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by Miranda Leitsinger And Jason White, NBC News
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to end its controversial policy banning gay kids and teens from joining one of the nation's most popular youth organizations, ditching membership guidelines that had roiled the group in recent years.Over 61 percent of Scouting's National Council of 1,232 delegates from across the country voted to lift the ban, BSA officials said. The fin...

Posted today at 12:28am
by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested in her New York apartment Thursday night on charges of reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence and criminal possession of marjuana, NBC New York reported.The doorman of the building called police to report that Bynes was smoking marijuana in the lobby, sources told the station. Before officers arrived, Bynes, 27, had gone back to her 36th floor apartment, a...
Posted today at 12:28am
by Andrew Rafferty, Staff Writer, NBC News
Three people were rescued from a river after a bridge along Interstate-5 in Washington State collapsed on Thursday evening, plunging cars into the water below, according to Washington State Patrol.The extent of the injuries for the three is unclear, but all were evaluated on scene and were transported to area hospitals, according to Marcus Deyerin of the Washington Incident Management Team. Author...

Posted yesterday at 11:55pm
by Jeff Black, Staff Writer
A preliminary 5.7 earthquake struck in Northern California on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the quake was centered 6 miles west northwest of Greenville, and 26 miles southwest of Susanville.Initial reports said the quake, which struck at 8:47 p.m., was a magnitude 5.9.A 5.7 magnitude quake is considered moderate, but has the potential to cause considerable damag...

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Posted yesterday at 10:27pm
by Andrew Rafferty, Staff Writer, NBC News
A bridge along Interstate-5 in Washington State collapsed on Thursday evening, leaving at least two cars and some people submerged in water, according to Washington State Patrol.It was unclear how many people were in the Skagit River, the waterway in northern Washington that the four-lane bridge crossed.The incident happened around 7 p.m. local time, and traffic has been closed in both directions....

Posted yesterday at 8:43pm
by U.S. News
Jurors in the high-profile Jodi Arias trial on Thursday failed to reach an agreement over whether she should receive the death penalty for killing her ex-boyfriend.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens called for a retrial in the penalty phase after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. The new jury will be impaneled on July 18, unless the prosecutor decides to no longer see...

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by Anna Nemtsova And Andrew Rafferty, NBC News
The father of the man who was killed by FBI agents after allegedly admitting he and Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev committed a triple homicide in 2011 claims that his son is innocent and federal investigators made up their case against him.Investigators say Ibragim Todashev told them on Wednesday that he and Tsarnaev killed three people in a Boston suburb two years ago in what sourc...

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by U.S. News
By Elizabeth Chuck, Jamie Novogrod, and Tom Winter, NBC NewsThe defense team for George Zimmerman, the man charged with second-degree murder in the Florida shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, has released a trove of texts and photos from Martin's cell phone but it's not clear whether they'll be admissible in trial.The newly released evidence, posted to a website run by Zimmerman's...

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Posted yesterday at 5:21pm
by Miranda Leitsinger And Jason White, NBC News
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to end its controversial policy banning gay kids and teens from joining one of the nation's most popular youth organizations, ditching membership guidelines that had roiled the group in recent years.Over 60 percent of the The National Council of 1,400 delegates from Scouting across the country voted to lift the ban, BSA officials said...

Posted yesterday at 4:54pm
by Miranda Leitsinger And Jason White, NBC News
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- As 1,400 Boy Scouts of America delegates gathered Thursday to vote on a proposal to end the organizations longstanding ban on gay youth, activists on both sides of the contentious issue ramped up the pressure.A group opposed to allowing gay Scouts posted a call to prayer on its Facebook page a sign of how large religion looms over the vote.Would you join us in a time of sol...

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