Sherwin-Williams creates paint that may kill bacteria
U.S. (KXAN) — Sherwin-Williams has created a paint it says can kill bacteria. Germs are a major cause of infections in hospitals. “Paint Shield” claims to kill over 99.9 percent of bacteria when it is...
View ArticleObama in NJ, to call for breaking cycle of incarceration
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – President Barack Obama is announcing new rules that will prevent federal agencies from quickly screening out job applicants just because they have criminal records. Obama says too...
View ArticleNY boy collects over 200,000 pennies to benefit cancer patients
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A Glens Falls fourth grader raised over $2,000 for area cancer patients. The Cancer Center at Glens Falls Hospital will benefit from a $2,100 check handed over by local...
View ArticleMissing one-year-old found dead in FL
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla (WFLA) — A Tampa toddler who was reported missing in Broward County over the weekend has been found dead. 18-month-old Vihaan Pullamsetti disappeared while staying with relatives in...
View ArticleU.S. senators, mayors battle ‘garbage’ claims they’re linked to KKK
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Four U.S. senators are fighting back against unconfirmed, anonymous accusations that they’re affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan. Internet hacktivist group Anonymous announced...
View ArticleE. coli in Northwest marks Chipotle’s 3rd outbreak this year
SEATTLE (AP) – Chipotle closed 43 of its Pacific Northwest locations after the chain’s third foodborne illness this year sickened about two dozen people – prompting renewed scrutiny of a company that...
View ArticleColorado Springs gunman was 33-year-old recovering alcoholic
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – The man who fatally shot three people during a rampage through the streets of Colorado Springs was a recovering alcoholic who posted an online video two days earlier...
View ArticleCartel enforcer gets life sentence for 9 California killings
VISALIA, Calif. (AP) – A self-described enforcer for a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday after pleading guilty to killing nine people in...
View ArticleNew Jersey lawmaker seeks to regulate daily fantasy sports
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – A lawmaker plans to introduce a bill that would regulate daily fantasy sports in the state, putting an agency widely considered the toughest gambling regulator in the country...
View ArticleDallas mother accused of forcing 4-year-old to eat poison
DALLAS (AP) – A Dallas mother accused of forcing her 4-year-old son to drink ant poison after telling her three children that she planned to kill them and herself has been charged with attempted...
View ArticleEx-Speaker Hastert’s portrait removed from House hallway
WASHINGTON (AP) – New Speaker Paul Ryan has had a portrait of Dennis Hastert removed from a hallway outside the House chamber, just days after the former speaker pleaded guilty to breaking banking laws...
View ArticlePolice: Intoxicated woman who tried petting tiger bitten at Omaha Zoo
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Omaha police say a tiger bit an apparently intoxicated woman who broke into a Nebraska zoo to pet a big cat. Officer James Shade says the 33-year-old woman suffered a severe hand...
View Article‘Dance Moms’ star Miller pleads not guilty to fraud charges
PITTSBURGH (AP) – “Dance Moms” star Abigale Lee Miller has pleaded not guilty to charges that she tried to hide $775,000 worth of income from the Lifetime network reality show and spinoff projects...
View ArticleTeens spend an average of 9 hours a day with media
NEW YORK (AP) – Teenagers spend nearly nine hours a day absorbing media and despite all the new options, music and television remain the favorites. Common Sense Media released an exhaustive survey...
View ArticleJimmy Carter says he feels fine, keeps busy despite cancer
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Jimmy Carter resumed his role as Habitat for Humanity’s most prominent booster on Monday, donning a white hard hat and a worn leather belt stocked with his own tools to hammer and...
View ArticleFiat Chrysler reports higher sales for October
DETROIT (AP) – Fiat Chrysler reported that its October U.S. sales rose nearly 15 percent as the auto industry sales boom accelerated last month. Analysts expect this to be the strongest October since...
View ArticlePoll: Carson overtakes Trump, Rubio on the rise
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – For the second time in a week, a new national poll shows retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson with a national lead above all GOP candidates, including Donald Trump. In the...
View Article2 protesters rappel from balcony at Colts-Panthers game
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Two protesters rappelled down from the upper balcony to unfurl a banner protesting Bank of America during Monday night’s game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Carolina...
View Article‘Candy Crush’ sells for nearly $6 billion
(AP) – Activision Blizzard will pay $5.9 billion to buy Candy Crush maker King Digital Entertainment, combining a console gaming power with an established player in the fast-growing mobile gaming...
View ArticleCleveland, Cincinnati casinos will be renamed by new owners
Two of Ohio’s four casinos will have new names and new management by the middle of next year. Rock Gaming announced that it’s taking over operations from Caesar’s Entertainment at the Horseshoe casinos...
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