Sisters reunited in Kansas after almost 50 years apart
EUREKA, Kansas (KSN) – It was a late Christmas gift for sisters Troy Whitaker and Tonya Kellett on New Year’s Day. The sisters were reunited Friday afternoon in Eureka after being separated in 1966....
View ArticleCitizen takes down armed robber at New York 7-Eleven
TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Security footage from a Town of Tonawanda 7-Eleven store in New York shows a citizen taking down an armed robber in the store. Town of Tonawanda Police say the...
View ArticleMan is crushed to death by falling elevator in New York City
NEW YORK (AP) – A falling elevator trapped and crushed a man to death on New Year’s Eve, and witnesses said he helped a woman to safety before losing his own life. The man, identified as Stephen...
View ArticleBar owner: Suspect in Rochester attack plot is a panhandler
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – An ex-convict arrested in a plot to carry out an attack at a bar on New Year’s Eve is a panhandler who’d been asked to leave the tavern in the past, its owner said, while the...
View ArticleSecurity concerns, temperatures don’t take fun out of parade
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – The flower-drenched Rose Parade rolled with few hitches Friday under cloudless blue skies to the delight of hundreds of thousands of fans, some of whom camped out all night on...
View ArticleClinton campaign reports $37M in primary money in Q4
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign said Friday it raised $37 million in the past three months and more than $112 million in all of 2015 to support her bid for the Democratic...
View ArticleNew York sues to get DraftKings, FanDuel to return money
NEW YORK (AP) – New York’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit asking FanDuel and DraftKings to give back all the money they made in the state, the latest salvo in an ongoing clash with a pair of...
View ArticleHealth care repeal vote to open a political year in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s been like a long-delayed New Year’s resolution for Republicans. But 2016 will finally be the year when they put legislation on President Barack Obama’s desk repealing his health...
View ArticleOpen carry law goes into effect in Texas
AUSTIN (KXAN) – A crowd carrying holstered handguns rallied at the Texas State Capitol steps on New Year’s Day to celebrate the state’s new open carry law. The law, which allows concealed handgun...
View Article5 young children found in dirty diapers crossing FL highway
SPRING HILL, Fla. (WFLA) – Five young children, ages 1 to 5, were only wearing soiled diapers when a motorist stopped them as they tried to cross a busy Florida highway by themselves on Tuesday...
View ArticleInfluential Shiite cleric among 47 executed in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – Saudi Arabia’s execution Saturday of 47 prisoners, including an influential Shiite cleric, threatened to further damage Sunni-Shiite relations in a regional struggle playing...
View ArticleSt. Louis-area residents face massive cleanup, recovery
As the Mississippi River and its tributaries retreated Saturday from historic winter levels that flooded towns, forced evacuations and killed two dozen people, residents in the St. Louis area were...
View ArticleUS repeals meat labeling law after trade rulings against it
WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s now harder to find out where your beef or pork was born, raised and slaughtered. After more than a decade of wrangling, Congress repealed a labeling law last month that required...
View ArticleUS marshal in South Dakota kills South Carolina suspect
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A U.S. Marshals Service deputy in South Dakota shot and killed a man who was wanted in a homicide in South Carolina, authorities said. Sioux Falls Police Officer Sam Clemens...
View ArticleNC man shares message of hope after 17 years in prison
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – A North Carolina man has a message of hope for people who may need some inspiration in the new year. For Michael Anderson, 43, every day is a new beginning and a chance to change...
View ArticleIllinois, Missouri assess damage, cleanup after flooding
KINCAID, Ill. (AP) – The Mississippi River and many of its tributaries continued their retreat Sunday from historic and deadly winter flooding, leaving amid the silt a massive cleanup and recovery...
View ArticleWorkers return to site where San Bernardino attackers killed
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – In the offices of the Inland Regional Center, Christmas did not come. Tinsel still festoons cubicles. A small tree with presents sits undisturbed. A sign-up sheet to bring...
View ArticleObama starts 2016 with a fight over gun control
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is slated Monday to finalize a set of new executive actions tightening the nation’s gun laws, making his first order of business in the new year a clear signal...
View Article‘God touched his heart,’ NC pastor says of disarming gunman in church
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Sunday was absolutely a day of celebration at Heal The Land Outreach Ministries – just days after the pastor of the church managed to defuse a situation involving a gunman...
View ArticlePolice lapel cam video shows moment missing Albuquerque girl found
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A 3-year-old girl who was taken in a stolen car was found by police early Sunday morning after hours of searching. It all started around 8:30 p.m. at the Smith’s near Lomas and...
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