In a unanimous vote late Monday night, the Charlottesville City Council voted to remove two Confederate statues from the city’s public parks, almost four years after they served as a flashpoint for the violent “Unite the Right” rally that killed counterprotester Heather Heyer. The public now has a 30-day period to propose new plans for
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Former Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladic, nicknamed “the butcher of Bosnia,” will have to serve his life sentence after an appeal against his war crimes convictions was rejected on Tuesday. Mladic, 79, was sentenced to life in prison in 2017 after being found guilty of genocide for atrocities committed during the Bosnian war from
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday will speak with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the lead Republican negotiator on infrastructure, as prospects appear to be dimming for a bipartisan agreement. The call, originally scheduled for Monday, between the President and the West Virginia GOP senator is now set to take place later Tuesday afternoon, an official told
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Here is a look at the life of Ratko Mladic, former leader of the Bosnian Serb army, sentenced to life in prison for genocide and other war crimes. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1942 Birth place: Kalnovik, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) Birth name: Ratko Mladic Father: Nedja Mladic Mother: Stana Mladic Marriage: Bosiljka Mladic
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Ms. Frances “Annie” Wilson, currently the longest serving teacher in the School District of Philadelphia, is retiring this month after 47 years. “I’m thinking about the future- what it is that I would like to accomplish on the next leg of this journey,” Wilson told
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINCHESTER, Connecticut (WFSB) — A body was pulled from Winchester Lake Tuesday morning. Authorities say they were notified around 1:25 a.m. of a missing person and immediately began searching the area of Winchester Lake. The Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to the scene as well and,
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Starbucks will let customers bring their own mugs to US company-owned cafes again starting on June 22. Before the pandemic, the coffee chain encouraged customers to bring their own reusable mugs to stores. But in March of last year, Starbucks suspended the program throughout the world because of the coronavirus. Starbucks has been gradually bringing
Continue Reading America is hiring like never before. Job openings in the United States soared by nearly a million in April, setting a record for the most openings added in a month and the highest overall number since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started tracking the data in December 2000. At 9.3 million new positions, it was
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Bye bye, Botox. Actress and cancer survivor Shannen Doherty posted a makeup free selfie over the weekend with the caption, “Watching movies tonight and noticed there were few female characters I could relate to.” “You know, women without fillers, without Botox, without a facelift,” she wrote. “Women who embraced their face and all the experience
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Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount told lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday it was the “right decision” to halt operations at one of the largest fuel pipelines in the United States after the ransomware attack last month. Blount is facing lawmakers for the first time since a six-day shutdown of the pipeline in May led to
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Caitlyn Jenner, former Olympian and reality TV personality, and candidate for governor of California. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1949 Birth place: Mount Kisco, New York Full name: Caitlyn Marie Jenner Father: William Jenner, tree surgeon Mother: Esther Jenner Marriage: Kris Jenner (1991-2015); Linda Thompson (1981-1986); Chrystie Crownover
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Amannisa Abdullah and her husband, Ahmad Talip, were on their way to shop for baby clothes in Dubai, when the message that changed both their lives came through. Ahmad read it and announced an abrupt change of plan: He had to report to a police station immediately. Ahmad dropped Amannisa off at a friend’s house that
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The Foo Fighters are hitting the stage at Madison Square Garden later this month to kick off the iconic venue’s reopening. The event will take place June 20 and mark the first time the venue has had a concert since the Covid-19 pandemic. “We’ve been waiting for this day for over a year,” Foo Fighters
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President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda faces a critical month ahead as he and congressional Democrats work to secure agreements with Republicans on several key items — including a far-reaching infrastructure bill and a policing overhaul — and gear up for action on voting legislation they believe must pass to overcome efforts in GOP-led states to
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The historic agreement from the world’s richest nations to impose a global minimum tax doesn’t pose much of a threat to Corporate America’s bottom line. In a win for President Joe Biden, G7 nations announced their support last weekend to impose a global minimum tax rate of at least 15%. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STONEWALL, Louisiana (KTBS) — Most people pay big bucks to have waterfront property. That’s not the case in a developing Stonewall subdivision where streets turn to rivers and back yards to a mushy marsh. But that’s what some homeowners are dealing with in Griffin Estates Unit 2, especially
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They both fidget while they talk, like any teenager would when being questioned in front of multiple cameras. One jokes about her imperfect manicure. The other adjusts her necklace that says “Misery.” “Prom is on my birthday,” Lauren Hogg says. “I think it’s going to be great. On my 18th birthday — how much fun!”
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Indigenous leaders and more than 1,000 protesters including actress Jane Fonda marched Monday to the Mississippi River where an Enbridge Energy oil pipeline upgrade project is underway to cross the water in northern Minnesota. Protesters chained themselves to equipment and blocked entrances at the pipeline construction site, CNN affiliate KVRR reported. New sections of pipeline
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — A 13-year-old Kansas City, Kansas boy is in critical condition after almost drowning over the weekend. Deputies say the boy and his friends jumped a fence to get into a pool. The Unified Government says this pool isn’t open right now and it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAYWOOD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — COVID-19 cases are trending downward across North Carolina. But it’s still very possible to contract the virus, and that includes those who are younger. An unvaccinated Haywood County teenager is currently in the hospital after contracting the virus recently. Public health officials
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