The new Georgia elections law signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp last week has prompted lawsuits from civil rights groups, a sharp denunciation from President Joe Biden, and calls for businesses to take action against the state. Republican proponents of the law say the critics who accuse them of “voter suppression” are mischaracterizing both their
Continue Reading President Joe Biden is set to unveil a roughly $2 trillion jobs proposal focused on infrastructure and the climate crisis in a speech in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. The President’s next major legislative push, the American Jobs Plan, heavily invests in rebuilding the nation’s crumbling infrastructure and shifting to greener energy over the next eight years.
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The Oregon Supreme Court has floated a plan that would give state lawmakers an extension on a deadline to redraw electoral boundaries because of pandemic-related delays in U.S. Census data.
Continue ReadingShoppers, take note: You could soon pay more for Huggies, Pull-Ups and Scott toilet paper. Kimberly-Clark, the maker of such products, said Wednesday that it’s notifying retail customers in the United States and Canada that it will increase prices on some products by mid-to-high single-digit percentages in June. The increases “are necessary to help offset
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — The game of baseball hasn’t seen many changes over the years, but the implementation of technology recently changed that. Data is everywhere. It isn’t just how fast a pitch is. Did it spin efficiently? How fast did it spin? How much movement did the
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Beginning Thursday, fuel specialists with the Deschutes National Forest plan to conduct prescribed fire operations south of Crescent, about three miles northeast of the US Highway 97 — Oregon Highway 58 junction.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CASS COUNTY, Nebraska (WOWT) — A private park for recreational vehicles is about to open for the camping season but an owner says its financial survival may depend on a rule change. The powerful flood of 2019 could have been the tipping point for the owners of Merritt’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (WQAD) — Arconic has unfortunately revealed that this year’s eagle eggs may not be hatching, potentially due to a third eagle that showed up in the area. In a Facebook post, Arconic Eagle Cam revealed that they don’t expect this year’s pair of eggs to hatch
Continue ReadingRobinhood is getting rid of the confetti animation that appears on users’ screens after they conduct their first trade and achieve other milestones. The change comes as the app faces growing scrutiny over what critics say is a gamification of trading that masks the potential for real losses in the financial markets. The design changes,
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Vanessa Bryant is a proud mom. She announced on Instagram Tuesday that her 18-year-old daughter Natalia Bryant was accepted into the University of Southern California (USC), saying that her late husband Kobe Bryant would have been proud of their daughter. “I got in!” Natalia, wearing a USC sweatshirt, yells in the clip. Vanessa wrote: “Tears
Continue ReadingArrests have been made in connection with a coup attempt in Niger overnight, according to a statement sent to CNN by a diplomatic source in the country. “Several people linked to the coup attempt” have been taken into custody, but authorities are searching for others involved, the source said. The incident comes two days before
Continue ReadingDespite the country slowly opening up after a year of Covid-19 restrictions, the amount of blood donations needed has stayed in high demand. American Red Cross chief medical officer Dr. Pampee Young said the organization is in critical need of blood and platelet donations. “The demand for blood never goes away because it’s got a
Continue ReadingA rider suffered head, wrist and ankle injuries on Monday after being ejected from a roller coaster in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The person, who has not been identified, was flung about 10 feet out of the cart and landed on the track, according to an accident report filed by Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster. The rider was taken
Continue ReadingWhen Jerry Callahan had his first bite of a Sumo Citrus fruit about nine years ago, he knew he’d tried something special. “This is going to go crazy,” he thought. As the group vice president of produce and floral at the grocery store chain Albertsons, Callahan is essentially a produce trend-spotter by trade — and
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Facebook’s Prineville Data Center announced Wednesday that 14 local nonprofits and schools will receive Facebook Community Action Grants totaling $210,000.
Continue ReadingSeveral Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of justifications put forward by the NCAA on Wednesday to restrict education-related benefits for student athletes who are seeking broader compensation. At the same time, however, the justices expressed concern about the future and distinctiveness of college sports if courts continue down the road of second-guessing the NCAA’s definition
Continue ReadingTiny particles recovered from the summit of a mountain in Antarctica are clues that a meteorite more than 100 yards wide exploded in the sky 430,000 years ago, sending a fireball of vaporized extraterrestrial material to the icy surface, according to new research. Such “airbursts” are thought to occur more frequently than falling meteors or
Continue ReadingSlack CEO Stewart Butterfield knows he screwed up. Wednesday morning, Slack rolled out a feature to let customers message Slack users at other companies. After a host of complaints, Slack made changes Wednesday afternoon. Customers noted that the new system, called Slack Slack Connect Direct Messages, could be used to send unsolicited DMs and perhaps
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — We all know that expression; all hands on deck. In the most urgent times, we all have to pitch in and do what we can. Now, two women share a story about their calling and a big decision they just made. “There was something about
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President Joe Biden’s vision for a clean energy future isn’t just about spending billions on solar panels and wind farms. The White House also wants to hire hundreds of thousands of workers to clean up the relics of the nation’s fossil fuels past. The American Jobs Plan, which Biden is pitching Wednesday in a major
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