Chemicals leak from Houston-area petrochemical fire disrupts ship traffic
HOUSTON (Reuters) – An earthen barrier holding chemicals that leaked from a massive petrochemical fire outside Houston breached on Friday, prompting restrictions on travel around the site and through a...
View ArticleHouston petrochemical disaster stretches to sixth day, impacting key port
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Fallout from a petrochemical fire outside Houston continued for a sixth day on Saturday, with emergency workers struggling to remove volatile fuels from exposed tanks and ship...
View ArticleRecord number of people visit national parks in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A record number of people visited Alaska’s national parks in 2018, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The National Parks Service says visits to its parks in Alaska topped 2.9...
View ArticleAverage US price of gas jumps 16 cents per gallon, to $2.66
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline shot up 16 cents a gallon (3.8 liters) over the past two weeks, to $2.66. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg...
View ArticleAnonymous customers leave $2,000 tip to surprise of waiters
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Anonymous customers at a Maine restaurant seemingly approved of the eatery’s service, leaving a $2,000 tip on a $48 bill. Silver Street Tavern waitress Samantha Clark says the...
View ArticleThe Latest: EPA assessing Superfund sites in flooded areas
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on flooding throughout the Midwest (all times local): 7:25 p.m. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is assessing two Superfund sites located in areas...
View ArticleReputed ‘Ripper Crew’ member, killer released from prison
CANTON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a man convicted of murder as a suspected member of the notorious “Ripper Crew” that killed as many as 20 Chicago-area women in the 1980s has been released from...
View ArticleFacebook CEO Zuckerberg calls for more outside regulation
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is calling for more outside regulation in several areas in which the social media site has run into problems over the past few years: harmful content,...
View ArticlePolice searching for father of child found dead after fire
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Police are looking for the father of a 2-year-old boy found dead at the site of a house fire in Kentucky. Kentucky State Police say in a news release that firefighters from the City...
View ArticleTSA social media soldiers on without leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — David Johnston stands over a table full of peculiar items confiscated at Dulles International Airport: A glittery clutch with brass knuckles as a clasp. A perfume bottle shaped like a...
View ArticleTrump foe Avenatti to face embezzlement charge in Los Angeles court
(Reuters) – Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represented adult film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles with U.S. President Donald Trump, is set to appear in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles...
View ArticleTrump foe Avenatti to face embezzlement charge in Los Angeles court
(Reuters) – Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represented adult film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles with U.S. President Donald Trump, is set to appear in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles...
View ArticleAvenatti makes first appearance in California embezzlement, fraud case
By Dana Feldman SANTA ANA, Calif. (Reuters) – Attorney Michael Avenatti arrived at U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California, on Monday for an initial appearance on fraud and embezzlement charges....
View ArticleIndiana police release new details about school shooting
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana State Police spokesman says a 14-year-old boy who exchanged gunfire with officers at an eastern Indiana middle school before taking his own life was armed with a rifle,...
View Article‘White power’ graffiti defaces historic Tennessee civil rights site
(Reuters) – Racist graffiti was painted in the parking lot of a Tennessee social justice center that hosted giants of the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa...
View ArticlePolice: Child porn suspect kills self during traffic stop
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Police say a suspect in a Florida child pornography case fatally shot himself Wednesday evening after officers took his children during a traffic stop near Orlando. Officers...
View ArticleArkansas lawmakers pass 72-hour abortion waiting period
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers have sent the governor legislation requiring women to wait 72 hours before having an abortion, one of the strictest waiting periods in the country. The...
View ArticleAberdeen Police Seeking Tips on Missing Person Emery Parks
UPDATE: Parks has been located. Police are seeking public assistance in locating a missing Aberdeen man known to frequent the Olympia area. Detective Jeff Weiss tells us that 48-year-old Emery W. Parks...
View ArticleAberdeen Officials to Consider Closing Access to Property Along Chehalis River
Aberdeen officials will consider closing public access to the river street property at the request of Mayor Erik Larson. Larson said in a press release that he has asked the council to consider whether...
View ArticleSheriff seeks man seen at site once owned by casino heir
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities said Thursday they are seeking a man who once worked at a sprawling rural Nevada ranch owned by a Las Vegas casino heir who buried millions of dollars’ worth of silver...
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