Senate OKs budget and debt deal, sends measure to Obama

Senate OKs budget and debt deal, sends measure to Obama
Taking on the banks, $5 at a time: Clinton, Sanders target ATM fees
Police: Kentucky fugitive dies in shootout after manhunt
Two passengers still in hospital in Florida as plane fire investigated
Officers kill Kentucky fugitive suspected in police shooting
One killed in partial building collapse in New York
The end of John Boehner’s House and the beginning of the Paul Ryan era

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 12:53 AM PDT

The bill averts the threat of a catastrophic national default for the rest of Obama's term.

Taking on the banks, $5 at a time: Clinton, Sanders target ATM fees

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Police: Kentucky fugitive dies in shootout after manhunt

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 02:34 AM PDT

A man accused of firing at police in two states was killed in a shootout with authorities.

Two passengers still in hospital in Florida as plane fire investigated

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 08:56 AM PDT

Two adult passengers remained hospitalized as National Transportation Safety Board investigators began examining the engine on a Venezuela-bound 767 airplane that burst into flames before takeoff on Thursday at a South Florida airport, officials said. Twenty-one people were taken to Broward Health Medical Center for evaluation, one in serious condition, as 101 passengers and crew evacuated the Dynamic International Airways' Boeing 767-200ER using inflatable emergency slides, hospital spokeswoman Amy Erez said on Friday. Most of the injuries were bumps and bruises, according to Broward County Sheriff's Office spokesman Michael Jachles.

Officers kill Kentucky fugitive suspected in police shooting

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 05:12 AM PDT

Floyd Ray Cook, 62, was accused of attempted first-degree murder after allegedly wounding a police officer on Saturday in rural Tennessee and later shooting at a Kentucky trooper across the border, Kentucky State Police said. Cook, who had been on the run for days, was killed in an exchange of gunfire with officers south of Burkesville, Kentucky, police said.

One killed in partial building collapse in New York

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 09:23 AM PDT

A building undergoing demolition work in New York partially collapsed on Friday, killing one person and trapping another in the rubble, authorities said. The building was undergoing demolition work to convert it to the Aloft New York Midtown, a Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc hotel , expected to open in May 2018, according to the company's website. The owners of the New York City-based company performing the demolition work, Northeast Service Interiors, were at the site following the collapse, according to a company representative.