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Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By BARRY SCHWEID and BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post

Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos

Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By JACQUES BILLEAUD and WALTER BERRYAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By BARRY SCHWEIDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Haynes Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. In a statement to the Post newsroom,

No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death

No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care. But now they've lost an 8-month-old to

Spans Of Fear: In Wake Of Bridge Collapse, ‘Structurally Deficient’ Bridges In Spotlight

Spans Of Fear: In Wake Of Bridge Collapse, ‘Structurally Deficient’ Bridges In Spotlight
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
NBCNEWS.COM - The Washington state bridge collapse that spilled two cars into the Skagit River could give Americans pause as they hit the roads for Memorial Day holiday travel. With good reason. This weekend, millions will cross 66,000 bridges that the federal government has deemed "

Principal recounts tornado hitting Oklahoma school

Principal recounts tornado hitting Oklahoma school
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUSAssociated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the

Washington State DOT: 21 Trucks Hit State Bridges Last Year

Washington State DOT: 21 Trucks Hit State Bridges Last Year
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
SEATTLE (AP) - It's not terribly uncommon for trucks to strike bridges in Washington state - it's just that such accidents don't usually cause the structures to collapse.    The state Department of Transportation says there were 21 bridge-strikes involving trucks last

Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions

Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.

DA: Tenn. victims shot after drugs handed over

DA: Tenn. victims shot after drugs handed over
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By SHEILA BURKEAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former police officer, accused of killing two people during a robbery at an east Tennessee pharmacy, gunned down his victims after they complied with his demands for painkillers, a prosecutor said Friday. The victims had just given Jason

Furlough Friday: Unpaid day off for many in gov't

Furlough Friday: Unpaid day off for many in gov't
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide. It was "furlough Friday." Roughly 5 percent of the

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Obama To Visit Tornado-Ravaged OK Town

Obama To Visit Tornado-Ravaged OK Town
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Sunday.    That's according to a White House official, who wasn't authorized to publicly discuss the trip ahead of the official announcement and requested anonymity.    A

Flooding forces evacuation of 1,300 in ND town

Flooding forces evacuation of 1,300 in ND town
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd
By BLAKE NICHOLSON and DAVE KOLPACKAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A dam that threatened to give way and flood a North Dakota town was holding back the water on Wednesday, though the 1,300 residents of Cavalier were still being told to stay away from their homes. Steady rainfall between

I-5 bridge collapses into Wash. river, injuring 3

I-5 bridge collapses into Wash. river, injuring 3
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKERAssociated Press MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - An Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed north of Seattle Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and sparking a rescue effort by boats and divers as three injured people were pulled from the chilly