Diverted plane makes emergency landing at Newark Airport
A United flight heading from New York to Houston diverted to Newark Liberty Airport and made an emergency landing …
Month: June 2019
‘Daughters’ welcomes 1st black woman to national board
A chance encounter at a conference with DAR members got her the help she needed. …
Detective who fought for 9/11 compensation funding dies
NYPD detective was a leader in the Sept. 11 Victims Compensation Fund fight. …
Charter renewed for Colorado school where shooting happened
A Colorado school board has agreed to a conditional five-year charter renewal for the school where a shooting killed one student and wounded eight others …
Minneapolis church expelled over support of gay marriage
Evangelical Covenant Church voted to defrock a pastor and expel his church. …
Hiker missing for a week in California mountains found alive
Searchers have found a hiker who has been missing in the mountains north of Los Angeles for a week …
Contractors says suspect in killing wanted secret room
A construction contractor says the primary suspect in the killing of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck approached him in April about building a secretive and soundproof room under a front porch …
Judge weighs new US policy keeping asylum seekers locked up
A U.S. judge in Seattle is considering a challenge to a new Trump administration policy that keeps asylum seekers locked up while they pursue their cases …
The Latest: Life sentence for man in Charlottesville attack
An avowed white supremacist who drove car into a crowd protesting against a white nationalist rally in Virginia has received a life prison sentence on hate crime charges …
The Latest: Suspect in Utah killing had been accused of rape
A Utah man accused of killing a missing Utah college student will be held without bail …
Rights group accuses dairy farmers of animal cruelty _ again
An animal rights group is leveling a new round of allegations against Pennsylvania dairy farmers who were acquitted of animal cruelty charges nearly a decade ago …
Clay proposal would allow cities to enact tougher gun laws
Democratic U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay is introducing a bill aimed at reducing gun violence in urban areas like his hometown of St. Louis …