Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, "It's here."
Calif. plastic ocean debris bill dies in committee
Jason Dearen, Associated Press |
posted 26 minutes ago
A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways has died in the state Assembly without a vote.
No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death
Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press |
posted 27 minutes ago
After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.
Md. suspect is son of Bush White House official
Associated Press |
posted 28 minutes ago
The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet.
LA sanitation ends plans for dump near Joshua Tree
Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press |
posted 43 minutes ago
A regional garbage collection agency has tossed out plans to build a mega-landfill for Los Angeles' trash less than two miles from Joshua Tree National Park in the remote Southern California desert.
Suspect in killing of officer found dead in cell
Paul Foy, Associated Press |
posted 45 minutes ago
A Utah Army veteran was found hanging dead Friday in his jail cell as he awaited trial on charges of killing a police officer and wounding five others during a raid that netted 13 pot plants and sparked a fierce debate about what happened that night.
Furlough Friday: Unpaid day off for many in gov't
Donna Cassata, Associated Press |
posted 56 minutes ago
No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide.
Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims
Darlene Superville, Associated Press |
posted 59 minutes ago
President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday to award Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement. He called it a tragic loss that "helped to trigger triumph and a more just and equal and fair America."
Netflix looks to hook subscribers with 'Arrested Development'
Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service.
Can Tornado Alley become safer? Yes, within limits
Sharon Cohen, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 3:12pm
In the wind-swept prairie called Tornado Alley, the scene is eerily familiar: Homes smashed to splinters. Trees and telephone poles snapped like twigs. Piles of bricks, overturned cars and dazed survivors sifting through rubble in search of a precious photo or heirloom. A town in ruins.
Arias foreman: Sentencing decision unfair to jury
The jury foreman in Jodi Arias' trial says the panel just couldn't decide whether the killing of her boyfriend was enough to merit a death a sentence.
Illinois judge charged with heroin, gun possession
A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns.
AP PHOTOS: Storm survivor looks for silver lining
The Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 2:35pm
Sabrina Mitchell is used to looking for silver linings.
After vote on gay youth, Scouts face more turmoil
The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts.
Feds look for temporary fix after I-5 collapse
Federal officials were searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along the crucial Interstate 5 corridor, but Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cautioned Friday that major disruptions will last for weeks, if not months.
16 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport
Ray Henry, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 2:22pm
Sixteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, at least two in serious condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport, officials said.
Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions
Julie Pace, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 2:16pm
President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.
Wis. farmers, firefighters partner on hazards maps
M.l. Johnson, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 1:59pm
Without even thinking, Joe Ortner rattles off a list of items on his family's dairy farm that could kill you: 1,000 gallons of diesel, 500 gallons of gas, cleaning chemicals in the milking parlor, oil and lubricant for repair work and a 6-foot-deep manure pond in which you could drown.
Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
Barry Schweid, Associated Press |
posted 7 minutes ago
The Washington Post is reporting that Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Haynes Johnson has died. He was 81.
Students safe after armed man reported at school
Nicholas Riccardi and Thomas Peipert, Associated Press |
posted 33 minutes ago
Armed officers and worried parents rushed to a Denver-area high school as students hunkered down in closets and classrooms Friday after a report of a gunman near campus on the last day of class before summer vacation, but the high anxiety faded after a police search turned up nothing.
Woman feared Iowa kidnapping suspect's release
Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press |
posted 46 minutes ago
The ex-girlfriend of a man suspected of kidnapping two Iowa girls this week worried that he would harm her and her family before his impending release from prison in 2011, citing prior sexual and physical abuse and threats, according to court records released Friday.
Interpol rejects Russia bid to locate UK investor
Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 2:42pm
The international police agency Interpol has rejected a Russian push to locate and arrest a Britain-based investor who is a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin's regime.
Arizona investigating angry email sent lawmakers
Cristina Silva, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 2:25pm
Arizona's bitter debate over a signature part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has sparked an investigation into lawmakers' safety after at least nine legislators received a threatening email over Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid access.
DA: Tenn. victims shot after drugs handed over
Sheila Burke, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 2:03pm
A former police officer, accused of killing two people during a robbery at an east Tennessee pharmacy, gunned down his victims after they complied with his demands for painkillers, a prosecutor said Friday.
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