By Erin Griffin Click here for updates on this story Mississippi (KATC) — The aftermath of the tornado on March 25th in Rolling Fork Mississippi has left many homes and businesses down to dust and unliveable conditions. At least 26 people have reportedly been killed with dozens more injured following devastating storms. Many in Acadiana
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By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer South Carolina senior guard Brea Beal knew she could trust Dawn Staley before she even suited up for the Gamecocks. It wasn’t just Staley’s coaching accolades, which include fueling South Carolina’s meteoric rise in women’s basketball, that sold Beal. Beal knew that Staley — a Black woman like her
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By Nadia Kounang The biotech company BTNX says it is shipping out new test strips this week that detect the presence of xylazine, an animal sedative that officials say is increasingly being mixed with fentanyl. As with fentanyl test strips, these pieces of paper have a reagent that can help users detect whether a drug
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Melissa Tempel’s first grade class at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, has spent weeks preparing for its upcoming spring concert. Tempel and her co-teacher, dual-language instructors at the school, wanted the concert to have a theme of world unity and peace. Among the songs they selected: “It’s a Small
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The Fulton Police Department is searching for someone accused of robbing the Break Time on North Bluff Street on Saturday night. A man wearing dark clothing and a blue ski mask pulled out a weapon and demanded money, according to a press release. He ran away after getting the money. The amount was not determined.
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press CAPE COAST, Ghana (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has visited a site in Ghana where millions of enslaved Africans were held captive before they were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas. During her visit to Cape Coast Castle, Harris insisted on exploring past wounds. She
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new indictment charges FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with directing $40 million in bribes to one or more Chinese officials to unfreeze assets relating to his cryptocurrency business. The rewritten indictment unsealed Tuesday adds a charge of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign
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ABC 17 News is interviewing each of the seven candidates running for three open spots on the Columbia Board of Education. At least two of them will be new members — only one incumbent is in the race.
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were mixed Tuesday as Wall Street regains some stability at the tail end of what’s been a turmoil-filled month. The S&P 500 dipped 6.26 points, or 0.2%, to 3,971.27, though the majority of stocks within the index rose. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped
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By Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris emerged from the female slave dungeon at Cape Coast Castle visibly shaken. Inside the famous slave trading outpost’s dungeon, Harris set a bouquet of flowers down and placed her hand on the centuries-old wall, connecting herself physically to the sorrow of the Africans it once imprisoned. It
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian court on Tuesday convicted a single father over social media posts critical of the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to two years in prison — a case brought against him after his daughter’s drawing at school opposed the invasion, according to his lawyer
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By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will deliver an address next month in Jerusalem, a trip that is certain to inject the likely Republican presidential contender into Israel’s national tumult and its increasingly fraught relationship with the United States. The Jerusalem Post and the Museum of Tolerance announced Tuesday that DeSantis would serve
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By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Rodney Terry says he always felt confident he’d earn the chance to be the full-time head basketball coach at Texas. The school removed the interim tag from his title and gave him the full-time job after leading the Longhorns to the Elite Eight following the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Texas companies have resolved Clean Air Act violations with the Environmental Protection Agency by agreeing to reduce emissions of planet-warming methane and other harmful pollutants wafting from the nation’s largest oil and gas producing region. EPA announced Monday that Matador Production Company has agreed to pay
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Estados Unidos anunció su apoyo a la creación de un tribunal especial para juzgar a Rusia por crimen de agresión, lo que representa un avance significativo en el esfuerzo para responsabilizar a altos funcionarios del Kremlin por la guerra en Ucrania. “En este momento crítico de la historia, me complace anunciar
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By Eran Hami Click here for updates on this story CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — Start your engines during the weekend of March 24, The Texas Mile is back in Beeville for three days of high-speed action. Drivers from all over the state and even farther away are at Chase Field Industrial and Airport Complex
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK Associated Press The cold weather in North Dakota kept chemicals that spilled from a derailed Canadian Pacific train from spreading very far. Richland County Emergency Management Director Brett Lambrecht said Tuesday that with temperatures well below freezing all of the chemicals that leaked remained within about 100 feet of where 31 cars
Continue Reading By BRIAN WITTE and LEA SKENE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing in the case, marking the latest development in the protracted legal odyssey chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” Though Syed’s conviction has been reinstated, he will not
Continue ReadingBy Shane Rackley Click here for updates on this story CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — On Friday, March 24, US Border Patrol agents at the Javier Vega Jr. Immigration Checkpoint outside of Sarita, Texas stopped a vehicle after it tried to go around the checkpoint. According to a press release from US Border Patrol, officers
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Tuesday press release that a man accused of shooting another man has been arrested. James C. Mark was arrested Tuesday. Charges have yet to be filed. He is being held at the Camden County Jail, according to the release. Deputies on Monday night responded
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