Category Archives: World
Autopsy: New Mexico girl was strangled on 10th birthday
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A New Mexico girl was strangled to death on her 10th birthday before she was dismembered and her remains set on fire, according to an autopsy released months after police uncovered...
Jan 10, 2017
Environmental groups want work halted on Snake River dams
BOISE, Idaho - Environmental groups are asking a federal court to halt 11 infrastructure projects on four lower Snake River dams in Washington state that could ultimately be removed if a pending revie...
Jan 10, 2017
Ex-LA County sheriff Baca faces retrial in corruption case
LOS ANGELES - Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca will be retried on obstruction of justice and other charges related to an effort by deputies and top department officials to derail an FBI inve...
Jan 10, 2017
Cuomo pitches 750-mile biking-hiking trail plan for NY state
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to complete and connect two greenway trails crisscrossing the state from Manhattan to Canada and from Albany to Buffalo to create a 750-mile pave...
Jan 10, 2017
Nebraska town's massive beer sales likely not in danger
LINCOLN, Neb. - Officials have recommended that a small Nebraska town whose four beer stores sold the equivalent of 3.5 million cans in 2015 be allowed to maintain liquor sales despite ongoing concern...
Jan 10, 2017
Mom arrested after malnourished son found locked in bathroom
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah mother has been charged with child abuse by authorities who say she locked her 12-year-old son in a filthy bathroom without lights for at least one year, leaving him dangerousl...
Jan 10, 2017
Officer won't be charged in killing of unstable black man
SAN DIEGO - A suburban San Diego police officer won’t face criminal charges for fatally shooting a disturbed black man, a prosecutor announced Tuesday, saying the officer had reason to believe h...
Jan 10, 2017
US warns of unusual cybersecurity flaw in heart devices
WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department warned Tuesday about an unusual cybersecurity flaw for one manufacturer’s implantable heart devices that it said could allow hackers to remotely tak...
Jan 10, 2017
Alexander Hamilton's letters to be auctioned in NYC
NEW YORK - The hottest Broadway show is shining its spotlight on a collection of historic American documents: Alexander Hamilton’s letters, being auctioned at Sotheby’s. Javier Munoz, who ...
Jan 10, 2017
Judge: Woman Trump called 'dummy' on Twitter can't sue him
NEW YORK - Donald Trump can keep his Twitter insults flying. In a decision made public Tuesday, a New York judge dismissed a lawsuit filed last year against the Republican president-elect by a politic...
Jan 10, 2017
