3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (245+ words) The organizers of a pedophile support chatroom allegedly visited by former “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton has issued a statement in the wake of his firing. “LifeLine is aware of mainstream media coverage following its alleged use by a…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (541+ words) August’s sizzle also helped push the globe and the United States to swelter through the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer scientists have measured. Last month the world averaged 62.53 degrees Fahrenheit (16.96 degrees Celsius), which technically was one-hundredth of a degree Celsius more…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (654+ words) By DAVID A. LIEB and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press Hoskins announced the change in a statement following Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision, following weeks of legal wrangling. The decision appears to clear the way for the state to use a map…...

3+ day, 22+ min ago   (608+ words) Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes declined in August to their slowest annual pace in more than a year as home shoppers grappled with rising mortgage rates and home prices. Existing home sales fell 2% last month from July to a seasonally…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (490+ words) The Department of Homeland Security has been quiet about its plans, saying in a statement Wednesday it would make an announcement “at an appropriate time” and that Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador would stay in effect until then. Its…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (614+ words) By RIO YAMAT, ANNA WILDER and JEFFREY COLLINS | Associated Press Five members of a crew killed when an Amazon cargo jet smashed into their van were wrapping up their eight-hour shift cleaning planes at the Miami airport when the crash…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (176+ words) Daniel Conahan Jr., 72, was sentenced to death for the April 1996 killing of Richard Montgomery. The victim was found in a wooded area in Charlotte County, Florida, which was described as what appeared to be a dumping area that contained a…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (485+ words) MIAMI — An Amazon cargo plane barreled off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, striking multiple vehicles and bursting into flames in a crash that sent thick black smoke billowing into the sky and forced the closure of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (800+ words) “That’s not going to happen,” he said, waving the phone away. “Hang up on them.” Now, the woman he dismissed, Helena Foulkes, is challenging him to a rematch. And McKee is desperate to avoid not only becoming the first U....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (544+ words) By TIM SULLIVAN, MARK VANCLEAVE, HALLIE GOLDEN and SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Associated Press The five wounded by gunfire included two Minneapolis police officers, while a sixth person, another officer, suffered other injuries, police Sgt. Garrett Parten said at a news conference....