VIDEO: 8-ft-long crocodile takes dip in Florida swimming pool, then goes back...
MONROE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A crocodile with an apparent desire to mix up his swimming routine, took a morning dip in a Florida homeowner’s pool on Thursday Courtesy: WLFA; Monroe County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleJudge’s comments could abruptly end GM ignition switch trial
NEW YORK (AP) – A trial aimed at defining settlement options for hundreds of lawsuits stemming from General Motors Co.’s faulty ignition switches could end abruptly after a judge cast doubt Thursday on...
View ArticleEPA regional chief resigns in connection with Flint crisis
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – A regional director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency resigned Thursday in connection with the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and EPA chief Gina...
View ArticleObama says budget includes more money for water systems
WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal government is investing more money this year to help local governments improve their water systems, and about $80 million will go to Michigan next week, President Barack...
View ArticleDonald Trump: ‘A little establishment’ doesn’t hurt
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday there’s nothing wrong with a little deal-making to get things done. “You know what? There’s a point at which: Let’s...
View ArticleRio rescinds contracts for Olympic tennis, equestrian venue
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has rescinded contracts for venues for Olympic tennis and equestrian events for what the city calls “noncompliance to contractual clauses.” Paes...
View ArticleFort Wayne, Indiana city leaders, Kroger collecting water for Flint
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Several groups of people in our area are hoping to make a difference in Flint, Michigan. More than 100,000 residents are getting bottled water delivered to their homes because...
View ArticleStudent loan debt delaying other life investments
KIMT News 3 – The burden of paying back student loans can last decades, and now a new study suggests borrowers are less likely to make any other large investments until that debt is taken care of. The...
View ArticleLooming blizzard could rank near top 10 to hit Eastern US
WKBN is your source for the Valley’s latest weather information. Download our app for Apple and Android devices and sign up for weather text alerts. WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Weather Service says...
View ArticleOregon man uses fake bomb to steal ice cream, beer
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Detectives have charged a man after they say he used a fake pipe bomb to rob a Portland, Oregon convenience store of beer and ice cream. Theodore Compton is charged with one...
View ArticleNTSB wants legal alcohol limit lowered for drivers
WASHINGTON (WKBN) – The National Transportation Safety Board wants the blood alcohol limit for driving lowered from .08 to .05. The NTSB said that the change would reduce deaths and injuries on...
View ArticleReports: 5 dead, 2 others injured in school shooting in Saskatchewan
TORONTO (AP) – A shooter opened fire at a high school and a second location in an aboriginal community in northern Saskatchewan on Friday, leaving five dead and two others critically injured, Canada’s...
View ArticleUS student held in North Korea, little information released
CINCINNATI (AP) – Officials in North Korea and the U.S. released little information Friday about a university student from Ohio who was detained for what the authoritarian nation called a “hostile...
View ArticleIt starts postcard-pretty, but this snowstorm is deadly
WASHINGTON (AP) – A storm that arrived postcard-pretty in the nation’s capital Friday was morphing into a painful, even paralyzing blizzard with gale-force winds pushing heavy snow and coastal...
View Article2 Chicago officers involved in McDonald case now off street
CHICAGO (AP) – Two Chicago police officers whose official accounts of a 2014 fatal shooting of a black teenager by white Officer Jason Van Dyke contradict parts of a squad-car video have been put on...
View ArticlePhoenix school district outraged over photo of racial slur
PHOENIX (AP) – A suburban Phoenix school district is taking disciplinary action after a photo of students spelling out a racial slur with T-shirts showed up on social media. Tempe Union High School...
View ArticleObama enlists Pentagon to overhaul security clearance system
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration asked the Pentagon on Friday to help overhaul the federal security clearance system, aiming to turn the page on a devastating data breach that exposed a major...
View ArticleFlint lead problem could be eased by recoating old pipes
Flint’s mayor has floated a shockingly high price tag to fix the Michigan city’s lead-contamination problem: $1.5 billion to replace damaged pipes. Gov. Rick Snyder put the figure at $700 million. In...
View ArticleAirlines cancel thousands of flights as big storm advances
NEW YORK (AP) – Airlines canceled around 7,600 flights to, from or within the U.S. for Friday and Saturday, as a blizzard began covering much of the Eastern U.S. The bulk of Friday’s 3,500 cancelations...
View ArticleDesigner makes gowns out of car interior material
DETROIT (AP) – One auto supplier is taking the term “ready to wear” to a whole new level. Inteva Products LLC commissioned a fashion designer to produce four gowns using the same thermoplastic material...
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