Nation Aug 04 Toledo mayor lifts city’s water ban Toldeo’s mayor says the city’s tap water is safe to drink, lifting a ban that has affected nearly 400,000 people in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan since Saturday. Mayor D. Michael Collins lifted the ban at a Monday morning news…
Politics Aug 02 Watch Kentucky’s Fancy Farm picnic stump speeches The parties bus in their faithful, and thousands of pounds of mutton are served up alongside a raucous campaigning and politicking.
World Jul 24 Two killed as 10,000 clash with police in the West Bank Violence broke out in the West Bank late Thursday when 10,000 marched to protest the Israeli incursion of Gaza. Two protesters were reported killed when the crowd clashed with police at a checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem, the Jerusalem…
World Jul 23 Report: Taiwan plane crashes on landing; 47 feared dead BREAKING: Taiwanese news agency: Plane crashes in emergency landing, killing 51 people, injuring 7. — The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2014 UPDATED 11:07 p.m. EDT: A Transasia Airways plane crashed Wednesday while…
World Jul 22 FAA suspends all U.S. flights to Tel Aviv Delta Airlines announced that it is canceling all flights to and from Israel until further notice.
Nation Jul 21 Former Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts to receive Medal of Honor President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to former Army staff sergeant Ryan M. Pitts during a White House ceremony Monday.
World Jul 21 Obama pushes Putin to rein in separatists at Malaysia Airlines crash site U.S. officials have been seeking to build a case that the plane was shot down by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Officials also say it is unlikely the separatists could have fired a missile without assistance from Russia.
World Jul 17 U.S. confirms passenger plane shot down over Ukraine A Malaysia Airlines jet that crashed near the Russian border in Ukraine Thursday, killing all 295 people on board, was brought down by a surface-to-air missile, U.S. intelligence agencies said.
Nation Jul 16 Water wasters in California to face $500 fine The California Water Quality Control Board took the unprecedented step Wednesday of approving fines of up to $500 a day for people who use water wastefully on their lawns and cars.
World Jul 16 Israeli defense system intercepts four rockets above Tel Aviv Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted four rockets over the Tel Aviv area Wednesday morning, after the military bombed the homes of several Hamas leaders overnight.