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- Van Dyke given nearly 7 years for McDonald death
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 09:51 PMThe white Chicago police officer who gunned down a black teenager in 2014 was sentenced Friday to nearly seven years in prison. The sentencing brought to an end to a historic centred on a shocking dashcam video .More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Rescuers crawl across 40 feet of ice to save man and dog from frozen pond
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 09:23 PMFirefighters were already out at the park responding to an alarm at the park's stables, so they immediately responded.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Video shows Tempe police officer shooting 14-year-old as he runs away
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 09:06 PMPolice say Antonio Arce was burglarizing a truck, and was found to have an airsoft gun, when he was shot by the officer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mueller's office disputes BuzzFeed story about Trump directing Cohen's false testimony
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 08:01 PMSpecial counsel Robert Mueller's office disputed a bombshell report from BuzzFeed News on Friday that alleged President Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Largest-ever group of migrant families tunnels under Yuma, Arizona, border fence
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 06:22 PMBorder Patrol agents in Yuma apprehended the largest single group of migrants seeking asylum after they tunneled under the existing border fence.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Students appear to perform Nazi salute in 'sickening' photo, superintendent says
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 04:53 PMHigh school officials in Indiana are investigating after a picture posted on social media appeared to show students using a Nazi salute.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - El Chapo trial: Government shows escape tunnel video
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 05:42 PMA girlfriend of notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman described how the two escaped from Mexican marines by using a hydraulic lift bathtub that led to a sewer tunnel.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Thousands join the 46th March for Life in Washington
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:50 PMThe annual rally protests the practice and legality of abortion.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'We’ll send the wall to them': Trump campaign lets people send 'bricks' to Pelosi, Schumer
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:32 PMThe border wall is at the heart of what led to the partial government shutdown, which is now in its 28th day and the longest on record.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Food pantry busy with unpaid Coast Guard members
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:06 PMA coalition of Coast Guard-related nonprofit groups has opened a pop-up food pantry at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to help unpaid government workers put food on the table. (Jan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Gifts and support pour in for Jayme Closs after abducted teen's escape
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 10:52 PMSupport for the 13-year-old has exploded since she fled a Douglas County home where she had been held for 88 days.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Forgotten no more: Hundreds of strangers gather to honor veteran who died alone
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 08:18 PMVietnam-era vet Peter Turnpu died alone in New Jersey, but he was not alone at funeral attended by about 1,000 caring strangers who showed appreciation for his service.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Funeral held for rookie officer killed in shooting
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 07:41 PMA 22-year-old California officer killed weeks into the job was a dedicated daughter and sister who represented the best of the police community, family and fellow officers said Friday at a packed memorial service.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Utah's new DUI law will be toughest in the nation
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 06:18 PMJust in time to ring in 2019, Utah will start a stricter drunk driving law which lowers the legal blood alcohol content from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent. Veuer's Justin Kircher has more.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Migrants arrested in Arizona after crossing border
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 06:56 PMThe U.S. Border Patrol says a group of 376 Central Americans, nearly all from Guatemala, were arrested Monday after they used seven short holes dug under a border barrier to cross into Arizona.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Why Gus the pelican is stuck in a Wisconsin town until the government shutdown ends
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 05:19 PMThe bird, somewhat rare to the area, was found lying in someone's yard, unable to fly, in the town of Lebanon on Thanksgiving 2018.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FDA: Another blood pressure drug, irbesartan, recalled over cancer-causing impurity
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 05:56 PMEight lots of the blood pressure-lowering drugs irbesartan and irbesartan HCTZ are recalled after testing reveals a carcinogen
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hope in the opioid crisis? Overdose deaths appear to be leveling off as states intensify efforts to save lives
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:51 PMPreliminary data from the CDC show slight declines in overdose deaths in the first few months of 2018
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nancy Pelosi accuses White House of 'dangerous' leak
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 02:14 PMDemocratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is accusing the White House of leaking information about a planned congressional trip to Afghanistan and saying it's "very irresponsible on the part of the president." (Jan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Do you have high blood pressure? It depends on which doctor you ask
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:25 PMSpecialists and primary-care doctors disagree on how much blood pressure is too high. Different standards could be confusing patients.
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- Rudolph the puppy was 'euthanized but lived,' pet rescue says
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 10:40 PMKing's Harvest Pet Rescue – a no-kill shelter in Davenport, Iowa – says Rudolph the puppy came to the rescue after a failed euthanasia attempt by another shelter.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Romney urges deal on border wall amid shutdown
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 08:51 PMU.S. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah says he supports President Donald Trump's push for a border wall that has led to a government shutdown and questioned why Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won't agree to "another few miles" of barriers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 'We stand for compassion': Mike Pence to March for Life crowd
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 07:14 PMVice President Mike Pence made a surprise visit to the 46th Annual March of Life in Washington D.C.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - AP Top Stories January 18 P
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 06:21 PMHere are the top stories for Friday, Jan. 18th: 2nd Trump-Kim summit announced; Pelosi hits Trump for 'leaking' details of war-zone trip; Sentencing hearing held in Laquan McDonald case; Rescued Russian baby recovers after building collapse.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'This is a wonderful couple': Former Reno Rodeo president and wife found slain in home
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 06:54 PMJerry and Sherri David found dead in South Reno home; police investigating as a homicide
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - President George W. Bush delivers pizza to Secret Service detail amid government shutdown
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 05:28 PMFormer President George W. Bush delivered pizza to his Secret Service detail, who are working without pay due to the partial government shutdown.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal workers rally in Detroit over shutdown
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 05:43 PMGovernment workers rally outside a federal building in Detroit to condemn the shutdown (Jan. 18)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jimmy Carter marks 40 years of US-China relations
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 02:58 PMForty years after diplomatic relations were solidified between the US and China, President Jimmy Carter and the Chinese Ambassador stress the importance of partnership moving forward. (Jan. 18)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump speaks to activist at March for Life rally
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:05 PMThe 46th Annual March for Life rally was held on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Friday afternoon, an event to demonstrate objections to the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v Wade decision.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Pompeo, NKorea envoy discuss 2nd Trump-Kim summit
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:31 PMMike Pompeo and North Korea's former spy chief have started a meeting aimed at resuming efforts to end the isolated country's nuclear weapons program by arranging a 2nd summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share