Cruise ship returns following fatal sightseeing plane crash
SEATTLE, Wash. (CNN) – A cruise ship has returned to Seattle after an excursion plane crashed in Alaska, killing all nine people onboard. Eight of the victims were passengers from the M.S. Westerdam....
View ArticleNearly 500 injured as fire hits Taiwan water park party
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – A fire on a music stage spread into a crowd of spectators at a party Saturday night at a Taiwan water park, injuring nearly 500 people, including 141 in serious condition,...
View ArticleSupreme Court ruling makes Pride parades historic, jubilant
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Rainbows and good cheer will be out in force Sunday as hundreds of thousands of people pack gay pride events from New York City to Seattle, San Francisco to Chicago to celebrate a...
View Article1 wounded in shooting at San Francisco gay pride event
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Police say a bystander was shot at a gay pride event in San Francisco’s Civic Center when an argument between several men turned violent, but the argument was not tied to the...
View ArticleOfficers use floodlights, checkpoints in hunt for escapee
MALONE, N.Y. (AP) – Officers scouring dense and boggy woods for a surviving escaped killer took floodlights into the search area overnight, and others carrying rifles manned checkpoints and examined...
View ArticleFuneral set in Charleston for slain member of black church
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – After much thought and prayer, DePayne Middelton-Doctor decided in January to return to her childhood roots and attend the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. She had...
View ArticleNew questions about why more women than men have Alzheimer’s
WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease are women, and now some scientists are questioning the long-held assumption that it’s just because women tend to live longer...
View ArticleDecisions in last 3 Supreme Court cases expected Monday
Meeting on Monday for the final time until the fall, the Supreme Court has three cases remaining to be decided: -Lethal injection: Death-row inmates in Oklahoma are objecting to the use of the sedative...
View ArticleTime to change the subject in America’s health care debate?
WASHINGTON (AP) – The country finally has an opportunity to change the subject on health care, after the Supreme Court again upheld President Barack Obama’s law. There’s no shortage of pressing issues,...
View ArticleVA aims to help homeless, at-risk veterans find stable jobs
CINCINNATI (AP) – Job-ready veterans trying to move from homelessness or on the brink of homelessness can now turn to a new Department of Veterans Affairs program for help finding the types of...
View ArticleSpaceX launch ends in failure, rocket erupts
An unmanned SpaceX rocket carrying supplies and a first-of-its-kind docking port to the International Space Station broke apart Sunday shortly after liftoff. It was a severe blow to NASA, still...
View ArticleSwedish woman’s Wall Street dream led to $850M lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) – A jury is deliberating the merits of an $850 million lawsuit that a young Swedish woman brought against her former Wall Street boss over claims of a sexual relationship turned sour....
View ArticleBoy Scout dies in flash flood while camping in New Mexico
CIMARRON, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico State Police say a Boy Scout on a camping trip with his troop has died after he and three other teens were swept away in a flash flood. Sgt. Chad Pierce says eight Boy...
View ArticleA former LA cop who killed shares lessons on deadly force
LOS ANGELES (AP) – David Klinger had a troubling premonition, even before he’d entered the Los Angeles Police Academy: He was going to become a police officer, and he was going to have to kill someone...
View ArticleMedical pot sales to begin in Minnesota, but fight not over
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – There will be no baggies of pot awaiting patients next week when Minnesota joins 21 other states in offering medical marijuana. No glass pipes, no plants to tend at home....
View ArticleAP News Guide: Oregon weed legal soon, but not legally sold
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Come Wednesday, the pot stashes in Oregon are legal – up to 8 ounces. So is the homegrown, up to four plants a household. The legalization of recreational marijuana on July 1...
View ArticleRichmond man charged with vandalizing Confederate monument
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A Richmond man has been charged with vandalizing a monument honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Richmond police say 39-year-old Joseph Weindl is accused of...
View ArticleMan charged with domestic assault aboard Amtrak train
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) – Police say an Ohio man was arrested for an alleged domestic assault that occurred aboard an Amtrak train in western Maryland. Cumberland police say 27-year-old Anthony Carter of...
View ArticleNew York Prison escapee shot by police, in custody
MALONE, N.Y. (AP) – The second of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape three weeks ago from a maximum-security prison in northern New York was shot and captured near the Canadian border...
View ArticleSolar Impulse plane departs Japan, headed for Hawaii
TOKYO (AP) – A solar-powered plane attempting to circumnavigate the globe without fuel has taken off from Japan after an unscheduled, month-long stop. The Solar Impulse 2 departed around 3 a.m. Monday...
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