It’s every parent’s nightmare. A school bus carrying about three dozen elementary school children crashed into a tree resulting in multiple fatalities and even more injuries. Police arrested a Chattanooga school bus driver on charges including vehicular homicide after the bus crash killed five students. Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher told… Read More
Exploding package injures 62-year-old Philly man
A package that exploded in a downtown apartment early Tuesday included an “actual device” that was meant to injure, officials said, and a man is hospitalized with hand and chest injuries. Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were working with U.S. Postal Inspectors and the… Read More
[Consumer Alert] This children’s toy is catching fire
Toys ‘R’ Us has pulled a ride-on toy truck from shelves days after a couple says it burst into flames while they were bringing it home from the store. The couple tells KING-TV the Tonka 12V Ride-On Dump Truck was a present for their grandson. They were taking it to… Read More
Trump attorney general pick to be huge for immigration reform
As a senator, Jeff Sessions became Congress’ leading advocate not only for a cracking down on illegal immigration, but also for slowing all immigration, increasing mass deportations and scrutinizing more strictly those entering the U.S. As attorney general, he’d be well positioned to turn those ideas into reality. Immigration laws… Read More
Chicago man blames disruption of ‘Hamilton’ on hostile liberal crowd
The lawyer for a man charged with disrupting a Chicago performance of the musical “Hamilton” blamed the incident on a “hostile” and “partisan” audience. Attorney Jonathan Feldman says 56-year-old John Palmer was not intoxicated Saturday night as witnesses described him. Witnesses also said Palmer yelled obscenities at the people around… Read More
NBA star charged with hit-and-run
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been charged with hit-and-run for a wrong-way-related crash on a Southern California freeway. Orange County prosecutors filed misdemeanor charges against Rodman on Monday for a July 20 accident on Interstate 5 in Santa Ana. Prosecutors say Rodman’s SUV was traveling north in a southbound… Read More
Suspect blames cold blooded cop murder on the system
The suspect arrested in the ambush shooting of a San Antonio police detective has said he was angry about a child-custody battle and “lashed out at somebody who didn’t deserve it.” Otis Tyrone McKane was being led by police to the Bexar County Jail late Monday when he told reporters… Read More
Quake and tsunami strike Japan
At first, it was 2011 all over again. “It really came back. And it was so awful. The sways to the side were huge,” Kazuhiro Onuki said after northeastern Japan was jolted Tuesday by a magnitude-7.4 earthquake, the strongest since a devastating quake and tsunami five years ago. “But nothing… Read More
House Republicans: Wait for Trump in health law appeal
The Republican-led House of Representatives is asking the federal appeals court in Washington to delay consideration of a case involving the Obama health care law because Donald Trump has pledged to repeal and replace it when he becomes president. The House won a ruling in U.S. district court that held… Read More
[Health Alert] Major food recall
Some varieties of Sabra hummus are being recalled amid concerns over possible listeria contamination. The Food and Drug Administration says the voluntary recall announced by Sabra Dipping Co. includes hummus products with a “best before” date of Jan. 23, 2017, or earlier. The products were sent to retailers in the… Read More