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Congress returns to weighty list of unfinished business
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress returns on Tuesday with a critical need for a characteristic rarely evident through a contentious spring and summer – cooperation between Republicans and President Barack...
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2 dead, 4 injured after bus catches fire in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Two people are dead and four others are injured after a fire tore through a minibus following a collision in Las Vegas. Fire officials say the accident happened around 7 a.m. Saturday...
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In a setback for Obama, Democratic senator opposes Iran deal
WASHINGTON (AP) – White House hopes for stopping a congressional challenge to the Iran nuclear deal and sparing President Barack Obama from using a veto suffered a blow when a key Senate Democrat...
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DWI charge after car crashes into World Trade Center barrier
NEW YORK (AP) – Police say a motorist who plowed into a security barrier outside the World Trade Center has been arrested on drunken driving charges. A Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police...
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Rescuers seek blue whale tangled up off California coast
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) – Boats, airplanes and helicopters searched up and down the Southern California coast Saturday for a blue whale that got tangled up in hundreds of feet of line, and...
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Japanese-American WWII war hero Ben Kuroki dies
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) – Ben Kuroki, who overcame the American military’s discriminatory policies to become the only Japanese American to fly over Japan during World War II, has died. He was 98. Kuroki...
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Police: Boy, 7, dead, 3 hurt after North Carolina shooting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Charlotte police officers are being called back in from days off and vacations after five people have been killed and five others hurt in shootings during a violent Labor Day...
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Toddler’s decomposing body parts found in Chicago park
CHICAGO (AP) – Police have resumed their search of a park on Chicago’s West Side where the remains of a toddler were found. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says a person called 911 at about 4:40...
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Trial of Tenn. man accused of planning mosque attack delayed
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – A federal judge has delayed the trial of a Tennessee man accused of planning an attack on a mosque in New York as authorities analyze information gathered from the man’s computer....
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Powell, Wasserman Schultz support Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (AP) – Already a done deal in Congress, the Iran nuclear agreement gained more momentum Sunday as former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the head of the...
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Police cars’‘In God We Trust’ decals draw complaints
DALLAS (AP) – A police department in a Texas Bible Belt community has placed large “In God We Trust” decals on its patrol vehicles in response to recent violence against law enforcement officers,...
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2 South Carolina prison employees OK after being taken hostage
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say inmates took two employees hostage at a maximum security state prison in South Carolina, but they were released without suffering serious injuries. Corrections...
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In EU and US, virulent immigration debate strains solidarity
NEW YORK (AP) – The United States and the European Union project themselves as models for the world when it comes to democracy and human rights. Yet a common issue – migration – is bitterly dividing...
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Why do we observe Labor Day?
This report is from our sister station WWLP in Springfield, Mass. CHICOPEE, Mass. (WKBN) – When you think of Labor Day, many people think of traveling. It’s also traditionally thought of as the...
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Kentucky clerk appeals order putting her in jail
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – A Kentucky county clerk has appealed a judge’s decision to put her in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Attorneys for Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis...
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US dentist who killed Cecil the lion set to return to work
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota dentist whose killing of Cecil the lion sparked a global backlash emerged for an interview in which he disputed some accounts of the hunt, expressed agitation at the...
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Marking Labor Day, Obama extends contractors paid sick leave
WASHINGTON (AP) – Showing solidarity with workers on Labor Day, President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Monday requiring paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors, including...
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Biden: The gap between wealthy, poor is hurting the nation
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Hearing chants of “run Joe, run,” Vice President Joe Biden marched in Pittsburgh’s annual Labor Day parade on Monday as speculation swirled about a potential late entry into the...
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Migrants break through Hungary police lines near Serb border
ROSZKE, Hungary (AP) – Several hundred Arabs, Asians and Africans tired of waiting for buses broke through Hungarian police lines near the Serbian border Monday and marched north on the main highway to...
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Colombia seizes 2 metric tons of cocaine on Mexico flights
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Authorities in Colombia said they seized over 1 metric ton of cocaine disguised as printer ink and bound for Mexico. The police said officers at Bogota’s El Dorado airport were...
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