America’s Interstate Highway System carries the lifeblood of the world’s largest economy, essential to the daily lives of almost every citizen today. It’s officially called the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, in honor of the president who championed its creation. But the commander-in-chief had a …
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U.S. cities across the country are increasing security measures for Jewish communities and houses of worship after Hamas terrorists launched thousands of rockets at Israel on Saturday, killing hundreds of civilians and taking an unknown number of hostages, including women and children. While state and local leaders said there is …
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A Tennessee man accused of raping women and children has escaped prison in his second getaway attempt, according to local and federal authorities who are now searching for the suspect. Sean Williams, former owner of Glass and Concrete Contracting LLC in Johnson City, was most recently charged with 20 counts …
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TULSA, Okla. – A Tulsa oral surgeon has given up his license and sold his practice after he was accused of being under the influence of medications when he pulled the wrong teeth from two patients and operated on the wrong side of a patient’s mouth, officials said. The Tulsa …
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TOLEDO, Ohio – Chunks of ice breaking up along an Ohio river have pushed up into a cemetery and toppled dozens of headstones. Authorities say some parts of the cemetery near Toledo are covered with pieces of ice stacked 4 feet high. They estimate that about 90 percent of the …
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SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Navy has charged seven sailors in connection with the illicit videotaping of female officers aboard a submarine. Documents released Wednesday by the Navy show that the Georgia-based sailors served aboard the USS Wyoming and were charged last month. Three of those sailors also are charged with …
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SANTA ANA, Calif. – Preliminary lab results show that a Latin American holiday bread that made dozens of people sick this week in Southern California was laced with a synthetic drug. The Orange County health agency did not identify the drug in a Friday night statement or say how it …
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MARTINEZ, Calif. – A former California Highway Patrol officer has been sentenced to three years’ probation for sharing explicit photos from the cellphones of two women while they were under arrest. The San Francisco Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1z7brao ) the judge also gave Sean Harrington six months in jail Tuesday, but …
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A man who set sail from South Carolina two months ago was rescued on the overturned hull of his sailboat 200 miles off the coast of North Carolina, and he said he got by rationing his water and praying for help. “Every day I was like, ‘Please …
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HARTFORD, Conn. – A transportation official says railroad maintenance crews get little or no supervision and fail to document their work on a New York commuter line where six people died in a fiery crash in February. The New York Post reports Monday (http://bit.ly/1GD00x4 ) that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s …
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