• Updated:
    Kitten cruelty being investigated, three teens charged and taken into custody

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:02 PM

    The three teens identified by the McCracken County Sheriff's Department as being involved with the death of two cats have been arrested. All three are charged with 2nd degree animal cruelty.

  • New:
    Police officer, sheriff's deputy hit by tractor-trailer on I-57 in Illinois

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:51 PM

    A tractor trailer sent a southern Illinois police officer and sheriff's deputy to area hospitals after hitting both of them. It happened Tuesday on I-57 in Pulaski County.

  • New:
    Urban Outfitters pulls pill-bottle shot glasses

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:35 PM

    Political leaders in drug-plagued Kentucky say they're pleased that retailer Urban Outfitters has stopped selling flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill bottles.

  • Bernanke: Fed could reduce bond buys this year

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:53 PM

    Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Federal Reserve could scale back its $85 billion in monthly bond purchases later this year if the economy continues to improve.

  • Special session expected to form pension committee

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:00 PM

    Illinois lawmakers have convened a special session in Springfield, where they're expected to move ahead with plans to form a committee to deal with pensions.

  • Mueller urges caution on NSA program changes

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:58 PM

    FBI Director Robert Mueller is cautioning Congress to give careful consideration before making any changes to the National Security Agency programs for mass collection of people's phone records and information from the Internet.

  • Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulating

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:59 PM

    A bipartisan group of senators is floating a proposal that would avoid the doubling of rates on student loans on July 1.

  • US and Cuba to resume migration talks

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:05 PM

    A State Department official says the United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, in the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations.

  • Obama issues call to tackle climate change

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:41 AM

    President Barack Obama is calling climate change "the global threat of our time."

  • Obama proposes reductions to Cold War-era nuclear arsenal

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:17 AM

    President Barack Obama proposed reducing the American nuclear arsenal by as much as a third on Wednesday, directing the Defense Department to align the United States with what the administration says are the more credible threats of the 21st century.

  • Kerry to address top world issues on upcoming trip

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:13 AM

    Secretary of State John Kerry leaves Friday to visit seven countries on a trip focusing on global issues such as the Syrian crisis, Middle East peace and the West's standoffs with Iran and North Korea over their nuclear programs.

  • Bulger ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:22 AM

    A former enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger has been grilled by Bulger's attorney about varying stories he told over the years about killings he says were orchestrated by Bulger and his gang.

  • Judge reads charge against Zimmerman to jurors

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:37 AM

    A Florida judge has read the formal charge against George Zimmerman to 40 potential jurors who could be selected to decide if he committed murder when he shot Trayvon Martin.

  • Family: Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:50 AM

    Country singer Slim Whitman has died at the age of 90 in Florida.

  • Kentucky museum to bid on historical papers

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:56 AM

    A western Kentucky museum is raising money in an effort to purchase the personal papers of two community pioneers that have a link to a famous novel.

  • Overnight fire destroys Calloway County home

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:53 AM

    Firefighters spent the night battling a blaze that destroyed a home in Hazel, Kentucky.

  • Graves County fugitive arrested, faces numerous charges

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:05 AM

    A Graves County fugitive was arrested on numerous charges Tuesday afternoon.

  • NSA considers ending collection of data on Americans' phone calls

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:39 AM

    The NSA is reviewing whether to stop collecting a vast stockpile of records of Americans’ telephone calls by allowing telecommunications companies to retain the data until U.S. intelligence officials have a specific reason to review it.

  • US-Taliban peace talks in doubt amid Afghan anger over office, flag

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:33 AM

    Peace talks between the United States and the Taliban were thrown into doubt Wednesday – less than 24 hours after they were announced – when Afghan President Hamid Karzai angrily suspended his involvement.

  • Boil water alert issued in Golconda, Illinois

    Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:41 AM

    Golconda City Clerk Jim Suits says the city is under a boil water order until further notice.

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