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Will Anthony Weiners second act be successful
New York Times reporter Michael Barbaro and Maeve Reston from the LA Times join MSNBC's Craig Melvin to talk about a possible "second act" in Anthony Weiner's political ...
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Mississippi monument rededicated to mark Iowas role in Civil War siege
VICKSBURG, Mississippi (Reuters) - A century and a half after the Civil War's battle of Vicksburg, a large group of Iowans led by Governor Terry Branstad joined Southerners on Saturday to commemorate the Iowa soldiers who lost their lives on the Mississippi ...
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Tornado Victims Include Animal Lover Man in Truck
One was an animal lover. Another loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field. When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at Plaza Towers Elementary school; two were only babies. These are the victims' stories. ——— ...
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North American College Breaks Ground On 10-story Building
ROME, ITALY, April 15 (CNA/EWTN News) .- Seminarians filled the North American College with strains of "Holy God We Praise Thy Name" as they took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new 10-story structure."Things have gone so well in the last decades, that we need more space and it's wonderful," Archbishop John J. Meyers of Newark explained to CNA April 12 after he ...
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Giffords Husband Address Graduates at Bard
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says the futures of today's college graduates "shines bright." Giffords spoke only briefly Saturday at the Bard College commencement but urged the graduates to create, lead and innovate. Giffords was among 13 people wounded in a January 2011 shooting outside a Tucson, Ariz., supermarket that left six others dead. The Democrat resigned from ...
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Authorities Search for Iowa Teen Amid Rain Wind
Authorities on Saturday searched amid rainy and windy conditions for an Iowa teenager who was abducted Monday. It was the sixth day searchers scoured various areas in central Iowa for 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard, who was kidnapped along with a 12-year-old friend from a school bus stop. Police have said Michael Klunder, 42, abducted the girls in Dayton, a small town about 60 miles north of ...
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Santa Cruz Gang Task Force Arrests Man Who Fled During Probation Check
SANTA CRUZ (CBS SF) — A man was arrested after attempting to flee from officers during a probation compliance check Friday night in Las Lomas, a Santa Cruz sheriff’s sergeant said. Santa Cruz County sheriff’s Gang Task Force went to a home on Harrington Road in Las Lomas to conduct a probation compliance check of Thomas Koch, 24, at about 11 p.m., Sgt. Stefan Fish said. When ...
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Suspect Dies After Struggle With Sacramento Police Officers
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a suspect who died after what’s being described as a violent struggle with Sacramento police officers who were called to a retail store by a clerk who told a 911 dispatcher that she feared for her safety. Police say the trouble started around 6 p.m. Friday when the clerk at a Metro PCS store called 911 and said the man ...
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Bicyclist Injured In Crash With School Bus In San Jose
[…] first because it was the first link in the Feed, a cyclist was hit by a school bus in CA. Bicyclist Injured In Crash With School Bus In San Jose OK it was only technically a bus because it was being used to transport school children otherwise ...
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7 hurt when trains collide in Mo. buckling road
Emergency personnel respond to the scene where of a train derailment near Rockview, Mo. Saturday. The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass in southeast Missouri, injuring seven ...
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NTSB Bridge collapse in Wash. is wake-up call
SEATTLE — The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday the bridge collapse in Washington state is a wake-up call for the nation. "This is a really significant event and we need to learn from it, not just in Washington but around the country," Debbie Hersman said after taking a boat ride on the Skagit River below the dramatic scene where a truck bumped ...
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Two freight trains collide in Missouri bringing down overpass
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities ...
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Newark archdiocese official resigns following priests arrest
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A leading official from the Catholic archdiocese of Newark has resigned his post as vicar general following the arrest of a priest accused of violating a deal that barred him from interacting with children, the archdiocese said on ...
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PGE Shareholders Will Pay For Pipeline Explosion Penalties Not Customers
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Officials at Pacific Gas & Electric say customers will not be paying the massive fines being sought by state regulators in the deadly 2010 pipeline explosion in San Bruno, but that PG&E’s shareholders will bear that cost. On Friday the utility said it thought the record $2.25 billion in fines being sought by state regulators is illegally excessive, ...
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From Alaska to Florida Americans take to streets against Monsanto and GMOs
USA Protesters across the US are joining the worldwide rally against biotech giant Monsanto and genetically engineered crops. The mass protest comes shortly after the Senate turned down a bill that would allow states to require the labeling of GM foods. Organizers of the major rally ...
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Official Woman killed in San Antonio flooding
View Photo Associated Press/Eric Gay - A San Antonio metro bus sits in floodwaters after it was swept off the road during heavy rains, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric ...
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Gay wins 100 at Adidas Grand Prix in New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tyson Gay accomplished all his goals at the Adidas Grand Prix: He won, put his body through the grind of rounds - and stayed ...
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Obama awards top U.S. honor to girls killed in 1963 racial bombing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded the highest U.S. civilian honor on Friday to four black girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing 50 years ago, saying their tragic deaths ultimately "helped to trigger ...
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A GREAT AMERICANVeteran Remembers Army Pilot Wife on Memorial Day
A Massachusetts veteran is planning to spend this Memorial Day remembering his Black Hawk pilot wife, who was killed in Afghanistan less than four months after they were married. Chris Cullen married his wife Sara in November 2012 after resigning from his Army job last March so that they could be together, MyFoxBoston.com reported. But on March 11, 2013, "basically, my world ...
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One driver killed as heavy rains flood streets in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A woman died when her car was washed off a bridge on Saturday as drenching rains in Texas spawned flood waters so powerful they swept a city bus off the street, San Antonio officials ...
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Survivor Rescuer Reunite at Maine B-52 Crash Site
A survivor of a deadly Maine B-52 bomber crash has reunited with the man who rescued him at a somber event marking 50 years since the accident. Retired Air Force navigator Gerald Adler traveled from California for the event at Elephant Mountain, where seven crew members died during the crash on a training mission in January 1963. Among those attending the event Saturday was the medic who ...
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Disparities in breast cancer treatment Column
There is still a lot of work to be done in the fight against breast cancer, including making sure all women have the opportunity to make their own personal decisions about their medical ...
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Slippery slope to accepting atheist Boy Scouts Column
The new "compromise" adopted by the BSA is an irrational and thus an unstable one. On Thursday, delegates to the national convention of the Boy Scouts of America adopted ...
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Energy policy is national security issue Column
Energy self-sufficiency, which could be attainable in a decade or so, would mean that U.S. foreign policy couldn't be held hostage to energy ...
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Senate House immigration bills set for clash in Congress
Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson speaks with MSNBC's Alex Witt about the future of Guantanamo Bay. Former Governor Richardson discusses President Obama's recent comments on drones. He mentions the importance of confidentiality when national security is on the line. Former Governor Richardson talks about the immigration bill and how he sees it moving through Congress. He also ...
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