11-19-2024  10:49 pm   •   PDX and SEA Weather

USA News

Authorities say 16-year-old helped in effort to lure pair of men to remote location

CALDWELL, Ohio (AP) -- A 16-year-old boy was charged Friday with attempted murder and complicity to attempted murder by authorities investigating the killing of one man and the wounding of another who had responded to a phony job ad on Craigslist.


READ MORE

Part of government's efforts to recoup the costs of the $700 billion it spent to save economy in 2008, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Treasury Department has raised $12.2 million from the sale of warrants of 17 banks that received government support during the financial crisis. The sales are part of the government's efforts to recoup the costs of the $700 billion financial bailout.


READ MORE

Ruling was long expected, but deals blow to women who say they've run out of options

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used in advanced breast cancer patients because there's no proof that it extends their lives and it presents dangerous side effects, the government declared Friday.

READ MORE

US births have been dropping since an all-time high in 2007

ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say birth rates for the nation's youngest mothers hit new lows last year.


READ MORE

Still possible money from another transportation grant can be steered to high-speed rail

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is on the verge of killing funding for President Barack Obama's signature high-speed rail program, but it may have some life in it still.


READ MORE

Leaves Princeton on good terms to teach at spot where he was an assistant in 1977

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ivy League activist Cornel West is returning to the Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

READ MORE

Just before taping, lawyer for ex-coach brought up possibility of arranging phone call

NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC worked feverishly to spread the word about Bob Costas' exclusive interview with former assistant Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, who is accused of sexually assaulting boys, even as the two men were still on the phone together.

READ MORE

Undergrad in his 30s allegedly removed gun from a backpack; police then tracked him down

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- An alleged gunman who was shot by police on the University of California, Berkeley campus died at a hospital hours after the confrontation, a university spokesman said Wednesday.


READ MORE

Group says it's starting support early due to reports of lack of enthusiasm in Democrat base

WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the nation's top labor unions says it will back President Barack Obama's re-election bid on a wider scale than it did four years ago.


READ MORE

Flood of unintentional shares involved pictures showing graphic sex, violence

NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook said Wednesday that it has stopped most of the spam that has flooded many users' pages with pictures showing graphic sex and violence.


READ MORE

Recently Published by The Skanner News

  • Default
  • Title
  • Date
  • Random

theskanner50yrs 250x300