9-1-1 calls released in Indianapolis mall shooting
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — 9-1-1 calls have been released following Wednesday’s shooting that injured three people at Washington Square Mall. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department released the...
View ArticlePolice: Pregnant Alabama woman eats meth
ROBERTSDALE, Alabama (WKRG) – Misty Wilkes is five months pregnant and is accused of doing the unthinkable. Sheriff’s investigators say the mom-to-be swallowed an unknown amount of methamphetamine...
View ArticlePolice: Kentucky fugitive dies in shootout after manhunt
BURKESVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A fugitive accused of shooting a Tennessee police officer and firing at a Kentucky trooper was killed in a shootout with authorities early Friday, ending a nearly weeklong...
View ArticleHawaii officials: Boy’s shark bite added to database
WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) – A 10-year-old boy is recovering from his injuries after being bitten by a shark off an Oahu beach that he said “just popped out of nowhere.” As officials included the attack in a...
View ArticleVa. child, adult burned while trying to light pumpkin
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia Beach firefighters say a child and an adult were burned while trying to light a pumpkin Thursday evening. Crews responded to the scene in the 3100 block of Polk...
View ArticleAt least 2 dead after Texas pummeled again by heavy storms
BUDA, Texas (AP) – Punishing storms and suspected tornadoes Friday socked an already sodden swath of Texas that was still drying out from the remnants of Hurricane Patricia, forcing evacuations and...
View ArticleMom of abducted Tenn. toddler was stabbed to death, autopsy shows
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – The Knoxville Police Department said autopsy results show Kimberly Enix was stabbed during an attack. Officers found the body of Kimberly Enix Wednesday morning at her apartment on...
View ArticleOhio girl’s wheelchair transforms into Cinderella carriage
WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) – Regan Shannon wanted to go as Cinderella for Halloween, and just like the Disney cartoon, she got a magical carriage ride for the special night. Regan, 5, is battling spinal...
View ArticleLawmakers hope for calm after the storm on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (AP) – With a new speaker in the House and a major budget-and-debt deal completed, lawmakers hope they are entering a welcome period of calm – even boredom – on Capitol Hill. “I hope it...
View ArticleJustices review DA’s choice of all-white murder trial jury
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is examining the motives of a Georgia prosecutor who excluded African-Americans from the jury in the death penalty trial of a black teenager who killed an elderly...
View ArticleWarship honoring Marine christened at Maine shipyard
BATH, Maine (AP) – First in English, then in Spanish, the mother of a fallen Marine who shielded his comrades from an insurgent’s grenade christened a new Navy destroyer in his honor. The mother of...
View ArticleHit the snooze button: Extra hour of sleep Saturday night
WASHINGTON (AP) – Most people in the United States are set to fall back into standard time and gain an extra hour of sleep this weekend. The annual change comes at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, but most...
View ArticlePolice say gunman kills 3 in downtown Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Authorities and witnesses say a man marching down the street in Colorado Springs, Colorado, shot and killed three people today, before being fatally shot in a gun battle...
View ArticleCause of plane crash killing 224 in Egypt’s Sinai not known
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) – A Russian passenger airliner crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after taking off from a popular Red Sea resort, killing...
View ArticleAP: Hundreds of officers lose licenses over sex misconduct
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Flashing lights pierced the black of night, and the big white letters made clear it was the police. The woman pulled over was a daycare worker in her 50s headed home after playing...
View ArticleMove to spur pint-sized medical devices to treat sick kids
WASHINGTON (AP) – Improvise isn’t a word parents want to hear from their kid’s doctor. Yet pediatric specialists too often have to jury-rig care because many of the medical devices needed to treat sick...
View ArticleBoehner: ‘Catholic guilt’ swayed Ryan on speakership
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former House Speaker John Boehner says he used “Catholic guilt” to persuade Paul Ryan to run for speaker. On CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday Boehner said he invoked God to persuade...
View ArticlePolice: Medical issue may have caused deadly Halloween crash
NEW YORK (AP) – Investigators of a horrific Halloween crash that killed three people including a 10-year-old girl are looking at whether a medical problem may have caused a motorist to smash into a...
View ArticleFormer Sen. Fred Thompson, had TV and film roles, dead at 73
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Fred Thompson, a Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee for eight years who also acted in feature films and on television, has died, his family says in a statement. The...
View ArticleU.S. spends $43 million to build gas station
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – An investigation found the Department of Defense cannot explain why a natural gas station in Sheberghan, Afghanistan, cost U.S. tax payers $43 million to build. The Special...
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