Decade later, Cosby could face accuser behind sex charges
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Toronto woman at the heart of Bill Cosby’s criminal sex-assault case could face the TV legend in court this month at his scheduled preliminary hearing. Lawyers for Andrea...
View ArticleNo confirmed sighting of missing Tennessee girl
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A 9-year-old Tennessee girl remains missing four days after authorities say she was taken by a non-custodial uncle. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine...
View ArticleWatch As Mercury Transits Across the Sun
(WTNH) – NASA will broadcast a stunning view as Mercury passes directly between Earth and the Sun this morning. The rare journey, known as a “transit,” will make Mercury look like a black dot gliding...
View ArticlePowerball winner yet to come forward to claim prize
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – The sole winner of the $429.6 million Powerball jackpot has yet to come forward to claim the prize. Only one ticket matched all six Powerball numbers in Saturday night’s drawing....
View ArticleWomen turn to Congress for help after implant leads to complications
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – A medical device designed to offer women pain-free permanent birth control has been accused of creating adverse side effects for thousands of users. Essure, an implant...
View ArticleUS attorney general blasts North Carolina, files suit against HB2
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina and the federal government exchanged lawsuits Monday as the battle over House Bill 2 took on a national scope. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Monday...
View ArticleStudy on possible breakthrough drug for Alzheimer’s underway in Norwich,...
NORWICH, Conn. (WTNH)–Life launches all kinds of curve balls. In nearly 57 years of marriage, there hasn’t been anything Oliver and Barbara Bray haven’t been able to overcome. Now, it’s the daily...
View ArticleViolent weather hits Oklahoma, at least 2 dead
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tornadoes destroyed homes, overturned vehicles and stripped the bark from trees as they churned across Oklahoma, part of a strong series of storms that hit the Plains. At least two...
View ArticleStudy links swaddling to heightened risk of SIDS
(MEDIA GENERAL) – The risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome might increase when an infant is swaddled, according to a new study from the American Association of Pediatrics. Swaddling, the traditional...
View ArticleStar-spangled suds: Budweiser temporarily changes beer name to ‘America’
ST. LOUIS (MEDIA GENERAL) – On Tuesday, Anheuser-Busch announced it is taking its summer branding campaign to new starred-and-striped heights. The brewer is temporarily changing the name of Budweiser...
View ArticleTrump cruises in West Virginia as Clinton braces for another loss
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is prepping for another primary loss Tuesday night – this time in West Virginia. They say good things come to those who wait, and...
View Article24th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive happens May 14
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Every second Saturday in May, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) puts on its Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive — the largest one-day food drive in the...
View ArticleStudy: No scientific basis for laws on marijuana and driving
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six states that allow marijuana use legal tests to determine driving while impaired by the drug that have no scientific basis, according to a study by the nation’s largest automobile...
View ArticlePolice: 4 people stabbed in Massachusetts, 2 fatally; suspect dead
TAUNTON, Mass. (WPRI) — State and local police are working a pair of active scenes in Taunton. According to police, four people were stabbed in two separate incidents and the suspect was shot by an...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Governor McCrory takes HB2 battle to key federal court in...
RICHMOND, Va. (WNCN) – Gov. Pat McCrory is taking the battle over House Bill 2 to a key federal court in Richmond. McCrory has joined an amicus brief with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a...
View ArticleWarrant: Minnesota doctor saw Prince, prescribed drugs
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A search warrant reveals that a Minnesota doctor saw Prince twice in the month before his death, including the day before he died, and prescribed him medication. The warrant was...
View ArticleClinton wins Nebraska primary, Sanders claims more delegates
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Clinton has won the Democratic presidential primary in Nebraska, but it’s a victory for the Democratic front-runner that won’t get her any closer to clinching her party’s...
View ArticleWest Virginia, Nebraska wins add to Trump’s delegate haul
WASHINGTON (AP) – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump calls it a “great honor” to win primary elections in West Virginia and Nebraska. The billionaire businessman says in a...
View ArticleOfficial: Fire in Texas fertilizer plant blast was criminal
WEST, Texas (AP) – Authorities say the fire that caused the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant in 2013 was a criminal act. Federal and state investigators said Wednesday that they’re...
View ArticleRepresentative says actress Emma Watson had offshore company
NEW YORK (AP) – A representative for “Harry Potter” actress Emma Watson said she had an offshore company for privacy reasons only. The company, Falling Leaves Ltd., was named in the so-called Panama...
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