A Milwaukee woman held up at gunpoint by two men rebuffed their attempt to rob her and got an apology before they fled. Kristy Welch was returning home Monday following a ceramics class when the two men approached her while she was still in her car. Welch told them she… Read More

J.C. Penney is joining its department store rivals in pruning its store numbers in an era of online shopping. Penney said Friday that it will close 130 to 140 stores as well as two distribution centers over the next several months as it tries to improve profitability. The company said… Read More

A judge will let only one other accuser testify at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial to support charges the comedian drugged and molested a woman at his estate near Philadelphia. The judge’s ruling Friday means that prosecutors cannot call 12 other women as “prior bad act” witnesses. The 79-year-old comedian… Read More

Oil could be flowing through the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline in less than two weeks, according to court documents filed by the developer just before police and soldiers started clearing a protest camp in North Dakota where pipeline opponents had gathered for the better part of a year. Energy… Read More

A Maryland police officer who was the first to respond to a gas explosion and fire that killed seven people and injured dozens of others at an apartment complex last year has received his department’s highest honor. Montgomery County Officer Jeff Hughes received the department’s Medal of Valor Wednesday for… Read More

For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star — and these new worlds could hold life. This cluster of planets is less than 40 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, according to NASA and the Belgian-led research team who announced the discovery Wednesday…. Read More

A woman is claiming she was ejected and banned from attending a performance at New York City’s Lincoln Center because she wouldn’t remove an anti-Trump sign from her clothing. Jenny Heinz complained to The New York Times that she was asked to leave David Geffen Hall this month when she… Read More