http://www.ktvb.com/news/national RSS Feed for KTVB - News - National en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:37:27 GMT 2013-06-19T23:37:27Z en-us http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212240501.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning a major push against the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to follow promises he made at the start of his second term. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:35:06 GMT http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212240501.html 2013-06-19T23:35:06Z http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212222431.html DALLAS (AP) — The owner of a Houston bus company has been indicted on federal charges stemming from the 2008 Texas crash that killed 17 people on their way to a religious conclave, authorities announced Wednesday. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:37:27 GMT http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212222431.html 2013-06-19T23:37:27Z http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212226911.html SEATTLE (AP) — Kim Thompson — co-publisher of the influential Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books known for celebrated alternative comics, graphic novels and comic strip anthologies — has died. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:37:25 GMT http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212226911.html 2013-06-19T23:37:25Z http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212236251.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in prison. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:04:06 GMT http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212236251.html 2013-06-19T23:04:06Z http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212231191.html WASHINGTON (AP) — By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:35:52 GMT http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212231191.html 2013-06-19T22:35:52Z http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212222601.html BOSTON (AP) — A former hit man who admitted killing 20 people insisted Wednesday that he told authorities the truth when he implicated James "Whitey" Bulger in 11 slayings, but he acknowledged lying in the past, including to a close friend just before he shot him in the head. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:36:45 GMT http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212222601.html 2013-06-19T21:36:45Z http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212217341.html DETROIT (AP) — Car buyers increasingly want high-tech features like voice recognition and navigation. But they're not very forgiving of the car company when those systems fail. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:08:31 GMT http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212217341.html 2013-06-19T22:08:31Z http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212187481.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve sketched a slightly brighter picture of the U.S. economy this year and next, a sign it is moving closer to slowing its bond-buying program. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:36:04 GMT http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212187481.html 2013-06-19T20:36:04Z http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212200941.html COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:32:53 GMT http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212200941.html 2013-06-19T23:32:53Z http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212197011.html LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern Kansas. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:04:41 GMT http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/212197011.html 2013-06-19T20:04:41Z