By DOUG ESSER (SEATTLE, AP) – A man who told a TV newsroom that he had killed his wife and asked the station to post that message on Facebook was… Read more »
Category: National News
Mich. grandma who killed grandson: I feared him
By ED WHITE (PONTIAC, Mich., AP) – A 75-year-old woman charged with first-degree murder sobbed on the witness stand Wednesday as she told jurors how she repeatedly shot her teenage… Read more »
Chicago infant shot 5 times dies; dad critical
By DON BABWIN (CHICAGO, AP) – A 6-month-old Chicago girl who was shot five times while her father was changing her diaper died of her wounds Tuesday, authorities said. Jonylah… Read more »
Modest quake shakes portions of California
By MARK TERRILL (INDIAN WELLS, Calif., AP) – A modest but widely felt earthquake rolled through a wide swath of Southern California late Monday morning. There were no immediate reports… Read more »
Outpouring follows death of Sportsman Channel host
By KEITH RIDLER (WHITEFISH, Mont., AP) – The Sportsman Channel says it’s deeply saddened by the shooting death in northwestern Montana of one of its TV hosts who traveled the… Read more »
Some US communities seek to require gun ownership
By GLENN ADAMS (AUGUSTA, Maine, AP) – A town of 140 people in western Maine is considering an ordinance making gun ownership mandatory, the latest of a handful of communities… Read more »
Family: Death of woman in lion cage was accident
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA and TRACIE CONE (FRESNO, Calif., AP) – Family members of a 24-year-old intern killed by a lion at a California animal park said Friday they believe the… Read more »
Law gives tribes new authority over non-Indians
By FELICIA FONSECA (FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., AP) – American Indian tribes have tried everything from banishment to charging criminal acts as civil offenses to deal with non-Indians who commit crimes on… Read more »
Manslaughter counts, trial delay for FAMU case
By KYLE HIGHTOWER (ORLANDO, Fla., AP) – Defendants in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major have been given the stiffer charge of manslaughter by the new prosecutor… Read more »
Martin Buser leads 1,000-mile Iditarod
(RAINY PASS, Alaska, AP) – Four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Martin Buser was the first musher out of the starting chute and has the early lead in the… Read more »