Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A bill proposed by a state lawmaker would limit what Kentucky’s public or charter schools can teach students regarding race and gender. On Tuesday, Republican state lawmaker Joseph Fischer pre-filed bill request 60, which he calls, “an act relating to public education and declaring
Continue ReadingDollar store chains are starting to offer fresh groceries at some stores after years of criticism that they don’t provide enough healthy food options for their customers. Family Dollar has started selling apples, oranges, onions, potatoes, and other fruit and vegetables, and frozen poultry, pork and beef at approximately 100 of its more than 7,000
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Don Eckroat usually has already had his first cutting in his hayfield by June 1, and he usually has a sign showing the prices for hay. This year, however, prices aren’t listed on the sign just yet. He told KOCO 5 that’s because
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LISBON, Maine (WMTW) — A Maine man was rescued from the Androscoggin River Tuesday night after his boat capsized and he was swept downriver. The Lisbon Fire Department said the 21-year-old man was setting the anchor of his 16-foot boat when it began taking on water at about
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ETNA, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — A garbage truck crashed into a home in Etna, Allegheny County, on Tuesday afternoon. This happened along Spang Alley near Route 8. A mother and her two young children were inside the house when the crash happened. “Miraculously there were three occupants inside the
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Democrats running for New York City mayor will square off in a crucial debate Wednesday night, but they won’t just be trying to convince voters that they’re the best candidate for the job — being someone’s second, third, fourth or even fifth favorite could be almost as good. Unlike past elections, Big Apple voters will
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Hailey Morinico wasn’t really thinking when she confronted the black bear that wandered into the backyard of her California home on Monday — she just knew she had to protect her dogs. “I had about, I’d say, two seconds to think and the first thing that popped into my head was to push the bear
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — A man has been arrested for punching BCSO Sheriff Manny Gonzales on Tuesday night. Sheriff Gonzales, who is also running for Albuquerque mayor, was at a petition drive event at an entertainment venue in Albuquerque. A spokesperson for his mayoral campaign told KOAT
Continue ReadingThe hits keep coming. Shares of AMC — the largest movie theater chain in the world — surged more than 90% early Wednesday to a new peak above $60 before falling back slightly. Trading of the shares was halted twice due to volatility. The popular WallStreetBets Reddit board has boosted the stock lately as a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MONTEZUMA, Iowa (KCCI) — The FBI has joined the search for an 11-year-old Iowa boy who disappeared last Thursday in the same area where a college student was murdered while jogging nearly three years ago. Investigators were seen at the home of Xavior Harrelson in the mobile home
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WASHINGTON PARK, IL (Belleville News-Democrat) — Derissa Davis’ energy seemed to know no bounds on May 8 as she pursued her community’s vision of turning an abandoned lot into a vegetable garden that will serve families in the surrounding food desert. “Everything we grow, we’ll give away,” said
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An Oregon state representative violated workplace rules against sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment with a series of texts to a fellow lawmaker in April, a House committee has found.
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Oregon lawmakers have passed a bill allowing the sale of cocktails to-go to continue after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue ReadingTyson CEO Dean Banks is leaving the company after less than a year on the job. “Stepping down and concentrating on my family is the right decision at this time,” Banks said in a statement. He is being replaced as CEO and president by Chief Operating Officer Donnie King effective immediately, the company said Wednesday,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Former President Barack Obama made a pair of surprise appearances on Chicago’s South Side Tuesday afternoon. “I told you I was coming by, coach! You didn’t believe me!” Obama said, laughing. The former president took a break during his day trip to his adopted hometown
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CULVER CITY, California (KABC) — Authorities made one of the largest drug busts in Los Angeles County history recently, seizing meth and cocaine with a street value of nearly $60 million, officials say. The bust happened in May in eastern Los Angeles County according to Culver City police.
Continue ReadingCarl Chan was walking in Oakland’s Chinatown on his way to meet an Asian elder who had been attacked when a stranger called him a racial slur and hit him on the head. “I am so fortunate to be able to live another day to tell my story,” Chan told CNN. As president of the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story COMPTON, California (KABC) — Compton voters filed into polling places on Tuesday to elect a new mayor: Cristian Reynaga, a realtor and entrepreneur, or current Compton City Councilwoman Emma Sharif. Eyewitness News stopped by both campaign offices to talk with each candidate. Sharif has served on the Compton
Continue ReadingThe blog page that former President Donald Trump launched less than one month ago, after his team suggested he’d be launching a major new social platform, has been permanently shuttered. Jason Miller, a senior aide to Trump, told CNBC that the page “will not be returning.” Miller confirmed to CNN that the page had been
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — During a cold winter day in Tulsa, the Greenwood Cultural Center was one of the few places in the city at the time that had working utilities. That’s because days earlier, on Dec. 8, 2007, a storm encased Tulsa in ice and snow
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