Obama tells students at town hall about how failures have shaped him
By Ayesha RascoeGREENSBORO, N.C. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama won two straight elections for the White House, but on Tuesday during a talk with students at a town hall on race and sports he...
View ArticleTexas police face discipline for wearing Trump caps on duty
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - Several San Antonio police officers who wore Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" hats during his stop in Texas on Tuesday face...
View ArticleMistrial for New Mexico police charged with murdering homeless man
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - Jurors failed to reach a verdict on Tuesday in the trial of two former Albuquerque police officers charged with murdering a homeless man in 2014, prompting the judge to...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists arrested in Pembina County for tampering with oil pipeline
WALHALLA, N.D. (KFGO) - Environmental activists calling themselves "Climate Direct Action" shut down five pipelines across the U.S. Tuesday. Those pipelines, including one in Northeastern North Dakota...
View ArticleToyota Recalling 340,000 Prius
TOKYO (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 340,000 gas-electric hybrid Prius cars around the world, 212,000 of them in Japan and 94,000 in North America, for a defect in their parking brakes. Toyota...
View ArticleCreepy clown sightings no laughing matter as Halloween nears
By Patricia ReaneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - Sightings across the United States of creepy clowns with red lips and fixed smiles are have become anything but a laughing matter and have cast a menacing tone as...
View ArticleFew details as investigators examine cause of Connecticut plane crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) - State and federal agency officials on Wednesday were investigating what caused a twin-engine plane to crash into a utility pole on Tuesday and burst into flames in downtown East...
View ArticleConnecticut plane crash likely deliberate, motive unclear: officials
By Mark Hosenball and Joseph AxWASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal investigators on Wednesday were trying to determine why a Jordanian flight student may have deliberately crashed a small plane in...
View ArticleMU Poll: Clinton Lead Grows Over Trump
MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin Radio Network) - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton continues to lead in Wisconsin.The latest Marquette University Law School Poll released Wednesday shows Clinton...
View ArticleMU Poll: U.S. Senate Race Tightens
MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin Radio Network) - The race for Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate seat is tightening up, with the gap between the two lead candidates shrinking to just two points in a new poll.The results...
View ArticleMore U.S. arrests for pot than violent crimes: rights groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. police make over 1.25 million arrests a year for drug possession, more than twice the number for violent crimes, and about half of the arrests are for marijuana, two human...
View ArticleAccused killer of two California police officers charged with murder
By Tori RichardsRIVERSIDE, Calif. (Reuters) - The man accused of fatally shooting two police officers and wounding a third in Palm Springs, California, over the weekend was formally charged on...
View ArticleVirginia ex-cop gets 2-1/2 year sentence for black teen's shooting death
(Reuters) - A former Portsmouth, Virginia, police officer was sentenced on Wednesday to 2-1/2 years in prison for the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager last year, a court spokesman said.The...
View ArticleU.S. Justice Department finds racial bias in San Francisco policing
By Curtis SkinnerSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday released a report outlining deficiencies it found in the embattled San Francisco Police Department, including...
View ArticleU.S. judge allows confessions by Venezuela first lady's nephews
By David IngramNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday declined to throw out the alleged confessions from two nephews of Venezuela's first lady, ruling they knew what they were doing when they...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to diesel spill on Intracoastal Waterway, Texas
(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday about 5,000 gallons of low sulfur diesel fuel spilled into the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) near Port Isabel, Texas, on Tuesday.The amount was...
View ArticleParolee who robbed Wyoming bank to return to prison gets 6-years
By Keith Coffman(Reuters) - A transgender parolee who said she robbed a Wyoming bank last summer so she would be sent back to prison was sentenced to six years in a federal women's lockup on Wednesday,...
View ArticleCesar Pet Food Recall
Buffalo, N.Y. (WIBQ) - A recall has been issued for Cesar Classics Filet Mignon flavored wet dog food products.The recall is due to a choking risk posed by small pieces of plastic.The recalled...
View ArticleMidwest Communications Buys HI 99
Terre Haute, Ind (WIBQ) - A major shake up in the ownership of several Terre Haute radio stations.Midwest Communications is buying HI-99 WTHI- FM and the intellectual property of “The River” from...
View ArticleTwo Boston policemen wounded in gunfight, gunman shot dead
(Reuters) - Two Boston policemen were in critical condition early on Thursday after they were shot in a gunfight with a man who was shot dead by other police officers, police said.Other officers...
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