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Feds say rainbow crosswalks in Kentucky pose safety hazard

FRANKFORT, Ky. – A rainbow-colored crosswalk honoring the LGBT community in Lexington, Kentucky, is a distracting safety hazard and should be removed, a federal official says. Off...

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

USDA petitioned to include poultry in humane slaughter law

DES MOINES, Iowa – As Americans prepare to consume some 45 million turkeys on Thanksgiving, an animal rights group asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday to require more human...

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

Silence from Trump as Moore-Alabama storm grows louder

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump dodged questions about the turmoil in the Alabama Senate race on Wednesday, declining to join national Republicans who’ve called for Roy Moore to abandon ...

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

California gunman’s mom says he told her “it’s all over now”

The mother of the gunman who killed five people and wounded 10 said he called her the day before the rampage in Northern California to say he was weary of constant feuding with his neighbor...

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

Another day ends with no verdict in Menendez bribery trial

NEWARK, N.J. – Jurors completed a seventh day of deliberations in the bribery trial of Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy friend Wednesday without a verdict, as defense attorneys pus...

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

1st GOP senator opposes tax bill in early sign of problems

WASHINGTON – Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson on Wednesday became the first Republican senator to say he opposes his party’s tax bill, signaling potential problems for GOP leaders. Passage of a simil...

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

Nevada rancher’s son tells US jury militia ‘saved my life’

LAS VEGAS – The eldest son of a Nevada rancher and states’ rights figure told a federal jury on Wednesday he believes protesters and self-styled militia members saved his life when they arri...

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

Couple offering large reward for missing record-holding cats

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – A couple is offering a total reward of $100,000 if two Guinness World Record-holding cats and two other felines are found alive after a fire destroyed their home in...

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

Vail Mountain opening day pushed back to Thanksgiving

VAIL – Vail Resorts officials say they are pushing back the opening day for Vail Mountain to Thanksgiving due to lack of snow. The Vail Daily reports it’s the second consecutive y...

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

Opioid addiction treatments face off in US trial

CHICAGO – The first U.S. study to compare two treatments for opioid addiction finds a monthly shot works as well as a daily drug to prevent relapse. The shot requires days of deto...

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

U.S. official: 15 percent of agencies used Kaspersky software

WASHINGTON – Computer systems at 15 percent of U.S. government agencies were running Kaspersky Lab software that’s been banned because of concerns about the company’s ties to the Kremlin and...

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

When child sex isn’t rape: French to set age of consent

PARIS – Is a 13-year-old old enough to agree to sex with an adult? That’s a question France is asking as the government prepares to set a legal age for sexual consent for the first time. ...

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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