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JERUSALEM – An Israeli town is suing Internet giant Google for slander over a posting by a user of its worldwide mapping service that claims the town was built on the ruins of an Arab village, an official said Monday. The dispute brings together two controversies, one old and one …

OXNARD, Calif. – A 15-year-old boy was shot and wounded in a junior high school computer lab Tuesday and another eighth-grader was taken into custody, authorities said. Worried parents gathered outside the 1,150-student E.O. Green Junior High School, which was locked down. Students were released classroom by classroom. The wounded …

NEW YORK – Seeking bold action to stem the HIV/AIDS epidemic among black Americans, civil rights and other groups Thursday urged Congress to repeal a 20-year-old U.S. ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs. More than 200 such programs have been established locally and regionally across the United States, …