Illinois farmers give up on planting after floods, throw party instead
The Happy Spot was a little depressed.
Tires blow on United jet during Newark airport landing, no injuries
Tires on a United Airlines jet blew out as it landed at New Jersey’s Newark airport on Saturday, causing flight delays but injuring none of the 166 passengers on board, officials said.
Flights resume at Newark after United plane skids off runway, no injuries
Flights were briefly halted at New Jersey’s Newark airport on Saturday after a plane skidded off a runway while landing, but none of its 166 passengers were hurt, federal officials said.
Four Democratic 2020 candidates court South Carolina’s black voters
Four of the two dozen Democrats vying for their party’s 2020 U.S. presidential nomination appeared at a Black Economic Alliance forum in Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, with an eye on the key role black voters will play in the early-voting sta…
New York police divers search Hudson River for missing swimmer
New York City police scuba divers searched the Hudson River on Saturday for a retired North Carolina professor who went missing while participating in a swim competition, officials said.
Flights halted at Newark after United plane skids off runway, no injuries
Flights were halted at New Jersey’s Newark airport on Saturday after a plane skidded off a runway while landing, but no one was hurt, federal officials said.
Trump administration owes D.C. government $7 million for inauguration: Washington Post
The Trump administration and Congress still owe the District of Columbia government $7 million for expenses related to the 2017 presidential inauguration, the Washington Post reported on Friday, raising questions about who will foot the bill for the pr…
Democratic 2020 candidates court South Carolina’s black voters
Four of the two dozen Democrats vying for the party’s 2020 U.S. presidential nomination will appear at a Black Economic Alliance forum in Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, with an eye on the key role black voters will play in the early-voting s…
Hundreds gather for vigil in Memphis neighborhood where man was shot
Some 300 people gathered on Friday evening for a candle-light vigil in the Memphis neighborhood where a young black man was shot dead by federal authorities as residents remained on edge following violent demonstrations earlier this week.
Fugitive ex-priest to face Arizona child sex charges
A fugitive former Catholic priest who fled to Italy and vanished after being indicted on child sex charges in Arizona in 2003 has been found and returned to Arizona, authorities said on Friday.
