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Farmers block highways in Spain to protest low food prices

By ALICIA LEÓN | February 18, 2020

NAVALMORAL DE LA MATA, Spain (AP) — Farmers in fluorescent yellow vests blocked highways in southwestern Spain with tractors and other vehicles Tuesday in the latest mass protest over what they say are plummeting incomes for agricultural workers.Several...

Rescues by chopper, front loader as flood hits northwest US

By GILLIAN FLACCUS | February 7, 2020

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Residents in the foothills of the towering Blue Mountains in rural northeast Oregon were plucked from their flooded homes by helicopter and others rode to safety in the bucket of a front-end loader as relentless rain and melting...

Rains cause flooding, evacuations in western Washington

By MARTHA BELLISLE | February 6, 2020

ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — Heavy rains sent a creek over a major roadway and into an apartment building east of Seattle on Thursday.Amanda Amphett, a resident of the Park Shore Apartments in Issaquah, said Issaquah Creek reached their parking lot late Wednesday...

Snowfall blankets Texas, Oklahoma; Deep South to see storms

By CEDAR ATTANASIO | February 6, 2020

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A powerful winter storm in the central United States dropped snow as far south as El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday while areas of the Deep South had severe weather through the night, including tornadoes and torrential rains.Winter...

Trump or Obama? Lawmakers fight over SC interchange name

February 3, 2020

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — “President Donald J. Trump Interchange" or “President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama Interchange?" That is the soon-to-be fiercely debated question for state lawmakers in South Carolina whose preferences fall along...

Students can encounter dangerous situations when traveling. Police advised walkers to pay attention to traffic.

Police use discretion when ticketing students in traffic incidents

By Daniel Ehrhardt | September 18, 2013

Not paying attention to the road — in a car or on foot — can come with consequences.It’s up to an officer to give a citation or warning to students who are involved in traffic incidents or who break rules while traveling, said NIU police Lt. Don...

DeKalb city crime blotter for March 7

By Northern Star staff | March 6, 2011

<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 10px Helvetica Neue LT Std;">The following was taken directly from area police and firedepartment records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyonementioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty...