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Louisiana state trooper shot in head, critical
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) – A Louisiana state trooper was shot in the head and critically injured Sunday afternoon during a struggle with a man whose pickup truck had run into a ditch after being reported...
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Americans, Briton who thwarted attack get France’s top honor
PARIS (AP) – Three Americans and a Briton who tackled an attacker loaded with guns and ammunition prevented carnage on the high-speed train carrying 500 passengers to Paris, France’s president said...
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Oldest U.S. triplets celebrate 95th birthday
This report is from our sister station WTEN in Albany, New York. ALBANY, N.Y. (WKBN) – From the Great Depression to Pearl Harbor and through the thick of World War II, the Kirchner triplets have seen...
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Doctors: Heavy backpacks could seriously injure children
This report is from our sister station WPRI in Providence, Rhode Island. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — When it comes to school supplies – backpacks are one of the first things parents think of. But...
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Police: Louisiana trooper dies after being shot in head
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A Louisiana trooper died Monday, a day after an apparently stranded motorist shot him in the head and then stood over him to tell him he was going to die soon, state police said....
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Police: Son arrested after Oklahoma official fatally stabbed
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma’s labor commissioner died after he was stabbed multiple times at an Oklahoma City restaurant, and his adult son has been arrested on a first-degree murder complaint in the...
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US stocks plunge in early trading after Chinese stock rout
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. stock markets plunged in early trading Monday following a big drop in Chinese stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 1,000 points in early trading and the...
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Viral video: Guy annoys girlfriend with IKEA puns
(WCMH) – Have you ever gone shopping with someone who didn’t want to be there? Some hilarious IKEA puns helped pass the time for one man. While in an IKEA store, a man peppers his girlfriend with a...
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Record wildfire in Washington gets international, local help
OKANOGAN, Wash. (AP) – As Washington state’s wildfires burned into the record books Monday, calls for help were answered from far and near. Fire managers from New Zealand and Australia arrived to...
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Navajo farmers reject use of water after mine spill
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – One of the largest communities of Navajo farmers along the San Juan River has voted to keep irrigation canals closed for at least a year following a spill of toxic sludge at a...
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New Mexico investigates school’s hiring of sex abuse suspect
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico’s attorney general said Monday he will investigate how the state’s largest school district hired a high-level administrator who faces child sex abuse charges in...
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Heroes who foiled train gunman scheduled for rest, college
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – So what do you do when a trip on a high-speed train in Europe suddenly turns you and your buddies into international heroes? Sign a book deal? Take meetings with Hollywood...
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Katrina marker commemorates flooding of Lower 9th Ward
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The catastrophic flooding of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward now has a commemorative marker at the site where a floodwall protecting the neighborhood collapsed, unleashing a wall of...
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Obama calls out fossil fuel interests for fighting solar
LAS VEGAS (AP) – President Barack Obama on Monday accused fossil fuel interests and other critics of his energy policies of trying to restrict consumers from accessing solar, wind and other renewable...
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Woman to be tried in death of newborn found in office desk
REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – A Detroit-area woman accused of giving birth at work and hiding the boy in a plastic bag in a desk drawer has been ordered to stand trial on murder and child abuse...
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California priest gets prison in sexual abuse during flight
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A California-based Catholic priest was sentenced Monday to six months in prison followed by six months of home confinement for groping a sleeping woman seated next to him on an...
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California wine train orders off black women’s book club
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Members of a mostly black women’s book club say a luxe Napa Valley wine train kicked them off because of their race. The 11 members of the Sisters on the Reading Edge book club,...
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Milwaukee Catholic Archdiocese files bankruptcy settlement
MILWAUKEE (AP) – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee on Monday filed its bankruptcy reorganization plan, formalizing a recent settlement deal that will divvy up $21 million among more than 300...
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Chinese stock index sinks 7.6 percent, Japan also down
BEIJING (AP) – China’s stock market index tumbled for a fourth day, falling 7.6 percent Tuesday to an eight-month low and Japanese stocks fell. But other Asian rebounded after a day of heavy global...
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New York couple spends $30,000 to save cat’s life
This report is from our sister station WIVB in Buffalo, New York. BUFFALO, New York (WKBN) – How far would you go to save your pet’s life? A Buffalo couple traveled more than four hundred miles and...
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