed 30 people and injured 94 others Saturday night, the state-run news agency Anadolu reported.
—cnn.com (submitted by Jiangfu Li)

OAKTON, Va. — Jared Taylor hits play, and the first Donald Trump ad of the general election unfolds across his breakfast table. Syrian refugees streaming across a border. Hordes of immigrants, crowded onto trains.
—The Washington Post (submitted by Sinclair Portis)

Notre Dame cornerback Devin Butler was arrested early Saturday morning near a bar in South Bend, Indiana, on two preliminary charges of battery against law enforcement and resisting law enforcement.
—bleacherreport.com (submitted by Sarah Drake)

LEXINGTON, Ky. — “The Second Amendment people have tremendous power because they are so united.” So said Donald J. Trump in North Carolina on Aug. 9, in an interview that followed controversial comments he’d made earlier that day. Warning his audience of the danger of Hillary Clinton’s choosing new Supreme Court justices, he seemed to suggest that gun rights activists could take action to stop her.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Zuo “Zorro” Li)

Gary Strickland is pleased to announce his candidancy for Opp City Council District 3 seat.
—The Opp News (submitted by Paige Weeks)

Whatever celebration the U.S. Olympic Committee has planned for its return home after a wildly successful Rio de Janeiro Games on the competition front will likely be short-lived.
—FoxNews.com (submitted by Anna Kate Patterson)

LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (CNN) — The catastrophic flood devastating Louisiana is now the worst natural disaster to strike the United States since Hurricane Sandy four years ago, the Red Cross said.
—CNN (submitted by Jing Wei)

The man who police believe killed five adults and an unborn baby in Citronelle, Alabama, will be charged with six counts of murder, the Mobile County district attorney said Sunday.
—CNN (submitted by Yuqing Zheng)

After Pennsylvania Chipotle employee James Kennedy was fired for venting on social media about his frustrations at the Tex-Mex fast-food restaurant, he was fired for violating the chain’s social media policy.
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution (submitted by Deandre’ Moreland)

The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a bill legalizing same sex marriage in Britain, indicating that the bill is assure of passage as it moves through further legislative stages.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Alexis Dettloff)

>1 p.m. class

Two women who were in the same raft when 10-year-old Caleb Schwab died in a Kansas City, Kansas, waterslide accident earlier this month are speaking out for the first time.
—Abcnews.go.com (submitted by Joshua Thomas)

Matthew Robert and Todd Daigle had seen a lot in five days of rescuing people from floodwaters near Baton Rouge. Then came Wednesday, when they encountered something new: a pack of cowboys and about 50 head of cattle.
—cnn.com (submitted by Lynsey Smith)

A cluster of Zika cases most likely transmitted by local mosquitoes has been identified in Miami Beach, a health official said Thursday. Health authorities are trying to decide whether to designate a section of the bustling tourist city as a zone of active Zika transmission, and whether to advise pregnant women to avoid the area.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Scott Ledford)

At least 13 people are dead and 40,000 homes are damaged because of flooding in Louisiana - and the rest of the world isn’t really talking about it.
—USA Today (submitted by Lauren Harksen)

A court halted the execution of a Texas man who was scheduled to die for a fatal 1996 robbery in which he wasn’t the person who pulled the trigger.
—cbsnews.com (submitted by Seth Hawk)

Changes and clarifications of polling places will be top of mind for Troy and Brundidge voters heading to the polls for Tuesday’s municipal elections.
—troymessenger.com (submitted by Sable Riley)

American swimmer Ryan Lochte said he over-exaggerated what happened at a Rio de Janeiro gas station and acknowledged it was his “immature behavior” that got him and three teammates into a mess that consumed the final days of the Olympics.
—AL.com/The Associated Press (submitted by Kimberly Spillers)

A suicide bombing which killed 51 people in the Turkish city of Gaziantep was carried out by a 12- to 14-year-old, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
—BBC (submitted by Katelyn Dewrell)

The man who police believe killed five adults and an unborn baby in Citronelle, Alabama, will be charged with six counts of murder, the Mobile County district attorney said Sunday.
—cnn.com (submitted by Kyle Shook)

Fire officials estimate that 96 homes have been destroyed in a huge Southern California wildfire, while firefighters make more progress containing the blaze.
—nbcnews.com (submitted by Madison Neal)

The nicest thing I own is the first thing you see when you walk into my house: a red handmade rug bought in Tehran, haggled over in Farsi and delivered, in person, to the Brooklyn apartment of the man who would become my husband.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Lauren Mitchell)

Hakki Okur’s family was searching hospitals for him Sunday morning after an explosion at a Kurdish wedding in Turkey killed at least 51 people.
—cnn.com (submitted by Santana Wood)

There have been cost overruns and complaints about spending billions on a mega-event when teachers have gone unpaid. Critics say upscale areas have been favored at the expense of slum dwellers. A pledge to clean up Rio de Janeiro’s polluted bay went unfulfilled, while the promise of law and order now feels like a cruel taunt in the face of rising crime.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Sarah Singleterry)

Donald Trump’s recent overtures to African-Americans has been met with skepticism by many voters.
—“Good Morning America” (submitted by Eriq Roberts)

PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio are considering charges against a 74-year-old woman who hit the gas instead of her brakes and crashed into a crowd at an outdoor community concert in Ohio, injuring herself and eight other people.
—Chattanooga Times Free Press/The Associated Press (submitted by Chloe Lyle)

Despite almost two years of silence, NASA never stopped searching for its long lost spacecraft STEREO-B.
—cnn.com (submitted by Jiaqi Kang)

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JRN 2201, summer 2016

A Montgomery teenager died Monday in a collision involving a Jaguar and a minivan.
—AL.com (submitted by Scott Ledford)

In late January, about a half-dozen reporters from The Las Vegas Review-Journal gathered at a colleague’s apartment after work.
—The New York Times (submitted by Hannah Stone)

Shakira just wants to ride her bicycle, and for people to stop going through her trash.
—The Huffington Post (submitted by Shannon Crawford)

JRN 2201, spring 2016

>>11:30 a.m. class

Mexico plans to extradite prison escapee Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States, where he faces drug trafficking charges connected to his cartel, authorities said.
—cnn.com (submitted by Alexander Adams)

A U.S. Muslim woman who was ejected from a Donald Trump rally in South Carolina while engaging in a silent protest said on Saturday she wanted to make the Republican presidential candidate’s backers recognize they are supporting “hateful rhetoric.”
—New York Post (submitted by Dori Christmas)

He became a byword for government incompetence, a figure who seemed invincible after he burrowed his way out of the country’s most secure prison.
But on Friday, nearly six months after his escape, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, was captured again after a fierce gun battle near the coast in his home state, Sinaloa, Mexican officials said. “Mission accomplished: We have him,” President Enrique Peña Nieto announced.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Alexander Collier)

In the days after the Paris terrorist attacks last November, world leaders denounced the shooting massacres. On Wall Street, the money manager Louis Navellier saw a buying opportunity.
—The New York Times (submitted by Destiny Hosmer)

“Daily Show” host Trevor Noah didn’t hold back his disgust after conservative pundits accused President Barack Obama of faking his tears during his address on gun violence Tuesday.
—huffingtonpost.com (submitted by Labrecia Jackson)

When Rolling Stone published Sean Penn’s exclusive interview with Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Saturday night, competitors immediately called it a coup — but also an explosively controversial story.
—cnn.com (submitted by Daniel Samac)

Who won the Powerball drawing last night? Well, nobody. That’s right — no ticket matched all six Powerball numbers following the drawing for a record jackpot of nearly $950 million, lottery officials said early Sunday, boosting the expected payout for the next drawing to a whopping $1.3 billion.
—AL.com (submitted by Kayla Thomas)

Leaders of an area church say they are shocked by a couple’s heroin overdose in their sick infant daughter’s hospital room.
—WAFF.com (submitted by Precious Turner)

CHICAGO — In response to calls for increased transparency and accountability, the Chicago Police Department announced Friday that it will begin monitoring all interactions with the public by using new bullet cams.
—www.theonion.com (satire — submitted by Juan Venegas)

>>1 p.m. class

Cancer is becoming the No. 1 killer in more and more states as deaths from heart disease have declined, new health statistics show.
—wsfa.com (submitted by Ryan Fuller)

On at least six occasions in the last 100 years, lawmakers and the White House have come together to agree on significant overhauls to federal gun law.
—cnn.com (submitted by Samantha Kocan)

Mexican authorities snared drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in a bloody raid Friday, recapturing one of the world’s most notorious and slippery criminals.
—cnn.com (submitted by Jalen Bivens)

A Muslim woman wearing a hijab was forced to leave a Donald Trump presidential campaign rally Friday after she staged a silent protest against the Republican front-runner, who in December called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States.
—voanews.com (Voice of America — submitted by Mynecia Steele)

A California woman has filed a claim Thursday saying she found a bloody fingertip in a salad at a local Applebee’s restaurant.
—Fox News (submitted by Rachel Deloach)

