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Police believe suspect in 5 homicides also killed 2-year-old

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) – Northern California police say a suspect in five homicides this weekend also killed a toddler left in his care last year. Modesto Police Chief Galen Carroll says a pathologist...

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Police: Man held in Wyoming shooting resented homeless

RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) – A parks employee in a central Wyoming city who said he was incensed by homeless people drinking in parks slipped into a detox center over the weekend and shot two men in the head...

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Black Mississippi flag supporter dies in traffic accident

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A black Mississippi man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag has died in a one-car accident. Anthony Hervey, 49, was killed Sunday when the 2005 Ford...

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Police probing death in LA find 1,200 guns, 2 tons ammo

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Police investigating the death of a Los Angeles man uncovered an arsenal inside his home and garage – more than 1,200 guns and about two tons of ammunition, authorities said Monday....

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Gun shop owner declares store Muslim-free zone

This report is from our sister station, WFLA in Tampa, Florida. INVERNESS, Fla. (WFLA) – Inverness-based Florida Gun Supply’s owner Andy Hallinan declared his store a “Muslim-free Zone,” in a...

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Video captures Kansas woman breaking window in hot car to save child

MERRIAM, Kansas (CNN) – We hear the stories all too often about a child left locked in a hot car. It is a nightmare for any parent, but in Kansas Saturday, it wasn’t the child’s parents who came to...

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More calls to dump Trump

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – There are more calls for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to get out of the race following his questioning of whether Vietnam POW and Arizona Sen. John McCain was...

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Surveillance video captures suspect lighting homeless NM man on fire

This story is courtesy of our sister station KRQE in Albuquerque, NM. ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police say a homeless man is recovering in intensive care after being set on fire while sleeping. Whoever did...

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UNC researchers create treatment to stop HIV spreading in couples

This story is courtesy of our sister station WNCN in Raleigh, NC. CHAPEL HILL, NC (WNCN) — UNC researchers are making international headlines in the fight against HIV. On Monday they announced that...

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$53 million steel mill redevelopment gets $2.2 million boost

GIBRALTAR, Mich. (AP) – Michigan announced Tuesday that it is providing $2.2 million in incentives for an Ohio company’s planned $53 million redevelopment of a former Detroit-area steel mill. The...

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Feds end prosecution of Barry Bonds without conviction

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – After a nearly decade-long steroids prosecution, Barry Bonds emerged victorious Tuesday when federal prosecutors dropped what was left of their criminal case against the career...

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Possible drug-related explosion investigated at federal lab

McLEAN, Va. (AP) – An explosion inside a federal laboratory in Maryland appears to be connected to a security officer’s small-scale efforts to manufacture methamphetamine, according to a federal law...

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Court overturns some Blagojevich Senate-seat convictions

CHICAGO (AP) – A federal appeals court Tuesday overturned some of the most sensational convictions that sent former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich off to a lengthy stint in prison, ruling that the...

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Video shows how traffic stop escalated into confrontation

HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) – A police dashboard video released Tuesday shows how a routine traffic stop escalated into a shouting confrontation between a Texas state trooper and a black woman who was later...

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World mayors at Vatican urge ‘bold climate agreement’

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Mayors from around the world declared Tuesday that climate change is real, man-made and must be stopped as a matter of moral imperative, gathering at the Vatican to announce new...

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Boardman, Youngstown hospitals make top 20 in USN’s Ohio rankings

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – U.S. News & World Report is out with its annual rankings of the best hospitals in America. St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Youngstown came in at #17 on the Ohio rankings,...

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NOAA releases new image that predicts strong El Nino this winter

NOAA images show a strong El Nino. This report is from our sister station KRON in San Francisco, Calif. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has published...

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Lawyer: Chattanooga shooter’s uncle not militant

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) – A maternal uncle who hosted the Chattanooga shooter in Jordan for a few months last year is a businessman with no links to any militant groups, his attorney says. But a...

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Viral photo of dogs hugging saves them from euthanasia

This story is courtesy of our sister station WISH in Indianapolis, IN. ALPHARETTA, Ga. (WISH) – Two dogs hugging it out was captured in a photo by staff members at a Georgia pet rescue. That photo...

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Ikea giving away free wall-anchoring kits

Ikea is giving away free fixes for its drawers and dressers after two children were killed when the drawers fell on top of them. The furniture maker issued a repair program in conjunction with the U.S....

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