By Danielle Seat Click here for updates on this story MARTIN COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — The Florida book ban controversy sparked a heated and hours-long discussion at Tuesday night’s Martin County School Board meeting. Former educators, students and parents spoke in favor of and in opposition to the ban. “There’s no educational value acquired from
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By STEFANIE DAZIO and GREGORY BULL Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Californians are tired. Tired of the rain, tired of the snow, tired of stormy weather and the cold, relentlessly gray skies that have clouded the Golden State nearly nonstop since late December. With spring now underway, the state’s 39 million residents are hopeful
Continue ReadingBy KYW Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Police released new surveillance video Thursday of a shooting that left three teenagers injured earlier this week in West Philadelphia. The shooting happened in the 1500 block of North Frazier Street around 4 p.m. Monday. Investigators are looking for four suspects. Police
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The company responsible for maintaining a Texas interstate where 130 vehicles crashed in icy conditions two years ago, killing six, failed to address the deteriorating road conditions, federal officials said Thursday. That portion of Interstate 35 West in Fort Worth was not treated with salt the morning
Continue Reading By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials are delaying a decision on whether to approve an oil pipeline tunnel in a Great Lakes waterway. The Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday released a new timeline for consideration of the project in Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac, which connects Lake Superior
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK DAMP Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Plastic bags will still be permitted in the City of Pittsburgh for at least a couple of more months. The city announced this morning that the plastic bag ban implementation will be delayed until October 14. “It is critical for this success
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon leaders have told Congress that the U.S. military must be ready for possible confrontation with China. And they’re pushing Congress to approve the Defense Department’s proposed $842 billion budget, which would modernize the force in Asia and around the world. Defense Secretary
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A 24-year-old Pennsylvania woman who barged into then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison after a federal judge ridiculed the idea she was “a little girl.” Riley Williams was convicted in November of several
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By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Adam Wainwright was in line for his seventh opening day start. The veteran St. Louis Cardinals right-hander instead will begin what’s slated to be his final season on the injured list with a groin injury. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol says the 41-year-old Wainwright could miss several weeks. The pitcher
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers grilled the CEO of TikTok over data security and harmful content Thursday, responding skeptically during a tense committee hearing to his assurances that the hugely popular video-sharing app prioritizes user safety and should not be banned. Shou Zi Chew’s rare public appearance
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan grand jury investigating Donald Trump over hush money payments is hearing testimony on other matters instead. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition to discuss a development that will seemingly further delay a vote
Continue Reading AYER, Mass. (AP) — Some freight train cars derailed in Massachusetts on Thursday but no hazardous materials were being hauled, a local fire department said. Video appeared to show Norfolk Southern engines hauling several railcars that had toppled off the tracks onto their sides. The train derailed around noon in the area of Sculley Road
Continue ReadingBy TONY LOPEZ Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — An invasive species has popped up in a Sacramento neighborhood, and let’s just say people aren’t digging them. To the untrained eye, the worm doesn’t look much different from any others that people might find on their lawns, but there’s one thing
Continue Reading By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders have signed free-agent cornerback Duke Shelley. Shelley played for the Chicago Bears in 2019-21 and then joined the Minnesota Vikings last season. He has 11 starts over 41 games with 84 tackles and 12 pass breakups. Shelley started five games last
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The Queen of England is ascending the throne in the official trailer for Netflix’s “Bridgerton” prequel series “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.” India Amarteifio stars as a younger version of Golda Rosheuvel’s sharp-witted Queen Charlotte, to whom viewers were first introduced in 2020 when the Regency-era series “Bridgerton” premiered on the
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A man arrested on theft charges in San Francisco was identified as the person who pistol-whipped a BART passenger on a train earlier this month, police said Thursday. During the incident on a train arriving at Embarcadero Starion on March 16,
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a pair of laws restricting the bathrooms transgender students can use and banning gender-affirming medical care amid a flood of legislation nationwide targeting the trans community. Reynolds, a Republican, met with parents of transgender children to discuss the bills before signing them Wednesday, The
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Royal tours are normally planned months in advance. But the Prince of Wales’ surprise trip to Poland this week was a rare anomaly. Pulled together relatively last minute, it came at his personal request. Everyone scrambled to make it happen. The press weren’t initially going to be able
Continue ReadingBy Erica Simon Click here for updates on this story PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) — Investigators believe they’ve pinpointed the cause of an explosion and massive fire at a Pasadena plant on Wednesday — and they say it was an accident. One person was injured in the blast around 11:45 a.m. at the INEOS Phenol plant
Continue ReadingBy Matt Foster, CNN Several National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) players expressed their discontent at the accuracy of their likenesses on Electronic Arts’ (EA) FIFA video game franchise. EA, the NWSL and the league’s players union (NWSLPA) announced a partnership earlier in March making the stars and teams of the league playable in the 2023
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