http://www.kvue.com/news/national RSS Feed for KVUE - News - National en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 06:33:30 GMT 2013-05-23T06:33:30Z en-us http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208603401.html NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. Thu, 23 May 2013 06:33:23 GMT http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208603401.html 2013-05-23T06:33:23Z http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208603391.html The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thu, 23 May 2013 06:33:07 GMT http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208603391.html 2013-05-23T06:33:07Z http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208601851.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the nation's largest cities have enhanced their allure, showing strong population growth for a second consecutive year. Thu, 23 May 2013 06:33:29 GMT http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208601851.html 2013-05-23T06:33:29Z http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208596601.html NEW YORK (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton touted the efforts of a group combatting malnutrition and blindness during an awards speech in New York City. Thu, 23 May 2013 06:33:30 GMT http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208596601.html 2013-05-23T06:33:30Z http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208596201.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The State Fire Marshal's Office says a federal safety panel's investigators had access to the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others. Thu, 23 May 2013 06:32:20 GMT http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208596201.html 2013-05-23T06:32:20Z http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208588881.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The public release of any photograph, videotape or digital recording related to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting would require the written consent of victims' family members, according to a working draft of a bill released Wednesday by the governor's office. Thu, 23 May 2013 04:07:15 GMT http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208588881.html 2013-05-23T04:07:15Z http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208588561.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A group of Connecticut organizations that support gun rights, pistol permit holders and gun sellers has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state officials, arguing the state's new gun control law violates their constitutional rights. Thu, 23 May 2013 03:03:56 GMT http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208588561.html 2013-05-23T03:03:56Z http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208580401.html MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Wednesday a novel measure aimed at protecting companies from so-called patent trolling, the practice of making deceptive claims of patent infringement in the hopes of collecting licensing or settlement money. Thu, 23 May 2013 06:06:59 GMT http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208580401.html 2013-05-23T06:06:59Z http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208586001.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Two 19-year-old Oklahoma men who took cover in a cellar during a deadly tornado were able to use their cellphones to get video of the twister as it passed over the home. Thu, 23 May 2013 03:04:15 GMT http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208586001.html 2013-05-23T03:04:15Z http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208572481.html NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. (AP) — A school bus slammed into the back of another one Wednesday afternoon, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in northern Indiana, leaving about 50 middle and high students with non-serious injuries and one driver seriously injured. Thu, 23 May 2013 00:36:21 GMT http://www.kvue.com/news/national/208572481.html 2013-05-23T00:36:21Z