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View ArticlePresidential campaign shifts focus to Supreme Court debate
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – The debate over the nation’s highest court is having a big impact on the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates plans ahead of voting contests in Nevada and...
View ArticleObama expected to announce Supreme Court nominee next week
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) A White House spokesman said we can expect to learn who President Obama will nominate to fill Associate Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court next...
View ArticleHere’s how the Supreme Court will break 4-4 ties
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Following Justice Antonin Scalia’s sudden death, the United States Supreme Court will continue hearing and deciding cases. But many of the most controversial lawsuits...
View ArticleTennessee Walgreens to sell anti-overdose drug without prescription this year
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – CVS stores in Tennessee have been selling Naloxone, an opiate overdose antidote, without a prescription. Now, Walgreens will also offer the lifesaving antidote without a...
View ArticleNo jail time for Lakeland woman who drove drunk on Periscope
LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A Lakeland woman who was arrested after broadcasting her drunk drive home on Periscope won’t be going to jail after making a plea deal. Last October, Whitney Beall, 23, spent a...
View ArticlePhilanthropist gives $18M to refurbish Lincoln Memorial
(KWQC) – Philanthropist David Rubenstein, who has already donated tens of millions of dollars to refurbish the Washington Monument and other national icons, is giving $18 million to fix up the Lincoln...
View ArticleJustice Scalia’s death comes at a difficult time
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Unprecedented decisions on abortion, immigration and union rites are at stake if Congress and President Obama can’t agree on a successor to the late Supreme Court Justice...
View ArticleFlorida police searching for driver who did donuts in traffic
PINELLAS PARK, FL (WFLA) – It’s become a dangerous trend among young drivers – purposely driving into traffic to do ‘donuts’ and it happened at a Pinellas Park intersection over the weekend. Police...
View ArticleShould your pet sleep in bed with you?
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Should you let your pet sleep with you? A recent study is challenging the conventional wisdom that animals in the bedroom can mess with your sleep. It has long been thought that...
View ArticleTrump: Politics shouldn’t jeopardize church tax exemptions
HANAHAN, S.C. (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says churches and Christian ministries should be free to endorse or oppose candidates without losing their tax exempt status. At a...
View ArticleNY police investigate assault claim against ex-Gov. Spitzer
NEW YORK (AP) – Police are investigating a woman’s report that she was assaulted by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer at The Plaza Hotel. Spitzer’s spokeswoman says the claim is untrue. Two law...
View ArticleExpert says allegations against Manning could be ‘marketing nightmare’
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) – A marketing professor said the resurfacing of sexual assault allegations could impact Peyton Manning’s image and hurt his marketability. Manning has been considered by...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood reopens nearly three months after shooter attacks
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Two and a half months after a gunman took three lives there, Planned Parenthood is reopening their doors on a resilient day for Colorado Springs. The president and CEO of...
View ArticleFlorida Deputy: “Never Seen a Tornado Form that Big that Fast”
CENTURY, Fla. (WKRG) – A Florida authority says he’s never seen a tornado as big and fast as the one he says he witnessed touching down in a small rural town in Florida’s Panhandle. Escambia County...
View ArticleThe Latest on weather: Pileup on I-81 in Pennsylvania
ALBANY, New York (AP) – The Latest on severe weather around the United States (all times local): 9:30 a.m. A crash involving several cars and tractor-trailers caused a pileup on Interstate 81 in...
View ArticleRace, class battle boils beneath anti-union SCOTUS case
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Legal challenges to labor unions are commonplace at the Supreme Court, but some educators see the latest case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, as a...
View ArticleVIDEO: Baby polar bear experiences snow for the first time
TORONTO (WTNH) – Prepare to have your heart melted. The Toronto Zoo shared a video of its 3-month-old female polar bear enjoying her first time ever seeing snow. The zoo’s Facebook page shared pictures...
View ArticlePresident Obama: Will name qualified nominee for Supreme Court
Videos courtesy of CNN Newsource. RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (WKBN) – President Barack Obama said he intends to submit a nomination for the Supreme Court this year, and he said there is “more than enough...
View ArticleUSDA proposes increasing food stamp access to healthy food
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP/AP) – Retailers that accept food stamps may have to start stocking a wider variety of healthy foods or face the loss of business. Jennifer Stratton, of Chicopee said, “I think...
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