By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press A blast of late summer heat caused disruptions Wednesday for schools from Michigan to Virginia, with some districts dismissing students early and others holding classes online just days into the new academic year. While temperatures weren’t as high as last month’s triple-digit deadly heat wave, schools in states including Michigan,
Continue ReadingBy Arielle Mitropoulos Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — An investigation into a collision between two Jaffrey Police Department cruisers has determined that one of the officers was at fault. Rindge police investigated last month’s crash on Turnpike Road. Dashboard camera footage from the cruisers obtained by News 9
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The shape of the sprawling Fulton County, Georgia, trial against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants began to emerge Wednesday at the first televised hearing in the case since the indictment was filed last month. The Fulton County district attorney’s office said it’s planned a four months-long trial
Continue ReadingBy Ari Hait Click here for updates on this story BOYNTON BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — The body of a soldier who was killed in action nearly 80 years ago is coming to Palm Beach County to finally be laid to rest. Roy Searle’s cousin, Betty Rhodes, lives in Boynton Beach. “Roy died two years before
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — The winner of America’s largest-ever Powerball jackpot of $2 billion is accumulating real estate and just bought a seven-bedroom, eleven-bathroom hilltop mansion in L.A.’s Bel Air neighborhood. Edwin Castro chose the lump sum payment of $997.6 million after winning the jackpot
Continue ReadingWDIV, MICHIGAN STATE POLICE, CNN By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Michigan authorities are looking for an “armed and dangerous” suspect who they say set fire to multiple state police vehicles and struck them with rifle rounds early Wednesday at the Sault Ste. Marie post. No troopers were in the vehicles when the incident occurred
Continue ReadingBy Christina Loscar Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WXII) — A man is in jail accused of driving a car through the front doors of a county building in Downtown Winston-Salem, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said in a news release that Leanthony Sligh, Jr.,
Continue ReadingBy WBBH Staff Click here for updates on this story CAPE CORAL, Florida (WBBH) — Cape Coral Police are looking for the person responsible for a power pole landing on a school bus full of children. Police say someone drove into live wires on the corner of Jacaranda and NE 15th Place Tuesday around 9:15
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In an aggressive move that angered Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days, and proposed stronger protections against development on vast
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of environmental groups and conservationists is suing the state of Utah for its alleged misuse of water and failing to protect the Great Salt Lake from the brink of “ecological collapse,” according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The lawsuit comes roughly nine months after nearly three dozen
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SAN BERNARDINO, California (KCAL) — A judge in San Bernardino has placed a temporary hold on the gender identification policy under debate in the Chino Valley School District Wednesday morning. The decision was made around 9:45 a.m. when Judge Thomas granted a temporary restraining order,
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday it will cancel seven Trump-era oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and protect more than 13 million acres in the federal National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, stymieing a years-long attempt to drill in the protected region. The cancellation will affect
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For the next 11 days, hundreds of professional riders are in Redmond for a top-flight cutting horse competition, the sixth annual Cascades Futurity and Aged Event at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds.
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani man whose son is being sought by Pakistani and U.K. police in connection with last month’s death of his 10-year-old daughter in the United Kingdom has issued an appeal. He urged his fugitive son to surrender and cooperate with investigators. Muhammad Sharif made his remarks Wednesday after authorities in Pakistan
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The Bald Mountain Fire Lookout is the tallest lookout tower on the Fremont-Winema Forest. Ron Rommel has been staffing the tower since 2019.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Hoffman Click here for updates on this story UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland (WBAL) — The Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating the circumstances behind a viral video involving one of its officers. The video in question shows an officer’s interactions with a woman near a park. The video shows the officer and the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Narendra Modi, prime minister of India. Personal Birth date: September 17, 1950 Birth place: Vadnagar, Gujarat, India Birth name: Narendra Damodardas Modi Father: Damodardas Modi Mother: Hiraba “Heeraben” Modi Marriage: Jashodaben (Chimanlal) Modi (1968-present, separated) Education: Delhi University, B.A., 1978; Gujarat University,
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de República Dominicana cerró este miércoles su frontera con Haití. El vocero de la Presidencia y director de Estrategia y Comunicación Gubernamental, Homero Figueroa, informó a través de sus redes sociales que ciudadanos haitianos están llevando a cabo la tarea de sellar el paso del agua desde el
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former Treasury Secretary Jacob “Jack” Lew. Personal Birth date: August 29, 1955 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Jacob Joseph Lew Father: Irving Lew, lawyer and rare book dealer Mother: Ruth (Turoff) Lew Marriage: Ruth Schwartz Children: Isaac “Danny” and Shoshana Education:
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Soaked with sweat as the temperature neared 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 Celsius) on the hottest day at this year’s U.S. Open, 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev walked slowly to towel off between points of his victory Wednesday, looked into a courtside camera and issued what sounded
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