HILLSDALE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan college has ended its partnership with a Florida charter school whose principal was forced to resign after a parent complained sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. A Hillsdale College spokesperson said Tallahassee Classical School no longer is affiliated
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus say they have detained a fugitive single father who escaped house arrest in Russia shortly before he was convicted of discrediting the army and sentenced to prison following his daughter’s antiwar sketch at school. Alexei Moskalyov was taken into custody in the Minsk
Continue Reading The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s choice to run the World Bank — former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga — appears to have a lock on the job. Banga was the only candidate nominated in a search that began more than a month ago. The current president of the 189-nation poverty-fighting organization, David
Continue ReadingBy Emily Rittman Click here for updates on this story Ray County, MISSOURI (KCTV) — The search for a Ray County Jail escapee expanded Wednesday as federal, state and local law enforcement searched for 39-year-old Justin Robinson. Investigators say he and another inmate attacked a correctional officer to escape the Ray County Jail overnight Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN President Joe Biden claimed Tuesday that Americans aren’t allowed to own a machine gun or a flamethrower. But that’s not true in most of the country. Biden made the claim while delivering a plea for a renewed ban on semi-automatic “assault weapons” in the wake of a massacre on Monday at
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization currently incarcerated at Rikers Island, recently switched lawyers amid ongoing investigations into former President Donald Trump and his business. The reason for the switch is in dispute. Some people familiar with the relationship said the Trump Org. would no longer
Continue ReadingBy Alan Mauldin Click here for updates on this story ALBANY (Albany Herald) — From the Flint River and its tributaries, Radium Springs and plentiful holding ponds that hold storm runoff, and to the frequent thunderstorms, water is a big part of life in southwest Georgia. This week, Dougherty County School System elementary school students
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La Policía Federal de Brasil citó al expresidente Jair Bolsonaro para que compareciera ante las autoridades este miércoles, en el marco de una investigación sobre joyas no declaradas que Arabia Saudita le regaló a la Presidencia durante su mandato presidencial, según informó CNN Brasil, afiliada de CNN. Las joyas consisten en tres cajas
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El mismo sistema de tormentas que trajo tanta lluvia y nieve al oeste de Estados Unidos se está desplazando hacia el este e intensificando, lo que supone un posible brote de tiempo severo que podría afectar a casi 70 millones de personas desde el valle del Mississippi hasta los valles de Ohio
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A new state report shows over 82,000 customers were potentially overcharged for using one or more of Maryland’s toll facilities. The report was conducted by the Maryland General Assembly’s Office of Legislative Audits. It was compiled after officials received dozens of complaints
Continue ReadingBy JAMAICA PONDER Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — You may not know it but a top destination for mosaic artists around the world is tucked away in Edgewater. The stream’s Jamaica Ponder takes us to the school that’s behind much of the city’s mosaic art. I’m at the Chicago Mosaic
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make more sounds when thirsty or under other kinds of stress. The research shakes up what most botanists thought they knew about the plant kingdom, which had been considered
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN The shooter who killed three children and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville used three of seven legally purchased firearms in America’s latest massacre. Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former student who was under care for an emotional disorder, was in possession of an AR-15 military-style rifle, a 9 mm
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN The shooter who killed three children and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville used three of seven legally purchased firearms in America’s latest massacre. Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former student who was under care for an emotional disorder, was in possession of an AR-15 military-style rifle, a 9 mm
Continue ReadingBy RAEGAN SCHARFETTER Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH (KTVT) — An investigation is underway after a 2-year-old girl possibly shot herself at a Fort Worth home Wednesday night. Around 11:30 p.m. March 29, police were sent to a shooting call at a home in the 2600 block of Aiken Lane. When
Continue ReadingBy MARISSA ARMAS Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Wednesday was the first day of the annual conference for the National Association for Chicana and Chicano studies. This year the conference is in Denver and is celebrating its 51st anniversary. This is the first in-person conference the organization has held since
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, Tina Burnside, Chloe Liu, Haley Britzky and Dave Alsup, CNN Nine US service members were killed after two helicopters with the 101st Airborne Division crashed late Wednesday in southwestern Kentucky, officials said. There were no survivors. The two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed around 10 p.m. in Trigg County near the Tennessee
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HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut have charged former Quinnipiac University basketball player Dezmond “Dezi” Jones in connection with what appears to be a domestic violence incident involving a female student at the school who also was arrested. Hamden police charged Jones with misdemeanor strangulation/suffocation and disorderly conduct on Tuesday. They also charged Ava
Continue Reading By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Protesters chanted “Save our children!” inside and outside of the Tennessee Capital as lawmakers resumed work for the first time since this week’s mass shooting at a Christian school in Nashville. Among those who filled the state Senate chamber’s gallery on Thursday were
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Indiana coach Teri Moren is The Associated Press college women’s basketball coach of the year. She led Indiana to its first Big Ten regular season championship in 40 years. The Hoosiers rose to No. 2 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll and earned the school’s
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