By AMY FORLITI (ST. PAUL, Minn., AP) — Six people have been arrested in two states in connection with a terrorism investigation in Minnesota, where authorities have been tracking youths… Read more »
Category: National News
Parents of marathon victim say take death penalty off table
(BOSTON, AP) — The parents of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombing are urging federal authorities to consider taking the death penalty off the table for the man… Read more »
Friend feared Capitol gyrocopter pilot would get shot down
By TAMARA LUSH (ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., AP) — A Florida postal worker who piloted a gyrocopter onto the U.S. Capitol lawn to call attention to his belief that campaign finance… Read more »
New Kansas rules would limit spending of welfare benefits
By JOHN HANNA (TOPEKA, Kan., AP) — A new Kansas law tells poor families that they can’t use cash assistance from the state to attend concerts, get tattoos, see a… Read more »
Official: Cougar has left crawl space under Los Angeles home
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON (LOS ANGELES, AP) — A celebrity mountain lion that lounged under a home for hours and refused to budge for bean bags, tennis balls and prods… Read more »
McCarthy backs Iran nuclear bill, lays out House plans
(WASHINGTON, AP) — Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday the House will act after the Senate on legislation giving Congress the power to review an emerging Iran nuclear deal. The… Read more »
Gap remains in video record of fatal SC police shooting
By JEFFREY COLLINS and MICHAEL BIESECKER (NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., AP) — Dashboard video shows a police officer making a routine traffic stop. Cellphone video shows the officer shooting the fleeing motorist… Read more »
FBI: Man plotted suicide bomb attack at Kansas military base
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (KANSAS CITY, Kan., AP) — A 20-year-old man accused of planning a suicide attack at Fort Riley was arrested Friday while trying to arm what he thought… Read more »
Funeral for a former slave takes center stage at Appomattox
By STEVE SZKOTAK (APPOMATTOX, Va., AP) — A Civil War cannonball that ripped through Hannah Reynolds’ master’s cabin made her a footnote of misfortune, the lone civilian death at the… Read more »
Wednesday storms could be bad, and Thursday’s could be worse
(NORMAN, Okla., AP) — A forecaster has warned that the ingredients necessary to “blow up some big storms” would fall into place Wednesday and Thursday and cautioned millions of residents… Read more »