http://www.wistv.com/category/70691/national-news-rss   en-us Copyright 2000 - 2013 WorldNow and WISTV News - Hard News 15 national-news-rss http://www.wistv.com/story/22291389/aide-obama-learned-about-irs-from-news-accounts http://www.wistv.com/story/22291389/aide-obama-learned-about-irs-from-news-accounts?t=2013-05-19T09:03:35Z AP Sun, 19 May 2013 09:03:00 EDT A senior White House adviser insists President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting tea party groups "when it came out in the news." News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22291348/a-look-at-why-the-benghazi-issue-keeps-coming-back http://www.wistv.com/story/22291348/a-look-at-why-the-benghazi-issue-keeps-coming-back?t=2013-05-19T08:33:40Z AP Sun, 19 May 2013 08:33:00 EDT The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22291071/590m-plus-powerball-1-winning-ticket-sold-in-fla http://www.wistv.com/story/22291071/590m-plus-powerball-1-winning-ticket-sold-in-fla?t=2013-05-19T06:43:31Z AP Sun, 19 May 2013 06:43:00 EDT It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday. News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22291156/obama-to-address-morehouse-college-commencement http://www.wistv.com/story/22291156/obama-to-address-morehouse-college-commencement?t=2013-05-19T04:43:25Z AP Sun, 19 May 2013 04:43:00 EDT President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni. News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22291083/medical-emergency-eyed-in-va-parade-crash http://www.wistv.com/story/22291083/medical-emergency-eyed-in-va-parade-crash?t=2013-05-19T03:23:23Z AP Sun, 19 May 2013 03:23:00 EDT Witnesses described a frantic scene and close calls after an elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a small Virginia mountain town's parade. Investigators were looking into whether the motorist had... News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22291085/hofstra-student-killed-by-police-during-break-in http://www.wistv.com/story/22291085/hofstra-student-killed-by-police-during-break-in?t=2013-05-19T03:13:54Z AP Sun, 19 May 2013 03:13:00 EDT In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University. News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22291074/probe-into-conn-train-crash-giving-way-to-cleanup http://www.wistv.com/story/22291074/probe-into-conn-train-crash-giving-way-to-cleanup?t=2013-05-19T03:13:24Z AP Sun, 19 May 2013 03:13:00 EDT Investigators will look closely at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train derailment and collision outside New York City that left dozens injured, as the focus begins to shift toward cleanup... News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22287540/powerball-jackpot-closing-in-on-another-record http://www.wistv.com/story/22287540/powerball-jackpot-closing-in-on-another-record?t=2013-05-19T02:43:22Z AP Sun, 19 May 2013 02:43:00 EDT It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials disclosed Sunday. News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22290725/winning-numbers-drawn-in-powerball-jackpot http://www.wistv.com/story/22290725/winning-numbers-drawn-in-powerball-jackpot?t=2013-05-19T01:43:18Z AP Sun, 19 May 2013 01:43:00 EDT A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22289063/cops-investigating-after-ny-college-student-killed http://www.wistv.com/story/22289063/cops-investigating-after-ny-college-student-killed?t=2013-05-18T23:33:14Z AP Sat, 18 May 2013 23:33:00 EDT A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/11170415/former-folly-beach-mayor-recalls-heartbreak-devastation-of-hugo http://www.wistv.com/story/11170415/former-folly-beach-mayor-recalls-heartbreak-devastation-of-hugo?t=2012-09-09T20:29:53Z WISTV Sun, 9 Sep 2012 20:29:00 EDT More than 20 years after Hurricane Hugo struck the Charleston area, the former mayor of Folly Beach is taking a look back on the storm that changed his city forever. Weather - Hurricane http://www.wistv.com/story/11170192/charleston-remembers-hurricane-hugo-20-years-later http://www.wistv.com/story/11170192/charleston-remembers-hurricane-hugo-20-years-later?t=2012-09-06T15:34:59Z WISTV Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:34:00 EDT Twenty years ago on Sept 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo's winds blew their way into the history books of South Carolinians as the category 4 storm made landfall in Charleston. Weather - Hurricane http://www.wistv.com/story/17301447/ben-gal-cheerleader-indicted-for-having-sex-with-student http://www.wistv.com/story/17301447/ben-gal-cheerleader-indicted-for-having-sex-with-student?t=2012-09-26T18:12:50Z WISTV Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:51:00 EDT An NFL cheerleader and former teacher has been indicted in Kenton County on allegations that she had sex with a student. News http://www.wistv.com/story/16589421/deputies-seek-person-who-shot-dog-in-fenced-backyard http://www.wistv.com/story/16589421/deputies-seek-person-who-shot-dog-in-fenced-backyard?t=2012-09-18T08:17:35Z WISTV Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:43:00 EST Richland County deputies are asking for the community's assistance in identifying the person or persons who randomly shot and killed a dog that was in a fenced yard. Jason Old News http://www.wistv.com/story/15702230/motorcyclist-killed-in-early-morning-accident