FBI: Man arrested in death of North Carolina teenager
December 8, 2018
2:57 pm
LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — The FBI says an arrest has been made in the disappearance and death of a North Carolina teenager.
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Ex-teacher pleads not guilty to sex encounter with student
December 8, 2018
2:55 pm
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) – A former Olathe teacher and Shawnee City Council member will go to trial after pleading not guilty to having a sexual encounter with a student.
Man who drove into crowd convicted of first-degree murder
December 7, 2018
9:39 pm
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – A man who drove his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia was convicted Friday of first-degree murder, a verdict that local civil rights activists hope will help heal a community still scarred by the violence and the racial tensions it inflamed nationwide.
Mother indicted in death of baby found in motel freezer
December 7, 2018
7:57 pm
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — A woman has been indicted in the death of her 6-month-old son, whose body was found last summer in an Alabama motel room freezer.
Silent moment to remember Pearl Harbor attack among survivors in Hawaii
December 7, 2018
2:25 pm
Pearl Harbor survivors, dignitaries and the public are remembering those killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 77 years ago.
Factory worker gets 5 years for putting glass shards in cups
December 7, 2018
9:19 am
A statement from U.S. Attorney Russell M. Coleman on Thursday said 44-year-old Waylon J. Horton of Munfordville pleaded guilty in July to tampering with consumer products.
Two former Astros players die in car crash in Venezuela
December 7, 2018
7:46 am
Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo were en route to the city where they were planning to play their next game Friday when the accident happened.
Police investigating telephone bomb threat at CNN offices
December 6, 2018
11:24 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Police are investigating a phoned bomb threat at a building housing CNN’s offices in Manhattan.
Pelosi takes hard line on Trump’s wall ahead of meeting
December 6, 2018
6:11 pm
Funding for the wall – a top Trump priority – and legal protections for so-called Dreamers, a key Democratic goal, should not be linked, Pelosi said.
Man, woman drive from Arizona to Wyoming with kids in trunk
December 6, 2018
4:31 pm
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A man and woman admit in court they drove from Arizona to Wyoming with two children in the trunk of their car.
The Latest: Bush funeral train-squashed coins a hot keepsake
December 6, 2018
4:07 pm
People who turned out along the route to pay tribute to former President George H.W. Bush as a special funeral train carries his body to the city where he’ll be buried are leaving coins on the tracks to be flattened into keepsakes.
Donald Trump tweets about improving approval rating in aftermath of Bush funeral
December 6, 2018
1:15 pm
President Donald Trump took to Twitter only hours after his appearance at the George H.W. Bush funeral to thank Americans for a recent boost in his approval rating.
Truck collides head-on with Illinois school bus; 2 dead
December 6, 2018
8:02 am
Preliminary reports indicate the truck driver was a 34-year-old man from Iowa who was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes, police said. The bus was heading westbound.
Beto O’Rourke met with Barack Obama in super-secret meeting about his political future
December 5, 2018
5:15 pm
Beto O’Rourke insists he hasn’t made his mind up about running for president in 2020.
Toddlers found at busy road after escaping from day care
December 5, 2018
4:56 pm
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police are investigating how six toddlers wandered off from a North Carolina daycare — five of them toward a major road.
