http://www.wafb.com/category/13530/national-news Click through for national news stories. en-us Copyright 2000 - 2017 WorldNow and WAFB.com News - AP-National 15 national-news http://www.wafb.com/story/35867915/the-latest-bridgegate-mastermind-gets-probation Category35867915 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:02:00 EDT The mastermind of the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal will not go to prison. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35865878/governors-from-us-states-gather-amid-multiple-challenges Category35865878 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:00:00 EDT Governors from US states meet this week in Rhode Island as they face multiple challenges. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863830/sheriff-cleanup-of-plane-crash-will-take-at-least-a-week Category35863830 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:30:00 EDT Federal and local officials are combing Mississippi soybean fields for clues in a military plane crash that killed 15 Marines and a Navy sailor. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863340/how-severe-ongoing-stress-can-affect-a-childs-brain Category35863340 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:19:00 EDT Researchers are discovering that ongoing stress during early childhood _ from grinding poverty, neglect, parental substance abuse and other adversity _ can smolder beneath the skin, harming kids' brains and other body systems. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863005/philly-new-york-area-airport-crews-suspend-strike-talking Category35863005 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:28:00 EDT Seven hundred workers, including baggage handlers, cleaners and customer service agents at three New York-area airports are going on strike. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863261/bridgegate-saga-nears-end-as-mastermind-faces-sentencing Category35863261 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:38:00 EDT The mastermind of the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal faces sentencing. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863286/police-start-day-4-of-farmland-search-for-4-missing-men Category35863286 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:48:00 EDT Authorities are gearing up for another day of searching a sprawling Pennsylvania farm for evidence linked to four missing young men. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863820/evacuees-return-damage-measured-as-western-wildfires-wane Category35863820 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:30:00 EDT Relief was slowly arriving after a rough stretch of wildfires all around the U.S. West. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35864206/study-gps-rules-send-california-juveniles-into-jail-cycle Category35864206 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 05:20:00 EDT Legal scholars say stringent rules in California for juvenile offenders who are required to wear GPS monitoring bracelets are cycling children back behind bars for minor infractions. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863776/soldier-remained-in-army-despite-support-for-islamic-state Category35863776 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:20:00 EDT Authorities say a U.S. soldier who was recently arrested on terrorism charges expressed support for the Islamic State group as early as 2011. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35867110/fda-advisers-review-data-on-potential-1st-us-gene-therapy Category35867110 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:50:00 EDT FDA advisers hear details about what could be the first gene therapy approved in the U.S. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863779/yellen-tells-congress-to-expect-more-rate-hikes Category35863779 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:20:00 EDT Fed Chair Yellen is expected to signal steady course for rate hikes in congressional testimony. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863932/battle-over-selfies-taken-by-macaque-monkey-back-to-court Category35863932 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:50:00 EDT The battle over now-famous selfie photographs taken by a macaque monkey will head back to federal court. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35860665/facebook-takes-down-pages-of-some-legal-alaska-pot-shops Category35860665 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:58:00 EDT Facebook has shut down pages set up on the social media platform by several businesses licenses to legally sell marijuana in Alaska, severing what some shop owners say is a critical link to their customers. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853935/experts-scrapped-electric-car-plant-may-mean-industry-woes Category35853935 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:58:00 EDT An electric car manufacturer is scrapping plan to build a $1 billion plant in southern Nevada. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35841524/goal-of-nations-first-opioid-court-keep-users-alive Category35841524 WAFB.com Sun, 9 Jul 2017 07:16:00 EDT Buffalo, New York, is home to the nation's first opioid crisis intervention court, which puts users under faster, stricter supervision with the goal of keeping them alive. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863935/wild-primates-in-florida-park-monkey-shenanigans-on-rise Category35863935 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:50:00 EDT Monkey shenanigans on rise at Florida state park famed for clear water springs: 'As long as you don't bother them, they don't bother you'. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853928/california-fires-are-early-unpredictable-after-winter-rain Category35853928 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:58:00 EDT Wildfires driving people from their homes in California and throughout the west have had help from an unlikely source: The rain. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35862522/monk-seal-bites-injures-us-wildlife-staffer-on-midway-atoll Category35862522 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 21:28:00 EDT An employee of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been bitten by an endangered Hawaiian monk seal on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35862360/proposed-california-climate-deal-takes-aim-at-toxic-air Category35862360 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:48:00 EDT A plan to extend California's signature climate initiative for another decade looks beyond cutting greenhouse gas emissions and takes aim at toxic air in the polluted neighborhoods around refineries and factories. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35859062/detained-iranian-researcher-sent-back-to-home-country Category35859062 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:08:00 EDT An Iranian cancer researcher arriving in the U.S. to start work at a prominent Boston hospital has been detained at Logan International Airport. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35862673/msnbcs-scarborough-says-hes-leaving-gop Category35862673 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 22:08:00 EDT MSNBC host and former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough says he's leaving the GOP because of President Donald Trump. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863317/actor-james-cromwell-to-report-to-jail-for-plant-protest Category35863317 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:08:00 EDT Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell is heading to jail in upstate New York for blocking traffic to protest a power plant. