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Hawaii, EPA and Navy agree to plan to address tank leaks
Associated Press | October 1, 2015 8:52 pmThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Hawaii state Department of Health on Thursday said they finalized a deal with the Navy to better prevent and… -
Virginia executes convicted serial killer after appeals fail
Associated Press | October 1, 2015 8:24 pmA 49-year-old convicted of murdering three people in Virginia and California nearly three decades ago was executed on Thursday after a series of last-minute appeals… -
Teenage boy arrested in deaths of 3 family members found in burned California cabin
Associated Press | October 1, 2015 8:20 pmA 16-year-old boy has been charged with killing his father, the father's fiancee and their 8-year-old son, whose burned bodies were found in a cabin… -
Suspect in some Phoenix freeway shootings pleads not guilty
Associated Press | October 1, 2015 7:28 pmA man accused in some of the freeway shootings that put Phoenix drivers on edge for weeks pleaded not guilty Thursday as his defense lawyers… -
The Latest: Virginia executes serial killer
Associated Press | October 1, 2015 7:04 pmThe latest on the scheduled execution of a convicted serial killer in Virginia. All times local: -
US pipeline agency fines Exxon subsidiary $2.6 million
Associated Press | October 1, 2015 6:04 pmFederal regulators announced Thursday they are assessing a $2.6 million civil penalty against ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. for a 2013 oil spill in Arkansas. -
Amid questions, Dartmouth Native American director off job
Associated Press | October 1, 2015 6:02 pmDartmouth College has removed the new director of its Native American program from her position amid questions about her ancestry and tribal affiliation. -
Kansas officials to begin culling incomplete voter forms
Associated Press | October 1, 2015 6:01 pmKansas election officials are expected to begin removing the names of more than 31,000 prospective voters from their registration records Friday in line with the… -
Desert tortoise released on Marine Corps base
Associated Press | October 1, 2015 6:01 pmResearchers have released a desert tortoise raised on a Marine Corps base as part of efforts aimed at reinvigorating the threatened population in the western… -
Wyoming man pleads guilty in killing at detox center
Associated Press | October 1, 2015 5:54 pmA Wyoming man pleaded guilty Thursday in the shooting of two American Indian men that exposed racial tensions in a reservation border town.