By MEG KINNARD Associated Press SUMMERTON, S.C. (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has joined House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn in visiting a rural South Carolina school that is now part of a National Park Service program to safeguard institutions connected to the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision declaring segregated schools
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN The White House requested $35 million be included in the short-term government funding bill to assist Ukraine’s nuclear security as US officials continue to closely watch the precarious conditions around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, according to an administration official. The additional funds would serve to bolster the significant assistance already
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A court hearing for a Tennessee man charged with murder in a series of shootings in Memphis has been postponed after three state witnesses did not show up for the proceedings. Shelby County General Sessions Judge Karen Massey issued an order Tuesday to have the three
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One month after a teen girl swimming in the Deschutes River found human bones underwater, Bend police turned to the public Tuesday in hopes of identifying the recovered skeletal remains of an adult, believed to have been in the water for over a year.
Continue ReadingBy Luz Pena and Leslie Brinkley Click here for updates on this story ALAMEDA COUNTY, California (KGO) — Forty-seven Alameda County sheriff’s deputies were stripped of their weapons and badges over the weekend after an audit revealed that they had received unsatisfactory scores on psychological exams. 30 of them worked at the Santa Rita Jail
Continue ReadingBy Suzanne Phan Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A photograph of a San Francisco firefighter wearing a controversial “Let’s Go Brandon” shirt on job is sparking a lot of reaction. A passerby spotted the firefighter working with others on a hydrant by Noe and 18th in the Castro District
Continue ReadingBy KCRA Staff Click here for updates on this story AMADOR COUNTY, California (KCRA) — Amador High School’s varsity football team will not play for the remainder of the season while the school district investigates a “highly inappropriate group chat thread” involving most of the team. The football team was suspended Sept. 17 because of
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America A Tennessee cheerleading gym faces sexual abuse allegations in a case that escalates the accusations against some of the sport’s top institutions. A federal lawsuit brought Monday by two anonymous plaintiffs alleges that an adult coach at Premier Athletics sexually assaulted teenage boys. Lawyers brought a similar complaint
Continue ReadingBy Rob McMillan Click here for updates on this story MORENO VALLEY, California (KABC) — A Moreno Valley man says his valuable package was stolen after it was misdelivered and signed by someone else. Last November, Chris Winchester says he purchased two gold bracelets as Christmas presents for his two sons, along with gold and
Continue ReadingBy WISN Staff Click here for updates on this story SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wisconsin (WISN) — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported the first human case this year of West Nile virus in a Sheboygan County resident. Cases of West Nile virus have also been reported in three animals in Wisconsin, two horses and a
Continue ReadingBy Magdala Louissaint Click here for updates on this story TRUSSVILLE, Alabama (WVTM) — Some parents in Trussville, Alabama are calling for major changes after learning new details about how Hewitt Trussville High School and Trussville City Schools handled a disturbing ‘death notebook’ found in a student’s possession nearly a year ago. Learn more in
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — The family of a Massachusetts soldier who was found dead about 30 miles from Fort Hood in Texas in 2020 has filed a malpractice claim worth $25 million against the U.S. Army. Sgt. Elder Neves Fernandes, 23, of Brockton, was reported missing
Continue ReadingCNN By Maegan Vazquez and Nikki Carvajal, CNN The White House is closely tracking Hurricane Ian as it barrels toward Florida, with President Joe Biden receiving regular updates and speaking with local officials in the storm’s projected path ahead of landfall in the United States. As of Tuesday afternoon, Hurricane Ian remains at Category 3.
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Nikki Carvajal, CNN The White House is closely tracking Hurricane Ian as it barrels toward Florida, with President Joe Biden receiving regular updates and speaking with local officials in the storm’s projected path ahead of landfall in the United States. As of Tuesday afternoon, Hurricane Ian remains at Category 3. The
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Americans have won a cup for the third straight time. The next one is really what matters. Even though the Americans won big in the last Ryder Cup, they have not won on European soil since 1993. They will be favored. The question is
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Dindak Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — The Federal Bureau of Investigations is the lead agency investigating a hoax active shooter call at Princeton High School after similar calls were made across Ohio and the nation. Sharonville Police Department is coordinating with the FBI. “We’ll be following up because
Continue ReadingBy SARA HERSCHANDER of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy As the country’s food charities struggle to keep up with rising inflation and demand, the White House will host a conference on Wednesday. For several months, the Biden administration has hosted listening sessions with hunger and nutrition groups, corporations, and federal agencies to help
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is warning of economic calamity if climate change is not addressed with immediate government intervention. She says the increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters could create devastating short-term supply reductions of everyday goods that could cause prices to
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Shakira enfrentará un juicio oral por seis presuntos delitos contra la Hacienda Pública de España, según determinó la jueza Ana Duro Palencia, del juzgado de instrucción 2 de Esplugues de Llobregat, municipio de la provincia de Barcelona, en una resolución que se publicó este martes. En diciembre de 2018, la
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist If you went to bed hoping Ian would go away, your dreams didn’t come true. It’s big, strong, and will move northeast and soon slow down — all recipes for a worst-case scenario for the western coast of Florida. For residents in the Tampa Bay area, “it’s time to stop
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