West Coast style weather strikes Northeastern US
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – West Coast style weather is striking the Northeastern U.S. Heat and drought-like conditions are posing serious concerns for farmers and prompting water use restrictions and bans in...
View ArticleOhio Rep. Fudge replacing DNC chairman as speaker, chair at convention
PHILADELPHIA, Ohio (WKBN) – Party officials decided to not have Democratic National Convention Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz speak or preside over the party’s convention this week....
View ArticlePolice: Bavarian official says attacker was denied asylum
ANSBACH, Germany (AP) – Bavaria’s top security official says a man who blew himself up after being turned away from an open-air music festival in the southern German city of Ansbach was a 27-year-old...
View Article2 dead, several wounded in Fla. nightclub shooting
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Gunfire erupted at a nightclub hosting a swimsuit-themed party for teens in Florida, leaving two teens dead and at least 17 other people wounded, officials said Monday. It was...
View ArticleDemocrats seek display of unity despite leadership shuffle
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Democrats are opening their national convention in Philadelphia eager to show off a forward-looking party united behind Hillary Clinton. But they face lingering bitterness among...
View ArticleTexas deputy shot inside his home
ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN/AP) – A Texas county sheriff says an officer has been shot and killed at his own home just north of Austin. Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton said at a news conference that...
View ArticleVerizon buys Yahoo for $4.83B, marking end of an era
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion, marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the internet. The sale announced Monday marks the second time in two years that...
View Article4 dead in crash that involved Dallas Cowboys bus
KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) – The Latest on a fatal traffic crash in Arizona involving a Dallas Cowboys bus (all times local): 6:55 p.m. Four people were killed when a Dallas Cowboys bus collided with a van in...
View ArticleWoman attacked, killed by tiger in Beijing
Warning: This video may be disturbing for some. BEIJING, China (CBS News) – Tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing killed one woman and injured another after the pair left their vehicle following an...
View ArticleClinton’s traditional convention plans disrupted by DNC email scandal
PHILADELPHIA (MEDIA GENERAL) — Hillary Clinton has worked for decades to earn the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, and she intends for it to follow a traditional path this week. That is to...
View ArticleWith dissatisfaction among voters, could third-party candidates stand a chance?
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WKBN) – The political conventions were earlier than ever this year, but they didn’t exactly run smoothly. Republicans had discord, and the Democrats are trying to patch their...
View ArticleAt least 15 killed, dozens injured in knifing near Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s national broadcaster NHK reports that 15 people were killed and 45 injured in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the handicapped in Sagamihara, just outside Tokyo. Police...
View ArticleMore than 50 pro-Sanders demonstrators cited by police
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police briefly detained more than 50 people after they tried to storm the barricades outside the Democratic convention Monday evening in a show of anger over Bernie Sanders’...
View ArticleInfant’s body found in shallow grave behind Michigan home
WATERLOO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – Two parents face charges after an infant’s body was found in a shallow grave in Jackson County, west of Detroit. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports Monday that police...
View ArticleAfter turmoil, Sanders, Mrs Obama, Warren thrill convention
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ending months of animosity, Bernie Sanders robustly embraced his former rival Hillary Clinton Monday night as a champion for the same economic causes that enlivened his supporters,...
View ArticleFirst lady draws sharp portrait of Trump, without naming him
WASHINGTON (AP) — Without mentioning Donald Trump by name, first lady Michelle Obama stood before the Democratic convention on Monday and drew a sharp sketch of the Republican nominee that stood in...
View ArticleHistory and hostility as Clinton ascends to nomination
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A glass ceiling is shattering at the Democratic National Convention as Hillary Clinton ascends to the presidential nomination with Tuesday’s roll call of the states, making her the...
View ArticleIslamic State claims attack that killed priest during Mass
SAINTE-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (AP) — Two attackers took hostages inside a French church during morning Mass on Tuesday near the city of Rouen, killing an 86-year-old priest by slitting his throat...
View ArticleGeneral Mills expands flour recall after more illnesses
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — General Mills is expanding a flour recall issued over a possible link to an E. coli outbreak after four new illnesses were reported. The recall announced Monday covers several...
View ArticleLast charge dropped against anti-abortion duo behind videos
HOUSTON (AP) – A Texas judge has dismissed the last remaining charge against two California anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned...
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