Man dies after fiery crash at a gas station
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) -- A man has been killed in a fiery accident at a Speedway gas station on Kalamazoo's south side.Capt. Victor Ledbetter says, at 7:15 p.m. Sunday, 53-year-old Michael Seyoum of...
View ArticleSupermarket chain Kroger to fill 10,000 permanent positions
(Reuters) - Supermarket operator Kroger Co said on Monday it would fill 10,000 positions this year, joining a list of companies that have publicized routine hiring plans as President Donald Trump puts...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas appeal over voter ID law
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Texas seeking to revive the state's strict Republican-backed voter-identification requirements...
View ArticleU.S. top court rebuffs 'Sister Wives' challenge to Utah anti-bigamy law
By Andrew Chung(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to Utah's anti-bigamy law brought by the polygamist stars of the popular reality television show "Sister Wives."The...
View ArticleDemocratic-led states battle Trump over consumer financial agency
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic state officials took a step on Monday to try to defend the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a court battle that could defang it, worried...
View ArticleU.S. Air Force base in Arizona locked down over possible 'gunshot sounds'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force base near Tucson, Arizona was locked down for about an hour on Monday following unconfirmed reports of "gunshot sounds" heard there, a base spokeswoman said.No...
View ArticleSUV crashes into Amish buggies in Ohio, eight injured
(Reuters) - Eight people, including three children, were injured when an SUV crashed head-on into two Amish buggies traveling on a country road in northeast Ohio, authorities said.The sport-utility...
View ArticleNew York City reaches $75 million settlement over police summonses
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has agreed to pay up to $75 million to resolve a civil rights lawsuit accusing its police of engaging in a widespread pattern of issuing criminal...
View ArticleMore Californians dreaming of a country without Trump: poll
By Sharon BernsteinSACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - The election of Republican businessman Donald Trump as president of the United States has some Californians dreaming - of their own country.One in...
View ArticleClimate activist killed in Florida while on barefoot U.S. walk
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida authorities were investigating on Monday the death of an activist who was struck by a car and killed over the weekend while on a campaign to walk barefoot across the...
View ArticleU.S. governors want say on Trump's infrastructure plan
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. governors are flagging hundreds of "shovel-ready" projects they regard as high-priority for President Donald Trump's plan to fix the nation's infrastructure.Scott Pattison,...
View ArticleFormer N.Y. fund analyst arrested for skipping insider trading trial
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A former analyst at the investment fund of Dell Inc founder Michael Dell was arrested on Monday after he refused to show up for trial to face charges that he made...
View ArticleU.S. Senate confirms Pompeo to be Trump's CIA director
By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed Representative Mike Pompeo as President Donald Trump's CIA director on Monday, after a delay tied to some lawmakers' worries he...
View ArticleWisconsin sued as teens claim unlawful conditions in youth facilities
By Timothy Mclaughlin(Reuters) - Wisconsin was sued on Monday over conditions at two juvenile detention facilities in the state's northeast, where teenagers claimed they are routinely subject to...
View ArticleDayton collapses during State of State speech
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton collapsed Monday during his 2017 State of the State Address.While delivering his annual speech to the Minnesota Legislature, Dayton paused to take a drink of...
View ArticleCourt appeal argues California emissions trading plan akin to 'illegal tax'
By Rory CarrollSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Parties in a four-year-old legal challenge to California's emissions trading program will head to court in Sacramento on Tuesday with a business group arguing...
View ArticleFar-reaching Illinois budget fix faces long odds
By Dave McKinney and Karen PierogCHICAGO (Reuters) - So severe is Illinois’ self-inflicted financial ruin that its newest hope to end a record-setting budget impasse rests with a massive bundling of...
View Article2017 Oscar Nominations
On Tuesday morning, the nominees for the 89th Academy Awards were released. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone's musical movie, La La Land, earned the most nominations. La La Land earned 14 nominations,...
View ArticleU.S. deficit forecast to shrink in 2017 but climb over next decade
By Emily StephensonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit is expected to dip during the current fiscal year but balloon over the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in...
View ArticleGun rights activists sue Massachusetts over assault weapons ban
By Scott MaloneBOSTON (Reuters) - Gun rights advocates have sued Massachusetts over the state's ban on assault weapons, saying that a crackdown begun last year on "copycat" assault rifles is a vague...
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