National News

• American crocodiles thriving outside nuclear plant July 20, 2019
  American crocodiles, once headed toward extinction, are thriving at an unusual spot -- the canals surrounding a South Florida nuclear plant
• Florida 'pill mills' were 'gas on the fire' of opioid crisis July 20, 2019
  Florida's 'pill mills' were a gateway to the nation's opioid crisis, feeding addiction and overdoses in Appalachia and other states
• Pogopalooza bounces into Pittsburgh for pogo competition July 20, 2019
  Pogopalooza, known as the World Championships of Pogo, is bouncing into Pittsburgh this weekend
• Hot Chicago weekend off to violent start, with 19 shot July 20, 2019
  A hot weekend in Chicago has gotten off to a violent start, with more than a dozen people wounded and two killed in shootings throughout the city
• Graduation party shooting wounds 4; no arrests reported July 20, 2019
  Police say four young people were wounded in an early morning shooting at a graduation party in western Pennsylvania
• Gulf tanker incidents may raise shippers' costs, cut traffic July 20, 2019
  Seizure of oil tanker near Iran could raise insurance rates for shipping companies and eventually reduce tanker traffic, according to energy and security experts
• PHOTO GALLERY: A selection of pictures from the past week July 20, 2019
  PHOTO GALLERY: Health workers tending to an Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of Congo, thick storm clouds over Illinois, and a Saturn V rocket projected onto the Washington Monument to commemorate the Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary
• Service resuming after 7 New York City subway lines stopped July 20, 2019
  About a third of New York City's subway lines were suspended for more than an hour during a hot evening commute, stranding some passengers underground and sending others searching for alternate ways home
• Technology, temporary help keeps farmers on job longer July 20, 2019
  Assistive technology, help from seasonal hires and family members, and a general improvement in the health of U.S. seniors in recent decades have helped farmers remain productive well into their 60s, 70s and beyond
• Today in History July 20, 2019
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• Following Trump's orders, Herman takes Barbasol lead July 20, 2019
  Following President Donald Trump's putting advice, Jim Herman shot his second straight 7-under 65 to take the second-round lead in the PGA Tour's Barbasol Championship
• Events fall as mercury rises; moon commemoration called off July 20, 2019
  As temperatures rise across US, events fall, including several New York City plans
• Work on old oil well may have caused California spill July 20, 2019
  Chevron says an 800,000-gallon oil spill in Central California may have started when crews tried to recap an abandoned well
• 1 killed, 4 injured when Alaska flight aborted on takeoff July 20, 2019
  A Maryland man visiting Alaska with his family was killed and one of his three children was critically injured Friday after their floatplane's takeoff was aborted during takeoff
• The Latest: Subway suspension caused by computer failure July 20, 2019
  The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says a failure in the computer system that powers the signals on seven New York City subway lines caused a suspension of more than an hour on those lines
• Florida sheriff to investigate Epstein's work release July 20, 2019
  A Florida sheriff has launched an internal investigation into wealthy financer Jeffrey Epstein's time spent out of jail under a work release program after he was convicted of sexually abusing underage girls
• Florida woman accused of assault over pizza slice July 20, 2019
  Authorities have arrested a woman in Florida who they say tried to attack another woman with a knife when she was denied a slice of pizza
• Black lawmaker: White man said 'Go back where you came from' July 20, 2019
  An African American lawmaker in Georgia says she was verbally attacked in a supermarket by a white man who told her to "go back where you came from."
• US to send asylum seekers back to dangerous part of Mexico July 20, 2019
  The U.S. government will expand its policy requiring asylum seekers to wait outside the country to one of Mexico's most dangerous cities
• Power station fires knock out service on hot day in Madison July 20, 2019
  Fires at two transmission substations in Wisconsin's capital knocked out power to more than thousands of customers on a sweltering day, sending plumes of smoke into the air and leading the governor to declare a state of emergency