Camper deaths, presence of plague darken summer at Yosemite
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) – The deaths of two young campers killed when a tree branch fell on their tent and a campground closure because of plague cast a pall over California’s Yosemite...
View ArticleFugitive sex offender from Ohio arrested in north Arkansas
HENDERSON, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas authorities say a fugitive sex offender from Ohio has been arrested in northern Arkansas. Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says deputies arrested Larry Thompson at...
View ArticleFAA says technical problem causes East Coast flight delays
WASHINGTON (AP) – Flights bound for the Washington area and some flights from airports in the New York City area that must fly over the Washington region were being delayed or grounded Saturday due to...
View ArticleFuneral held for 19-year-old killed by Texas police officer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – More than 1,000 people on Saturday attended the funeral of a college football player who was shot and killed by a North Texas police officer answering a burglary call at a car...
View ArticleFAA site shows flight delays of 15 minutes or less
WASHINGTON (AP) – Air traffic was snarled and passengers’ tempers frayed on Saturday as many flights to and from airports throughout a large swath of the Northeast stretching from New York down to the...
View ArticleChinese officials say death toll from Tianjin blasts rises to 112, with 95...
TIANJIN, China (AP) – Angry relatives of missing firefighters stormed a government news conference to demand any information on their loved ones, who have not been seen since a fire and rapid...
View ArticleLongtime civil rights activist Bond dead at 75
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75. Bond died in...
View ArticleObama can do Iran nuclear deal even if Congress disapproves
WASHINGTON (AP) – The September vote on the Iran nuclear deal is billed as a titanic standoff between President Barack Obama and Congress. Yet even if lawmakers reject the agreement, it’s not game-over...
View ArticlePolice: Small plane comes down on Long Island roadway
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) – A small plane has crashed on a Long Island roadway, halting service on one branch of the nation’s busiest commuter railways. Police say the plane came down unexpectedly just...
View ArticleTrump wants money from Mideast countries supported by US
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is outlining a foreign policy in which the United States would put ground troops in the fight against Islamic State militants and demand...
View ArticleDivers raise wreckage of Confederate warship in 5-ton chunks
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – The armored skeleton of a Confederate warship that spent 150 years at the bottom of the Savanah River in Georgia is being raised to the surface one 5-ton chunk at a time. Navy...
View ArticleRape case sheds light on elite prep school’s sordid side
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – St. Paul’s School boasts a glittering roster of alumni that includes senators, congressmen, a Nobel laureate and the current secretary of state. The elite prep school also...
View ArticleParachutist undergoes surgery after Chicago air show injury
CHICAGO (AP) – A spokeswoman for a U.S. Army parachute team says one of two parachutists injured during the Chicago Air & Water Show remains hospitalized in critical condition. Donna Dixon is a...
View ArticleTarget of 2-week manhunt killed in California
RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) – Sheriff’s officials have confirmed that an armed man who died after being shot by deputies Saturday was the target of a two-week manhunt in a rugged high desert area of...
View ArticleAuthorities: 4 dead in midair collision of small planes
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Two small planes collided midair while approaching an airport in southern San Diego County on Sunday, killing at least four people and sparking brush fires in a remote field where the...
View ArticleUS Army skydiver dies from Chicago air show injuries
CHICAGO (AP) – Members of a U.S. Army skydiving team will return to their base where they will have access to counseling after a parachutist from their unit died from injuries suffered during a stunt...
View ArticleSearch plane spots wreckage of missing Indonesian passenger plane
JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) – A search plane has spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger plane that went missing with 54 people on board, smoke still billowing from it in a rugged area in eastern...
View ArticleNorth Carolina man fights order to remove Confederate-style flag outside home
This report is from our sister station WNCN in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina CARY, NC (WNCN) — A Cary man is fighting an order from his homeowner’s association to remove a Confederate-style flag...
View ArticlePhotos: Airliner crash site found in Indonesia
JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) -Smoldering wreckage of the Trigana Air Service turboprop plane was spotted from the air Monday morning in a rugged area of the easternmost province of Papua, rescue officials...
View ArticleTenn. community celebrates with little girl after no one comes to her...
This report is from our sister station, WKRN in Nashville, Tenn. SPRING HILL, Tenn. (WKBN) – The Spring Hill community came together Saturday to make a little girl’s birthday wish come true after no...
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