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35854063/california-bill-would-require-cops-to-release-body-cam-video Category35854063 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 05:38:00 EDT A longstanding national debate about police transparency and privacy has been reignited with a proposal in California that would require body camera video to be released after fatal police shootings and other significant incidents. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35857764/the-latest-governor-warns-against-taking-plane-crash-debris Category35857764 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:58:00 EDT One Navy corpsman and 15 Marines were killed in when a Marine plane crashed in rural Mississippi as it was headed from North Carolina to California. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853815/16-dead-in-mississippi-in-worst-marine-crash-since-2005 Category35853815 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:08:00 EDT Officials say a U.S. military plane used for refueling crashed into a field in rural Mississippi, killing at least 16 people aboard and spreading debris for miles and creating a fiery wreckage. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35854006/soldier-supported-islamic-state-but-remained-in-military Category35854006 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 05:18:00 EDT A U.S. official says that an active duty Army soldier has been arrested by the FBI in Hawaii on terrorism charges. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863258/no-quiet-desperation-at-thoreaus-200th-birthday-observance Category35863258 WAFB.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:38:00 EDT Fans of 19th century writer, philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau are converging on his Massachusetts hometown to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853887/longtime-gop-pessimistic-about-health-care-bill-prospects Category35853887 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:38:00 EDT Republican leaders hope to stage a climactic vote on their health care bill next week. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35861788/michigan-imposes-prison-term-for-female-genital-mutilation Category35861788 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:58:00 EDT Doctors and parents involved in female genital mutilation will face up to 15 years in prison under new Michigan laws. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35859876/abort-airliner-nearly-lands-on-other-san-francisco-planes Category35859876 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:38:00 EDT Federal safety officials are investigating why an Air Canada jet nearly landed on a taxiway holding four other planes instead of a runway at San Francisco International Airport. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853368/cadaver-dogs-used-dirt-sifted-in-search-for-4-missing-men Category35853368 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:08:00 EDT Police are still searching for four missing young Pennsylvania men Tuesday, a day after authorities arrested a man linked to a property that has become the center of the investigation. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35862611/black-teenager-says-california-police-wrongly-roughed-her-up Category35862611 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 21:48:00 EDT A black teenager who says she was roughed up by Bakersfield police had been mistaken for a bigger, bald man who'd reportedly threatened people with a machete. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35861784/federal-authorities-end-probe-into-walmart-police-shooting Category35861784 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:58:00 EDT Federal authorities say they've ended their investigation of the fatal police shooting of a black man in an Ohio Walmart store, concluding there wasn't enough evidence to charge the white officer who killed him. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35825744/vice-president-gets-insider-look-at-kennedy-space-center Category35825744 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 12:55:00 EDT Vice President Mike Pence is getting inside look at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35861170/arson-investigators-search-for-motive-of-california-fires Category35861170 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:48:00 EDT San Francisco Bay Area developers are on edge and boosting security at building sites in the region after four fires destroyed under-construction apartments in a year. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35861880/ghoulish-online-game-urges-young-people-to-end-their-lives Category35861880 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:08:00 EDT The family of a Texas teen who hanged himself says their son was involved in a ghoulish online game that calls on participants to complete a series of tasks before taking their own lives. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35860583/man-who-inspired-ice-bucket-challenge-could-leave-hospital Category35860583 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:48:00 EDT The family of a man who inspired the ice bucket challenge to raise millions of dollars for Lou Gehrig's disease research says he could be released from the hospital this week. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35858328/qa-hawaiis-push-to-reduce-scope-of-travel-ban-bogged-down Category35858328 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:48:00 EDT Hawaii's push to expand the list of relatives exempt from President Donald Trump's travel ban is bogged down in court, where it has bounced from a federal judge to a federal appeals court and back to the same federal judge. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35856622/the-latest-retired-judge-perplexed-soldier-kept-in-army Category35856622 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:18:00 EDT A U.S. official says that an active duty Army soldier has been arrested by the FBI in Hawaii on terrorism charges. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853295/defense-looks-for-holes-in-penn-state-pledge-death-hearing Category35853295 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:38:00 EDT Members of a shuttered Penn State fraternity are due back in court for a preliminary hearing on charges related to the death of a pledge after a night of heavy drinking earlier this year. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853365/nyc-mayor-at-officers-funeral-we-must-help-our-police Category35853365 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:07:00 EDT A New York City police officer who was shot and killed while sitting inside her police vehicle last week will be laid to rest Tuesday morning. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35861265/events-that-led-to-arrest-of-army-soldier-on-terror-charges Category35861265 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:58:00 EDT A look at a timeline of events that took a U.S. Army soldier from his home in Hawaii to wars in the Middle East and eventually on to a federal detention center facing terrorism charges. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35857501/beachgoers-form-human-chain-to-rescue-family-in-water Category35857501 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:38:00 EDT Beachgoers in Florida formed an 80-person human chain to rescue a family that got too far out in the ocean and nearly drowned. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35857990/monkey-troupe-vexes-florida-park-goes-viral-on-social-media Category35857990 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:18:00 EDT There's an upswing in monkey business in and around a state park in north Florida, where bands of wild primates live. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853298/families-seek-compensation-from-patriots-in-hernandez-case Category35853298 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:38:00 EDT A wrongful death lawsuit filed against the estate of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez is headed back to court. