GEORGETOWN, Delaware – A former pediatrician accused of waterboarding his companion’s daughter by holding the girl’s head under a faucet says he never intentionally harmed her while trying to rinse her hair.
Former pediatrician accused of waterboarding girl faces cross-examination
NEW YORK – A Portuguese water dog called Matisse is making another run at becoming America’s pooch.
From White House to Westminster Kennel Club: Portuguese water dogs have a sunny future
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – Searchers found a missing Arkansas Forestry Commission aircraft on Tuesday, 11 days after it dropped out of contact, but the fate of the pilot wasn’t immediately known.
Plane of missing forestry pilot found in southwest Arkansas; fate of pilot still undetermined
CHICAGO – While a federal lawsuit against Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford has publicized salacious sexual harassment allegations, government watchdog groups say the lawsuit’s claims of political corruption are just as worrisome as the Republican campaigns for governor.
Better government groups troubled at corruption claims in lawsuit against Illinois treasurer
MINNEAPOLIS – The family of an exchange student from Pakistan who has been comatose since a November crash is trying to prevent a Minnesota hospital from sending him back to his home country.
Family seeks to stop Minn. hospital from sending comatose exchange student back to Pakistan
RALEIGH, North Carolina – Duke Energy says it plans to begin dredging coal ash out of a North Carolina river as state officials move to scuttle a previously proposed settlement with the company over pollution leaking from waste dumps at its power plants.
Duke to begin dredging coal ash from the Dan River as NC scuttles settlement on waste dumps
POTTSVILLE, Pennsylvania – The husband of a nurse accused of handing her 93-year-old terminally ill father a bottle of morphine says the family is elated now that a judge has dismissed an assisted suicide charge against her.
Husband says Pa. woman is elated that assisted suicide charge against her was dropped
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut – Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, who was released from prison last year after he was granted a new trial in the 1975 slaying of a neighbor, has received approval to have a GPS tracking device temporarily relocated from his ankle while he attends his son’s ski competition.
Kennedy cousin Skakel granted request to relocate GPS tracking device for son’s ski race
SALISBURY, North Carolina – A 17-year-old man is being held under a $1 million bond, accused of shooting a North Carolina high school freshman.
NC man charged in shooting of 16-year-old high schooler who says he was trying to stop a fight
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – The aircraft of an Arkansas Forestry Commission pilot missing for more than a week has been located, but the fate of the pilot is still unknown.
Plane of missing forestry pilot found in southwest Arkansas; fate of pilot still undetermined
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