Stowaway falls from British Airways jet in London
LONDON (MEDIA GENERAL) – A stowaway found in the undercarriage of a British Airways flight from Johannesburg may not have been the only person hitching a free ride to London, though he was the only one...
View ArticleAccused Charleston shooter in cell next to officer who killed black man
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – The 21-year-old man accused of killing nine people at a black church in Charleston is being held in a cell next to the former North Charleston police officer who fatally shot a...
View ArticlePhotos: Mourning Charleston church victims
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View ArticleVirginia teacher accused of showing breast implants to students
This story is courtesy of our sister station WAVY in Hampton Roads, VA. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A Woodside High School teacher was arrested Thursday. She is accused of showing students pictures of...
View Article3 shot blocks away from Golden State Warriors celebration
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Three people shot five blocks from the NBA championship celebration for the Golden State Warriors in Oakland are in stable condition. Police say they received a call shortly...
View ArticleParade, large rally celebrate NBA champion Warriors
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – The streets of Oakland were awash in yellow and blue as hundreds of thousands of fans watched and cheered the Golden State Warriors victory parade, which has been 40 years in the...
View ArticleTrial may be next step for former ‘Melrose Place’ actress
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – A former “Melrose Place” actress convicted of vehicular manslaughter in a New Jersey court could soon face a civil trial in federal court. A jury convicted Amy Locane-Bovenizer in...
View ArticleCharleston church victims’ families forgive suspect in court
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – They forgave him. They advised him to repent for his sins, and asked for God’s mercy on his soul. One even told Dylann Storm Roof to repent and confess, and “you’ll be OK.”...
View ArticleChief: Ohio man killed officer so he would be killed by police
CINCINNATI (AP) – Cincinnati’s police chief says a man suspected of fatally shooting an officer apparently wanted police to kill him. Chief Jeffrey Blackwell says 21-year-old Trepierre Hummons texted...
View ArticleCat wins shelter’s Hero Dog award for saving kid from canine
LOS ANGELES (AP) – For the first time, a Los Angeles shelter’s Hero Dog award has gone to a cat. In May 2014, Tara the cat fought off a dog that attacked her 6-year-old owner as he rode his bicycle in...
View ArticleAlex Rodriguez homers for 3,000th hit; 29th player to get it
NEW YORK (AP) – Alex Rodriguez homered for his 3,000th career hit and smiled all the way around the bases Friday night, the highlight so far in what’s become a resurgent season for the formerly...
View ArticleMilitary contractor’s Virginia medical license revoked
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – The medical license of a government contractor was revoked Friday after Army medical students testified about a series of bizarre, invasive and sexually tinged battlefield-trauma...
View ArticleTon of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
NEW YORK (AP) – Over a ton of confiscated ivory tumbled off a conveyor belt into a rock crusher in Times Square on Friday in a symbolic display highlighting an illegal trade that activists say...
View ArticleChurch victims’ family face alleged attacker in court
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Felecia Sanders survived the attack on her Bible study group by pretending to be dead, but lost her son Tywanza. On Friday, she came face to face with the alleged shooter, as...
View ArticleCybertheft adds to US-China tensions ahead of upcoming talks
WASHINGTON (AP) – Tensions between the U.S. and China are growing over its island-building in the South China Sea and over suspicions that Beijing was behind a massive hack into a federal government...
View ArticleCousins who died in Berkeley balcony collapse to be mourned
COTATI, Calif. (AP) – Two cousins who were among the victims killed when a balcony collapsed will be mourned at a Northern California funeral and memorial service on Saturday. Ashley Donohoe, 22, the...
View ArticleTheater shooting prosecutors rest after emotional case
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting trial rested Friday, concluding their argument that James Holmes methodically planned and executed the 2012 massacre in a case that...
View ArticleAfter Charleston shootings, gun curbs dormant in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) – This week’s slaughter of nine people in a South Carolina church left prospects that Congress will curb guns right where they’ve been for years – remote for now, according to lawmakers...
View ArticlePolice look into possible sightings of escaped NY inmates
LINDLEY, N.Y. (AP) – New York State Police are investigating a possible sighting of the two convicted killers who escaped from an upstate New York prison two weeks ago. In a news release posted late...
View ArticleWorkers clean up oil spill on California beaches by hand
GOLETA, Calif. (AP) – Workers in hard hats and white protective suits are using wire brushes and putty knives to scrape oil off cobblestones and cliff faces a month after a crude oil spill along the...
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