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853974/armed-men-still-on-loose-after-robbing-trail-rescuers Category35853974 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 05:08:00 EDT Authorities in California are searching for two armed men who robbed rescuers trying to aid a distressed hiker on a popular trail. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35858884/michigan-sports-doctor-pleads-guilty-in-child-porn-case Category35858884 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:48:00 EDT A former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics sports doctor has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35856424/us-soldier-charged-with-killing-2-plotted-1999-school-attack Category35856424 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:58:00 EDT Court records show that a U.S. Army soldier charged with killing his wife and a New York State Police trooper once plotted to shoot up his Michigan school while a teenager. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35849266/federal-regulator-moves-to-mostly-ban-arbitration-clauses Category35849266 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:17:00 EDT The federal financial consumer watchdog agency has decided to broadly ban the use of so-called arbitration clauses from financial products. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35856632/the-latest-funeral-for-slain-nyc-police-officer-concludes Category35856632 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:18:00 EDT Law enforcers have lined up for blocks outside the Bronx funeral for a slain New York Police Department officer. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35857769/the-latest-sports-doctor-to-fight-molestation-charges Category35857769 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:58:00 EDT A former doctor accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women and girls during his long career treating college and Olympic gymnasts has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35858712/michigan-sports-doctor-pleads-guilty-in-child-porn-case Category35858712 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:28:00 EDT A former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics sports doctor has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853848/gay-rights-group-launches-26m-campaign-ahead-of-midterms Category35853848 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:18:00 EDT One of the nation's leading gay rights organizations is launching a $26 million organizing effort ahead of next year's midterm elections. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853521/greek-hearings-postponed-for-suspects-in-us-tourists-death Category35853521 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:49:00 EDT Eight men are to appear in court on the western Greek island of Zakynthos in connection with the beating death of a 22-year-old American tourist outside a bar last week. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35841506/schumer-calls-on-fda-to-regulate-snortable-chocolate Category35841506 WAFB.com Sun, 9 Jul 2017 06:56:00 EDT U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is urging federal regulators to look into a "snortable chocolate" powder that's being sold as a way to get a "euphoric energy" rush. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35857673/feds-probe-indianapolis-police-shooting-of-black-driver Category35857673 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:48:00 EDT Federal investigators are going to review last month's fatal shooting of an unarmed black driver by Indianapolis police officers. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35856757/atf-explosion-was-domestic-terrorism-or-a-horrible-prank Category35856757 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:38:00 EDT A federal agent says an explosion outside an Oklahoma Air Force recruiting center is being investigated as a possible act of domestic terrorism, but that the late-night blast could also have been a horrible prank. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35833035/georgia-health-commissioner-named-cdc-director-in-atlanta Category35833035 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 10:26:00 EDT Georgia's health commissioner has been named the new director of the federal government's top public health agency. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35851300/officer-who-killed-castile-to-be-paid-48500-in-buyout Category35851300 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:48:00 EDT The Minnesota police officer acquitted in last year's fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile has left the police department where he served. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853327/see-how-us-could-deport-more-europeans-this-federal-year Category35853327 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:47:00 EDT Illegal immigration: Figures show how US is on track to deport more Europeans this year. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853241/buffalo-bills-defensive-tackle-arrested-on-weapons-charge Category35853241 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:17:00 EDT Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Adolphus Washington has been arrested in Ohio on a weapons charge. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35844089/hell-and-high-water-northern-california-is-besieged-again Category35844089 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:27:00 EDT Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35851306/fbi-us-soldier-pledged-allegiance-to-islamic-state-group Category35851306 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:48:00 EDT A U.S. official says that an active duty Army soldier has been arrested by the FBI in Hawaii on terrorism charges. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853197/gay-rights-group-launches-26m-campaign-ahead-of-midterms Category35853197 WAFB.com Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:07:00 EDT One of the nation's leading gay rights organizations is launching a $26 million organizing effort ahead of next year's midterm elections. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35853123/military-plane-crash-kills-at-least-16-in-mississippi Category35853123 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 23:47:00 EDT Officials say a military transport plane has crashed in Mississippi's Delta region, killing at least 12 people aboard. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35847285/latest-37-structures-burned-in-northern-california-wildfire Category35847285 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:47:00 EDT Slightly cooler temperatures and diminishing winds are helping California firefighters as they battle several wildfires that have forced thousands to flee their homes. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35850593/rescuers-robbed-at-gunpoint-trying-to-aid-distressed-hiker Category35850593 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:38:00 EDT Authorities in California are searching for two armed men who robbed rescuers trying to aid a distressed hiker on a popular trail. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35852349/the-latest-lawyer-army-neglected-soldiers-mental-illness Category35852349 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:27:00 EDT A U.S. official says that an active duty Army soldier has been arrested by the FBI in Hawaii on terrorism charges. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35850753/friends-say-texan-killed-in-greece-was-easygoing-fun-loving Category35850753 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:57:00 EDT A 22-year-old Texas man who was beaten to death at a bar on a Greek island recently graduated from college and was known to his friends for his fun-loving and easygoing demeanor. