Local 8 Now - National News - Headlines

More Headlines

Calif. univ. shooting suspect changed name

Posted: 12:17 PM The suspect charged in the nation's largest school shooting since Virginia Tech changed his name a decade ago because he felt his birth name sounded like a girl's name.

Read More

S.F. judge tosses Happy Meals lawsuit

Posted: 12:10 PM A San Francisco judge has dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit that sought to stop McDonald's Corp. from using toys to market its meals to children in the Golden State.

Read More

Wyo. town with 1 resident sold for $900,000

Posted: 12:07 PM A remote, unincorporated area along busy Interstate 80 that advertised itself as the smallest town in the United States, Buford was sold at auction for $900,000 on Thursday to an unidentified man from Vietnam.

Read More

Martin shooter's family goes on the offensive

Posted: 11:57 AM A grand jury in Florida may begin hearing evidence next Tuesday in the case of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager who was shot to death by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmeran.

Read More

Sheriff's official took inmate on golf outing, deputy says

Posted: 11:53 AM A yellow jail jumpsuit isn't the usual golf wear. But pro golfer-turned-thief Frank Carrillo says that's what he wore when a sheriff's official took him to a Catalina Island golf course to offer pointers.

Read More

Md. high court to hear same-sex divorce case

Posted: 11:19 AM Maryland's highest court is poised to hear arguments in a precedent-setting case involving two women who married in California but were denied a divorce in Maryland.

Read More

Police officer killed at Austin Walmart

Posted: 11:16 AM A police officer was shot and killed early Friday at a Walmart in Central Texas, and a suspect is in custody, police said. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said the officer was shot in the neck and died at the scene.

Read More

Prosecutor: Marine posted negative images of Obama

Posted: 11:14 AM A Marine facing dismissal from the military for his Facebook comments went as far as posting superimposed images of President Barack Obama's face on a donkey, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Read More

US economy adds 120K jobs, jobless rate at 8.2 pct

Posted: 8:40 AM Employers pulled back sharply on hiring last month, a reminder that the U.S. economy may not be growing fast enough to sustain robust job growth. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work.

Read More

Google creates a spectacle with project

Posted: 6:01 AM If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.

Read More

Coast Guard cannon fire sinks Japanese ghost ship

Posted: 5:06 AM A U.S. Coast Guard cutter unleashed cannon fire on the abandoned 164-foot Ryou-Un Maru on Thursday, ending a journey that began when last year's tsunami dislodged it and set it adrift across the Pacific Ocean.

Read More Gallery

Slain Vt. prep teacher severely beaten

Posted: 5:56 PM A warrant says a slain Vermont prep school teacher was severely beaten, and her body had patterned marks that appeared to come from the toe of a shoe.

Read More

Ariz. man pleads guilty in Sony data breach case

Posted: 5:38 PM An Arizona college student who was a member of a computer hacking group has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to two federal charges of breaking into computers at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Read More

Mass. school allows students to say `God' in song

Posted: 5:21 PM Students at a Massachusetts elementary school can now sing the word "God" during a school assembly after parents objected when that word was removed from a patriotic song they were taught.

Read More

Young Americans less likely to drive

Posted: 4:36 PM The share of people in their teens, 20s and 30s with driver's licenses is dropping. It's a trend seen not only in the United States, but in other wealthy nations as well.

Read More

Army investigates Afghan massacre site

Posted: 4:11 PM Pentagon officials say military investigators have finally gotten their first look at the Afghan villages where Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allegedly went on a shooting rampage and killed 17 civilians.

Read More

Traffic impact of Seattle arena to be studied

Posted: 4:07 PM A venture capitalist who wants to build a sports arena to bring professional basketball back to Seattle will pay for a study to determine the impacts on traffic and parking following objections by his potential neighbor - the Seattle Mariners.

Read More
1 ... 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 ... 627

WVLT VOLUNTEER TV

6450 Papermill Drive Knoxville, TN 37919 Phone - (865) 450-8888; Fax - (865) 450-8869
Gray Television, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2013 - Designed by Gray Digital Media - Powered by Clickability
User Agent: CCBot/2.0