A doctor faces up to two years in prison for beating a patient who later died, Russian investigators said Saturday.
—cnn.com (submitted by Kiawanna Clark)

Wallace Community College and Auburn University are partnering to fill a local need in the poultry industry by offering a program that allows students to start a poultry science degree at Wallace and complete it at Auburn.
—dothaneagle.com (submitted by Nathaniel Rodriguez)

Some Alabama high school students are keeping the past alive by preserving the stories of living veterans and finding faces of the fallen from the Vietnam War.
—wsfa.com (submitted by Hannah Burnette)

The Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán story could hardly have seemed more unbelievable, with its multiple prison breaks, endless sewers and tunnels, outlandish sums of money and feverish manhunts. And then Sean Penn entered the story.
—The Washington Post (submitted by Sydney Taylor)

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz does not plan to authorize a special force to deport the undocumented immigrants currently in the country, he told CNN’s Jake Tapper, setting up a policy contract with Donald Trump.
—cnn.com (submitted by Alex Roberson)

Hillary Clinton has released an aggressive new attack ad, fanning fears about the main Republican presidential candidates to make the point that she, and no other Democrat, “can stop them.”
—The New York Times (submitted by Samuel Mattison)

A powerful U.S. B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea on Sunday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul and North Korea following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test.
—WSFA.com (submitted by Jeremy Hilson)

Dothan police arrested a 21-year-old man in connection to a shooting Saturday night on Lake Street in Dothan.
—dothaneagle.com (submitted by Hayden Glass)

Sunday night’s playoff loss in Washington was the last time we’ll see Robert Griffin III in a Redskins uniform, NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported.
—NFL.com (submitted by Calvin Morris)

GLENDALE, Arizona — Alabama needed it all to win the toughest national title game it had ever played during the Nick Saban dynasty. All of its power. All of its speed.
—Fox Sports (submitted by Alexis Dettloff)

Four teens accused of raping a woman in a Brooklyn playground have been charged as adults in the case, the New York Police said.
—CNN (submitted by Sarah Blain)

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Fall 2015

>>11:30 a.m. class

TIANJIN, China — Thunderous, fiery explosions at a warehouse containing hazardous goods traumatized this northeast port city late Wednesday, killing at least 44 people, injuring at least 400, shattering glass on scores of high-rise buildings and causing other extensive damage.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Xinyue Su)

ANTAKYA, Turkey — Government airstrikes on a rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Sunday killed more than 80 people and wounded about 200, according to local activists and monitoring organizations.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Xinyue Su)

TIANJIN, China — The death toll from massive explosions in China’s port city of Tianjin has risen to 112 and 95 people are missing, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, suggesting the toll could rise significantly.
—The New York Times (submitted by Ke Liu)

TIANJIN, China — Crews searched for an unknown number of civilians and soldiers Saturday who are believed trapped by multiple explosions that killed at least 112 people this week in this eastern Chinese city.
—CNN (submitted by Ke Liu)

The National Security Agency’s ability to spy on vast quantities of Internet traffic has relied on its extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: the telecom giant AT&T.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Darryl Vason)

The National Security Agency’s ability to spy on vast quantities of Internet traffic passing through the United States has relied on its extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: the telecom giant AT&T.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Robert Smith)

After a journey toward marriage equality, couples across the nation are now able to make their love and commitment legal and have just begun to celebrate.
—cnn.com (submitted by Justin Thompson)

A Texas sheriff’s deputy has been fired and an investigation is underway after he forgot to take his police dog out of his patrol car on Sunday, and the dog later died, authorities said.
—nbcnews.com (submitted by Deja Suarez)

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sexually abused American hostage Kayla Mueller while she was in captivity, U.S. government officials said.
—CNN (submitted by Jeremy Jackson)

Every afternoon this summer, on a street corner in one of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods, visitors have been able to find an unusual block party.
—MSNnews.com (submitted by Jaelynd Donegan)

AUBURN — Wide receiver Duke Williams left Saturday’s scrimmage at Jordan-Hare Stadium shortly after halftime after “tweaking” his right ankle.
—auburn247sports.com (submitted by Haley Roberson)

South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy said Sunday that Hillary Clinton will indeed testify Oct. 22 about her activities as secretary of state at the time of the Benghazi attacks but suggested that her demand for a one-time appearance will result in a long, hard day.
—foxnews.com (submitted by Savanah Weed)

