West Virginia University gave final approval Friday to wide-ranging cuts in academic programs and faculty positions, the culmination of a impassioned back and forth between the campus community, students and officials as the university addresses a $45 million budget shortfall. The university Board of Governors voted to drop 28 of …
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North Carolina’s state-run lottery has for the first time exceeded $1 billion in annual net earnings, buoyed by record sales credited in part to interest in enormous multistate jackpot drawings, officials said Wednesday. The North Carolina State Lottery Commission announced the net earnings of $1.015 billion for the fiscal year …
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A group of masked thieves in California pushed past a security guard and stole $50,000 worth of merchandise from a Gucci store last week, police said Tuesday. Reserve officers with the San Jose Police Department were working a second job at the Valley Fair Mall on Oct. 5, when they …
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EXCLUSIVE: The son of a 77-year-old retired Vermont biologist who passersby found shot to death on her favorite hiking trail this month is speaking out as the investigation into her unsolved slaying nears its second week. “How does this happen, and why do people feel emboldened to take the life …
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A 28-year-old Italian tourist was killed in Alaska when he was crushed by a chunk of ice that broke from a glacier, authorities said. Alaska State Troopers said Alexander Hellweger, of Sand in Taufers in northern Italy, died Sunday at Lake George Glacier, north of Anchorage. Hellweger …
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PORTERSVILLE, Pa. – Police say a pickup truck veered off a Pennsylvania highway, smashed into a telephone pole and knocked out a fence before lumbering into a pasture and running over a horse. State Police Trooper Jason Frances tells the Butler Eagle (http://bit.ly/1xB3t6R) that the emergency call in Portersville came …
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NEW ORLEANS – Attorneys say a Chinese drywall manufacturer — Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd. — has paid a $3.2 million judgment to the owners of seven homes damaged by the product. A news release from attorneys representing homeowners said a damages trial has been set for April 28 on behalf …
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NEW YORK – New York City will pay $17 million to settle three wrongful criminal convictions. City Comptroller Scott Stringer said Sunday that the settlements involve cases handled by retired homicide detective Louis Scarcella. Scarcella’s tactics have come under scrutiny and are being reviewed by the Brooklyn district attorney’s office. …
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Authorities have given the all clear after a bomb threat was made against a Delta Air Lines flight at New York’s JFK Airport Monday night. Port Authority spokesman Joe Pentangelo told the Associated Press that the telephoned threat was made against Delta Flight 468, which was arriving from San Francisco. …
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BOSTON – Prosecutors are opposing a new request by lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) to move his trial. The government said Wednesday that a partial analysis of completed juror questionnaires cited by the defense doesn’t support its Jan. 22 argument that too many are prejudiced …
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