By TaRhonda Thomas Click here for updates on this story COLLINGSWOOD, New Jersey (WPVI) — A South Jersey school district and local police are investigating incidents of racial bias among high school students. This includes the creation of the so-called ‘White Student Union,’ a non-sanctioned club at Collingswood High School in Camden County. Students say
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine and Israel both desperately need the military weapons that are being held up by Congress’ failure to pass a funding package for the two countries at war, Pentagon leaders told House appropriators Wednesday, calling the situation in Ukraine dire. “Whether it’s munitions, whether it’s vehicles,
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival may not always call Park City, Utah, home. The Sundance Institute has started to explore the possibility of other U.S. locations to host the independent film festival starting in 2027, the organization said Wednesday. The 2025 and 2026
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Charges have been dismissed against a suspect in the 2016 cold case slaying of a 25-year-old Tulane University graduate who was visiting New Orleans to plan his wedding. The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office said issues arose with a critical witness’s availability, resulting in the charges being dropped against Ernest Weatherspoon.
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Charges have been dismissed against a suspect in the 2016 cold case slaying of a 25-year-old Tulane University graduate who was visiting New Orleans to plan his wedding. The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office said issues arose with a critical witness’s availability, resulting in the charges being dropped against Ernest Weatherspoon.
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and ALI SWENSON Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A humanitarian organization in northeastern Mexico is saying it did not create flyers urging border-bound migrants to vote for President Joe Biden. The flyers were filmed at the group’s shelter in a recent viral video. Accusations that Resource Center Matamoros was encouraging noncitizens
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a Minnesota man who was killed by a state trooper during a traffic stop has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, alleging that the fatal shooting was unjustified and unlawful. The lawsuit names Troopers Ryan Londregan, who shot Ricky Cobb II, and Brett Seide,
Continue ReadingBy Ricardo Tovar Click here for updates on this story MOSS LANDING, California (KSBW) — A man walking across America to raise awareness for mental health trekked through Monterey County on Monday. Kyndal Edwards is walking to all four corners of the continental United States on his journey. Edwards says he is a recovering addict
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Pennsylvania utility regulators must turn over inspection records to the National Transportation Safety Board as part of the federal investigation into a fatal explosion at a chocolate factory. A federal judge on Tuesday sided with the safety board in its dispute with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. The state agency
Continue ReadingBy Bill Schammert Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — On Monday, the Omaha Public School Board approved a six-figure settlement for a former teacher who was hurt during a fight between students. According to the settlement, the teacher was accidentally hurt when trying to break up a fight in September
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Diversity, equity and inclusion staff members’ jobs in North Carolina’s public university system could be at risk. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors committee quickly voted to repeal a DEI policy adopted in 2019. The policy will now be sent to the full board
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press The ride-hailing company Uber says it’s banned an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man allegedly shot the woman to death. Uber says Wednesday the March 25 shooting death of driver Loletha Hall is “a horrific tragedy” and the company has provided information to
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El Senado desestimó este miércoles los artículos de juicio político contra el secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Alejandro Mayorkas, apenas iniciado el juicio histórico contra el secretario del Gabinete. Los artículos de juicio político eliminados por el Senado fueron por “negativa deliberada y sistemática a cumplir con la ley” y “violación
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By Jake Anderson Click here for updates on this story DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nebraska (KETV) — A substitute teacher in Omaha accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy appeared in court for the first time Tuesday. Erin Ward is charged with felony sexual abuse by a school employee after admitting to having sexual relations with a
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KABC) — A mistrial was declared Tuesday in the case of a Long Beach school officer charged with murder for shooting an 18-year-old woman in 2021. Jurors said they deadlocked on the charge of second-degree murder for school security officer Eddie Gonzalez.
Continue ReadingBy WRAL Staff Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — Nearly 25,000 gallons of sewage spilled into the Richland Basin Wednesday morning in Raleigh. At 9:23 a.m., the City of Raleigh learned of a sewer overflow near Chapel Hill Road in Raleigh. Raleigh Water staff contained the overflow at approximately
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By Arit John and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives once again failed to advance a repeal of the state’s 160-year-old abortion ban Wednesday, days after the state Supreme Court roiled state politics by reviving the law. The vote is a blow to reproductive rights as well as GOP candidates in competitive races, who have
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Eric Schmidt, former executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. Personal: Birth date: April 27, 1955 Birth place: Washington, DC Birth name: Eric Emerson Schmidt Father: Wilson Schmidt, a professor Mother: Ellie Schmidt Marriage: Wendy Boyle (1980-present) Children: Sophie and
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of young dancers in white tutus and tightly coiffed hair gathered in New York’s Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to break the world record for dancing on pointe in one place. The spectacle was organized by Youth America Grand Prix, a ballet scholarship program that is celebrating its 25th anniversary with
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the death of Osama bin Laden. On May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces during an early morning raid at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Facts about the compound – Built in approximately 2006.– Significantly larger than other
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