Father: Killing of Vermont social worker ‘like a soap opera’
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) – A man who shares a 9-year-old daughter with a woman accused of killing a Vermont social worker said Wednesday that he feels bad for the victim’s family. Edward Szczebak spoke...
View ArticleAt least 150 people evacuated as wind pushes California fire
LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) – Erratic winds Wednesday fanned a wildfire burning through rugged hills in Northern California that has driven people from their homes and pushed the flames across two...
View ArticleAt least 44 dead after warehouse blasts hit Chinese port
TIANJIN, China (AP) – A huge explosions in a warehouse district sent up massive fireballs that turned the night sky into day, killing at least 44 people and injuring hundreds in the Chinese port city...
View ArticleParishioners packing heat: Alabama church opens gun range
This report is from out sister station WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama. JEMISON, Ala. (WIAT) – What started out as an overgrown gully behind the Rocky Mount United Methodist Church has turned into a...
View ArticleBaby dies in hot car after Texas mom takes Dad to work
PECOS, Texas (CNN) – A tragic story out of Pecos. A baby died after being left in a hot car for an hour Tuesday afternoon. Police say the mother could be facing manslaughter charges. “I think we’ve...
View ArticlePennsylvania beauty queen jailed on fake cancer charges
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania beauty queen has been jailed on charges she faked having leukemia to benefit from fundraisers, and will be stripped of her title. Online court records show...
View ArticleIndiana lotto debuts bacon-scented scratch-off tickets; prize: lots of bacon
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (WISH) — A new scratch-off game is sizzling for the Hoosier Lottery this summer, and it smells pretty good too. It’s the lottery’s new “bacon-scented” scratch-off game. The...
View ArticlePhotos: Deadly explosion in China
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View ArticleLeno: Accusers of Bill Cosby face unfair double standard
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Jay Leno says an unfair double standard is being applied to the dozens of women accusing Bill Cosby of decades-old sexual assaults. “I keep reading the comments, ‘liars,’...
View ArticleGlaxo: Meds from plant with Legionnaires’ bacteria are safe
ZEBULON, N.C. (AP) – The medications produced at a GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical plant are safe despite the decision to close the factory after the discovery of the bacteria that causes potentially...
View ArticleConnecticut’s highest court abolishes state’s death row
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut’s highest court on Thursday ordered the state’s death row emptied out, ruling that a 2012 law abolishing capital punishment for any future crimes must be applied to...
View ArticleFenced security zones will go up in Philly ahead of pope
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The U.S. Secret Service will restrict public access to a heavily traveled section of downtown Philadelphia for more than 30 hours before Pope Francis lands in the city next month –...
View ArticleGM recalls Chevrolet Cobalts for defective air bag wiring
DETROIT (AP) – General Motors is recalling 73,424 Chevrolet Cobalt small cars in the U.S. and Canada because improper wiring could prevent the roof-mounted driver’s side air bag from deploying after a...
View ArticleNational challenge of leaking mines dwarfs Colorado spill
SILVERTON, Colorado (AP) – It will take many years and many millions of dollars simply to manage and not even remove the toxic wastewater from an abandoned mine that unleashed a 100-mile-long torrent...
View ArticleWoman relieved after 2 evacuations during California fires
LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) – Days after nearly losing her summer home to one California wildfire, Nicole Ruff breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after learning that firefighters and a firebreak cleared by...
View ArticleJeb Bush leaves door open for use of torture by government
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday declined to rule out resuming the use of torture under some circumstances by the U.S. government. “I don’t want to make a...
View ArticleBonds has ‘weight lifted off my shoulders’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Legally cleared at last, Barry Bonds is unconcerned with everybody else’s thoughts on his career or credentials: He’s a Hall of Famer. Hands down. “I don’t even justify that....
View ArticleOrthodontists warn against DIY braces treatment
This report is from our sister station WISH in Indianapolis, Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A do-it-yourself method to achieve a perfect smile has orthodontists raising a red flag after videos...
View ArticleThree Mississippi men arrested for illegally ‘shocking’ fish
MISSISSIPPI (WJTV) – Three Mississippi men are arrested for illegally shocking fish in the Pearl River. 41-year-old Lance O. Davis of Poplarville, 51-year-old James A. Howard of Poplarville, and...
View ArticleCitizens Bank refunding $14M to customers for short-changed deposits
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Citizens Bank is returning $14 million to customers it short-changed, after federal regulators said the bank failed to credit customers with the full amounts of their...
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