Author: WNKY Staff

Caught on cam: train vs.sheriff’s SUV

(KWES/NBC News) A Texas sheriff’s deputy appeared to be shaken up, but not seriously injured, after his SUV was hit by a train Tuesday. A dashboard camera in a nearby vehicle captured the collision. It shows two Midland County Sheriff’s Office SUVs waiting at an unguarded crossing as a freight train passes to the left. The lead vehicle, with lights…

McGahn defies subpoena; impeachment talk grows

(NBC News) Talk of impeachment hearings against President Trump are growing after former White House Counsel Don McGahn refused Tuesday to comply with a congressional subpoena. The White House had directed McGahn to skip the House Judiciary Committee hearing. “The president took it upon himself to intimate a witness who has a legal obligation to be here today,” committee chairman…

“Stop the ban” rallies go nationwide

(NBC News) The battle over abortion reached was on full display Tuesday as thousands of people across the country protested in support of keeping the procedure legal. The protests are in response to new state laws passed in recent weeks, which would severely restrict access to abortion or make it illegal altogether. The wave of new state laws which restrict…

Flooding, tornadoes hit southern plains

(NBC News) The plains states, battered by storms for days, are facing even more severe weather. That forecast comes after a night of tornadoes and flooding rains across the region. Oklahoma is the flash point, with more than a dozen confirmed twisters ripping apart homes and businesses, downing power lines and uprooting trees. Some didn’t have time to hide. One…