http://www.klewtv.com/news/national RSS Feed for KLEW - News - National & World en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:33:32 GMT 2013-06-20T04:33:32Z en-us http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/San-Francisco-landlords-from-hell-plead-guilty-to-felonies-212249271.html A couple that prosecutors dubbed the "landlords from hell" for going to scary lengths to drive tenants from a San Francisco apartment building — including cutting holes in one tenant's floor with a power saw while he was still inside — have pleaded guilty to several felonies. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:40:05 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/San-Francisco-landlords-from-hell-plead-guilty-to-felonies-212249271.html 2013-06-20T03:40:05Z http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Canadian-Mennonites-accused-of-beating-kids-with-cattle-prods-leather-straps-212265931.html Children have been removed from an orthodox Mennonite community in Canada where adults have been charged with assaulting youngsters using items such as cattle prods and leather straps. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:33:32 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Canadian-Mennonites-accused-of-beating-kids-with-cattle-prods-leather-straps-212265931.html 2013-06-20T04:33:32Z http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Mueller-FBI-uses-drones-for-surveillance-212256371.html The FBI uses drones for surveillance of stationary subjects, and the privacy implications of such operations are "worthy of debate," FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:39:28 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Mueller-FBI-uses-drones-for-surveillance-212256371.html 2013-06-20T03:39:28Z http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/3-accused-of-holding-woman-as-slave-212143271.html A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit bulls. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:11:25 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/3-accused-of-holding-woman-as-slave-212143271.html 2013-06-19T16:11:25Z http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Former-investigators-claim-evidence-of-missle-strike-as-cause-of-1996-TWA-crash-212238751.html Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:33:24 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Former-investigators-claim-evidence-of-missle-strike-as-cause-of-1996-TWA-crash-212238751.html 2013-06-19T23:33:24Z http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/FBI-ends-hunt-for-ex-Teamster-boss-Hoffas-remains-212160111.html he excavation of a rural field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, the FBI announced Wednesday, adding another unsuccessful chapter to a nearly 40-year-old mystery. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:57:43 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/FBI-ends-hunt-for-ex-Teamster-boss-Hoffas-remains-212160111.html 2013-06-19T20:57:43Z http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Senator-IRS-set-to-pay-70-million-in-employee-bonuses-212141771.html The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:43:21 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Senator-IRS-set-to-pay-70-million-in-employee-bonuses-212141771.html 2013-06-19T14:43:21Z http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Obama-renews-calls-for-nuclear-reductions-212143881.html Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time." Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:00:01 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Obama-renews-calls-for-nuclear-reductions-212143881.html 2013-06-19T15:00:01Z http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Social-issues-still-fire-up-GOP-despite-2012-loss-212141571.html Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:39:43 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Social-issues-still-fire-up-GOP-despite-2012-loss-212141571.html 2013-06-19T15:39:43Z http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Obama-Lives-have-been-saved-by-NSA-programs-212134641.html Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:38:13 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/Obama-Lives-have-been-saved-by-NSA-programs-212134641.html 2013-06-19T16:38:13Z