http://www.kgw.com/news/national RSS Feed for KGW - News - National en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:02:04 GMT 2013-06-19T07:02:04Z en-us http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212076131.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:01:44 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212076131.html 2013-06-19T07:01:44Z http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212056861.html NEW YORK (AP) — The American Beverage Association says efforts by the mayors of 18 cities to stop food stamps from being used to buy sugary drinks won't make the nation healthier. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:01:43 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212056861.html 2013-06-19T07:01:43Z http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212024511.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:33:19 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212024511.html 2013-06-18T22:33:19Z http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212024461.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Worry and speculation have consumed investors since Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke to Congress last month about the Federal Reserve's drive to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:02:04 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212024461.html 2013-06-19T07:02:04Z http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212093461.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:33:48 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212093461.html 2013-06-19T06:33:48Z http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212088591.html SIERRA CITY, Calif. (AP) — Two stranded teenage boys were plucked off a peak at an elevation of more than 8,000 feet by a California Highway Patrol helicopter amid gusty winds. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:36:24 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212088591.html 2013-06-19T03:36:24Z http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212005491.html Italy's high court faulted the appeals court that acquitted Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:35:33 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212005491.html 2013-06-18T17:35:33Z http://www.kgw.com/news/national/211826911.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:03:47 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/national/211826911.html 2013-06-18T06:03:47Z http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212082111.html MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) — An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park grew into a blaze that led to the evacuations of 1,500 people from 800 homes, but nearly half were allowed to return as firefighters gained ground late Tuesday. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:08:31 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212082111.html 2013-06-19T03:08:31Z http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212083931.html OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The latest possible resting place of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping backhoe, the chop of an overhead news helicopter and the bustle of reporters and onlookers. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:36:17 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/national/212083931.html 2013-06-19T02:36:17Z