National News
Sheriff: Vest saves Florida officer shot serving a warrant
Sep 28, 2020
Officials say a veteran member of a SWAT team was shot multiple times while serving a warrant in north Florida, but his bullet-resistant vest saved his life
Three killed in Northern California wildfire; thousands flee
Sep 28, 2020
Northern California’s wine country was blanketed by fire again Monday as strong winds fanned flames in the already scorched region, destroying homes and prompting evacuation orders for more than 50,000 people
Texas grand jury: No action against killer of church shooter
Sep 28, 2020
He fatally shot an armed man who killed two at a Fort Worth-area church.
Investigators finish probe into Rayshard Brooks' shooting
Sep 28, 2020
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has completed its probe into the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, more than three months after the Black man was fatally shot by a white officer outside a fast food restaurant in Atlanta
Man killed in dispute over line at Michigan haunted house
Sep 28, 2020
Police say a dispute over cutting in line led to a fatal shooting outside a popular haunted house in southeastern Michigan
Agency proposes protections for 2 Eastern US mussel species
Sep 28, 2020
Federal regulators are proposing to list as threatened two freshwater mussel species native to many eastern U.S. rivers and streams
Texas sheriff indicted after probe into Black man's death
Sep 28, 2020
A Texas sheriff has been indicted on charges accusing him of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death in custody of a Black man, Javier Ambler, that was filmed by a police reality TV series “Live PD.”
Commerce secretary says 2020 U.S. census will end Oct. 5, despite judge ordering it to continue to end of October
Sep 28, 2020
Commerce secretary says 2020 U.S. census will end Oct. 5, despite judge ordering it to continue to end of October
3 hurt when small plane crashes northwest of Austin, Texas
Sep 28, 2020
Texas authorities say three people were injured when their single-engine plane crashed in a wooded area northwest of Austin on Monday afternoon
Officer charged in Breonna Taylor case pleads not guilty
Sep 28, 2020
The lone Kentucky detective charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor has pleaded not guilty
Fire out at collapsed Hard Rock Hotel site in New Orleans
Sep 28, 2020
A fire that broke out amid the wreckage of a collapsed hotel construction project in New Orleans has been extinguished
Police: Man with machete smears blood on sorority house
Sep 28, 2020
A police department on a North Carolina college campus says a man armed with a machete smeared satanic messages in blood on a sorority house and on a vehicle belonging to a student living there
Woman pleads not guilty, denied bail over Trump ricin letter
Sep 28, 2020
A Canadian woman charged with threatening President Donald Trump's life by mailing a package containing ricin has been ordered held without bail
Man gets 30 years in 2nd sentencing for beheading plot
Sep 28, 2020
A man convicted of leading a plot to behead blogger Pamela Geller on behalf of the Islamic State group will serve even longer behind bars after he was sentenced for a second time Monday and ordered to 30 years in prison
Opposition team criticizes Enbridge plans for oil tunnel
Sep 28, 2020
Experts working on behalf of groups opposing a Great Lakes oil tunnel say plans for the project are badly flawed