Three TN Girls Hurt in Fall from Ferris Wheel Three TN Girls Hurt in Fall from Ferris Wheel:  (CNN)Three girls were injured after they fell from a Ferris wheel at a county fair in eastern Tennessee, police said Monday evening. Greeneville police Capt. Tim Davis said a basket reportedly overturned […]

6 Wounded by Gunshots at Florida Apartment Building 6 Wounded by Gunshots at Florida Apartment Building: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. –  Authorities say six people suffered gunshot wounds when two men fired more than 50 rounds at a Florida apartment building. In a WJXT-TV report (http://bit.ly/2bdPGQd ), Sgt. Shawn Coarsey of the […]

Kansas Boy Dies on World Tallest Water Slide Kansas Boy Dies on World Tallest Water Slide : Like thousands before them, Kelsey Friedrichsen and Josh Foster had come to ride the Verruckt. The couple could see it loom over the flat eastern Kansas countryside. Taller than Niagara Falls. Named after […]

Brother Arrested in Stabbing Deaths of 2 Sisters Brother Arrested in Stabbing Deaths of 2 Sisters: HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — Police in Kentucky say the brother of two women who died after being found stabbed in Hopkinsville has been taken into custody. Local news agencies report Hopkinsville police say 65-year-old Robert […]

Japan Emperor Akihito Hints at Wish to Abdicate Japan Emperor Akihito Hints at Wish to Abdicate: The revered 82-year-old emperor’s comments came in only his second-ever televised address to the public.Emperor Akihito did not explicitly say he wanted to abdicate as he is barred from making political statements. PM Shinzo […]

Death Toll in Quetta Suicide Bombing Reaches 63 Death Toll in Quetta Suicide Bombing Reaches 63: QUETTA, Pakistan — The Latest on the bombing at a hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta (all times local): 4:05 p.m. A Pakistani doctor says the death toll from the suicide attack […]

Attacker wounds 2 police in Belgium, shouts ‘Allahu Akhbar’ Attacker Wounds 2 Police in Belgium: CHARLEROI, Belgium (AP) — Two female officers were attacked and wounded by a man wielding a machete and shouting “Allahu Akhbar” outside the main police station in the Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday, police […]

Donald Trump Plans Speech to the Detroit Economic Club Donald Trump Plans Speech to the Detroit Economic Club : Donald Trump’s campaign chairman said the Republican presidential nominee would focus on the economy in the coming week to get his campaign’s narrative back “where it belongs.”  Paul Manafort made the […]