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Biden notches another union endorsement as building trades back reelection
President Joe Biden secured the backing of another union on Wednesday as the organization representing American construction workers lined up behind the Democratic incumbent and called Donald Trump a dangerous threat to the nation. The head of the North America’s Building Trade Union, which will host Biden at its legislative conference in Washington later on Wednesday, in an ad said the Republican presidential nominee "was not a good man" and was only focused on returning to the White House "to
2 min read - USMSNBC
Maddow Blog | Tennessee Republicans agree to let teachers carry guns in schools
A bill championed by Tennessee Republicans is rooted in the idea that schools would be safer if educators carried firearms. The policy is poised to become law.
2 min read - USSacramento Bee
Someone walked into sheriff’s office with skull in 2001, cops say. Now it’s identified
Aside from missing a jaw, “the skull was in good condition.”
2 min read - PoliticsSalon
“Trump’s lawyer got creamed": Experts say flailing Todd Blanche "blew it" at gag order hearing
"Trump is hurting himself by insisting that his attorneys stand by falsehoods and take weak legal positions"
4 min read - USKansas City Star
Turkey hunter’s ominous discovery sparks investigation in Missouri, cops say
It continues a trend of hunters making gruesome discoveries.
1 min read - ScienceAFP
Movie recycles old myths about CO2, climate change
A movie questioning the role of humans in climate change has sparked claims that carbon dioxide (CO2) has never driven temperature increases in the past and therefore cannot cause global warming. This is misleading; experts told AFP the historical record shows clear evidence that greenhouse gas emissions are heating up the planet .
4 min read - USLexington Herald-Leader
Judge: $360K judgment stands against Kentucky clerk who denied same-sex marriage licenses
Kim Davis case: The judge said the plaintiffs “suffered actual injury in the form of emotional distress.”
5 min read - USCharlotte Observer
Looking for a six-figure job in Charlotte? Here are $100k salary jobs available right now
One job doesn’t require a college degree.
3 min read - USMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
A raccoon caused a major power outage in Oak Creek. Find out what else causes outages.
The animal got into equipment at the Pennsylvania Substation off Ryan Road, causing an outage for 16,000 customers around 9 p.m. Saturday, April 20.
2 min read - USMiami Herald
Bullet pierces deputy’s pants — but doesn’t strike body — as gunman fires, cops say
The suspect fired the shot from his car, officials say.
2 min read - USMiami Herald
‘Food forests’ offer living lessons, cool shade at Miami-Dade schools. Program is growing
‘When they’re learning about photosynthesis they can actually see the sun and see the plants to draw the diagram.’
4 min read - PoliticsThe Lima News, Ohio
Jordan addresses Lincoln Day Dinner
Apr. 24—WAPAKONETA — U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan thanked his audience and said the risks that it takes to get involved in politics as a conservative are worth it in a speech Tuesday night. Jordan made a stop in Wapakoneta to talk at the Auglaize County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner and shared his thoughts on President Joe Biden as his re-election effort gets underway ahead of this November. ...
2 min read - USThe 74
Gaps Widening Between Indiana’s Highest- and Lowest-Performing Students
The exact date varies across grades and subjects, but Indiana’s student achievement scores peaked about a decade ago and have been falling since. The decline started well before COVID-19 and has not affected students evenly. Perhaps not surprisingly, Indiana’s lowest-performing youngsters have suffered the largest losses. This wasn’t always the case. In the early 2000s, […]
4 min read - LifestyleIndyStar | The Indianapolis Star
High school prom tickets aren't cheap, but they're paying for more than a gym with balloons
Here's how much some high schoolers are paying for prom tickets in Indiana this year — and the venue that ticket gets them into.
2 min read - BusinessThe Oklahoman
NOUN Hotel, COOP Ale Works launch new beer
The next time you visit The Supper Club or ONE Bar at the NOUN Hotel in Norman, you'll be greeted with a new beer from COOP Ale Works on tap.
1 min read - USNY Daily News
Mayor Adams’ new budget plan doesn’t fully reverse $58M cut to NYC libraries: sources
Mayor Adams’ latest budget proposal doesn’t reverse a multi-million dollar funding reduction for the city’s public library systems, sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News on Wednesday, raising the specter of additional service cuts at library branches across the five boroughs. The executive budget bid for the 2025 fiscal year, which Adams is expected to formally unveil at noon ...
3 min read - USKansas City Star
Kansas Marine vet who breached Capitol on Jan. 6 with flag painted on head pleads guilty
Chad Suenram, of Wichita, is among 10 Kansas residents charged in connection with the Capitol riot and the ninth to plead guilty.
