MIAMI (AP) — A group of Haitian migrants has been taken into federal custody after coming ashore in South Florida. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say federal officers and local law enforcement took 42 migrants into custody near Key Biscayne. Officials said they are investigating whether the group was smuggled to the United States.
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By Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Florida’s Broward and Alachua counties are not backing down on mask mandates in schools, despite Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order that the mandates must allow parents to decide whether their children will wear a face covering. Both counties have now responded to the Florida Board of Education’s order that
Continue Reading By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s veterans affairs agency is facing questions from a state lawmaker after it published job advertisements for nurses touting the fact that the state doesn’t require its employees to get coronavirus vaccinations. The ads on a state jobs website prominently note the lack of vaccination requirements
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By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s veterans affairs agency is facing questions from a state lawmaker after it published job advertisements for nurses touting the fact that the state doesn’t require its employees to get coronavirus vaccinations. The ads on a state jobs website prominently note the lack of vaccination requirements
Continue Reading By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal scientists are launching an effort to better understand the hydrology in the U.S. West. The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a new kind of climate observatory near the headwaters of the Colorado River. Scientists say data gathered from the equipment will help better
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — An organizer of a neo-Nazi campaign to threaten journalists and Jewish activists in three states was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after apologizing for what he did and saying he’s a changed man. Cameron Shea was one of four members of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division charged last year with
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt are calling on the federal government to overhaul its oil and gas leasing program to ensure the protection of cultural resources. Acoma Pueblo Gov. Brian Vallo and Babbitt highlighted the recommendations outlined
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Three-time All-Pro receiver Cliff Branch and Super Bowl-winning coach Dick Vermeil are finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2022. Branch is the senior candidate and Vermeil is the nominee in the coaches category picked by a five-person committee of Hall of Fame voters. To
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Schmitt, a Republican who is also running for U.S. Senate, said in a news release Tuesday that Columbia Public School’s mask requirement for all students and staff is unreasonable because few children are infected with coronavirus. Schmitt also claims that wearing masks shows only a marginal benefit in fighting the spread of coronavirus.
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By Emma Tucker and Laura Ly, CNN Five years ago, Virginia State Sen. Richard Stuart stumbled upon a two-mile stretch of erosion control filled with gravestones along the riverfront of the property he had just purchased in King George County. Historians revealed that the gravestones once belonging to a historic African American cemetery in 1960
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By Emma Tucker and Laura Ly, CNN Five years ago, Virginia State Sen. Richard Stuart stumbled upon a two-mile stretch of erosion control filled with gravestones along the riverfront of the property he had just purchased in King George County. Historians revealed that the gravestones once belonging to a historic African American cemetery in 1960
Continue Reading FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A man stopped his capital murder trial with a guilty plea to the 1974 killing of a 17-year-old Texas girl. Glen McCurley was immediately sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for the abduction, torture, rape and killing of Carla Walker. Prosecutors had said they would not seek the
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A landmark court decision has largely shifted responsibility for the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear to Republicans in control of the legislature. Now the lawmakers will have to own it, after watching from the sidelines as Beshear waged an aggressive
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), international soccer’s governing body and organizer of global tournaments including the World Cup. Other Facts When FIFA was founded in 1904, there were seven member countries: France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The United States joined the Zurich,
Continue Reading WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — Two 7-month-old twins were torn from their father’s arms during devastating Tennessee floods that also claimed the lives of 16 others. Ryan and Rileighana were pulled out of Matthew Rigney’s reach on Saturday just after he, the infants and his 19-month-old and 5-year-old daughters were pulled underwater and trapped beneath a
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Plans for a Rudy Giuliani associate to plead guilty in an illegal campaign contribution prosecution have been postponed. A Manhattan federal court filing Wednesday said Igor Fruman’s lawyer requested the delay until Sept. 10. The attorney declined comment. Fruman helped Giuliani seek damaging information about Joe Biden in Ukraine before Biden
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Police were sent to the 400 block of North Providence Road at about 8:20 p.m., according to a Columbia Police Department news release. The shooting victim was taken by ambulance to a local emergency room, police said.
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By Melissa Alonso and Gregory Lemos, CNN The Fort Jackson soldier seen pushing and threatening a young Black man in a viral video in April was found guilty of third-degree assault and battery on Monday, according to the Richland County, South Carolina, magistrate. In April, Jonathan Pentland, a sergeant first class, was suspended of his
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Jail staff found Tiffany McCormack, 35, dead, according to a Cole County Sheriff’s Office news release. The release said there was no sign of injury on McCormack. She was being housed alone, the release says.
Continue Reading ONAWA, Iowa (AP) — Two people have been charged with stealing copper from electrical substations in northwest Iowa, which authorities say caused several power outages and thousands of dollars in damage. Monona County Sheriff Jeff Pratt said in a news release that 40-year-old Craig Keller, of Onawa, Iowa, and 30-year-old Whitney Reynek, of Tekamah, Nebraska,
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