http://www.wistv.com/story/15702230/motorcyclist-killed-in-early-morning-accident?t=2012-10-05T11:37:53Z WISTV Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:56:00 EDT The South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Aiken County Coroner's Office are continuing to investigate a fatal accident in Aiken County Saturday. Jeremy Turnage News http://www.wistv.com/story/15701287/police-man-shot-in-hand-during-gas-station-armed-robbery http://www.wistv.com/story/15701287/police-man-shot-in-hand-during-gas-station-armed-robbery?t=2012-10-05T11:37:53Z WISTV Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:17:00 EDT Columbia Police are looking for a suspect they say shot a man in the hand during an attempted robbery at a gas station on Harden Street around 5:00pm. Jeremy Turnage News - Breaking News http://www.wistv.com/story/15384563/nacogdoches-high-school-student-arrested-for-scalding-baby http://www.wistv.com/story/15384563/nacogdoches-high-school-student-arrested-for-scalding-baby?t=2011-09-02T12:53:02Z WISTV Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:53:00 EDT Grand Jury evidence indicates baby was placed 'in scalding hot water.' News http://www.wistv.com/story/15384414/teen-bitten-by-shark-recovers http://www.wistv.com/story/15384414/teen-bitten-by-shark-recovers?t=2011-10-18T18:02:26Z WISTV Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:33:00 EDT Shane Lancaster says he was still in shock, but knew he did not want a huge ambulance bill, so he had his surfing buddy drive him to a nearby hospital. Station 50 http://www.wistv.com/story/14171711/two-killed-in-frankfurt-airport-shooting-involving-us-military http://www.wistv.com/story/14171711/two-killed-in-frankfurt-airport-shooting-involving-us-military?t=2011-05-25T17:07:19Z WISTV Thu, 3 Mar 2011 16:44:00 EST One of the two airmen killed in a shooting at the Frankfurt, Germany airport Wednesday is from the Upstate. News http://www.wistv.com/story/22290726/winning-numbers-drawn-in-powerball-jackpot http://www.wistv.com/story/22290726/winning-numbers-drawn-in-powerball-jackpot?t=2013-05-19T01:43:20Z APMOBILE Sun, 19 May 2013 01:43:00 EDT A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22244865/man-arrested-for-helping-woman-destroy-hit-and-run-vehicle http://www.wistv.com/story/22244865/man-arrested-for-helping-woman-destroy-hit-and-run-vehicle?t=2013-05-18T17:34:51Z WISTV Sat, 18 May 2013 17:34:00 EDT A third arrest has been made in a deadly hit-and-run that took place near Elgin more than two months ago. Kershaw County Community News Jason Old News http://www.wistv.com/story/22276100/person-dies-in-wreck-in-cass-county http://www.wistv.com/story/22276100/person-dies-in-wreck-in-cass-county?t=2013-05-17T19:19:54Z KCTV Fri, 17 May 2013 19:16:00 EDT Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She died Thursday when her car slammed into a semi while she was texting during her first time driving by herself. Laura McCallister Erika Tallan DeAnn Smith News http://www.wistv.com/story/53995/wis-3d-stormtrack-radar http://www.wistv.com/story/53995/wis-3d-stormtrack-radar?t=2013-03-20T11:20:20Z WISTV Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:43:00 EDT Take a real-time look at where it's raining here in the Midlands and across the state with WIS First Alert radar. Radar http://www.wistv.com/story/22288688/lexington-county-walmart-evacuated http://www.wistv.com/story/22288688/lexington-county-walmart-evacuated?t=2013-05-18T15:43:29Z WISTV Sat, 18 May 2013 15:43:00 EDT Customers have been allowed back into a Walmart in Lexington County after it was evacuated Saturday afternoon. Lexington Community News WIS Staff News http://www.wistv.com/story/22291043/report-iran-hangs-2-men-convicted-of-spying http://www.wistv.com/story/22291043/report-iran-hangs-2-men-convicted-of-spying?t=2013-05-19T02:37:21Z APMOBILE Sun, 19 May 2013 02:37:00 EDT Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency. News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22289630/delta-flight-from-charleston-makes-emergency-landing-in-raleigh http://www.wistv.com/story/22289630/delta-flight-from-charleston-makes-emergency-landing-in-raleigh?t=2013-05-18T17:39:18Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 17:39:00 EDT A Delta flight out of Charleston bound for New York City made an emergency stop in North Carolina Saturday morning after a warning indicator went off in the cockpit, according to an official with the airline. Philip Weiss News http://www.wistv.com/story/22291180/north-korea-fires-projectile-into-eastern-waters http://www.wistv.com/story/22291180/north-korea-fires-projectile-into-eastern-waters?t=2013-05-19T06:33:30Z APMOBILE Sun, 19 May 2013 06:33:00 EDT North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. News - AP-National http://www.wistv.com/story/22288258/county-agrees-to-settlement-in-deadly-2008-train-crash http://www.wistv.com/story/22288258/county-agrees-to-settlement-in-deadly-2008-train-crash?t=2013-05-18T15:16:33Z WISTV Sat, 18 May 2013 15:16:00 EDT Richland County has agreed to a settlement involving a couple who was killed in a train crash in 2008. WIS Staff News http://www.wistv.com/story/22289256/witnesses-car-strikes-crowd-at-va-parade http://www.wistv.com/story/22289256/witnesses-car-strikes-crowd-at-va-parade?t=2013-05-18T21:03:13Z APMOBILE Sat, 18 May 2013 21:03:00 EDT An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident. News - AP-National