Starr to step down as Baylor chancellor after sex assault scandal: ESPN

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former Baylor University President Kenneth Starr will resign as chancellor of the world's largest Baptist university after being implicated in a report for not doing enough to probe sexual assaults by athletes at the school, ESPN reported on Wednesday.

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Possible shooter reported at UCLA in Los Angeles: university tweet

(Reuters) - A possible shooter has been reported at the University of California, Los Angeles, and police are investigating, the university's media relations section said in a message on Twitter.

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Texas' Brazos River surges to century high, Houston braces for floods

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The Brazos River in Texas surged to its highest in more than a century in an area outside of Houston on Wednesday after floods killed at least six people, damaged hundreds of buildings and turned roads into lakes over the past week.

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FDA issues guidelines to reduce sodium in food products

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued guidelines to the food industry to reduce the use of sodium in processed food.

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Polish justice minister says aims to extradite Polanski to U.S.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's justice ministry, which makes the final decision on extraditions of Polish citizens, intends to extradite Roman Polanski to the United States if the court approves it, Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said on Wednesday.

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Thousands of U.S. voters in limbo after Kansas toughens election law

WICHITA, Kansas (Reuters) - After moving to Kansas, Tad Stricker visited a state motor vehicle office to perform what he thought was the routine task of getting a new driver's license and registering to vote.

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White House back to normal after security lockdown

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A brief, partial lockdown at the White House was lifted on Monday after a metal object tossed over the fence was tested and determined not to be dangerous, the U.S. Secret Service said.

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