Woman whose arrest triggered 1965 Watts riot dies
(AP) -- The woman who intervened when an officer pulled over one of her sons, leading to a racially-charged scuffle that set off the 1965 Watts riot, has died. The Los Angeles Times reports Saturday...
View ArticleAP PHOTOS: Supermoon looms bright in night sky
Photos Look up in the sky for a super sight: the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. The so-called supermoon will appear 14 percent larger than normal early Sunday as our celestial neighbor...
View ArticleCT Lottery
(AP) -- These Connecticut lotteries were drawn Saturday: 05-07-14-18-31 (five, seven, fourteen, eighteen, thirty-one) Estimated jackpot: $52 million 9-7-2 (nine, seven, two) 7-9-9 (seven, nine, nine)...
View ArticleStuntwoman, pilot killed in Ohio air show crash
Photos (AP) -- A budget analyst with a daredevil streak, Jane Wicker knew she was taking a risk when she signed up to entertain thousands of spectators at the Vectren Air Show near Dayton. She said in...
View ArticleComplete coverage: Huntington Station shooting
An off-duty Nassau County police officer unlawfully shot and beat an unarmed cabdriver in Huntington Station after a night of drinking in 2011, according to an NCPD Internal Affairs Unit report....
View ArticleDionne: John Boehner's House implodes
Galleries Web links The roof fell in on John Boehner's House of Representatives last week. The Republican leadership's humiliating defeat on a deeply flawed and inhumane farm bill was as clear a...
View ArticleJurors in Zimmerman trial begin life in sequestration
Published June 23, 2013Associated Press June 20, 2013: George Zimmerman listens as his defense counsel Mark O'Mara questions potential jurors during Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in...
View ArticleCuomo rejects Mangano's pick for MTA board
Dan Janison Dan Janison Dan Janison has been a reporter at Newsday for 10 | After what sources called a futile bid by Nassau Republicans to restore David S. Mack to his former seat on the Metropolitan...
View ArticleLiberty falls to San Antonio in overtime, 78-77
NEWARK - Through much of this season, the modus operandi of the Liberty has been rallying to win tight games after slow and sloppy starts. But there would be no comeback Sunday. San Antonio guard...
View ArticleReid Gorecki hits two homers to help Skeeters beat Ducks
Reid Gorecki returned home yesterday and brought his family a present. Check that, he brought them two. Making his first appearance on Long Island since the Ducks traded him to the Camden Riversharks...
View ArticleReid Gorecki hits two homers to help beat Ducks
Reid Gorecki returned home yesterday and brought his family a present. Check that, he brought them two. Making his first appearance on Long Island since the Ducks traded him to the Camden Riversharks...
View ArticleEditor, publisher John L. Dotson Jr. dies
BOULDER, Colo. -- John L. Dotson Jr., a longtime journalist, editor and newspaper publisher who championed diversity in the newsroom, has died at age 76. Dotson's family confirmed in an email to The...
View Article'Supermoon' shines brightly all weekend long
Galleries A "supermoon" rises this weekend. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year graces the sky early Sunday as our celestial neighbor swings closer to Earth than usual. While the moon will...
View ArticleEdward Snowden's passport revoked, source says
Galleries The former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed a highly classified surveillance program has had his U.S. passport revoked. A U.S. official on Sunday said Edward Snowden's...
View ArticleSchumer warns of dangerous cell phone batteries
Videos Schumer calls on TSA to reverse knife decision Schumer: Keep trucks off parkways Charles Schumer wants to ban 3-D plastic guns Galleries A New York senator is warning that buying counterfeit or...
View ArticleSchumer warns of dangerous cellphone batteries
Videos Schumer calls on TSA to reverse knife decision Schumer: Keep trucks off parkways Charles Schumer wants to ban 3-D plastic guns Galleries A New York senator is warning that buying counterfeit or...
View ArticleAP PHOTOS: Largest and brightest full moon of year
Photos Stargazers are still abuzz over the biggest and brightest full moon of the year, which graced the skies over the weekend. The so-called supermoon appeared up to 14 percent larger than normal as...
View ArticleNo bail for Fla. sex offender charged in death
(AP) -- A judge has denied bail to a registered sex offender accused of abducting and killing an 8-year-old Florida girl. Donald James Smith was charged Saturday with murder and kidnapping in the...
View ArticleOhio air crash shows risks, thrill of wing walking
Photos (AP) -- Risking death every time they go to work, wing walkers need courage, poise, a healthy craving for adrenaline and, most importantly, they need to be meticulously exacting with every step...
View ArticleKrause: Fed mistakenly signals a retreat on stimulus
Galleries Web links The Federal Reserve is giving in to pressure from its critics to more quickly unwind its support for the economy -- increasing the risk that the recovery will be sidetracked,...
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