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Lowe's is closing 51 stores in the US and Canada
Nov 05, 2018 by Rick Watts
In another sign of the times for retail, Lowe's is closing 51 North American stores. The home improvement chain said Monday that locations are underperforming and the decision will help the hardware chain focus on…
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooter pleads not guilty
Nov 02, 2018 by Rick Watts
Wearing a red jumpsuit and a bandage on his left arm, the suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting rampage that left 11 people dead made a brief appearance in federal court Thursday for arraignment on a 44-count…
James 'Whitey' Bulger, notorious Boston gangster, found dead in prison; homicide suspected
Oct 31, 2018 by Rick Watts
James “Whitey’’ Bulger, the ruthless Boston gangster who eluded authorities for 16 years before being captured and then convicted in 2013 of participating in 11 murders, has died at a prison in West Virginia. Bulger, 89,…
Four Pittsburgh police officers recovering after terror at synagogue are heroes
Oct 30, 2018 by Rick Watts
Four police officers were among the wounded in the attack on a synagogue in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Squirrel Hill as they answered Saturday's 911 call that became the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. Though authorities…
Alleged synagogue shooter posted his intent on social media
Oct 29, 2018 by Rick Watts
The man who allegedly gunned down 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue used three handguns and an AR-15 assault rifle in the 20-minute rampage and screamed to SWAT officers who wounded him in a shootout…
FBI confirms 12th suspicious package recovered in Florida
Oct 26, 2018 by Rick Watts
A source told USA TODAY a package addressed to Clapper was recovered Friday morning at a Manhattan postal facility. Like some of the previous packages addressed to prominent Democrats, the one found in New York City on…
Crude pipe bombs sent to Obama, Clintons, CNN, others; no injuries
Oct 25, 2018 by Rick Watts
Crude pipe bombs targeting Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, CNN and others were intercepted Tuesday night and Wednesday in a rash of attacks two weeks before nationwide elections that could reshape Congress and serve…
Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in South Carolina
Oct 24, 2018 by Rick Watts
Lottery officials say someone has won the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Mega Millions officials say a ticket purchased in South Carolina matches all six numbers in Tuesday night's drawing. The massive jackpot is…
Image of iceberg captured by NASA looks like a perfect rectangle
Oct 23, 2018 by Rick Watts
Usually when we think of icebergs, we don't imagine perfect geometric shapes. But that's exactly what NASA captured in an image posted on Twitter of an iceberg in what appears to be the shape of…
Deadly deer virus found in Minnesota
Oct 22, 2018 by Rick Watts
Several deer from a private herd on a Minnesota farm have contracted a deadly virus that until now has not yet been seen in the state. Minnesota Board of Animal Health officials say the virus…
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