Two small planes collided midair while approaching an airport in southern San Diego County on Sunday, killing at least four people and sparking brush fires in a remote field where the wreckage landed, authorities said.
—foxnews.com and the Dothan Eagle (submitted by Conleigh Gilmore and Alexander Adams)

A new witness has come forward in the death of a 19-year-old fraternity pledge at Clemson University, leading his family to believe they may finally be closer to knowing what happened to Tucker Hipps before he died.
—cnn.com (submitted by Joshua Lee)

A U.S. Army parachutist died on Sunday, a day after he was involved in a mid-air collision with another parachutist during a Chicago air show, local media reported.
—Reuters (submitted by Shayla Terry)

It was a meeting of movie titans. On Saturday, Harrison Ford and Johnny Depp both appeared onstage at Disney’s D23 Expo fan event in Anaheim, California.
—cnn.com (submitted by Christian Knight)

HEMPSTEAD, Texas — A trooper who pulled over and later arrested a woman found dead in her jail cell was put on desk duty Friday for violating procedures, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
—usanewstoday.com (submitted by Veneekia Daniels)

>>1 p.m. class

A federal judge put the NFL on the defensive Wednesday over its four-game suspension of Tom Brady, demanding to know what evidence directly links the New England quarterback to deflated footballs and belittling the drama of the controversy.
—wsfa.com (submitted by Lamanski Flakes)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Authorities want to talk to a man who donned a fairly realistic bear costume — head and all — and wore it when harassing a bear and two sows trying to feed on pink salmon in an Alaska river.
—foxnews.com (submitted by Hannah King)

Weeks of reconstruction loom in the wake of an EF-1 tornado that struck the Troy Wal-Mart and caused its roof to collapse.
—Tropolitan (submitted by Sharrnique McEachern)

Recently, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are going to have a baby girl.
—CNN.com (submitted by Dao Than)

A search plane has spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger plane that went missing with 54 people onboard, rescue officials said Monday.
—yahoo.com (submitted by Lillie Dunn)

For a handful of Alabama’s family-minded gay couples, first came love, then came marriage, then came bureaucratic headaches, legal bills and months of waiting.
—AL.com (submitted by Jona Worrell)

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Summer 2015

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) — Debates over displaying the Confederate battle flag are as familiar here as grits and sweet tea.
—CNN (submitted by Cody Schneider)

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Wednesday ended his long silence, asking Allah to help his victims and their families and apologizing for the pain and suffering he caused two years ago.
—CNN (submitted by Erin James and Marlon Jones)

Softening longstanding policy, the Obama administration will tell families of Americans held by terror groups that they can communicate with captors and even pay ransom without fear of prosecution.
—Dothan Eagle (submitted by Chelsea Williams)

An 8-year-old boy was injured after apparently being bitten by a shark today in Surf City, North Carolina — at least the third recent incident on the state’s coastline, according to police.
—ABC News (submitted by Anna Colbert)

On the order of Gov. Robert Bentley, the Confederate battle flag which stands at the foot of the Confederate memorial on the state Capitol grounds was taken down this morning.
—AL.com (submitted by Amanda Langley)

More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s today, with another person developing the disease every 68 seconds. By 2050, the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease is expected to triple.
—CNN (submitted by Rachael Wilkerson)

President Barack Obama used the n-word during an interview released Monday to make a point that there’s still plenty of room for America to combat racism.
—CNN (submitted by Scottie McBride)

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Spring 2015

Green Bay will likely beat Dallas in the divisional round this weekend, but drawing the Cowboys was the Packers’ worst nightmare.
—bleacherreport.com (submitted by Daniel O’Hara)

President Obama said Thursday that he would propose a government program to make community college tuition-free for millions of students, an ambitious plan that would expand educational opportunities across the United States.
—The New York Times (submitted by Calina Norris)

Hayat Boumeddiene, an alleged accomplice of one of the slain gunmen in France, is thought to be out of the country, a French source says.
—cnn.com (submitted by Isaiah Sheridan)

A 23-year-old high school teacher was arrested in Tuscaloosa Friday afternoon after police investigated an on-going relationship with one of her students.
—AL.com (submitted by Christin Carpenter)

Thirteen former United Airlines flight attendants say they were fired for refusing to work a commercial flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong after the airline discovered “threatening” words and “menacing” images drawn on the tail cone of the Boeing 747.
—cnn.com (submitted by Jennifer Jayjohn)

More than 40 world leaders, their arms linked, marched through Paris Sunday to rally for unity and freedom of expression and to honor 17 victims of three days of terrorist attacks.
—AL.com (submitted by Kristie Henderson)

