By Josh Jackson Click here for updates on this story LEAVENWORTH, Kansas (KCTV) — The parent of a David Brewer Elementary School student is calling for a school board member to step down and a state representative to be banned from her child’s school. Courtney Ricard said that, without her permission, her daughter’s artwork was
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN When the Biden administration’s proposed rule for which vehicles qualify for its revamped EV tax credit goes into effect on April 18, the number of eligible cars will actually shrink. President Joe Biden and auto companies face a conundrum as they try to exponentially increase the number of electric vehicles on
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw got $9.8 million in total compensation in 2022, more than double the $4.7 million he received in 2021. Shaw was promoted to the top job in May. Shaw has been the face of the railroad since a derailment of one of its trains in East Palestine,
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN One needn’t strain hard to find the metaphorical aspects of Amazon’s “The Power,” which imagines the terrifying scenario (to parents, anyway) of what would happen if teenage girls could suddenly shoot lightning from their fingers. But the series gets lost somewhere between the global implications of that and its individual
Continue ReadingBy CNN The Manhattan district attorney’s office slammed House Republicans for their efforts to intervene in its investigation in former President Donald Trump, accusing them of collaborating with Trump to” vilify and denigrate the integrity of elected state prosecutors and trial judges.” Read the letter from the DA’s general counsel Leslie B. Dubeck penned on
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ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian authorities say that a small plane has crashed in a northern town, killing two people on board. The Croatian government’s traffic ministry says the plane crashed during takeoff on Friday at the airport in Pula, which is located in the Istria peninsula. A statement says authorities have opened an investigation
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking higher Friday to keep Wall Street on track for a winning March and first quarter of the year, despite a long list of worries thrown at it. The S&P 500 was 0.5% higher in early trading. It’s on pace for a 2.5%
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON and SAM METZ Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — All that for a dollar? Nah, Gwyneth Paltrow ’s motivation to go to trial to fight a lawsuit accusing her of sending a fellow skier “absolutely flying” at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016 was about vindication. She got it when
Continue Reading KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say at least eight people have been killed in a deadly stampede at a Ramadan food distribution center in the southern port city of Karachi. Friday’s stampede happened when hundreds of people panicked and started pushing each other to collect the food outside a factory. Some of them fell
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was denied parole Friday after it was decided that he had not served the “minimum detention period” required to be released from prison following his murder conviction for the 2013 killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The parole
Continue ReadingBy Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story MIDLAND, Michigan (WNEM) — A former foster care employee from Midland has been sentenced to jail and probation for sexually assaulting one of his clients. Ladd Perreault, of Midland, worked for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services at the time of the assault,
Continue Reading By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers. The U.S. Department of Justice said it’s seeking to hold the company accountable for “unlawfully polluting the nation’s waterways
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge slowed sharply last month, an encouraging sign in the Fed’s yearlong effort to cool price pressures through steadily higher interest rates. Friday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that consumer prices rose 0.3% from January to February, down from a
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Terry Sanderson was “very disappointed” by losing his lawsuit against Gwyneth Paltrow, but it appears things have ended between the two of them on good terms. On Thursday, a Utah jury ruled in Paltrow’s favor by finding her not liable for a 2016 ski collision with Sanderson, a retired optometrist.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Terry Sanderson was “very disappointed” by losing his lawsuit against Gwyneth Paltrow, but it appears things have ended between the two of them on good terms. On Thursday, a Utah jury ruled in Paltrow’s favor by finding her not liable for a 2016 ski collision with Sanderson, a retired optometrist.
Continue ReadingBy Josh Pennington, Tim Lister and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A convicted murderer who was allowed to leave prison in Russia to join the Wagner private military company and fight in Ukraine was arrested within days of returning home on suspicion of killing an elderly woman. Ivan Rossomakhin was already a repeat-offender when he was sentenced
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese Cabinet minister in charge of tackling the country’s declining birthrate unveiled a draft proposal Friday aimed at reversing the downtrend, including increased subsidies for childrearing and education and a salary increase for younger workers to incentivize marrying and having kids. Japan’s population of more than
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq, Josh Pennington and Jennifer Deaton, CNN Ukraine has decided to boycott Olympic qualifying events in which Russians are competing for the Paris 2024 Games. Oleh Nemchinov, the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, announced the decision in a televised interview on Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne on Thursday. This follows International
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit later this year, and many will get only half that, under rules proposed Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department. The rules, required under last year’s Inflation Reduction Act, are likely to
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story WAIPAHU, Hawaii (KITV) — A crash in Waipahu Thursday evening injured a 27-year old man. A van ended up on the side of this hill, near the intersection or Paiwa and Hiapo Streets just before 7:30 p.m. Emergency Medical Services says the van crashed into
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