900-lb. man pleads guilty in drug case while in ambulance
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man who weighs more than 900 pounds (410 kilograms) has pleaded guilty in a cocaine conspiracy case during a hearing held in a courthouse loading zone as he lay on a...
View ArticleNashville Civil War fort gets ‘slave route’ designation
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A fort built by freed slaves during the Civil War in Nashville has received an international designation for its significance to the history of slavery and African Americans....
View ArticleOlder Americans more likely to cite workplace discrimination
CHICAGO (AP) — Are older workers being discriminated against on the job? The answer appears to depend on the age of the person asked. About half of Americans think there’s age discrimination in the...
View ArticleFourth day of nasty storms ravages central US
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An outbreak of nasty storms in the Midwest spawned tornadoes that razed homes, flattened trees and tossed cars across a dealership lot, injuring about two dozen people in...
View ArticleDeath toll from storms lashing central U.S. rises to seven
By Antranik Tavitian JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – The latest in a line of destructive storms pounding the central United States killed at least three people as tornadoes raked across Missouri while...
View ArticleAnalysis: Thousands in Illinois may have guns without permit
CHICAGO (AP) — Tens of thousands of Illinois residents whose gun licenses have been revoked could still be in possession of firearms, according to an analysis of state records by the Chicago Tribune....
View ArticleJFK’s legacy re-examined as 2 Kennedy milestones are marked
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The National Park Service is marking two Kennedy milestones this week. On Wednesday, events are planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the John Fitzgerald...
View ArticleGroup vowing to build border wall puts up New Mexico segment
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — A leader with the group that’s been raising funds to build a southern border wall on its own says they erected less than a mile of wall on private land in New Mexico over...
View ArticleAdditional public meeting planned to discuss sturgeon regulations in Washington
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has scheduled an additional public meeting in Montesano to discuss possible changes to sturgeon regulations, including a night closure on the...
View ArticlePolygamous sect leader ordered to stop Minnesota building
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. (AP) — Officials in northern Minnesota have ordered a temporary halt to construction on land linked to a man who led a secretive polygamous sect’s compound in South Dakota. Cook...
View ArticleNew memorial area dedicated at World Trade Center site
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a new memorial glade at the World Trade Center site “helps us fulfill our duty” to those who were sickened or died after responding to...
View ArticleNightclub that served black community on endangered list
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina nightclub that served the black community during the era of segregation made the list of the nation’s 11 most endangered historic places announced by a nonprofit...
View ArticleGroup building privately funded border wall plans to expand
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — Organizers behind an online fundraising campaign to build privately funded barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border said Thursday that they cleared a construction hurdle with a...
View ArticleU.S. Hurricane Centre says 60% chance of cyclone over Bay of Campeche
(Reuters) – A broad area of low pressure over the Bay of Campeche has a 60% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. This...
View ArticleUS says border wall will ‘avoid’ historic Texas cemetery
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government says it won’t build President Donald Trump’s border wall on the site of a historic cemetery that might have required the exhumation of graves. U.S. Customs and Border...
View ArticleThe Latest: Driver describes highway crash that killed 8
SCOOBA, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on a Mississippi highway crash that left eight people dead (all times local): 2:20 p.m. The driver of a van that collided with a truck on a Mississippi highway says he...
View ArticleCadet killed, multiple people injured in personnel vehicle rollover at U.S....
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Cadet killed, multiple people injured in personnel vehicle rollover at U.S. Military Academy training site. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
View ArticleThe Latest: 5 hurt in possible tornado at oil company plant
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on (all times local): 2:30 p.m. ExxonMobil in Baton Rouge reports that a possible tornado at its plant in Sorrento, Louisiana, caused five injuries. The oil company...
View ArticleOfficials with utility view damage of deadly California fire
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Top officials with the utility behind the deadliest U.S. wildfire in at least a century quietly toured the burned remains of a Northern California town Friday. The Nov. 8 Camp...
View ArticleHouse panel highlights risks over nuclear-storage stalemate
LAGUNA NIGEL, Calif. (AP) — Southern California’s San Onofre nuclear power plant was permanently closed in 2013, but the site remains home to 3.5 million pounds of nuclear waste that has nowhere else...
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