Man sentenced to prison for sexual battery of child
AP - CANTON, Miss. ? A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the sexual battery of a 7-year-old child. District attorney of Madison and Rankin counties Michael Guest told WAPT-TV...
View ArticleDeputies deliver marijuana to address, arrest 3 people
AP - RICHLAND, Miss. (AP) ? Authorities say deputies delivered five pounds (2.30 kilograms) of marijuana to a Mississippi home and arrested three people. The Rankin County Sheriff's Office told news...
View ArticleTV anchor whose girlfriend was killed on-air claims stunning election victory
USA Today - Chris Hurst's girlfriend, Alison Parker, was fatally shot on live TV in Roanoke, Va., 2 years ago.
View ArticleGlobal stock markets slide on Chinese trade data
AP - Asian stocks are lower after Wall Street declined as President Donald Trump delivered a new warning to North Korea in a speech to South Korean lawmakers.
View ArticleBritish royals' visit to India clouded by leaked finances
AP - Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, have begun a two-day visit to the smog-choked Indian capital as leaked documents about his own financial dealings threatened ?
View ArticleHow Saudi crackdown could lead to increase in gas prices
CBS News - The rising political tension in Saudi Arabia could lead to an increase in gas prices. New video shows some of Saudi Arabia's richest and most powerful people sleeping on cots with rifles...
View ArticleRapid City teen pleads guilty to murder in clerk's death
AP - RAPID CITY, S.D. ? A Rapid City teenager accused of killing a convenience store clerk during a January robbery has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Carlos Quevedo was 17 but was charged as...
View ArticleHow I Avoid Confirmation Bias When Investing
Wall Street Journal - When it comes to investment decisions, we all have a tendency to look for information that confirms a pre-existing belief, says WSJ Wealth Expert Ted Jenkin.
View ArticleWounded Virginia officer 'awake and talking' after shooting
AP - PORTSMOUTH, Va. ? Authorities say a Virginia police officer who was shot and wounded while trying to detain a 15-year-old boy is now "awake and talking" after undergoing two surgeries. News...
View ArticlePreliminary magnitude 3.7 earthquake in central Oklahoma
AP - COVINGTON, Okla. (AP) ? The U.S. Geological Survey reports an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7 has been recorded in central Oklahoma. The quake struck at 5:47 a.m. Wednesday near...
View ArticleFormer Alabama officer convicted of soliciting sex
AP - ASHFORD, Ala. ? A former southeast Alabama police official will avoid jail time after being convicted of soliciting a teenager for sex. A judge convicted former Ashford assistant police chief...
View ArticleIn a small Kentucky coal town, joblessness leads to a health crisis
CNN - In the small Appalachian town of Hazard, Kentucky, doctors at the local medical center have identified a high-stakes epidemic that has them scrambling in a race against time.
View ArticleSilicon Valley's 'gut-wrenching' year confronting its dark side
CNN - If Twitter has a soul, it probably looks something like Claire Diaz-Ortiz.
View ArticleTrump hails South Korea's golfers in speech -- so who are the best?
CNN - Amid talk of missiles and nuclear tests, US President Donald Trump found time to praise the skill of South Korea's female golfers during a speech in Seoul, Wednesday.
View ArticleGoldman Sachs leads $10 million investment round in data startup Crux
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc led a $10 million investment in Crux Informatics Inc, a U.S.-based
View ArticleSecond body found at house fire, 2 dead may be brothers
AP - RENTON, Wash. ? Authorities say a second body was found at the scene of a fire that burned a Renton house Friday. KOMO-TV reported that investigators were able to enter the home Tuesday and found...
View ArticleGoogle's self-driving van putting human backup driver in back seat
AP - DETROIT (AP) ? A self-driving car company created by Google is pulling the human backup driver from behind the steering wheel and will test vehicles on public roads with only an employee in the...
View ArticleSyrians file legal complaint in Germany against Assad govt
AP - BERLIN (AP) ? A group of European human rights lawyers say they have filed complaints with German federal prosecutors on behalf of 15 Syrians, alleging they were victims of crimes against humanity...
View ArticleSyrian troops encircle last Islamic State-held town
AP - BEIRUT (AP) ? Pro-government media say Syrian troops and allied fighters have completely encircled the last Islamic State-held town. Al-Manar TV, the media arm of the Lebanese Hezbollah group,...
View ArticlePakistani police arrest aunt in family poisoning case
Washington Post - Pakistani police say they have arrested a woman for allegedly plotting with her newly married niece to poison the niece's husband with tainted milk that also ended up killing 17 other...
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