National News
Riot declared as fire burns in Portland police union offices
Aug 9, 2020
A fire inside a police union building led authorities in Portland, Oregon, to declare a riot late Saturday in the city that had hoped for calm after federal agents withdrew more than a week ago
Georgia police investigated for firing at car carrying kids
Aug 9, 2020
State authorities are investigating after a Georgia police officer fired his gun at a vehicle with at least two teenagers inside during an attempted traffic stop
Body removed months after hotel collapsed under construction
Aug 9, 2020
Crews have recovered the body of one of two construction workers that became trapped nearly 10 months ago in the collapse of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans
Today in History
Aug 8, 2020
Today in History Today is Sunday, Aug. 9, the 222nd day of 2020. There are 144 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown Jr., an unarmed 18-year-old Black man, was shot to death by a police officer …
Shipyard, union reach tentative deal to end strike in Maine
Aug 8, 2020
Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works and production workers have reached a tentative agreement aimed at ending a strike that stretched for more than a month during a global pandemic
Schools face major virus test as student return to classroom
Aug 8, 2020
Reopening schools will be easy
4 tribes sue over Oklahoma gambling compacts with 2 others
Aug 8, 2020
Four Oklahoma American Indian tribes have filed a federal lawsuit over gaming compacts with two other tribes that were ruled invalid by the Oklahoma State Supreme Court
Father, son charged in Ahmaud Arbery slaying seeking bond
Aug 8, 2020
The father and son charged with murder in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery are asking a Georgia judge for bond and to toss out two charges in their indictment
Plants cropping up in lost Michigan lakes where dams failed
Aug 8, 2020
A nonprofit organization wants to gain ownership of four Michigan dams, including two that failed in storms on May 19
Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works, Machinists union reach tentative agreement that would end weekslong strike in Maine
Aug 8, 2020
Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works, Machinists union reach tentative agreement that would end weekslong strike in Maine
Judge orders release of body camera video in Floyd case
Aug 8, 2020
A Minnesota judge has ordered the release of body camera footage recorded by former officers charged in the death of George Floyd
Iran asks UN to hold US accountable for plane interception
Aug 8, 2020
Iran is urging the United Nations to hold the United States accountable for the interception of an Iranian passenger plane by two U_S_ fighter jets in the skies over Syria last month, which it called an “unlawful” and an “adventuristic a…
Today in History
Aug 7, 2020
Today in History Today is Saturday, Aug. 8, the 221st day of 2020. There are 145 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon, facing damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal, announ…
US hiring slows amid signs of longer-lasting economic damage
Aug 7, 2020
U.S. hiring slowed last month as the coronavirus outbreak worsened
Prosecutors investigating police who handcuffed Black girls
Aug 7, 2020
Prosecutors are investigating whether suburban Denver police officers should face criminal charges for putting four Black girls on the ground and handcuffing two of them after mistakenly suspecting they were riding in a stolen car