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Tech companies banishing extremists after Charlottesville

NEW YORK – It took bloodshed in Charlottesville to get tech companies to do what civil rights groups have been calling for for years: take a firmer stand against accounts used to promote hat...

DATE: Aug 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Barcelona van attack kills 13 in agonizing repeat for Europe

BARCELONA, Spain – A van veered onto a promenade Thursday and barreled down the busy walkway in central Barcelona, swerving back and forth as it mowed pedestrians down and turned a picturesq...

DATE: Aug 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

5 missing after Army helicopter goes down off Hawaii

HONOLULU – U.S. Coast Guard and military crews are searching the ocean off Hawaii for five people aboard an Army helicopter that went down during a training exercise, authorities said Wednes...

DATE: Aug 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Families wait in rain to ID lost loved ones in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Hawa Stevens spoke through tears of the 28 family members she lost after surging mudslides and floodwaters swept through Sierra Leone’s capital, killing hundreds and...

DATE: Aug 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Internal FBI surveys show high support for ex-FBI head Comey

WASHINGTON – Despite White House claims to the contrary, fired FBI Director James Comey was highly respected and trusted within the bureau during his nearly four-year tenure, according to in...

DATE: Aug 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Grandfather: Woman killed at Charlottesville rally ‘always wanted fairness’

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The grandfather of the woman who was killed in violent protests in Virginia said Wednesday she always wanted fairness, even from a young age. Elwood Shrader...

DATE: Aug 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Man drives himself to hospital with nail in his heart

MILWAUKEE – A Wisconsin man who doctors say came perilously close to death after accidentally shooting a nail into his heart while working on his house calmly drove himself to the hospital a...

DATE: Aug 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump comments please, anger, then please hate group leaders

President praises initial comment blaming both sides

DATE: Aug 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report: Higher premiums if Trump halts ‘Obamacare’ subsidies

WASHINGTON – People buying individual health care policies would face sharply higher premiums, and some may be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his thre...

DATE: Aug 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

13 killed when huge tree crashes down on Portuguese festival

LISBON, Portugal – A huge oak tree crashed down on a popular religious festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira Tuesday, killing 13 people and injuring 49 others, officials said. ...

DATE: Aug 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More than 300 dead, 600 missing in Sierra Leone mudslides

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Fatmata Kamara had just stepped outside her house before dawn Monday when she saw the muddy hillside collapsing above her. The only thing she could do was run. ...

DATE: Aug 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump’s denouncement disappoints, angers white nationalists

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s condemnation of hate groups – two days after his initially equivocal response to a deadly attack at a rally in Virginia – disappointed and even angere...

DATE: Aug 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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