By BEN FINLEY Associated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A building believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S. was hoisted onto a flatbed truck and moved a half-mile Friday to Colonial Williamsburg, a Virginia museum that continues to expand its emphasis on African American history. Built 25 years before
Continue Reading By DAVID BILLER, AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met at the White House on Friday and reflected on how their nations were tested in their respective battles to preserve democracy, with the U.S. president declaring that democracy ultimately “prevailed”
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Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the lower 20s tonight with the chance for some light fog. There is a slight chance for some freezing fog with low to no impacts on roadways. Tomorrow: Temperatures warm into the upper 40s with mostly sunny skies. Winds switch back out of the southwest by late Saturday. Extended: Super
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By Daniel Dale, CNN President Joe Biden has gone on the attack over Social Security and Medicare. In speeches and tweets this week, Biden and his White House have singled out particular Republican senators — notably including Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida and Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin — over
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military fighter jet shot down an unknown object flying off the remote northern coast of Alaska on Friday on orders from President Joe Biden, White House officials said. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the object was
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal investigators said Friday they issued subpoenas to force the pilots of an American Airlines jet to sit for recorded interviews about a close call with a Delta plane on a runway at New York’s Kennedy Airport last month. The National Transportation Safety Board said it attempted to interview
Continue Reading ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Police say a person was fatally stabbed at a high school in St. Paul. The stabbing was reported Friday morning at Harding High School. Police did not immediately confirm that the victim was a student. The school district said on Twitter that it locked down the high school about 11:45
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. agency in charge of producing key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal has taken another step toward getting equipment installed at a New Mexico laboratory as part of a multibillion-dollar mission. The National Nuclear Security Administration says the work will take place over
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Bunceton man suffered serious injuries after his 2003 Chevrolet Silverado crashed Friday morning in Cooper County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The crash occurred on Highway 98, just west of Rose Cottage Lane. The Chevrolet – driven by Wesley Gander, 51 – started going off the right
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By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Sitting across from Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show,” Paris Hilton, wearing a sparkling neon green turtleneck dress and a high ponytail, looked at a picture of a glum cartoon ape and said it “reminds me of me.” The audience laughed. It did not look like her at
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Hill Click here for updates on this story MISSION BEACH, California (KGTV) — It was a wild sight near the water at South Mission Beach on Wednesday afternoon. “Nothing like this. Well, like I thought at first it was a lifeguard training or something. Then it started escalating just getting more and more
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Carpenter Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two Houston-area women are trying to figure out their next move after recently learning the nursing diplomas they’ve been working towards are bogus. Twenty-five people, including four from Harris County, have been charged for their alleged part in a scheme that
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A special education teacher has been charged with injury to a child after Houston police said he broke a 10-year-old student’s arm at school. George Jimerson, 70, told police he was trained in Crisis Intervention Prevention and was trying to stop
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest number of deaths in a single commercial airplane crash occurred when a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashed into Mt. Ogura
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — A finales de la década de 1990, la farmacéutica Purdue Pharma recomendó a doctores el uso del fármaco conocido como OxyContin. Este es un poderoso opioide recetado a pacientes con dolor crónico. Pasaron 18 años hasta que se viesen los efectos de esta intensa campaña en la sociedad estadounidense. El
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — España ofrecerá un camino a la ciudadanía para los 222 presos políticos nicaragüenses que fueron liberados recientemente de prisión y muchos de los cuales fueron enviados a Estados Unidos el jueves, dijo a CNN un portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de España. El portavoz no respondió de inmediato a una
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The number of unlawful crossings of the US-Mexico border in January marked the lowest levels of encounters since February 2021, administration officials said Friday. In January, US Border Patrol made more than 128,000 apprehensions, down 42% from December, according to administration officials. The handling of the US-Mexico border has been a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Department of Public Works announced in a Friday press release that Madison Street at Commercial Way will be closed next week. Miller Pipeline will be working on upgrades for Ameren UE. Closures will take place 8 a.m.-4 p.m. beginning Monday. Work is expected to be completed by 5
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For years, Nashville leaders have watched Tennessee’s GOP-dominated Legislature repeatedly kneecap the liberal-leaning city’s ability to set its own minimum wage, regulate plastic bag use and place higher scrutiny on police officers. Yet that simmering tension has only escalated this year as Republican lawmakers have introduced
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN and DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK (AP) — After a day of mixed signals, President Joe Biden will be sitting down for a pregame interview for the Super Bowl, which is being broadcast by Fox on Sunday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had initially said that Biden had been “looking forward” to
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