By Web staff Click here for updates on this story OLYMPIA, Washington (KPTV) — A bill mandating LGBTQ history education in Washington schools was signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee. Using the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) framework as a basis, Senate Bill 5462 was filed in 2023 with the intention of extending “inclusive
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s fundraising picked up last month but his political operation is still struggling to catch up to President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. Trump’s campaign and his Save America political action committee, two key committees in his political operation, reported raising
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CNN By Amanda Davies, Aleks Klosok and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Noah Lyles is not a man short on confidence. Having won three world championship titles last year, the American sprinter has since laid out grand plans for his career, even setting his sights on Usain Bolt’s records in the 100 and 200 meters.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE and TONG-HYUNG KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is referred to in Japan as “kanpeki no hito” — the perfect person — because of his manners and impeccable behavior. That image may have taken a hit when the Dodgers fired his good friend and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara on
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the Walt Disney World governing district taken over last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ supporters don’t want the governor’s appointees answering questions under oath as part of a lawsuit against Disney. The attorneys on Monday filed a motion for protective order that would stop
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — In an open letter, 27 Nobel laureates have demanded the release of all political prisoners in Belarus including Ales Bialiatski, the winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel laureates said the situation in Belarus is a “humanitarian catastrophe” and called for an immediate end
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH and TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press Since the start of his political career, Donald Trump has played on stereotypes about Jews and politics. He told the Republican Jewish Coalition in 2015 that “you want to control your politicians” and suggested the audience used money to exert control. In the White House, he said
Continue ReadingBy JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sir Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin were honored with the prestigious Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song on Wednesday as part of a starry tribute. The evening’s entertainment was a range of musical styles by a collection of renowned performers that included Garth Brooks,
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Skinner Click here for updates on this story DECATUR, Georgia (WANF) — A Little Five Points woman is frantic and furious after an emergency vet in Decatur lost her dog. A week ago, Hannah Riley could not have imagined she’d spend the next week searching for one of the most important parts of
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Three crew members are safe after their scheduled launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was automatically aborted Thursday morning, according to a live NASA broadcast. NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus were expected
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met with his Serbian counterpart in Moscow ahead of a soccer game between the countries’ national teams. The game Thursday was the Russian men’s squad’s first European friendly since the fighting in Ukraine began two years ago. Russia was removed from international soccer competitions after sending
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By Andy Pierrotti Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A Georgia man detained more than a decade behind bars and never convicted of a crime is now home with his family. Maurice Jimmerson’s pretrial detention is believed to be one of the longest such detentions in American history. His release
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos y más de una docena de estados presentaron el jueves una gran demanda antimonopolio contra Apple. Es la más reciente –pero la más grande– de una serie de grandes empresas tecnológicas que enfrentan acusaciones de monopolio por parte del Gobierno de Estados Unidos,
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CNN By Amanda Davies and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Two months after revealing his terminal cancer diagnosis, Sven-Göran Eriksson remains upbeat, approaching his life with the sort of tenacity required when holding perhaps the most demanding job in football. “The doctor is saying I’m not okay, but I feel rather okay,” Eriksson tells CNN
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced Thursday. The four-hour surgery was performed Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital, which was also the first hospital to perform a kidney transplant in 1954. The patient, Rick Slayman, a
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Sales of previously owned homes in the US unexpectedly soared in February to the highest level in a year, in a sign that buyers are returning to the market. Meanwhile, mortgage rates edged higher this week, according to a separate report released Thursday from Freddie Mac. Existing
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Roscosmos space agency has aborted the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station about 20 seconds before they were scheduled to lift off. Officials say the crew is safe. The Russian Soyuz rocket was to carry NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus
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Climatologists are aware of how the climate is changing and are growing more confident in what we can attribute these changes to. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) now says that human influence on the climate is “unequivocal” and evidence for this has only grown in recent years. While it’s clear that human activity
Continue ReadingBy La’Nita Brooks and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story GENESEE CO., Michigan (WNEM) — The investigation into the murder of Congressman Dan Kildee’s brother, Timothy Kildee, is still unfolding. It happened Tuesday morning, March 19, and the suspect is Timothy Kildee’s 27-year-old son, who is still in the hospital with serious
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, dijo este miércoles que el caso del futbolista Dani Alves, condenado en febrero a cuatro años de cárcel en España por agresión sexual y a quien se le concedió una fianza de US$1 millón para conseguir su libertad, es uno de
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