By GREG RISLING and TAMI ABDOLLAH (LOS ANGELES, AP) — Roughly three years ago, a man referred to in a federal indictment as “Visitor LF” went to Men’s Central Jail… Read more »
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FDNY: ‘Multiple injuries’ in NYC train derailment
By DEEPTI HAJELA (NEW YORK, AP) — A Metro-North passenger train derailed on a curved section of track in the Bronx on Sunday morning, causing “multiple injuries,” authorities said. The… Read more »
Americans kick off 2-day holiday shopping marathon
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — The holiday shopping season started as a marathon, not a sprint. More than a dozen major U.S. retailers stayed open for 24 hours or… Read more »
Storms sweep across Midwest, kill 6 in Illinois
By DAVID MERCER and DON BABWIN WASHINGTON, Ill., AP) — As a powerful tornado bore down on their Illinois farmhouse, Curt Zehr’s wife and adult son didn’t have time to do… Read more »
McCaskill plans to introduce POW legislation
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill said Friday she plans to introduce legislation requiring U.S. defense officials to address mismanagement in a military-led unit responsible for recovering and… Read more »
Gov’t reopens after Congress ends shutdown
By ANDREW TAYLOR (WASHINGTON, AP) — The government reopened its doors Thursday after a battle-weary Congress approved a bipartisan measure to end a 16-day partial shutdown and avert the possibility of an… Read more »
Fed. employees back to work after 16-day shutdown
By DAVID CRARY and JESSICA GRESKO (WASHINGTON, AP) — Barriers went down at federal memorials and National Park Service sites, and thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the… Read more »
States enact laws to stock epinephrine at schools
By LUCAS L. JOHNSON II (NASHVILLE, Tenn., AP) — When a third-grade student who had been stung by a wasp developed welts on his neck and had trouble breathing, school… Read more »
A guide to the 2013 Nobel prizes
(STOCKHOLM, AP) — Here’s a look at the achievements honored by this year’s Nobelprizes, the $1.2 million awards handed out since 1901 by committees in Stockholm and Oslo: ECONOMICS Three Americans… Read more »
Legal system slowed as shutdown hits courts
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and MATT VOLZ (HELENA, Mont., AP) — The government shutdown is slowing the wheels of justice in federal courts by delaying civil cases, forcing prosecutors to operate with… Read more »