Sheriff: Dogs attack family in Tennessee, 2 children killed

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:49:51 -0400

Officials say two young children were killed and their mother was hospitalized after two family dogs attacked them at their home in Tennessee

‘Our worst fears': Kidnapped baby, parents, uncle found dead

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 02:02:51 -0400

Police say a baby girl, her parents and uncle have been found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business

Arizona weighing in-state tuition rate for some non-citizens

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 01:18:39 -0400

Arizona voters this November will decide whether to allow students regardless of their immigration status to obtain financial aid and cheaper in-state tuition at state universities and community colleges

Closing arguments set in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 01:10:59 -0400

A Connecticut jury is expected to hear closing arguments Thursday in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ defamation trial over his calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax

Kidnapped California family, including baby, found dead

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:48:43 -0400

The sheriff of Merced County in California says a baby girl and three other family members who were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business two days ago have been found dead

Today in History: October 6, the launch of Instagram

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:27 -0400

Today in History Today is Thursday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2022. There are 86 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 6, 1973, war erupted in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday. (Israel, initially caught off guard, managed to push back the Arab forces before a cease-fire finally took hold in the nearly three-week conflict.) On this date: In 1536, English theologian and scholar William Tyndale, who was the first to translate the Bible into Early Modern English, was executed for heresy. In 1927, the era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, a feature containing both silent and sound-synchronized sequences. In 1928, Chiang Kai-shek became president of China. In 1939, in a speech to the Reichstag, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler spoke of his plans to reorder the ethnic layout of Europe — a plan that would entail settling the “Jewish...

California sheriff says kidnapped baby, parents and uncle found dead in orchard

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 23:42:38 -0400

California sheriff says kidnapped baby, parents and uncle found dead in orchard

Texas executes inmate who fought prayer, touch rules

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 21:35:42 -0400

A Texas death row inmate whose case clarified the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide has been executed, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal injection

Climate change made summer drought 20 times more likely

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 21:29:32 -0400

Widespread drought that dried up large parts of Europe, the United States and China this past summer was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study

Florida's island dwellers digging out from Ian's destruction

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 21:00:58 -0400

The full breadth of Hurricane Ian's destruction is still coming into focus a week after it hit southwest Florida