4 min read - USThe Guardian
Ostrich at Kansas zoo dies after swallowing employee’s keys
Staff at Topeka zoo are ‘devastated’ by death of Karen, who was known as the ‘dancing queen’
2 min read - USNBC News
Climate change threatens the coastal Gullah Geechee
Residents of coastal Gullah Geechee communities are at risk of losing their homes with more frequent storm surges, rising sea levels and other impacts of climate change.
4 min read - USDayton Daily News, Ohio
Wright State's financial rating improves for second straight year
Apr. 24—Wright State University's credit rating has been upgraded for the second year in a row, aligning its credit rating closer to other local universities. Moody's, which provides international financial research on bonds issued by commercial and government entities, announced Tuesday it has given Wright State an A2 rating, upgraded from an A3 rating in 2023 and a Baa1 rating in 2021, In ...
2 min read - USRaleigh News and Observer
NC legislators aim to speed up Wake schools effort to find new early college partner
Wake’s two academies are looking for a new partner after ending their agreement with embattled St. Augustine’s University.
2 min read - USJournal-News, Hamilton, Ohio
Area officials back anti-hooning legislation to crack down on stunt driving
Apr. 24—High profile officials from the Dayton area traveled to the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday to back a bill that would penalize hooning and stunt driving. Dayton Mayor Jeffrey Mims, Jr., Dayton Police Chief Kamran Azfal, and former Trotwood mayor Mary McDonald each urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to address hooning, which has been a thorn in the side of local police for the past three ...
3 min read - USKansas City Star
Man steals $1,500 in sex toys — then tries to sell them on Facebook, Missouri cops say
He was asked to leave the store a day prior, according to police
1 min read - USNaples Daily News
Judge sides with Collier commissioner on release of statements linked to accused assault
A judge has sided with a Collier County commissioner accused of battery and has ordered that prosecutors sworn, audio statements given to authorities.
3 min read - USDelaware Online | The News Journal
After 3-year-old nearly drowns in covered pool, Bear child care worker charged
The pool was covered, but rainwater had collected on top of the cover and was deep enough to cause injuries.
2 min read - LifestyleDayton Daily News, Ohio
'Not a traditional coffee shop': Fifty5 Rivers Cold Brew continues growth in Fairborn
Apr. 24—James and Lynne Mowery, the husband and wife duo behind Fifty5 Rivers Cold Brew, are proud of the many pivots they have made through their entrepreneurial journey that have helped them learn and grow. From starting their business during the pandemic to adding a second cold brew food truck last year, their entrepreneurial journey is far from over. Fifty5 Rivers Cold Brew was founded as ...
4 min read - USShreveport Times | The Times
Shreveport LGBTQIA community pushes back against Louisiana ‘Don’t say gay” bills
The local LGBTQIA+ community has offered vocal opposition to the newly proposed legislation.
3 min read - USDayton Daily News, Ohio
14-year-old boy wanted in Dayton double murder arrested in Illinois
Apr. 24—A 14-year-old boy accused of shooting and killing two other teens in Dayton last month was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Peoria, Illinois Tuesday afternoon. The teen is facing murder charges in the deaths of 17-year-old Javonta Morgan and 14-year-old Corey Prater in Montgomery County Juvenile Court. The Dayton Daily News is not naming him because he is not being tried as an adult at ...
2 min read - USDayton Daily News, Ohio
Attorney: Bond modified for Kettering music teacher accused in child porn case
Apr. 24—A judge has ruled a suspended Kettering City Schools music teacher facing felony charges involving child pornography can seek work, according to his defense attorney. Matthew Ryan Koehler sought to "modify his bond so as to either terminate the home detention or to provide him with privileges to seek employment," according to a document filed earlier this month in Montgomery County ...
2 min read - USCharlotte Observer
2 Mega Millions players just miss jackpot — but still win life-changing prizes in NC
Here’s where the winners bought their lucky tickets.
2 min read - USMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
You might see frost Thursday morning in southeastern Wisconsin
Overnight temperatures are forecast to fall into the upper 20s and low 30s with the potential for widespread frost.
1 min read - OpinionThe Oklahoman
We must speak for those who are left out of policy discussion. Restore the Child Tax Credit expansion
Legislation and programs such as the Child Tax Credit, SNAP, WIC and other safety net programs make a difference. | Opinion
3 min read - USWFXT
Live updates: Karen Read heckled on way into court as jury selection resumes
Jury selection in the high-profile Karen Read murder trial resumes Wednesday at Norfolk Superior Court.
3 min read - USAlbuquerque Journal, N.M.
State outlines plan for broadband jobs
Apr. 24—Administrators, engineers, heavy equipment operators, electricians and accountants. Those are just some of the jobs that are going to be needed in the coming years as New Mexico seeks to increase internet connectivity. The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions last week released a report about building a strong broadband workforce in the state. It was the first of several ...