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35849561/man-20-linked-to-search-for-missing-men-held-on-1m-bail Category35849561 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:47:00 EDT Authorities near Philadelphia asked for the public's help and patience Monday as they search for four young men who disappeared over the past week in what they are calling a criminal investigation. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35852956/the-latest-official-16-bodies-found-in-marine-plane-crash Category35852956 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 23:08:00 EDT Officials say they've found 12 bodies from a Marine Corps plane that crashed in rural Mississippi. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35844289/afghanistan-combat-vet-charged-with-killing-wife-trooper Category35844289 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 02:27:00 EDT A U.S. Army soldier is accused of shooting and killing a New York State Police trooper who was responding to a domestic dispute. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35850768/seattle-approves-new-income-tax-for-wealthy-residents Category35850768 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:58:00 EDT The Seattle City Council is deciding Monday whether to impose an income tax on high-income households. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35850234/michigan-sports-doctor-to-plead-guilty-to-having-child-porn Category35850234 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:07:00 EDT A former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics sports doctor accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women and girls plans to plead guilty to unrelated charges of possession of child pornography. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35852796/chocolate-milk-off-the-menu-at-san-francisco-schools Category35852796 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 22:38:00 EDT San Francisco school kids who learned to live without soda and candy will soon have to give up chocolate milk too. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35850997/nyc-mayor-deals-with-backlash-for-trip-after-police-killing Category35850997 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:18:00 EDT President Donald Trump has joined the backlash against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who spent the weekend with world leaders in Germany as his city grappled with a police officer's murder. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35844116/1st-day-of-penn-station-repairs-crowds-delays-mostly-ok Category35844116 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:37:00 EDT The day of reckoning has come for rail commuters into New York City. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35844092/hazing-booze-topics-in-penn-state-frat-pledge-death-hearing Category35844092 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:27:00 EDT A preliminary hearing is set to resume Monday for 18 Penn State fraternity members who are facing charges in connection with the February death of a pledge after a night of drinking. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35844151/oaklands-police-chief-apologizes-for-misconduct-scandal Category35844151 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:47:00 EDT Civil rights lawyers say a federal judge should consider holding Oakland, California, city and police officials in contempt of court for mishandling an internal affairs investigation of officers alleged to have sexually exploited an underage prostitute. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35849917/court-lets-us-family-try-to-get-back-nazi-looted-masterpiece Category35849917 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:27:00 EDT A U.S. appeals court has revived a California family's lawsuit to get back a priceless Camille Pissarro painting that the Nazis looted from their Jewish ancestors. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35852352/the-latest-federal-judge-optimistic-for-oakland-police Category35852352 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:27:00 EDT A federal judge who oversees the Oakland Police Department says he is optimistic that the department can recover from the scandal and get back on track. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35852170/polygamous-leader-pleads-not-guilty-to-fleeing-fraud-charges Category35852170 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:47:00 EDT A polygamous leader who was captured nearly a year after escaping home confinement on federal food-stamp fraud allegations has pleaded not guilty to new charges from his time on the run. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35849988/cooler-temps-and-lower-winds-help-california-firefighters Category35849988 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:37:00 EDT Slightly cooler temperatures and diminishing winds were helping California firefighters as they battled several wildfires Monday. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35851934/stray-bullet-kills-camel-in-oregon-animal-rehab-center Category35851934 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:07:00 EDT An animal center official says a camel has died after being injured by a stray bullet in a southwestern Oregon shooting. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35850986/chicago-cop-2-ex-cops-enter-pleas-in-laquan-mcdonald-case Category35850986 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:17:00 EDT Chicago police officer, 2 ex-officers plead not guilty to conspiring to cover up what happened when a white officer shot a black teenager 16 times. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35826669/professional-runner-outruns-2-bears-while-training-in-woods Category35826669 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 14:35:00 EDT A professional runner from Kenya says he had to outrun two charging bears while training in the woods in Maine. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35851772/body-of-man-found-in-hawaii-volcano-after-apparent-fall Category35851772 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 18:48:00 EDT A 38-year-old man has died on Kilauea volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35848735/unpopular-christie-turns-to-sports-talk-calls-fan-a-bum Category35848735 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:18:00 EDT The first poll released since New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was photographed lounging on a beach closed to the public shows his approval rating is holding steady at a dismal 15 percent. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35846524/911-calls-reflect-chaos-from-shooting-at-gender-reveal-party Category35846524 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 09:07:00 EDT Recorded 911 calls reflect chaos and confusion after a deadly shooting at a gender reveal party in Ohio that caused the expectant mother to lose her baby. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35849619/key-us-latino-group-says-new-name-will-help-fight-vs-trump Category35849619 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:57:00 EDT The nation's largest Latino civil rights group is changing its name to make it more inclusive as it steps up its battle against what it calls anti-immigrant policies by the Trump administration. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35851097/illinois-treasurer-to-governor-no-junk-for-credit-trunk Category35851097 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:27:00 EDT The state treasurer says Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner must go to New York to talk bond-rating houses out of knocking the state's creditworthiness into "junk" status. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35844659/gop-governors-urge-caution-on-health-care-changes Category35844659 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 04:18:00 EDT Several Republican governors are urging their home-state GOP senators to protect their states from Medicaid cuts and other changes to the 2010 health care law that could take away health care coverage from thousands of their residents. