By Richard Bourne and Ross Adams Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — The Mississippi Democratic Party said election commissioners across the state have purged 30,000 voters this year. Names of voters who died have been removed, as well as people who have requested to be taken off the voter rolls.
Continue ReadingSPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors from mines in a western North Carolina community harmed by Hurricane Helene is operating again. Sibelco announced on Thursday that production has restarted at its mining and processing operations in Spruce Pine. Customer shipments also are happening.
Continue ReadingBy Jenyne Donaldson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is recognizing a world-renowned African elephant conservationist. Zoologist Kate Evans, the founder and research leader at Elephants for Africa, has made it her life’s work to study and protect the majestic and regal animals whose populations in
Continue ReadingBy KHBS Staff Click here for updates on this story VAN BUREN, Arkansas (KHBS) — A former Crawford County deputy was sentenced to more than five years in prison in a case where he was accused of hitting a man in the head repeatedly outside a gas station in Aug. 2022. Levi White pleaded guilty
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Keys Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Excavation crews made a disturbing discovery at a Milwaukee school construction site last Wednesday when they dug up human bones. WISN 12 News has learned those bones are likely linked to the cholera epidemic that swept through the city in the mid-1800s.
Continue ReadingBy Ross Adams Click here for updates on this story BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi (WAPT) — Supporters are still fighting for accountability for two suspects who investigators said targeted a Black man delivering FedEx packages in Brookhaven. It’s been almost two years since D’Monterrio Gibson was shot at, allegedly by a white father and son. Gibson came
Continue ReadingBy Jamy Pombo Sesselman Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — Forty private universities, including several in Massachusetts, are being accused of overcharging for tuition by including the financial backgrounds of noncustodial parents when determining financial aid. A Boston University student and Cornell University alum filed the class action lawsuit Monday against
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A human rights lawyer and activist missing for nearly a week in southern Mexico regularly received threats related to her work. Sandra Estefana Domínguez Martínez and her husband were last seen Oct. 4, in the town of María Lombardo de Caso, in eastern Oaxaca on the border with Veracruz.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A congressional candidate who says he was tricked by Democrats into running as a spoiler in a competitive House race in Minnesota is suspending his campaign and endorsing his Republican rival. Thomas Bowman, an independent running in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, said he’d come to the realization that he was a “pawn” for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prosecutors say South African President Cyril Ramaphosa won’t face criminal charges over a hidden cash scandal that was revealed more than two years ago and triggered an investigation by a special police unit. A former national security chief accused Ramaphosa in 2022 of kidnapping, bribery and other
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Cuando se anuncie el ganador del Premio Nobel de la Paz en Suecia este viernes, Israel y el Líbano estarán entre los más de 50 países que experimentan conflictos armados. Por esa razón —y para enviar un mensaje de que “las instituciones del orden mundial parecen incapaces” de reducir el conflicto— el
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida theme parks including Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld say they’ll open their gates on Friday after shutting down for Hurricane Milton. The three Orland-based parks say they’ll reopen after assessing the storm’s damage. All shut down on Wednesday. The parks say some Halloween special events won’t be
Continue ReadingBy Ali Main and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that his youngest daughter, Tiffany, is pregnant. “She’s gonna have a baby. So that’s nice,” the former president said at the Detroit Economic Club in Michigan. Trump referred to his daughter as a “very exceptional young woman” and her husband,
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El miércoles por la noche, el huracán Milton azotó Florida con tornados mortales, inundaciones severas y fuertes vientos. El ciclón, que tocó tierra como categoría 3, golpeó Florida mientras aún se recuperaba del huracán Helene. Varias personas han muerto y millones se han quedado sin electricidad. Pasará un tiempo antes de
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — TD Bank pagará US$ 3.000 millones para zanjar las acusaciones de no haber vigilado adecuadamente el blanqueo de dinero por parte de cárteles de droga, según anunciaron el jueves los reguladores. La multa incluye una sanción de US$ 1.300 millones que se pagará a la Red de Represión de Delitos
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The judge in the federal January 6, 2021, criminal case against Donald Trump will wait at least seven days before releasing exhibits containing evidence that special counsel Jack Smith is using to argue that the former president is not immune from prosecution. Trump opposes the release of the heavily
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Decades-old and long-debunked myths about so-called chemtrails have become a central part of a wild conspiracy theory that falsely asserts the US government used non-existent weather manipulation technology to create the devastation caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The conspiracy theory is being promoted by right-wing influencers online, some
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(Update: adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Transportation Commission met in Bend on Thursday and got updates on a variety of issues, from lawmakers’ recent statewide transportation tour to the many steps taken to resolve the Motor Voter registration of thousands of possible non-citizens – and to keep it from happening again. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The city of Aurora is roughly the size of pre-evacuation Tampa, Florida. With 400,000 people spread over 164 square miles, it has swank subdivisions, working-class neighborhoods and the high-end resort where Donald Trump will hold a rally Friday to highlight a city turned into “a war zone” by immigrants,
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A statewide coalition aimed at permanently banning the sale of flavored nicotine and tobacco products says Oregonians overwhelmingly support its mission, but enacting a statewide ban has been a years-long challenge.
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