4 min read - USAlbuquerque Journal, N.M.
AG intervenes to ask for release of withheld pretrial services records
Apr. 24—Does the public have a right to know how many times defendants have violated their court-ordered GPS ankle monitor restrictions or other release conditions? The 2nd Judicial District Court administration says no, citing state law and a 2022 state Supreme Court ruling. But state Attorney General Raúl Torrez contends the state court administration's recent refusal to produce such ...
5 min read - USSacramento Bee
How long can landlords legally take to make repairs? Here’s what a Sacramento attorney says
It’s been nearly a year since a Sacramento woman died in her apartment due to a broken heater.
5 min read - PoliticsLohud | The Journal News
Mondaire Jones outraises U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler by 2-to-1 in first quarter of 2024
Mondaire Jones had 148 donors who topped out at the maximum donation of $6,600, while Mike Lawler had 37 such donors.
3 min read - USSavannah Morning News
U.S. News releases 2024 Best High Schools rankings. This school ranked tops in Savannah
Savannah Arts Academy is among the best high schools in the state, according to the U.S. News & World Report annual high school rankings.
1 min read - USNY Daily News
Road rage clash ends in Upper East Side crash, stabbing
A crazed road rage clash between two young men ended with them crashing into each other on the Upper East Side — and one of them then stabbing and wounding the other, police said Wednesday. The two men, both 28, were driving down a rain-swept street in Queens Tuesday evening when they nearly collided, sparking an argument, ABC7 New York Eyewitness News reported. The drivers then pursued each ...
1 min read - USSource New Mexico
Opportunities and challenges ahead for NM nonprofits awarded $16 million in federal housing funds
Two New Mexico congressional members hosted housing nonprofit leaders from across the state Tuesday to celebrate $16 million in federal housing funds allocated earlier this year. The money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will help groups like Catholic Charities and La Casa Inc. in Las Cruces. They are expected to use […] The post Opportunities and challenges ahead for NM nonprofits awarded $16 million in federal housing funds appeared first on Source New Mexico.
3 min read - USWPXI
State police looking for missing teenager in Somerset County
Pennsylvania State Police are looking for a teenager who ran away from his home in Somerset County.
1 min read - USThe Holland Sentinel
Satanic Temple invocation forces Ottawa County to reckon with the meaning of religious freedom
It was an odd night in Ottawa County, though certainly not the oddest since Ottawa Impact won the board's majority in August 2022.
6 min read - USDeseret News
Do bans on public sleeping turn homelessness into a crime?
The Supreme Court’s ruling on an Oregon city’s public sleeping ordinances could reshape responses to homelessness nationwide.
4 min read - USThe Columbus Dispatch
Billboard warns 'Columbus criminals' to go home or face prison — but who put it up?
The rumor is the Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office put it up. Sheriff Matt Lutz pleads not guilty to that accusation: “Wasn’t us,” he said.
2 min read - PoliticsPatriot Ledger
Quincy city councilor wants to be the Republican to unseat Elizabeth Warren
Quincy's first Black and openly gay City Council President announced his bid to unseat Elizabeth Warren as Massachusetts senator.
2 min read - LifestyleINSIDER
My teenage daughter and I went on vacation just the two of us. It helped us better connect.
A mother and her 15-year-old daughter planned a trip to Los Angeles, including Disneyland, together. It helped them better connect.
4 min read - USThe Meadville Tribune, Pa.
Jamestown-area man gets seven years for child pornography
Apr. 24—A Crawford County man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for distributing child pornography. Hank Thomas Fisher received the sentence Tuesday in federal court in Erie from U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter. Fisher also was ordered by Baxter to pay a total of $7,000 in restitution to two victims — $4,000 to one of the ...
2 min read - PoliticsThe Meadville Tribune, Pa.
Primary election has no problems, low turnout as races set
Apr. 24—Crawford County's primary election was uneventful Tuesday with overall turnout expected to be low due to few actual races among Democratic and Republican candidates. "It's been slow," Scott Schell, chairman of the Crawford County Board of Elections, said of voter turnout across the county's 61 precincts. Voters in the county were casting ballots for president; a U.S. Senate seat; a ...
3 min read - USThe Meadville Tribune, Pa.
Conneaut rejects bids for building work, project to change
Apr. 24—LINESVILLE — Conneaut School Board members unanimously have rejected a combined bid package for building safety and security updates coupled with a kitchen upgrade at Conneaut Valley Elementary School. However, the board now intends to seek bids for the kitchen project separately, so it may move forward next month. At a special public meeting Monday at the Alice Schafer Annex building, ...
2 min read - USThe Providence Journal
A freeze watch is in effect for RI tonight. What to know to protect your plants.
With weather this cold, gardeners need to protect their plants tonight.
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