Officials evacuate area after train derails in suburban Chicago
Associated Press Emergency officials have ordered a brief evacuation after a freight train derailed in suburban Chicago. The Canadian National…
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Investigators recommend Northwestern enhance hazing prevention training
AP Sports Writer A team of investigators led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch recommended Northwestern enhance its hazing prevention…
Continue ReadingJudge stops parents’ effort to collect on $50M Alex Jones owes for saying Newtown shooting was hoax
Associated Press A federal bankruptcy judge has stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to…
Continue ReadingJudge in Trump classified docs case grants his request for hearing on key evidence in indictment
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump granted his…
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FEMA authorizes federal funds to fight Darlene 3 Fire near La Pine, citing ‘threat to cause destruction’
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Darlene 3 Fire…
Continue ReadingNew Hampshire teacher says student she drove to abortion clinic was 18, denies law was broken
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A private school teacher who says she was fired after driving an 18-year-old student to get an abortion is…
Continue ReadingGeorgia appeals court says woman who argues mental illness caused crash can use insanity defense
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court has ruled a woman who was suffering from a psychotic break stemming from mental illness…
Continue ReadingMan on trial for threatening to kill presidential candidates found dead as jury was deciding verdict
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man on trial for threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury…
Continue ReadingKentucky to open applications for the state’s medical marijuana business
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will start taking applications Monday to sell, process or grow medical marijuana for the state…
Continue ReadingDutch beach volleyball player who served time for rape has qualified for Paris Olympics
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch beach volleyball player convicted and imprisoned eight years ago for raping an underage girl in Britain has…
Continue ReadingPrague-to-Budapest train collides with a bus in Slovakia, killing 7 people and injuring 5
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials in Slovakia say that a train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest…
Continue ReadingAge is just a number in drag racing, where older drivers like John Force excel at high speed
AP Sports Writer Drag racing star John Force, who is 75 years old, was hospitalized last week after a crash in Virginia. His age should not come as a…
Continue ReadingWyden, Merkley, colleagues call on Postal Service to prepare for November election
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday he is leading Senate colleagues including fellow Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley in calling on…
Continue ReadingYears after Idaho college student slayings, judge eyes 2025 trial for suspect
Associated Press It could be another year or more before a man accused in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students goes to…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about the Karen Read murder trial and the death of her police officer boyfriend
By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The closely watched murder trial of Karen Read is nearing its end as Massachusetts jurors deliberate her fate…
Continue ReadingOhio Republicans move bill on school bathroom use by transgender students forward in Legislature
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers are advancing a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identity. The late-night…
Continue ReadingBelarus’ authoritarian leader names new foreign minister and reshuffles other top officials
Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has reshuffled his top officials in what observers…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Supreme Court says an order against an anti-abortion protester violated First Amendment
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an order barring an anti-abortion protester from coming close…
Continue ReadingBaltimore police officers face discipline over lackluster response to mass shooting
Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Two Baltimore Police Department employees could lose their jobs and another 10 face lesser disciplinary actions…
Continue ReadingMassive AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon outage for US customers traveling abroad
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — An international roaming outage is leaving customers of the three major US mobile carriers in the dark,…
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