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Month: October 2024

Justice Department finds Georgia is ‘deliberately indifferent’ to unchecked abuses at its prisons

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s corrections department says a new federal report on state prison conditions reflects a “fundamental misunderstanding” of the challenges of running a prison system. The U.S. Justice Department says Georgia’s prison systems are ‘deliberately indifferent’ to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups. The

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After playing Weird Barbie, Kate McKinnon’s new children’s book also celebrates being uniquely you

Associated Press Kate McKinnon came up with the idea for “The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science,” about 10 years ago but didn’t begin writing in earnest until she left “Saturday Night Live” in May 2022. The novel for middle-grade readers, is inspired by McKinnon’s own childhood where she was

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Three Kauai officers honored for heroic cliffside rescue near Waikoko Beach in Hanalei

By Matthew Nuttle Click here for updates on this story     LIHUE, Hawaii (KITV) — Three Kauai Police officers were honored for their heroism for a daring cliffside rescue in Hanalei from June 2024. Officers Matthew Kaluahine, Officer Jesse Castro, and Acting Sergeant Jason Scalzo received their commendations during the police commission meeting on Friday, Sept.

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