By KATC Staff Click here for updates on this story Youngsville (KATC) — After a very tense meeting, the Youngsville City Council has voted unanimously to hire an HR law firm to investigate the city’s police chief. The council voted to ask the city’s attorney to find three HR law firms that can do the
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Today is National Transgender Day of Visibility in the U.S. President Joe Biden made the proclamation to celebrate transgender and non-binary Americans who he called some of the bravest people he knows. Transgender Chicagoans and their allies will rally in Grant Park
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A fencing World Cup in France has been called off after the international governing body voted to let Russians compete. The French Fencing Federation says it will not host the men’s Challenge Monal epee tournament near Paris in May following the International Fencing Federation’s decision this month to end the year-long exclusion
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Lefortovo prison, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been jailed on espionage charges, dates from the czarist era and has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times. The inconspicuous, pale yellow complex in eastern Moscow was built as a military penitentiary in 1881 and was used for low-ranking convicts
Continue ReadingBy COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister has promised to extend an existing wall across all of the country’s land border with Turkey. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who called the May 21 election earlier this week, presided over a ceremony to sign his center-right government’s decision to
Continue ReadingBy Alex Bozarjian, David Kalman Click here for updates on this story GRAND BLANC, Michigan (WXYZ) — A boy from Grand Blanc is recovering after complications from two infections that forced doctors to remove his legs. His mom says she wants to share his story and help other parents learn from her mistakes. Seven-year-old Kaden
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for California’s plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state’s efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports along the coast. The decision by
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid has been sidelined indefinitely with a broken left wrist. The injury is a blow to the team’s depth during the stretch run of the regular season. Reid has a fracture of the scaphoid bone. It’s between the hand and forearm on the thumb side of the wrist.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Police are looking for the suspects who allegedly robbed a man twice at the same parking garage in Flushing, Queens. The first robbery happened just before 10 p.m. on Feb. 23 at a parking garage on 38th Avenue. Police say one
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Grant McCasland is Texas Tech’s new men’s basketball coach. The announcement Friday came a day after North Texas won the NIT title to wrap up the school’s first 30-win season. North Texas was 135-65 in six seasons under the 46-year-old McCasland, who has a master’s degree from Texas Tech.
Continue ReadingBy ELIJAH WESTBROOK Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Security outside Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan is stepped up after former President Donald Trump was indicted. The scene remained mostly peaceful as a small group of protesters who support the indictment gathered Friday morning. “I’d like to see justice done
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Hace pocos días empezó la primavera boreal. Sin embargo, España enfrenta uno de los peores meses de marzo que se recuerden debido a los incendios que devoran los bosques del país. Entre los focos que más preocupan actualmente se encuentran aquellos que están arrasando el Principado de Asturias, donde hasta
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NORTH WILDWOOD, New Jersey (KYW) — If you’re still looking for a place to stay down the shore this summer — a rental owner in North Wildwood has a deal for you. The Five North Wildwood just launched a “Pay what you can” deal to
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Researchers in New York developed a virtual reality maze for mice in an attempt to demystify a question that’s been plaguing neuroscientists for decades: How are long-term memories stored? What they found surprised them. After forming in the hippocampus, a curved structure that lies deep within the brain, the mice’s memories
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Lacrosse in Central Oregon is growing rapidly, and it just got an experienced professional to up its game even more.
Continue ReadingBy MATT PETRILLO Click here for updates on this story LOWER MORELAND TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Police now have a pair of alleged serial thieves they call “the bicycle burglars” behind bars. The duo is accused of a six-week-long burglary spree that targeted mom and pop businesses from Montgomery County to Philadelphia. Police also say
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending personnel to Africa to help stop outbreaks of Marburg virus disease and is urging travelers to certain countries to take precautions. The CDC is also taking steps to keep infections from spreading to the United States. Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania are
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La orca conocida como Lolita parece estar a un paso de regresar a su hábitat natural en el noroeste del Pacífico, después de actuar en una atracción turística de Miami durante décadas. El animal fue sacado del océano en 1970. Pero después de una larga disputa sobre a dónde pertenece, funcionarios
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Associated Press (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general is investigating gender-affirming care provided at Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis clinic. The organization revealed the investigation Friday in court documents as part of a lawsuit against the attorney general. The attorney general says Planned Parenthood does not follow standard-care practices for
Continue ReadingBy ANNA MEILER Click here for updates on this story NORTHBOROUGH, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Jim Bruce will never forget the day he learned the devastating news that his son Matt had been diagnosed with ALS. “It was like someone punched you in the stomach as hard as they could. Your whole world just dropped out
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