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What you need to know about the GOP debate
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – For the fourth time in the 2016 race for the White House, Republican presidential hopefuls gathered for a nationally televised debate — this time in Milwaukee, Wis. Below...
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‘Paid Patriotism’ soon to be illegal
WASHINGTON (Media General) – Millions in tax dollars were agreed to be given to sports teams, but now those types of contracts will become illegal. The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization...
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Express Scripts sues Horizon, fight over prescriptions grows
The drugmaker Horizon Pharma is questioning its relationship with an Express Scripts business after the pharmacy benefits giant sued Horizon for about $140 million and dumped a pharmacy that dispenses...
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FanDuel: Operations will continue amid talks with NY lawman
NEW YORK (AP) – The head of the daily fantasy sports website FanDuel told his New York customers Wednesday that they should keep on entering the company’s contests, despite a warning from the state’s...
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Online threats against blacks net arrest at Missouri campus
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A white college student suspected of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty at the University of Missouri was charged Wednesday with making a terrorist threat,...
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Charlie Brown actor pleads guilty to making criminal threats
SAN DIEGO (AP) – A former child actor who was the voice of Charlie Brown in beloved “Peanuts” TV specials has pleaded guilty to making criminal threats. Fifty-nine-year-old Peter Robbins of Oceanside...
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New Mexico community marks opening of Manhattan Project park
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) – Residents of a once secret government city in northern New Mexico marked the beginnings of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park on Wednesday with the opening of a new...
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Beer merger will not bring Budweiser, Miller under same roof
LONDON (AP) – The world’s two biggest beer makers will join forces to create a company that produces almost a third of the world’s beer. But in the U.S., the deal will not bring arch rivals Budweiser...
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Officer killed in line of duty remembered for kindness
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) – A central Kentucky police officer who was gunned down last week while investigating a robbery was remembered Wednesday for his kindness and his dedication to the community he...
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Kasich says GOP needs more pragmatism, less extremism
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – Ohio Gov. John Kasich directly took on Donald Trump’s stance on deporting millions of people who are in the U.S. illegally, telling South Carolina voters Wednesday that...
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Customers head to Chipotle as outlets reopen in Northwest
SEATTLE (AP) – Customers returned to Pacific Northwest Chipotle restaurants on Wednesday as the chain reopened after an E. coli outbreak that sickened about 45 people in Washington state and Oregon....
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Weakness in retailers and energy companies pull stocks lower
NEW YORK (AP) – Stock indexes ended lower Wednesday after a day of wavering between small gains and losses. A weak report from Macy’s pushed retail stocks lower, and energy stocks retreated as the...
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Underage driver arrested in wreck that killed 10-year-old in Washington
LAKEWOOD, Wash. (AP) – A joyride by a group of boys who took a parent’s car ended in tragedy when the 14-year-old driver lost control and slammed into power pole, killing a 10-year-old passenger and...
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Nation’s oldest WWII veteran hospitalized in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — The nation’s oldest living World War II veteran, Richard Overton, has been hospitalized at St. David’s for pneumonia. Overton was expected to be a special guest at Austin...
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Teens turn to secret apps for sexting
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — “Sexting” is a growing issue among teens and children, and in many cases, parents don’t even know their children have apps to send and receive sexually explicit messages on...
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Mom of slain Alabama infant disputes allegations
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – A woman charged in the death of her infant daughter – who authorities say was killed by an 8-year-old boy – disputes allegations that she left the children home alone, her...
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Door to door effort to stop Essure device for women
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – In an effort to pull a pregnancy prevention implant device known as Essure off the market, several former users are going door to door of congressional lawmakers to find...
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Lawsuit: Birth control mix-up results in 113 pregnancies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – More than 100 women who blame their pregnancies on errant birth control packaging have joined a negligence lawsuit filed in Philadelphia against several drug companies. The lawsuit...
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Prosecutors seek 12-year prison term for Jared Fogle
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Prosecutors are recommending that Jared Fogle be sentenced to 12 years in prison followed by lifetime supervised release after investigators say he had sexual encounters with...
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No. 2 Fed official: Economy growing despite global weakness
WASHINGTON (AP) – The No. 2 official at the Federal Reserve said Thursday that the strong dollar and global economic weakness have been a drag on growth, but the U.S. economy has been weathering the...
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