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Pharmacist accused of destroying vaccine charged
Jan 19, 2021
Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin pharmacist accused of spoiling COVID-19 vaccine with misdemeanor property damage
Self-described militia members jailed on riot charges
Jan 19, 2021
Federal authorities said Tuesday that they’ve charged a leader in a paramilitary group with conspiracy and related counts after he and some of the group’s members helped storm the U.S. Capitol
US rejects Ford, Mazda requests to avoid Takata recalls
Jan 19, 2021
The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has rejected a request from Ford and Mazda to avoid recalling about 3 million vehicles with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators
Reports: Seattle police violated policies at summer protests
Jan 19, 2021
Reports from an independent agency say a Seattle police officer who threw a tear gas canister that hit a reporter, and other officers who threw blast balls that hit individuals during last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests violated policies
Tribal leaders blast congressman opposed to Biden nomination
Jan 19, 2021
A group of Native American tribes in a Minnesota congressman’s district is rebuking him for his attempts to derail President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for Interior secretary
US soldier arrested in plot to blow up NYC 9/11 Memorial
Jan 19, 2021
Authorities say a U.S. Army soldier has been arrested in Georgia on terrorism charges after he spoke online about plotting to blow up the 9/11 Memorial in New York City and attack U.S. soldiers in the Middle East
SAT doing away with optional essay, subject tests
Jan 19, 2021
The College Board is removing the optional essay from the SAT and doing away with subject tests amid a changing college admissions landscape
Man charged with 5 new felonies in Iowa Trump rally shooting
Jan 19, 2021
Prosecutors have added five felony weapons and assault counts against a white man already charged with attempted murder for shooting into a car carrying four Black girls during a rally for President Trump in Iowa
Tests show DNA of death row inmate, unknown man, on knife
Jan 19, 2021
An attorney for Pervis Payne says DNA evidence belonging to the Tennessee death row inmate has been found on part of a knife used in the slayings of a mother and daughter 33 years ago, but DNA from an unknown man also was found on the murder weapon
Michigan man sentenced to prison in drowning of autistic son
Jan 19, 2021
A former western Michigan college professor has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty in his severely autistic teenage son’s drowning death in an icy backyard pool
Driver fatally trapped between car, parking garage machine
Jan 19, 2021
A motorist was killed when her head became trapped between her vehicle and a payment machine at a parking garage in Ohio’s capital city
FBI: Man who wore GPS device during Capitol riots arrested
Jan 19, 2021
The FBI says a self-professed white supremacist was wearing a GPS-enabled monitoring device when he joined the crowd of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol this month
10 largest US jackpots
Jan 19, 2021
A look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold
Mega Millions jackpot now $865M; Powerball up to $730M
Jan 19, 2021
Lottery players are getting another shot at the third-largest jackpot in U.S. history
5 charged, 4 wounded in shootings in Pennsylvania's Poconos
Jan 19, 2021
Five people have been charged in connection with a series of shootings in a community in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains that left four people wounded