Only 1 seen firing a gun
WACO, Texas — When gunfire erupted in the parking lot of a Texas restaurant, most of the leather-clad motorcycle riders watching the confrontatio...
Violent crime has dropped
WASHINGTON — U.S. public schools beefed up security measures with safety drills and parent notification systems in the years surrounding the mas...
NEW YORK — Bob Belden, a Grammy-winning jazz musician, composer, arranger and producer who was the first American musician to perform in Iran since its 1979 revolution w...
California coast affected 9 miles
GOLETA, Calif. — More than 6,000 gallons of oil had been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of Calif...
Local lockups more than thought
NEW YORK — It turns out running a jail can be even more expensive than previously thought.
A study released today examining what it actual...
Amtrak has just 1 engineer
PHILADELPHIA — The union for Amtrak’s locomotive engineers urged the railroad on Tuesday to put a second crew member at the controls of trains...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon is about to embark on a first-in-the-nation program that aims to charge car owners not for the fuel they use, but for the miles they drive.
The ...
U.S. strategy being questioned
WASHINGTON — The Islamic State group’s capture of Ramadi, a key provincial capital in western Iraq, calls into question the Obama administr...
Recommendation fell on deaf ears
WASHINGTON — Five years ago, federal accident investigators recommended the government require video cameras in locomotive cabs to record...
NEW YORK — A guitar George Harrison played at a time when Beatlemania was taking flight has sold for nearly half a million dollars at a New York auction.
Julien’s Auctio...
