By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — More than a dozen students at a local high school were taken into custody after a fight Thursday afternoon, Sheriff Steve Prator said in a news release. Around 3 p.m., Cpl. Calvin Williams, the school resource officer assigned to Southwood High
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges have struck down the state’s latest photo voter identification law. Two of the three trial judges hearing a lawsuit declared on Friday that the December 2018 law is unconstitutional. The judges barred its enforcement, agreeing with minority voters that Republicans rammed through
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco was spotted dancing and singing at an indoor nightclub without a mask, despite a strict city order to wear masks when inside. Mayor London Breed has promoted restrictive measures aimed at curbing the coronavirus, frustrating business owners who have had to shut down or limit customers.
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By Philip Wang, CNN Business The World Bank says it will stop publishing its annual Doing Business economic report after an independent investigation found bank leaders placed “undue pressure” on staffers to alter data to inflate the rankings for China and Saudi Arabia in 2018 and 2020 editions of the report. The bank commissioned the
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By Jessica Schneider, CNN A high-ranking Capitol Police officer, who was also a vocal Donald Trump supporter, told those under his command not to wear riot gear on January 6, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN that detail allegations submitted to an officer tip line. In this case, an unidentified Capitol Police lieutenant emailed
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research 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
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has funded organizations that received the most money for racial equity in 27 different states following the police killing of George Floyd. According to an AP analysis of new preliminary data from the philanthropy research organization Candid, Scott was responsible for approximately $567 million given to
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By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has funded organizations that received the most money for racial equity in 27 different states following the police killing of George Floyd. According to an AP analysis of new preliminary data from the philanthropy research organization Candid, Scott was responsible for approximately $567 million given to
Continue ReadingBy Curt Yeomans Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — A genealogy DNA test helped crack the 39-year-old mystery surrounding the identity of a woman whose remains were found in southern Gwinnett in the early 1980s. The woman’s skull, additional bones and some personal belongings were found in
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By Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN As Donald Trump returns to Georgia later this month, criminal investigators in the state have been quietly conducting interviews, collecting documents and working to build a line of communication with congressional investigators as they aim to build a case against the former President for his alleged attempts to
Continue Reading By Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN As Donald Trump returns to Georgia later this month, criminal investigators in the state have been quietly conducting interviews, collecting documents and working to build a line of communication with congressional investigators as they aim to build a case against the former President for his alleged attempts to
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man has been sentenced to three years of probation for a hit-and-run that killed a 4-year-old boy. The Sedgwick County district attorney’s office said Friday that Marcus Downey would serve 32 months in prison if he violates his probation. Downey was charged in March with fleeing an accident and
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Donald Leffler of Warsaw, Illinois, tried to exit onto Key Largo from Highway 54 on his Harley-Davidson Trike when he went off the road and hit an electrical box, the Osage Beach Police Department said in a news release. Leffler was thrown from the Trike and pronounced dead at Lake Regional Hospital, police said.
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By Raja Razek, CNN The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Thursday that voters in Minneapolis may decide on changing the police department in the upcoming municipal elections. The measure, if approved, would amend the city charter to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety. The DPS would employ a “comprehensive public
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Before computers were a staple of workplaces, schools, libraries and many homes, they were bulky, expensive and a luxury many couldn’t afford. Enter Clive Sinclair. The British inventor’s first personal computer, the ZX80, was a slim steal at $200. The invention and its more advanced successors helped bring computing to the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Hubbuch Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has awarded almost $1 million to study projects designed to keep electricity flowing locally even during major disasters. Established earlier this year with federal Department of Energy funding, the grant is intended to promote
Continue ReadingBy Blythe Bernhard Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Students who attended school in person last year significantly outperformed their peers who participated virtually, according to the first look at Missouri test scores during the pandemic. Overall, test scores from this spring dropped across all subjects and grade
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Kelli Jones, spokeswoman for Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will help those refugees settle here. The Ethiopian Community Development Council can settle up to 250 in Kansas City and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants can resettle up to 200 in Kansas City and up to 350 in St. Louis.
Continue Reading By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former high school student convicted of killing a teenager and injuring eight others at a Denver-area school in 2019 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Devon Erickson was sentenced Friday after victims and families gave emotional testimony about the lasting trauma from the
Continue ReadingBy Paul Hamby Click here for updates on this story BILLINGS, Montana (Billings Gazette) — Evening started to fall at Shindand Airbase, Afghanistan, one of the most heavily trafficked airfields throughout Operation Enduring Freedom, when Sgt. 1st Class Glenn Myers heard the moan of a siren. Standing on top of one of the few solid
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