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Minnesota woman credits her dog for detecting breast cancer

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KIMT) –   Doctors recommend women start getting regular mammograms at 40 years old to detect breast cancer. In the fall of 2014, a student attending classes at Minnesota School of...

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Texas cuts off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas announced Monday that it was cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics following undercover videos featuring discussions about fetal tissue, potentially...

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Study reveals workers’ ridiculous excuses when calling in sick

(WFLA) — Ever call in sick to work when you’re not sick at all? If so, you’re not alone. The results of a new study from CareerBuilder found that a greater percentage of people are calling in sick when...

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Picture of Titanic iceberg to be auctioned

(CNN) – It’s a picture that may show the most infamous iceberg in history, and it’s going up for auction. The grainy black-and-white photo was taken on the morning of April 15, 1912. By the time the...

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Child gives teddy bear to Colorado teen suffering medical emergency

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (FOX21)— A local woman wants to thank the child who gave her daughter a teddy bear while the teen was having a medical emergency in Old Colorado City Saturday. Casi Dunavin...

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Upcoming nuke plant closure could roil New England markets

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The impending retirement of Massachusetts’ only nuclear power plant could roil energy markets across New England, leading to greater reliance on natural gas, driving up carbon...

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Real bullet hits actor during Old West gunfight reenactment

TOMBSTONE, Ariz. (AP) – An actor staging a historical gunfight in the Old West town of Tombstone was shot with a live round during a show that was supposed to use blanks, leading officials to put the...

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Aging gangster accused of ‘Goodfellas’ heist goes on trial

NEW YORK (AP) – An aging gangster went on trial Monday on charges he was in on the $6 million Lufthansa holdup in 1978, a legendary theft dramatized in the hit film “Goodfellas.” The brazen armed...

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Man who killed deputy was charged with terrorizing wife

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota man who authorities say killed a sheriff’s deputy in a hospital over the weekend had terrorized his wife just a week earlier, according to a criminal complaint. Danny...

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Close calls with drones spur federal registration of owners

WASHINGTON (AP) – Concerned about rising reports of close calls and safety risks involving drones, the government announced Monday it will require many of the increasingly popular unmanned aircraft to...

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Democrats: Benghazi testimony debunks GOP claims

WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats on the House committee investigating the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, issued a report Monday disputing what they say are unsubstantiated claims about former Secretary...

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US appeals court upholds gun laws after Newtown massacre

NEW YORK (AP) – Gun control laws passed in New York and Connecticut to ban possession of semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines after the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were...

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Monitors arrive after radioactive waste site fire in Nevada

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Radiation wasn’t immediately detected during fly-overs of a burned trench containing long-buried radioactive waste at a commercial disposal site in rural southern Nevada, state and...

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Government tightens payments to for-profit college ITT Tech

WASHINGTON (AP) – Education officials are placing new limits on federal student aid administered by struggling for-profit college chain ITT Educational Services. The move comes after the government...

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Crackdown: Amazon sues to stop phony product reviews

NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon is stepping up its fight against bogus product reviews on its site, suing more than 1,000 people for allegedly offering to post glowing write-ups for as little as $5 apiece. The...

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Police describe suspect, seek clues after ZombiCon shooting

FORT MYERS, Florida (WKBN) – Fort Myers police released a vague description of a suspect who shot into a crowd during a zombie festival over the weekend, causing people dressed in ghoulish costumes to...

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Baltimore cop accused of biting man’s testicles loses job

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore man is no longer an Anne Arundel County police officer after he was charged for public intoxication and accused of biting another man’s testicles during a fight outside a...

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Ryan to seek speakership if House GOP unifies behind him

WASHINGTON (AP) – Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan told GOP lawmakers late Tuesday that he will run for speaker, but only if they embrace him by week’s end as their consensus candidate – an ambitious bid to...

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New York police officer responding to gun reports is shot

NEW YORK (AP) – A New York City police officer responding to reports of a man with a gun has been shot and wounded in a gunfight. The officer has been taken to a hospital. His condition is unknown. The...

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4-year-old girl shot, killed in Albuquerque road rage incident

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) –  Police say a 4-year-old girl was shot and killed during a road rage incident on I-40 Tuesday afternoon. I-40 westbound was shut down at Coors for nearly six hours. I-40 westbound...

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