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35850549/diver-on-gator-attack-i-started-punching-he-let-go Category35850549 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:30:00 EDT A Florida man who was attacked by an alligator while diving for golf balls in a lake says the reptile grabbed his arm and wouldn't let go so he started punching it in the eyes. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35849634/exclusive-iowa-lawyer-gets-285k-in-false-arrest-settlement Category35849634 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:58:00 EDT Police and prosecutors will pay $285,000 to an Iowa lawyer who spent 16 days in jail after he was allegedly framed by a longtime tormentor and falsely accused of threatening witnesses and a juror. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35850153/mental-exam-ordered-for-indiana-mom-who-suffocated-her-kids Category35850153 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:58:00 EDT A judge has ordered a mental competency exam for an Indiana woman who pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the suffocation deaths of her two children and who is charged in the fatal shooting of a neighbor. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35847015/trump-presses-congress-on-health-care-bill-get-it-done Category35847015 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:07:00 EDT President Donald Trump pressed Congress on Monday to "get it done" on health care before leaving for its long August recess. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35848135/inmates-take-2-guards-hostage-in-oklahoma-prison-riot Category35848135 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:07:00 EDT Authorities say hundreds of inmates rioted at an Oklahoma federal prison, taking two guards hostage and refusing to return to their cells. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35847768/activists-charged-after-banner-hung-at-chicagos-trump-tower Category35847768 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:37:00 EDT Prosecutors have brought felony charges against four of six Greenpeace activists accused of unfurling a banner from Trump Tower in Chicago to protest the president's stance on global warning. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35844086/man-charged-with-killing-doctors-in-condo-held-without-bail Category35844086 WAFB.com Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:27:00 EDT A Massachusetts man is set to be arraigned on charges he killed two engaged doctors in their Boston luxury condominium in May. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35830378/ohio-preparing-for-1st-execution-in-more-than-3-years Category35830378 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 00:15:00 EDT Ohio says it's following a mandatory checklist for putting inmates to death as it prepares for the state's first execution in more than three years. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35824644/montana-earthquake-smashes-bottles-jolts-residents-awake Category35824644 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 11:15:00 EDT An earthquake strong enough to rouse sleeping residents more than 30 miles from its epicenter struck western Montana early Thursday, making its presence known in parts of Idaho, Washington and Wyoming. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35842034/1-killed-8-wounded-at-pregnant-womans-gender-reveal-party Category35842034 WAFB.com Sun, 9 Jul 2017 11:17:00 EDT Authorities in Ohio say two men have opened fire on a party where a pregnant woman was to reveal her child's gender, killing a woman and wounding eight people, including the expectant mother and three children. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35842393/illinois-has-bills-to-pay-after-2-years-without-budget-plan Category35842393 WAFB.com Sun, 9 Jul 2017 13:17:00 EDT Illinois has a newly minted budget that calls for a huge influx of revenue. When do the financial problems end?. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35842978/teen-bit-in-head-by-bear-wakes-up-to-crunching-sound Category35842978 WAFB.com Sun, 9 Jul 2017 16:47:00 EDT Wildlife officers are searching for a black bear that attacked a Colorado camp staffer and bit him on the head as he slept outdoors. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35841684/teens-suicide-emblematic-of-problems-at-new-orleans-jail Category35841684 WAFB.com Sun, 9 Jul 2017 09:06:00 EDT 2nd suicide in a year at New Orleans' new jail draws scrutiny: 15-year-old boy held as an adult on a murder charges. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35841240/thousands-flee-wildfires-burning-in-the-us-and-canada Category35841240 WAFB.com Sun, 9 Jul 2017 01:06:00 EDT A fire official says a pair of California wildfires have quickly spread, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations at a popular lakeside campground and a summer camp where flames temporarily trapped children and counselors. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35832723/sheriff-wont-let-his-deputies-carry-overdose-antidote Category35832723 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 09:45:00 EDT A sheriff in an Ohio county with record numbers of overdose deaths in recent years is sticking to his long-standing refusal to allow deputies to carry an overdose-reversal drug. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35841527/mixed-feelings-on-supermarket-reopening-after-mass-shooting Category35841527 WAFB.com Sun, 9 Jul 2017 07:16:00 EDT Feelings are mixed in a Pennsylvania town as a supermarket that was the site of a mass shooting prepares to reopen. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35842037/the-latest-california-wildfires-send-some-8k-people-fleeing Category35842037 WAFB.com Sun, 9 Jul 2017 11:17:00 EDT Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35841319/dr-spencer-johnson-author-of-self-help-best-seller-dies Category35841319 WAFB.com Sun, 9 Jul 2017 02:16:00 EDT Dr. Spencer Johnson, whose book "Who Moved My Cheese?" sold 25 million copies and became a business and self-help phenomenon, has died. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35839030/state-election-officials-worry-about-2018-election-security Category35839030 WAFB.com Sat, 8 Jul 2017 11:06:00 EDT A gathering of state election officials comes amid an uproar over a presidential commission investigating allegations of voter fraud and growing concern about Russian attempts to interfere with last fall's election. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35839514/jury-newlywed-had-husband-killed-to-get-his-insurance-money Category35839514 WAFB.com Sat, 8 Jul 2017 13:56:00 EDT The wife of a Cleveland firefighter accused of soliciting his death to collect insurance money has been found guilty of aggravated murder and conspiracy. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35838604/tough-question-for-hospitals-whos-too-risky-to-release Category35838604 WAFB.com Sat, 8 Jul 2017 08:37:00 EDT The case of man a who ambushed and killed a New York City police officer after a recent psychiatric evaluation at a hospital that released him afterward highlights how psychiatrists must decide whether patients pose enough danger to need hospitalization. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35840852/utah-man-celebrates-100th-birthday-by-hitting-the-slopes Category35840852 WAFB.com Sat, 8 Jul 2017 22:26:00 EDT A Utah man celebrated his 100th birthday by doing what he loves most: Skiing. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35838714/medicaid-cut-in-gop-health-bill-worries-the-nursing-home-set Category35838714 WAFB.com Sat, 8 Jul 2017 09:36:00 EDT Medicaid cuts in the Republican health care bill are worrying those who rely on the program to help cover the costs of nursing home care. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35840643/dr-spencer-johnson-author-of-self-help-best-seller-dies Category35840643 WAFB.com Sat, 8 Jul 2017 20:46:00 EDT Spencer Johnson, whose book "Who Moved My Cheese" sold 25 million copies and became a business and self-help phenomenon, has died. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35838260/man-who-claimed-to-have-bomb-at-bank-is-killed-by-police Category35838260 WAFB.com Sat, 8 Jul 2017 02:26:00 EDT An hourslong standoff inside a suburban Atlanta bank ended when an officer shot and killed a 33-year-old man who had claimed to have a bomb that could "take out the room.". News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35838507/ohio-prosecutor-weighing-3rd-trial-for-ex-police-officer Category35838507 WAFB.com Sat, 8 Jul 2017 07:26:00 EDT Amid protests and other pressure, an Ohio prosecutor is pondering whether to try a third time to get a conviction of a former police officer in a racially charged fatal shooting case. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35827926/painkiller-maker-stops-sales-at-fda-request-because-of-abuse Category35827926 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 16:55:00 EDT Maker of painkiller Opana ER pulling drug off the market at FDA request because of abuse. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35840279/wildfires-send-children-fleeing-from-california-summer-camps Category35840279 WAFB.com Sat, 8 Jul 2017 18:16:00 EDT A fast-moving wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills destroyed 10 structures, including homes, and led to several minor injuries as blazes threatened homes around California during a heat wave. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35837811/oh-my-god-it-is-obama-alaska-mom-baby-meet-ex-president Category35837811 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 23:06:00 EDT An Alaska mother is cherishing cellphone photos of her wide-eyed 6-month-old baby in the arms of former President Barack Obama. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35838526/keel-laying-marks-official-construction-of-attack-submarine Category35838526 WAFB.com Sat, 8 Jul 2017 07:36:00 EDT The keel of the nation's 20th Virginia-class attack submarine named for Oregon is being laid at the manufacturing plant for General Dynamics' Electric Boat. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35825761/california-governor-plans-to-host-2018-global-climate-summit Category35825761 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 12:55:00 EDT California Gov. Jerry Brown plans to convene a Global Climate Action Summit next year in his latest action to position the state as a leader in battling global warming as the White House recedes. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35837806/travel-feud-cancels-911-cole-case-hearings-at-guantanamo Category35837806 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 23:06:00 EDT A U.S. military judge has put pretrial hearings in the Sept. 11 terrorism case at Guantanamo Bay on an indefinite hold amid a dispute with officials over the way he travels to the remote courtroom. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35837429/correction-officer-shooting-daughters-boyfriend-story Category35837429 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 21:16:00 EDT A third mistrial was declared Friday in the murder trial of a white former Oklahoma police officer accused in the off-duty fatal shooting of his daughter's black boyfriend. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35831796/escaped-inmate-may-have-used-wire-cutters-delivered-by-drone Category35831796 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 07:05:00 EDT Prison officials in South Carolina say an inmate has been captured in Texas after a second escape from a maximum security prison. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35830375/finally-here-refugee-reaches-us-ahead-of-travel-ban-rules Category35830375 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 00:15:00 EDT Somali man who lost leg to grenade blast feels lucky to be among last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35837231/missouri-bill-targets-ambulance-calls-to-abortion-clinics Category35837231 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 20:06:00 EDT Missouri Republicans want to make it a crime for abortion clinic workers to ask ambulances to respond to calls at their facilities without sirens or emergency lights. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35836962/fbi-flight-attendant-broke-wine-bottle-over-mans-head Category35836962 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 19:06:00 EDT Authorities say a flight attendant broke at least one wine bottle over the head of a passenger who lunged for an exit door during a struggle on a Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to Beijing on Thursday night. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35831050/smiles-and-thumbs-up-from-woman-charged-with-killing-family Category35831050 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 04:25:00 EDT A woman charged with killing four of her young children and their father is due in court early Friday, one day after police say she stabbed the five to death and seriously injured another child at a home outside Atlanta. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35834002/us-russia-announce-syria-cease-fire-after-trump-putin-talks Category35834002 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:26:00 EDT U.S. officials say the United States and Russia have reached agreement on a cease-fire in southwest Syria. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35834614/town-near-colorado-ski-resort-welcomes-visitors-despite-fire Category35834614 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 13:45:00 EDT Hundreds of people spent another night away from their homes as firefighters scrambled to beat back a small wildfire near Colorado's Breckenridge Ski Resort and the nearby historic town. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35838142/fiery-rhetoric-from-california-to-feds-over-18m-fire-debt Category35838142 WAFB.com Sat, 8 Jul 2017 00:56:00 EDT A California official says the federal government has failed to pay the state $18 million for fighting wildfires on federal lands last year. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35834734/man-claiming-to-have-bomb-in-bank-killed-in-police-standoff Category35834734 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 14:05:00 EDT Police smashed through a bank wall Friday afternoon and freed two people trapped inside with a man who claimed to have a bomb powerful enough to "take out the room.". News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35834958/appeals-court-refuses-to-weigh-in-on-trump-travel-ban-rules Category35834958 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 14:38:00 EDT The state of Hawaii is appealing a federal judge's decision to leave Trump administration rules in place for a travel ban on citizens from six majority-Muslim countries. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35837624/fiery-rhetoric-from-california-to-feds-over-18m-fire-debt Category35837624 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 22:16:00 EDT A California official says the federal government has failed to pay the state $18 million for fighting wildfires on federal lands last year. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35821532/hawaii-prep-school-grad-gets-45-days-jail-for-bird-deaths Category35821532 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 04:34:00 EDT A college student who graduated from the prestigious Honolulu prep school attended by former President Barack Obama is facing sentencing Thursday for slaughtering vulnerable seabirds at a Hawaii nature reserve. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35829521/soccer-player-rescued-from-lake-tahoe-likely-suffered-shock Category35829521 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 20:55:00 EDT The San Jose Earthquakes say Matheus Silva has emerged from a coma, two days after the Brazilian defender was rescued from Lake Tahoe. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35829458/correction-abortion-bill-oregon-story Category35829458 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 20:45:00 EDT Anti-abortion campaigners say a bill passed by Oregon lawmakers will force taxpayers to assume some of the costs of abortions, even though many oppose the procedure. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35830537/expectations-low-nyc-commuters-brace-for-a-summer-of-hell Category35830537 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 01:15:00 EDT Penn Station upgrades are only a stopgap measure against a root problem they won't solve. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35836427/the-latest-bottle-broken-on-suspect-in-assault-on-flight Category35836427 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 17:46:00 EDT Authorities say a flight attendant broke at least one wine bottle over the head of a passenger who lunged for an exit door during a struggle on a Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to Beijing on Thursday night. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35830440/mourners-in-packed-church-celebrate-life-of-road-rage-victim Category35830440 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 00:25:00 EDT A funeral service is set for a recent high school graduate who was fatally shot during a road rage confrontation in Pennsylvania. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35834213/texas-county-says-court-order-on-jail-release-is-safety-risk Category35834213 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:52:00 EDT Officials: Court order that determined Houston area's bail system discriminates against poor misdemeanor defendants is forcing authorities to release possibly dangerous people. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35833043/wv-reliance-on-obama-law-makes-it-tough-for-gop-senator Category35833043 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 10:26:00 EDT Her state reliant on Obama health law, WV GOP senator searches for way to replace it. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35830504/nj-transit-service-back-to-normal-after-train-derailment Category35830504 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 00:55:00 EDT New Jersey Transit says limited service has been restored in and out of New York's Penn Station following an earlier train derailment at the nation's busiest train station. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35827367/governor-launches-probe-into-hospitals-handling-of-gunman Category35827367 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:55:00 EDT The girlfriend of a parolee who fatally ambushed a New York City police officer reported that he was acting paranoid and erratic about two hours before the slaying. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35834519/not-real-news-a-look-at-what-didnt-happen-this-week Category35834519 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 13:35:00 EDT NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35834795/us-russians-wary-of-trump-putin-meeting-in-germany Category35834795 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 14:16:00 EDT New York City's Russian community praises Trump-Putin meeting, despite deep distrust for Russian leader. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35829382/after-cops-slaying-city-heeds-call-for-more-vehicle-armor Category35829382 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 20:25:00 EDT The New York Police Department says it plans to add bullet-resistant glass and armor to its mobile command centers after the fatal shooting of a police officer as she sat in one. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35830381/jay-lenos-steam-powered-car-makes-it-up-mountain Category35830381 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 00:15:00 EDT Jay Leno's car now qualifies for the popular bumper sticker, "This Car Climbed Mt. Washington," but this was no ordinary car. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35832321/police-senator-impostor-tries-to-see-ivanka-at-trump-tower Category35832321 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 08:38:00 EDT Police say a man who claimed to be a U.S. senator has been arrested at Trump Tower after going there to try to see Ivanka Trump. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35832502/the-latest-mom-charged-in-kids-deaths-in-country-illegally Category35832502 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 09:16:00 EDT A woman charged with killing four of her young children and their father smiled and posed for cameras, giving a double "thumbs up" sign to a photographer as she awaited her first hearing. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35829815/us-judge-in-hawaii-leaves-trumps-travel-ban-rules-in-place Category35829815 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 22:05:00 EDT A federal judge in Hawaii is leaving Trump administration rules in place for a travel ban on citizens from six majority-Muslim countries. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35830953/mcconnell-paul-talk-health-care-just-not-with-each-other Category35830953 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 03:55:00 EDT Kentucky's two U.S. senators are traveling the state to talk about the GOP efforts to get rid of the former President Barack Obama's health care law _ just not with each other. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35817236/science-says-too-early-for-forecast-on-lyme-disease-ticks Category35817236 WAFB.com Wed, 5 Jul 2017 14:57:00 EDT Is this a bad year for ticks and Lyme disease? The evidence is patchy and the science complicated. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35826943/mcconnell-says-limited-bill-needed-if-gop-health-bill-dies Category35826943 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:05:00 EDT Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says if the Republican effort to repeal much of the Obama health care law fails, a more limited bill will be needed to buttress health insurance marketplaces around the country. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35831143/virginia-executes-1st-inmate-under-more-secretive-protocol Category35831143 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 05:05:00 EDT Virginia has executed a man who killed a hospital security guard and sheriff's deputy after escaping from custody in 2006. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35831688/5-legionnaires-disease-cases-connected-to-graceland-hotel Category35831688 WAFB.com Fri, 7 Jul 2017 06:45:00 EDT Health officials say five people have been diagnosed with Legionnaire's disease in connection with an outbreak at the hotel at Graceland. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35829281/celebrations-vigil-mark-year-since-philando-castile-death Category35829281 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 20:05:00 EDT From memorials and dance celebrations to a launch of sky lanterns, family and friends were celebrating Philando Castile's life in the year since he was shot to death during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35823928/qvc-parent-buying-hsn-as-shopping-shifts-online Category35823928 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 09:55:00 EDT QVC parent Liberty Interactive buying HSN for $2.6 billion as it expands home-shopping reach. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35821033/hobby-lobby-accused-of-hypocrisy-amid-smuggling-case Category35821033 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 01:44:00 EDT Federal prosecutors say Hobby Lobby Stores has agreed to pay a $3 million federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts that the government alleges were intentionally mislabeled. