Bond set for man accused of driving bus while intoxicated
A judge set a bond for a Sunrise Beach man charged with twenty counts of child endangerment on Friday morning.
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Earth will have a temporary ‘mini moon’ for two months
AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet’s gravity and orbit the
Continue Reading Wisconsin city’s mailing of duplicate absentee ballots raises confusion, questions over elections
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When the elections clerk in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital city of Madison announced on Monday that duplicate absentee ballots had mistakenly been sent to around 2,000 voters, it ignited concerns about election integrity from a Republican congressman and others on the right. Madison is in the heart of liberal
Continue Reading NY judge denies governor’s bid to toss lawsuits seeking to reinstate Manhattan congestion fee
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has denied Gov. Kathy Hochul’s request to toss out lawsuits challenging her decision to halt a new congestion fee for drivers into Manhattan. Judge Arthur Engoron made the decision in a Manhattan court after hearing about two hours of arguments in a case brought by
Continue Reading Facing a possible strike at US ports, Biden administration urges operators to negotiate with unions
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Biden administration officials are meeting with port operators ahead of a possible strike at East and Gulf coast ports, ahead of a Monday deadline when a union contract expires. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and Lael Brainard, director of White House National Economic Council, are
Continue Reading Top election official in Nevada county that is key to the presidential race takes stress leave
Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The top election official in a northern Nevada county that is key to winning the presidential battleground state is taking a stress-related leave of absence with just over a month to go before Election Day. The announcement about Washoe County interim Registrar of Voters Cari-Ann Burgess creates a sense
Continue Reading Rescue missions after Helene’s flooding include dozens stranded on Tennessee hospital roof
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As floodwaters from Hurricane Helene quickly surrounded a small Tennessee hospital near a riverbank, workers first tried to get patients out by ambulance. Then, the road washed out. They tried to move people to the center of the low-slung building, but they were met by water. Once rescue boats
Continue Reading Tunisia passes law to strip courts of power over election authority appointed by president
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s parliament has amended a law to strip power from courts over decisions made by an embattled election authority whose members are appointed by President Kais Saied. Nine days before the presidential election, a majority of members of parliament voted in favor of amending the young democracy’s first election law as
Continue Reading Ex-regulator wants better protection for young adult gamblers, including uniform betting age
Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s former top gambling regulator says gambling regulations need to be toughened to protect young adults from developing addictions. David Rebuck, the recently retired director of New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement, proposes a uniform age of 21 for all forms of gambling. This includes buying lottery
Continue Reading At the UN, young people push to make sure the generational shift is faster — and more substantial
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As a big young cohort comes of age in a troubled world, it’s coming with ideas about inclusion, participation and authority in the United Nations and other organizations. Those ideas are nudging the hierarchical, bureaucratic ways of an international order set up when young people’s grandparents were kids or
Continue Reading Chappell Roan drops out of All Things Go music festival: ‘Things have gotten overwhelming’
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chappell Roan has dropped out of the All Things Go music festival scheduled for this weekend. The decision comes as the breakout pop star has publicly grappled with her rising fame in recent weeks. She apologized to the fans who wanted to see her in New York and
Continue Reading Plaintiffs won’t revive federal lawsuit over Tennessee’s redistricting maps
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee voting and civil rights advocates says it won’t refile a federal lawsuit alleging that Tennessee’s U.S. House map and the boundaries for the state Senate amount to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. In a news release Friday, the plaintiffs whose lawsuit was dismissed last month said their efforts in
Continue Reading Former OceanGate employee testifies CEO said he would ‘buy a congressman’ if the Coast Guard blocked Titan expedition
By Caroline Jaime, CNN (CNN) — Former OceanGate employee Matthew McCoy testified Friday that at a lunch meeting in September 2017, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told him that if he ran into any issues with the US Coast Guard ahead of the Titan expedition, Rush “would buy a congressman” and make the problems “go away.”
Continue Reading App State cancels football game against Liberty in North Carolina after Helene causes flooding
Appalachian State’s home football game against Liberty in Boone, North Carolina, scheduled for Saturday was canceled because of the impacts of severe weather on the area from Tropical Storm Helene. The school announced the game would not be rescheduled. Heavy rain in the North Carolina mountains brought flooding to Boone and the town was under
Continue Reading Massachusetts governor says a hospital was seized through eminent domain to keep it open
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says that her administration has formally seized a hospital through eminent domain to help keep it open and transition to a new owner. St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston is one of a group operated by Texas-based Steward Health Care, which had announced its bankruptcy in May. Healey
Continue Reading A man trying to cremate his dog sparked a wildfire in Colorado, authorities say
NUCLA, Colo. (AP) — Wildfire investigators looking for the cause of blaze in western Colorado last month discovered the partially burned remains of a dog — leading to the conclusion that a man’s attempted cremation of his pet sparked a fire that destroyed one home. Law enforcement arrested the man earlier this month and he
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Threats reported at multiple Mid-Missouri schools, Dixon R-1 school district cancels classes following threat to middle school
Editor’s note: Language around the custody status of some of the students has been clarified. DIXON, Mo. (KMIZ) Threats were reported at multiple Mid-Missouri schools on Thursday, with one school district canceling class as a result. The Dixon R-1 School District in Pulaski County will not hold classes on Friday after a threat was made
Continue Reading Iranian operatives charged in the US with hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Iranian operatives have been charged with hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign as part of what the Justice Department says was a sweeping effort to undermine the former president and erode confidence in the U.S. electoral system. The action, coupled with sanctions and rewards for information leading to the accused
Continue Reading John as a tropical storm hits Mexico’s Pacific coast a 2nd time
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm John came ashore on Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Thursday, coming back to life for a second landfall after its previous deadly passage through the country earlier in the week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm’s sustained winds were 45 mph, and tropical force winds extended up to
Continue Reading Czechs vote in the runoff election for a third of the seats in Parliament’s upper house
PRAGUE (AP) — Czechs are casting ballots in the second round of voting for a third of the seats in Parliament’s upper house. The main opposition group led by former populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis has the most candidates advancing from last week’s first round to the runoffs for 27 seats in the 81-seat Senate.
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