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Court rules for investors in VW diesel suit

Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany A court in Stuttgart, Germany, ruled Volkswagen’s main

Village has 10 years to pay drivers in traffic camera case

A judge will allow an Ohio village 10 years to refund an estimated $3.2 million collected from drivers for speeding citations from automated camera.

Officials seize ’cloned’ emergency responder radios

Officials have seized radios cloned from a stolen police radio that could have disrupted emergency communications and endangered lives, a sheriff said Wednesday.

Trump decries violence but calls on media to end ‘hostility’

President Donald Trump decried the threat of political violence and called on the media to end its “hostility” on Wednesday, hours after authorities intercepted bombs sent to a news network and prominent Democrats who have been the targets of some of his sharpest barbs.

US on alert as bombs target Dems, CNN

Pipe bombs packed with shards of glass were intercepted en route to several prominent Democrats, including Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama, in an unnerving wave that deepened political tensions and fears two weeks before national midterm elections.

Bomb threats highlight risk of violent political rhetoric

The discovery of pipe bombs targeting prominent Democratic politicians and CNN is raising the threat of election-season violence largely unknown in the U.S. – and prompting uncomfortable questions about the consequences of leaders’ increasingly vitriolic rhetoric.

AP-NORC/MTV Poll: Young people back single-payer health care

Large majorities of young Americans want to see an expansion of government services, including a single-payer health care program, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV.

BMW to recall 1.6M vehicles worldwide over fire risk

Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany Automaker BMW says it is expanding a recall to cover 1.6

Department defends officer seen punching man in video

Associated Press AKRON An Ohio police department is defending the actions of an officer seen in

Mnuchin announces sanctions against nine individuals

Associated Press WASHINGTOn Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Tuesday that the United

Trump stokes fears in closing arguments

By CATHERINE LUCEY, ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON Mob rule. A

State appeals court OK’s doctor testimony in baby death case

An Ohio appeals court has ruled that doctors can testify in the case of a former high school cheerleader charged with killing and burying her newborn baby near her family’s house.

First sign language Starbucks opens in DC

Coffee drinkers in the nation’s capital can now order that tall pumpkin spice iced skim latte in sign language.

Sanctions upheld against high school marching band after questionable program

Sanctions against a Mississippi high school band were upheld Tuesday after a halftime program depicting police officers held at gunpoint was performed in a town where two officers were shot to death.

In chaotic era, conference aims to amplify 1st Amendment

Not long ago in the American republic, information was less chaotic – or, at least, seemed to be. Newspapers appeared reliably on stoops every morning. Reassuring men from three networks delivered the news at dinnertime. We knew what was true, what was false, what was important. Except it never actually was that way. Not really. And we now know that like never before.