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35823035/mother-charged-with-killing-4-of-her-kids-and-their-father Category35823035 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 08:15:00 EDT Police responding to reports of a stabbing say they've found four young children and a man dead inside a home in an Atlanta suburb. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35819837/oregon-approves-measure-requiring-insurers-to-cover-abortion Category35819837 WAFB.com Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:26:00 EDT Oregon lawmakers approved a measure requiring insurance companies to cover abortions and other reproductive services at no cost to the patient regardless of income, citizenship status or gender identity. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35826300/maine-governor-suggests-he-makes-up-stories-to-mislead-media Category35826300 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 13:55:00 EDT Maine's Republican governor has suggested during a radio appearance that his feud with the press has reached the point where he makes up stories to mislead reporters. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35829278/19-ags-sue-devos-for-delaying-for-profit-college-rules Category35829278 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 20:05:00 EDT Democratic attorneys general in 18 states and the District of Columbia are suing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her decision to suspend rules meant to protect students from abuses by for-profit colleges. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35821312/virginia-executes-inmate-for-killing-2-men-during-escape Category35821312 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 03:34:00 EDT When Virginia carries out its next execution, more of the process will be shrouded in secrecy. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35829664/new-jersey-transit-says-penn-station-derailment-is-minor Category35829664 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 21:35:00 EDT One car of a train has derailed at New York's Penn Station, the nation's busiest train station. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35821909/crews-try-to-stop-fire-from-reaching-colorado-resort-homes Category35821909 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 05:45:00 EDT Evacuation orders for hundreds of homes remain in place as a wildfire rages near Colorado's Breckenridge Ski Resort. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35821606/lawyers-make-last-pitches-in-trial-of-ex-sheriff-joe-arpaio Category35821606 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 04:54:00 EDT Lawyers are scheduled to make closing arguments Thursday at the criminal trial of the former six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35812104/tick-towns-researchers-target-neighborhoods-in-lyme-effort Category35812104 WAFB.com Wed, 5 Jul 2017 00:16:00 EDT Researchers in a Lyme disease-plagued part of New York's Hudson Valley are tackling tick problems across entire neighborhoods with fungal sprays and bait boxes. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35818753/us-wont-fine-company-for-spilling-radioactive-sludge Category35818753 WAFB.com Wed, 5 Jul 2017 17:34:00 EDT The agency that regulates the U.S. nuclear industry will not fine a company for spilling radioactive sludge outside a disposal facility. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35824922/reward-offered-as-police-investigate-inmates-2nd-escape Category35824922 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 11:35:00 EDT Authorities are looking for an inmate they believe has escaped from a maximum-security South Carolina prison for a second time. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35826673/lawyer-oklahoma-lawmaker-shocked-by-assault-complaint Category35826673 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 14:35:00 EDT A law enforcement official says an Oklahoma state senator is accused of grabbing an Uber driver and kissing her neck while she drove him to a hotel. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35826233/sen-moran-gets-tough-health-care-questions-in-trump-country Category35826233 WAFB.com Thu, 6 Jul 2017 13:45:00 EDT Sen. Jerry Moran is facing tough questions about Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Thursday at a town hall meeting in his home county that should be friendly territory. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35867916/the-latest-bridgegate-mastermind-gets-probation Category35867916 APMOBILE Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:02:00 EDT The mastermind of the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal will not go to prison. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35865886/governors-from-us-states-gather-amid-multiple-challenges Category35865886 APMOBILE Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:00:00 EDT Governors from US states meet this week in Rhode Island as they face multiple challenges. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863341/how-severe-ongoing-stress-can-affect-a-childs-brain Category35863341 APMOBILE Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:19:00 EDT Researchers are discovering that ongoing stress during early childhood _ from grinding poverty, neglect, parental substance abuse and other adversity _ can smolder beneath the skin, harming kids' brains and other body systems. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863006/philly-new-york-area-airport-crews-suspend-strike-talking Category35863006 APMOBILE Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:28:00 EDT Seven hundred workers, including baggage handlers, cleaners and customer service agents at three New York-area airports are going on strike. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863263/bridgegate-saga-nears-end-as-mastermind-faces-sentencing Category35863263 APMOBILE Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:38:00 EDT The mastermind of the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal faces sentencing. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863821/evacuees-return-damage-measured-as-western-wildfires-wane Category35863821 APMOBILE Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:30:00 EDT Relief was arriving after a rough stretch of wildfires all around the U.S. West, with firefighters slowly surrounding once-fierce blazes and evacuees starting to stream back home. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35864207/study-gps-rules-send-california-juveniles-into-jail-cycle Category35864207 APMOBILE Wed, 12 Jul 2017 05:20:00 EDT Legal scholars say stringent rules in California for juvenile offenders who are required to wear GPS monitoring bracelets are cycling children back behind bars for minor infractions. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863777/soldier-remained-in-army-despite-support-for-islamic-state Category35863777 APMOBILE Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:20:00 EDT Authorities say a U.S. soldier who was recently arrested on terrorism charges expressed support for the Islamic State group as early as 2011. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35867111/fda-advisers-review-data-on-potential-1st-us-gene-therapy Category35867111 APMOBILE Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:50:00 EDT FDA advisers hear details about what could be the first gene therapy approved in the U.S. News - AP-National http://www.wafb.com/story/35863933/battle-over-selfies-taken-by-macaque-monkey-back-to-court Category35863933 APMOBILE Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:50:00 EDT The battle over now-famous selfie photographs taken by a macaque monkey will head back to federal court. News - AP-National