American Airlines jet catches fire on takeoff at Chicago airport
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - The engine of an American Airlines Group Inc jet caught fire seconds from takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Friday, prompting the crew to...
View ArticleIllinois teachers' pension fund eyes 14.5 percent payment hike for state
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois' biggest public worker pension fund said on Friday its board gave initial approval to a state contribution of $4.56 billion in fiscal 2018, a 14.5 percent increase over the...
View ArticleU.S. prosecutors regroup for second trial in Oregon occupation
By Scott BransfordPORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday regrouped to strategize for their next trial of armed militants who occupied a wildlife center in Oregon the day after seven...
View ArticleOklahoma charges man suspected of double murder, attempted decapitation
By Jon Herskovitz(Reuters) - Oklahoma County prosecutors filed first degree murder charges on Friday against a man who has been on the run for nearly a week after being suspected of killing two...
View ArticleFedEx plane catches fire at airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
(Reuters) - The landing gear of a FedEx Corp. DC-10 cargo plane collapsed on Friday at the main airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, causing a fire that was quickly extinguished, the U.S. Federal...
View ArticleDNA cited to clear JonBenet Ramsey family in murder in question: report
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - The DNA analysis that prompted a Colorado prosecutor to exonerate the family of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey in her 1996 murder was not as clear cut as she...
View ArticleHonduras arrests man linked to Venezuela drug probe in U.S.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran police on Friday arrested a man allegedly linked to two nephews of Venezuela's first lady who have been charged with drug trafficking in the United States, an official...
View ArticleBan on ballot selfies restored in Michigan
CINCINATI,OHIO (WKZO-AM) -- Unless something dramatic happens, Michgian's ban on selfies at the ballot box is back in place and a Portage man will just figure out how to record his vote some other...
View ArticleTrump returning to Michigan Monday
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) -- The Detroit News is reporting that Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump will be making an appearance in Grand Rapids and Macomb County on Monday.Exact times and...
View ArticleReal reasons to be scared this Halloween
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) --   It’s time for Halloween, and while the scariest thing most adults may be dealing with is next week’s Presidential election, for children it's the dangers they face if they go...
View ArticleFire near North Dakota pipeline protests is under investigation
By Josh MorganCANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) - Authorities were looking into the cause of a blaze that burned through about 400 acres near where Native American leaders are protesting against a North...
View ArticleMcDonald's to pay $3.75 million in first settlement with franchise workers
By Daniel Wiessner(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it was liable for labor law violations by a California franchisee, marking what lawyers said...
View ArticlePetition of White House to reverse Navy ratings change tops threshold
(Reuters) - A petition to the White House to halt the U.S. Navy's abolition of sailors' traditional ratings that are more than two centuries old has topped 100,000 signatures, above the number needed...
View ArticleConvicted Russian arms dealer Bout returns to U.S. appeals court
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for agreeing to sell weapons to people he thought were Colombian rebels, urged a U.S....
View ArticleFire at Ford Motor headquarters in Michigan, none injured
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said a fire at its headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, on Monday did not injure anyone but caused the 1,500 employees based there to leave the 60-year-old building for...
View ArticleA girl and her dog: top U.S. court mulls discrimination claim
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Not for the first time, a pooch named Wonder was left out in the cold on Monday, waiting outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices considered whether a...
View ArticleBoy, 12, nabbed for suspected drunken driving in Austin, Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A 12-year-old Texas boy driving a car rammed into a pickup truck and a utility pole as he tried to evade police before his vehicle tipped over and he was taken into custody on...
View ArticleCher stumps for Clinton in Michigan
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) -- Cher visited Michigan on Monday to campaign for presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.A standing-room-only crowd attended her speech in Kalamazoo at the Bernhard Center on the...
View ArticleSouthwest Airlines' union approves tentative agreement
(Reuters) - U.S. budget airline Southwest Airlines Co said on Monday that its flight attendants union voted to ratify a tentative agreement that the parties had reached in September.The agreement...
View ArticlePennsylvania man charged with abusing six Amish sisters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man accused earlier this year of raping an underage Amish teenager after receiving her as a "gift" from her parents was charged on Monday with sexually abusing the...
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