Emergency

Autopsy: NY gunman shot self, not hit by police

By GEORGE M. WALSHAssociated Press The gunman who lured two firefighters to their deaths died of a self-inflicted shot to the head and wasn't hit by return fire from a police officer, New York State Police said Thursday. But investigators still hadn't made a positive identification of the

Storm's high winds, snow, sleet lash Northeast

By DAN SEWELLAssociated Press A powerful winter storm system that pounded the nation's midsection, wrecking holiday travel plans and dumping a record snowfall in Arkansas, began lashing the Northeast on Wednesday with high winds, snow and sleet. The storm, which knocked out power to thousands

Justice refuses to block morning-after pill rule

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency contraception pills. Hobby Lobby Stores and a

UPDATE: Stabbing At Tesoro Gas Station Near Gonzaga; Description Released

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE POLICE DEPT: On 12/26/12 around 4:30 am Spokane Police Department officers responded to the Tesoro gas station at 901 E. Sharp on the report of a large fight where one of the involved subjects was stabbed.  Arriving on scene officers found an adult male