MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The union representing workers at the Southern Poverty Law Center is protesting, saying there are racial disparities in the organization’s return to office plans. The Montgomery Advertiser reports they demonstrated in front of the civil rights group’s headquarters Monday. The union told the newspaper that a unit responsible for bringing in
Continue ReadingCNN, KABC, KCAL, KCBS By Nick Watt, CNN In 2014, the mayor of Los Angeles made a bold promise: to end veteran homelessness in this city by the end of 2015. He didn’t. There are, by latest count, still more than 3,600 homeless veterans here, down just a few hundred in five years There are
Continue ReadingBy Nick Watt, CNN In 2014, the mayor of Los Angeles made a bold promise: to end veteran homelessness in this city by the end of 2015. He didn’t. There are, by latest count, still more than 3,600 homeless veterans here, down just a few hundred in five years There are more homeless vets in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s U.S. House districts remain uncertain with just hours left before the deadline for candidates to file for office. The state House took no action Monday on a Senate-passed bill redrawing the state’s eight U.S. House districts based on the 2020 census. House Majority
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges have struck down a state law that prohibits people convicted of felonies from registering to vote while they are still serving probation, parole or other supervision. While appeals are possible, Monday’s ruling ultimately could allow tens of thousands of additional people to
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have so many stars this season that Clayton Kershaw is just one of the guys. But there’s little doubt the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner is still an extremely important piece to one of MLB’s best teams. Kershaw threw four
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN It’s been less than a week since deadly storms impacted the Deep South, and once again we are looking at the potential for the same areas to get more severe storms. Last Monday, tornadoes swept through towns just north of Austin and killed a woman north of Dallas when her home
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Gymnastics is overhauling its leadership structure in its women’s elite program. Instead of having one person serve as the program’s high-performance director, USA Gymnastics is dividing the job into three positions. Each person will report to the program’s vice president of women’s gymnastics. The organization had been looking for someone to
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson met with two closely watched Republican senators on Tuesday — Mitt Romney of Utah and Susan Collins of Maine — but it is still unclear whether she will win any GOP support. Senate Democrats can confirm Jackson to the high court
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Two people and a dog were rescued from the rain-swollen Los Angeles River as a vigorous late-season storm moved through California. Monday’s weather system marks a turnabout from an extremely dry winter that has spurred calls for water conservation in the drought-stricken state. The storm hit the San Francisco Bay region
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government has presented a range of economic measures such as halving the tax on gasoline in a bid to help cushion the impact of rising prices and win votes at elections due by May. Treasury Department documents show that inflation fueled by the Ukraine war,
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government has presented a range of economic measures such as halving the tax on gasoline in a bid to help cushion the impact of rising prices and win votes at elections due by May. Treasury Department documents show that inflation fueled by the Ukraine war,
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has dealt a sharp rebuff to the country’s attorney general, ruling that his efforts to lock up his in-laws violated the law. The ruling Monday freed the common-law wife of the deceased brother of Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero and her daughter. Gertz Manero had both women charged,
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for some of those killed and injured during last year’s deadly Astroworld festival are alleging rapper Travis Scott has violated a gag order issued in lawsuits they have filed in an effort to influence possible jurors ahead of a potential trial. Earlier this month, Scott
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Pickleball is now officially Washington’s state sport. Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday signed a measure into law granting the game status among a long list of official state symbols, including: Palouse Falls as the state waterfall, the Columbian mammoth as the state fossil and the marmota olympus, also known as the
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Amnesty International is accusing Russia of committing war crimes in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Amnesty’s Secretary-General Agnes Callamard said the rights organization will soon release an in-depth report on the devastation caused by Russia’s assault on the port city. She said the Russian siege of Mariupol,
Continue ReadingEAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have signed three free agents including former Miami offensive lineman Jesse Davis in their attempt to upgrade the interior blocking. The Vikings also signed ex-Denver cornerback Nate Hairston and re-signed cornerback Tye Smith. Davis was a regular for the Dolphins over the past five years with 72 starts
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Yet another false claim about CNN’s coverage of the war in Ukraine is swirling on social media — this one an absurd conspiracy theory that CNN faked its footage from the scene of a fire caused by a Russian attack on a fuel storage site in the Ukrainian city of Lviv.
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Some Georgia county election administrators are blasting proposed changes to state election law as “security theater.” They testified Monday that proposed House Bill 1464 would waste time and money while driving away scarce election workers. The measure, earlier passed by the House, would let the Georgia Bureau
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The first Latina to serve on the California Supreme Court has been sworn in as officials praised the historic elevation of appellate judge Patricia Guerrero to the state’s highest court. Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said Monday that it “made history for us and the future of California.” She also praised it
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