Attorney General Eric Holder is in Paris to attend a meeting on fighting terrorism, but did not participate in a march alongside more than 40 world leaders Sunday to honor the 17 people killed by Islamist extremists last week.
—FoxNews.com (submitted by Sheri Kotzum)

For years, a thick line of trees has formed a jagged silhouette separating Indian Pines Golf Course and the Auburn University Regional Airport’s runway 18. Many of the trees — roughly 1,000 — are slated to be cut down in an effort to increase flight safety on the runway and comply with Federal Aviation Administration guidelines.
—Opelika-Auburn News (submitted by Whitnee Underwood)

Anita Ekberg, the striking blonde Swedish actress whose sashay through Rome’s Trevi fountain in “La Dolce Vita” made her an icon of cinema, died Sunday at 83 at a clinic near the Italian capital, her lawyer said.
—Reuters.com (submitted by Victoria Sabinina)

Wearable sensors gather lots of data — now to make it useful.
—WFTV.com and The Associated Press (submitted by Whitney Hartselle)

It was a tough decision for any space junkie. Comet sleuth Terry Lovejoy had just pinged me on Facebook Messenger answering my request for an interview. Then, my amateur astronomer husband, Jim Ribble, opened the garage door to shout that he had spotted Comet Lovejoy with his telescope from our driveway.
—cnn.com (submitted by Kaitlin Swindall)

Samuel Goldwyn Jr., a champion of the independent film movement and son to one of the founding fathers of Hollywood cinema, has died. He was 88.
—wsfa.com (submitted by James Fuller)

The White House on Thursday announced a proposal that President Barack Obama said would make community college “free for everybody who is willing to work for it.” But administration officials provided no details about the program’s costs or where the money would come to pay for it.
—nbcnews.com (submitted by Jojo McBride)

President Barack Obama announced an ambitious plan Thursday to make community college education free for students who maintain a 2.5 GPA and at least half-time status, a plan that, if implemented, could benefit 9 million Americans, by White House estimates.
—AL.com (submitted by Alyse Nelson)

What has a jet engine, a rocket booster and travels on a set of aluminum wheels? It’s the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car (SSC) and it has plans to hit the world land speed record at 1,000 mph.
—cnn.com (submitted by Clifton Hastings)

Surviving staff members of Charlie Hebdo have vowed to publish the satirical weekly next Wednesday, despite the murder of most of its senior journalists — with a much larger than usual print run of 1m copies.
—theguardian.com (submitted by Casey Garvin)

Some recent visitors to Disneyland left the fabled theme park with a souvenir they won’t soon forget: measles.
—cnn.com (submitted by Deja Starr)

Campus parking is a major issue for the students this semester, especially with the construction of Alumni Hall last spring.
—Tropolitan (published in August 2014, submitted by Jahmal Kennedy)

An extraordinary chain of 1.5 million people, led by a group of world leaders linking arms, marched down the Boulevard Voltaire in a show of force Sunday meant to illustrate the power of unity and freedom of expression over the sting of fanaticism and terror.
—washingtonpost.com (submitted by Jessica Minter)

As a chronicle of the ups and downs of fictional British aristocrats and servants, “Downton Abbey” weaves a surprising amount of authentic historical context into its plots. Here is an episode-by-episode look at some of the show’s period details, and how those events have been covered in The New York Times. “Downton Abbey” returns for its fifth season on Sunday — check back each week during the new season for updates.
—The New York Times (submitted by Glover Sewell)

Four men who got into a gunfight that killed the owner of a Kansas gun shop will face first-degree murder charges, the Kansas City Star reported on Sunday, citing county records.
—yahoonews.com (submitted by Latoria Foxx)

Some of the most influential senators in the new Congress are neither in the majority nor among the longest-serving.
—washingtonpost.com (submitted by Hayes Grissom)

A former Florida A&M University band member has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for organizing the hazing that killed drum major Robert Champion Jr.
—cnn.com (submitted by Quinta Goines)

Commissioner Roger Goodell got a strong vote of confidence from team owners on a day a league-hired investigator determined the NFL botched the Ray Rice case, but found no evidence of a cover-up.
—Yahoo Sports (submitted by Tiara Malone)

PARIS — Muslim groups and scholars in Franceand elsewhere voiced concerns on Tuesday that a satirical newspaper’s first cover since the attack on its journalists last week could ignite dangerous new passions in a debate pitting free speech against religious doctrine.
—nytimes.com (submitted by Raven Pasibe)

They came by the thousands — in France and in Israel — to cry, to honor and never to forget.
—cnn.com (submitted by Pierce Godwin)