Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar. The…
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Vermont school banned from activities over refusal to play team with transgender athlete suing state educational authorities
By Skylar Harris and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A Vermont girls’ high school basketball team deemed ineligible to play in future activities…
Continue ReadingCanada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government says it has reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100…
Continue ReadingBusinesses where George Floyd was killed sue Minneapolis, saying police are not protecting the area
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several stores where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in 2020 are suing the city for about $1.5 million. The…
Continue ReadingWolverines receive protection under Endangered Species Act as climate change threatens their habitat
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The North American wolverine has officially been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and will…
Continue ReadingCharges dismissed against 3 emergency management supervisors in 2020 death
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) — A judge has dismissed all charges against three western Pennsylvania emergency management supervisors accused of obstructing…
Continue ReadingLawmakers can ‘vote their conscience’ on expelling Santos, House speaker says, but he has concerns
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson expressed reservations Wednesday about expelling Rep. George Santos from…
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Schumer warns that antisemitism is on the rise as he pushes for Israel aid
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is warning that antisemitism in the United States has…
Continue ReadingFeminist website Jezebel will be relaunched by Paste Magazine less than a month after shutting down
By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The irreverent feminist website Jezebel is making a comeback less than a month after it was…
Continue ReadingTop diplomats arrive in North Macedonia for security meeting as some boycott Russia’s participation
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Top diplomats from more than 50 countries have arrived in North Macedonia…
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Redmond woman, 85, struck and killed crossing SW Canal Boulevard near Odem Medo Road
An 85-year-old Redmond woman was struck and killed by a pickup truck as she tried to cross Southwest Canal Boulevard late Tuesday afternoon, police…
Continue ReadingGOP considers holding formal vote to authorize Biden impeachment as White House questions legitimacy
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are considering holding a vote next month to authorize their impeachment…
Continue ReadingVideo of teen beating parking guard in upscale neighborhood sparks anger in class-divided Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An expensive private high school in Mexico has suspended and may expel a student who was caught on video beating a parking lot…
Continue ReadingChina presents UN with vague Mideast peace plan as US promotes its own role in easing the Gaza war
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China has presented the United Nations Security Council with a four-point plan for…
Continue ReadingLawsuit seeks $5M for Black former delivery driver who says white men shot at him in Mississippi
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver who says two white men shot into his work van and…
Continue ReadingLetters reveal gruesome misdeeds of a Victorian man lauded by the scientific community
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Colonial settlers of the Victorian era were often complicit in atrocities committed against native populations…
Continue ReadingDeutsche Bank was keen to land a ‘whale’ of a client in Trump, documents at his fraud trial show
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Deutsche Bank viewed Donald Trump as a “whale” of a client, wanted to land him and eagerly…
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OSU researchers lead $4.2 million USDA grant to study disease plaguing honeybees
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Researchers at Oregon State University have received a $4.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s…
Continue ReadingUS Navy warship shoots down a drone launched by Houthis from Yemen
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says a U.S. Navy warship sailing near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait shot down a…
Continue ReadingJury to decide whether officer fatally shooting handcuffed man was justified
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Maryland jury will decide in the coming weeks whether a Prince George’s County police officer broke the law when he…
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