WBZ, WOKE A YOUNG POET’S CALL TO JUSTICE, NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CNN By Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story NORTH ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts (WBZ) — North Attleboro Council member Darius Gregory made his voice heard during Monday’s town council meeting. Emotions ran high over a decision to remove the book “Woke, A
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have extended an invitation to attend the president’s State of the Union address to a Texas woman who sued her state and lost over the ability to get an abortion to end a wanted pregnancy. The Bidens spoke with
Continue ReadingBy ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei faced a one-day general strike Wednesday protesting his decree targeting unions as well as his proposals for economic and labor law changes. Argentina’s largest labor union organized the strike that was joined by other unions. Demonstrators took to
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team have taken a leave of absence from their current clubs in recent days. Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames and Swiss club Ambri-Piotta’s Alex Formenton
Continue ReadingBy Justin Andrews Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Thousands of homes across the St. Louis area share a common racial covenant restriction on property deeds. The restriction means homes can only be sold to white or non-Jewish buyers. Although the covenants are not enforceable under the law, Webster
Continue ReadingBY FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of the severe drought in the Amazon last year that sent rivers to record lows, isolated hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of endangered dolphins. That’s according to researchers from World Weather Attribution, which
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s new Republican superintendent of public schools is facing bipartisan criticism for appointing a right-wing social media influencer from New York to a state library advisory committee. Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters announced Chaya Raichik’s appointment to the committee on Tuesday, saying she is “on
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — American forward Nicholas Gioacchini has transferred to second-tier Como in Italy after one season with St. Louis in Major League Soccer. The 23-year-old scored 10 goals in 32 regular-season league matches. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Gioacchini spent the 2021-22 season on loan with Montpellier in France’s Ligue 1 and had
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Montgomery Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WANF) — Starting next week, students in Decatur schools who have unpaid meal charges will get a cheese sandwich and milk instead of a selection of what’s on the lunch menu for the day. For the past few years, all public school students have
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mark Ruffalo has quite the tale about what happened before he first became a father. During a recent conversation on Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett’s “Smartless” podcast, Ruffalo shared that more than 20 years ago, when his wife Sunrise Coigney was close to giving birth to
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By Nicole Goodkind and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Microsoft became the second-ever company worth $3 trillion on Wednesday as the artificial intelligence boom sent shares of the company’s stock soaring higher. For comparison, Microsoft’s market value is now larger than the entire GDP of France and just behind that of the United
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey utility regulators have given preliminary approval to two new wind farms off the state’s coast. And both would be considerably farther offshore than earlier projects that drew opposition from beachgoers who don’t want to see wind turbines on the horizon. The state Board
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By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff said Wednesday in an exclusive interview that his work fighting the spread of antisemitism around the country weighs on him. “There’s some days I don’t want to do it, because it’s too hard,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an interview from his office
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Good sleep goes a long way in today’s busy world, so often people are looking for the perfect fix for better rest. Enter the sleepy girl mocktail. You may have seen the simple recipe on your social media feed: about half a cup of tart cherry juice and a
Continue ReadingALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria is gearing up for an election year with an aging president and an opposition that is yet to present a candidate. The oil-rich north African country faces mounting political and economic challenges as public dissatisfaction rises. Yet it remains unclear whether Algeria’s presidential election, likely to be held in December,
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Democratic-aligned groups this week have filed campaign finance complaints against No Labels. They are hoping to crimp the centrist group’s pipeline of campaign cash and force it to follow the same rules as formal political parties. For months, No Labels has stockpiled
Continue ReadingBy Michael Franklin Click here for updates on this story CALGARY (CTV Network) — A right-wing news commentator who was fired by Fox News last year is set to meet with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary. Tucker Carlson will be speaking at noon Wednesday at the Telus Convention Centre. The controversial news host left
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — After announcing his touring days were over, Ozzy Osbourne will return to the stage for a few final performances. While the Black Sabbath legend has been dealing with health issues in recent years, his wife and manager Sharon Osbourne says the rocker is planning two final concerts in Birmingham,
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Potholes are appearing and expanding after rounds of extreme temperatures and wintry precipitation hit Mid-Missouri over the past few weeks.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic will play excerpts of music from the Academy Award-nominated “Maestro” on the life of former music director Leonard Bernstein on Feb. 14. The movie’s star and director, Bradley Cooper, will participate in a post-performance conversation at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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