Orlando hospitals won't charge nightclub shooting victims for care
By Colleen Jenkins(Reuters) - Two Florida hospitals will not seek payment of medical bills from the dozens of people treated for injuries suffered in the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando...
View ArticleIllinois attorney general sues Insys over fentanyl drug marketing
By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - Illinois' attorney general on Thursday sued Insys Therapeutics Inc, accusing it of deceptively marketing and selling an addictive fentanyl-based medication, intended to treat...
View ArticleLawsuit opens new front in Obama immigration legal fight
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Immigration advocates on Thursday mounted a long-shot effort to revive part of U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to shield millions of immigrants from...
View ArticlePower outage briefly halted flights to Miami, nearby airports: FAA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration briefly halted flights at Miami International and nearby airports around 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT) on Thursday following a five-minute...
View ArticleCompetency hearing sought for ex-Los Angeles County sheriff
By Alex DobuzinskisLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in the obstruction of justice case against former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca have asked a judge to order a mental competency...
View ArticleIllinois man charged with bomb attempt ruled mentally unfit
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday that a Chicago-area man was mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges he tried to set off what he thought was a car bomb outside a bar.The suspect, Adel...
View ArticleCalifornia Assembly passes bill for private worker retirement plan
By Rory CarrollSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A bill to create a state-run retirement savings plan for roughly 7 million private workers in California advanced through the state Assembly on Thursday.The...
View ArticleBernie Sanders supports pipeline protest
UNDATED (KELO-AM) Bernie Sanders says that the Dakota Access oil pipeline must be stopped.The former Democratic Presidential candidate has announced his support for the growing protest against the...
View ArticleJudge lets ex-NY assembly speaker Silver stay free during appeal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the New York State Assembly, can stay free on bail while he appeals his corruption conviction, a Manhattan federal judge ruled on...
View ArticleJudge orders search of new Clinton emails for release by September 13
(Reuters)A U.S. judge ordered the State Department on Thursday to release by Sept. 13 any emails it finds between Hillary Clinton and the White House from the week of the 2012 attack in Benghazi,...
View ArticleMaryville Police Officer Fatally Shot
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A police officer has died in a shooting in eastern Tennessee. Maryville Police Chief Tony Crisp said the officer responded with a Blount County sheriff's deputy to a domestic...
View ArticleDog Costs Tallied For National Dog Day
Undated (WIBQ) - Today is National Dog Day, and the ASPCA has figured out how much it's costing you to own a dog. The organization did the math and says owning a small dog costs over 13-hundred...
View ArticleFallen Officer's Name Released
Maryville police and the rest of the country are mourning the death of a MPD officer. Maryville Police Chief Tony Crisp says Officer Kenny Moats, 32, died at University of Tennessee Medical Center...
View ArticleFund Established for Fallen Officer Moates
MARYVILLE, Tn - A memorial fund for fallen Maryville Police Officer Kenny Moats has been established by KenJo Markets in the amount of $10,000. Anyone who wishes to contribute to the fund can drop off...
View ArticlePete Hoekstra defends Trump's Platform as a Co-Chair for Campaign
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - A former U.S. Representative is one of five Michigan co-chairs of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign.Pete Hoekstra who was first elected to represent...
View ArticleRobbers strike two random victims
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELOAM) - Random robberies are rare in Sioux Falls but police say there have been two involving knives this week and there are some similarities.Sergeant Sean Kooistra says in both...
View ArticleNine prison staffers in Nebraska injured in altercation with inmates
(Reuters) - Nine staff members at a state prison in Nebraska were injured during an altercation with inmates on Wednesday, a state correctional services spokeswoman said. The staff members were taken...
View ArticleNFL's 49ers support quarterback after he refused to stand for anthem
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - National League quarterback Colin Kaepernick of San Francisco 49ers refused to stand for the national anthem before a preseason game on Friday, drawing boos from some fans and...
View ArticleLouisiana authorities search for three escaped prisoners
(Reuters) - Louisiana authorities on Monday were searching for three inmates who scaled razor wire fencing to escape from a medium-security prison, the local sheriff's department said.Michael Elliot,...
View ArticleMylan to launch generic EpiPen at half the price of original
By Ankur BanerjeeMylan NV (MYL.O) said it would launch the first generic version of its allergy auto-injector EpiPen at half the price of the branded product, the drugmaker's second step in less than a...
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