Idaho police believe four teenage boys set fire to their high school principal’s house in retaliation for being suspended. Payette Police Chief Mark Clark told the Idaho Statesman on Tuesday that he asked a judge to issue warrants for the arrest of three high-schoolers and one middle-schooler. Clark says social media… Read More
Man charged for Craigslist ad seeking tax dependents
A Missouri man has been charged with advertising on Craigslist for the identities of children he could claim as dependents on his taxes. The U.S. attorney’s office says 37-year-old Raheem McClain, of Ozark, was charged in a three-count indictment that was unsealed Tuesday. The indictment alleges that he was behind… Read More
Burning love letter causes school fire
A case of burning love caused thousands of dollars in damage at a school playground in Alaska. Anchorage police say a fire from lit paper ignited rubber mulch and then spread to two pieces of playground equipment, destroying them both. After speaking to witnesses and reviewing surveillance video, police interviewed… Read More
TSA bans new item on US flights
The Department of Transportation says it has issued final regulations prohibiting the use of electronic cigarettes on any domestic or foreign airline flying to, from or within the United States. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says the rule will protect passengers from unwanted exposure to aerosol fumes in the confines of… Read More
‘El Chapo’: I changed my mind, extradite me ASAP!
A lawyer for drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman said Wednesday his client now wants to be extradited as soon as possible to the United States because guards at a Mexican maximum-security prison won’t let him sleep. Lawyer Jose Refugio Rodriguez said Guzman told him to negotiate with U.S. authorities… Read More
Huge TV audience tuned in for Super Tuesday. Here are the totals…
The Nielsen company says an estimated 23.5 million Americans watched Super Tuesday election returns on six networks at 10 p.m. EST Tuesday. During that hour, the top three broadcast networks had election specials, while CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC continued with their extensive coverage of returns that left Hillary… Read More
Alabama football honored at the White House
Bellowing out “Roll Tide,” President Barack Obama on Wednesday welcomed the University of Alabama football team to the White House for the fourth time since he became president and said he must have brought it some good luck. Obama, sounding confident in his apparent positive influence as well as in… Read More
More M370 flight debris found?
Debris that washed up in Mozambique has been tentatively identified as a part from the same type of aircraft as the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a U.S. official said Wednesday. Photos of the debris discovered over the weekend appear to show the fixed leading edge of the right-hand tail… Read More
North Korea opens fire with ‘projectiles’
North Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast Thursday, South Korean officials said, just hours after the U.N. Security Council approved the toughest sanctions on the North in two decades for its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. The firings also came shortly after… Read More
Ben Carson: “I do not see a political path forward”
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said he is effectively ending his bid for the White House Wednesday, concluding a roller-coaster campaign that briefly took him to the top of a chaotic GOP field but ended with a Super Tuesday whimper. “I do not see a political path forward,” Carson said in… Read More