Maine school board denounces hate crimes, pledges support to LGBTQ+ community
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW ) — The Portland Board of Public Education unanimously…
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The sacred lands of Utah’s Bears Ears brought 5 tribes together. An executive order is reviving effort to protect them
A rocky corner in southern Utah has been the focal point of protests and political battles for years. A recent move by the Biden administration is…
Continue ReadingState tells farmers not to farm unless they ‘absolutely need to’
Click here for updates on this story Albuquerque, NM (KOAT ) — A record drought season in New Mexico has some farmers…
Continue ReadingStudy finds airports contribute $40 billion to state’s economy
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — An economic study found that Tennessee’s public-use airports…
Continue Reading‘Our kids are suffering’: California families rally to reopen classrooms
Click here for updates on this story Elk Grove, California (KCRA) — Holding signs, chanting, cheering and getting honks…
Continue ReadingDog who went missing after crash reunites with family
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Fergus is back! The McKays’ 4-year-old Irish wolf-dog,…
Continue ReadingHigh School senior killed in early morning shooting
Click here for updates on this story METAMORA TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WNEM) — An 18-year-old is dead following a shooting…
Continue ReadingPastor to marry 15 couples before the Super Bowl
Click here for updates on this story Independence, Missouri (KMBC ) — Several hours before the big game next Sunday,…
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Oregon reports 23 more COVID-19 related deaths, 619 new cases
There are 23 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,981, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingTeachers return to their classrooms for first time in 11 months
Click here for updates on this story DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Across DeKalb County, teachers did something most…
Continue ReadingPolice to give update on arrest made in cold case
Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — Police in Waterbury arrested a man in connection…
Continue ReadingOfficials working to determine cause of deadly 3-alarm fire
Click here for updates on this story NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut (WFSB) — An early morning apartment fire in New Britain…
Continue ReadingThese cities want to give grocery store workers hazard pay
Large grocery chains stopped giving their workers hazard pay for showing up to the job last year. Now, some cities on the West Coast are starting to…
Continue ReadingCourt docs: Man facing bias crime charges after repeatedly using racial slur toward Portland police officer
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A 57-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon after he…
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Biden tells House Democrats to ‘stick together’ in Covid-19 relief push, signals willingness to narrow stimulus checks
President Joe Biden told House Democrats on a conference call Wednesday he is open to narrowing the distribution of $1,400 stimulus checks in his…
Continue ReadingTrash, debris pile up in NE Portland as more homeless settle along NE 33rd Drive
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Along Portland’s Northeast 33rd Drive near Sunderland…
Continue ReadingElon Musk admits Tesla has quality problems
Critics have slammed Tesla for Model 3 quality issues for years. And now CEO Elon Musk is admitting even his harshest critic was right. In early 2018…
Continue ReadingAlabama Senate Committee moves to allow home delivery of distilled spirits
Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WALA) — The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s inequality problem isn’t new. The pandemic is just emphasizing it
The pandemic is shining a spotlight on America’s inequality problem, but the nation’s economic playing field was far from level long…
Continue ReadingThere are no Black execs at the top of Britain’s biggest companies
The number of Black executives at the very top of the biggest companies on the London Stock Exchange has fallen to zero. There are no Black CEOs,…
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