WALKING DEAD Coal town struggles as industry dies slow death
On any given Friday mo ing, Tom Watko arrives at the food pantry in Whitesburg, Kentucky, to pack boxes of ca ed vegetables and frozen chicken legs for the residents already waiting in line outside the door. The Letcher County Food Pantry, a non-profit that was established with money from a legal se...
TRUMP BATTLING THE 'WHAT IFS' Railing against GOP process he willingly joined, front-runner now is dogged by talk of late-entries
Gen. James Mattis, left; Businessman Donald Trump, right. (Reuters/AP) As Donald Trump ratchets up his complaints about the Republican nominating process — one he enthusiastically joined last June — the uncertainty in the tightening battle between him and Ted Cruz is kicking up renewed speculation a...
ROAD RAGE INCIDENT? Former NFL player killed in double shooting
Former NFL defensive lineman Will Smith was shot and killed in an apparent road rage incident in New Orleans late Saturday, authorities said. New Orleans Coroner Jeffrey C. Rouse confirmed early Sunday the male victim in the double shooting was Smith, 34, according to WVUE-TV. Police said the shooti...
LOST IN SPACE NASA in race to save planet-hunting Kepler craft
The artist's illustration shows NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft operating in its second-chance K2 mission. (NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T Pyle) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA is trying to resuscitate its planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft, in a state of emergency nearly 75 million miles away. The treas...