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- LifestyleNewton Daily News, Iowa
Math teacher knows what it's like to fail, he uses that to help others succeed
May 4—Zac Plank teaches one of the most hated subjects in school, yet in spite of that the WEST Academy math teacher has earned two consecutive Excellence in Education Awards from the Newton Community Educational Foundation, based primarily upon the testimonials submitted by his own students and their parents. In the 2022-2023 school year, one student told NCEF that Plank is attentive to ...
7 min read - USThe Ironton Tribune, Ohio
Woman indicted for abondoning fetus in dumpster
May 4—A South Point woman accused of disposing of a fetus after giving birth has been indicted by the Lawrence County Grand Jury. The case began on April 16 after residents on Township Road 349 in Hamilton Township called the sheriff's office to report finding a fetus. When deputies arrived, they were told that Carrie Copley, 38, of South Point had been transported to the hospital earlier in ...
3 min read - PoliticsPolitico
Trump campaign says it raised more than $76M in April
Trump is expected to hold fundraisers in the coming weeks in Kentucky, New York, Nevada, Houston and Dallas.
2 min read - USChicago Tribune
Body found inside home in South Deering neighborhood: police
A body was discovered Saturday afternoon inside a townhouse in the South Deering neighborhood on the city’s South Side, according to Chicago police. Authorities did not indicate an apparent cause of death for the unidentified body found inside the home in the 9800 block of South Hoxie Avenue around 12:45 p.m., police said in a statement. Detectives are conducting a death investigation pending ...
- USAnchorage Daily News, Alaska
State halts work on expanded arrest authority for Chickaloon tribal officers
May 4—PALMER — Alaska's top public safety official said Thursday that the state is halting plans to grant special law enforcement powers to Chickaloon tribal police officers. Officials from the Alaska Department of Public Safety in early April told a town hall meeting in Sutton that they were finalizing an agreement with Chickaloon Native Village tribal police that provided new special police ...
3 min read - SportsAnchorage Daily News, Alaska
Finding 'more room for depth of discussion,' West High debaters take on international competition
May 4—Ella Johanknecht admits an inauspicious start to her debate career. "I've been debating since middle school," said the senior at Anchorage's West High. "I really used to love arguing with my parents. That was kind of what started it." Johanknecht eventually took a more formal and potentially less rebellious approach, joining debate teams at Romig Middle School and later at West. This ...
4 min read - USAnchorage Daily News, Alaska
In Anchorage's mayoral runoff, most independent expenditure group money is boosting just one candidate
May 4—In the runoff election to be Anchorage's next mayor, former Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance has a sizable advantage in the amount of money being spent on her candidacy by independent expenditure groups. Incumbent Mayor Dave Bronson, who benefited from a deluge of spending on his behalf from political action groups in the 2021 runoff, is seeing barely any of that kind of support this time ...
4 min read - USAnchorage Daily News, Alaska
Incumbent Bronson takes aim at 'single-party rule' and Assembly in Anchorage mayoral runoff against LaFrance
May 4—The Anchorage mayoral runoff election is underway, and voters are choosing between incumbent Dave Bronson and former Assembly chair Suzanne LaFrance to lead the city for the next three years. The rivals have a history: LaFrance chaired the Assembly during the first two years of Bronson's term, leading a supermajority that often clashed with the mayor. She left the Assembly last spring ...
10 min read - PoliticsNBC News
At a private donor retreat, Trump team says Minnesota and Virginia are in play
Top officials for former President Donald Trump’s campaign believe they can flip Democratic strongholds Minnesota and Virginia into his column in November, they told donors behind closed doors at a Republican National Committee retreat Saturday.
3 min read - USThe Bergen Record
Outlier: How one NJ school district upped test scores and beat COVID's learning loss
Union City school district is one of New Jersey's poorest. Yet while other schools struggled, its reading scores improved during the pandemic.
12 min read - USStar Tribune (Minneapolis)
Medic called in wake of shooting in Chanhassen
Scanner audio out of Carver County reported a domestic disturbance Saturday afternoon that apparently escalated to gunfire. The domestic was reported in the 7800 block of Carver Lane at around 2:11 p.m. Deputies with the Carver County Sheriff's Office responded and reported that shots were fired at around 2:24 p.m. Deputies requested a medic moments later, adding that a suspect in the incident ...
1 min read - USBluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va.
Virginia Tech students visit historic Pocahontas Library
May 4—By STAFF REPORTS Bluefield Daily Telegraph POCAHONTAS, Va. — Fourteen Virginia Tech students recently visited the Pocahontas Library, went through the yearbooks, wrote in the community journal, signed up for library cards, and praised the internet access, saying it was a huge resource for the community. The Pocahontas Library, formerly known as the Emma Yates Library, is a part of the ...
2 min read - USThe Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Gov. Josh Green signs vacation rental bill into law
May 4—Gov. Josh Green today signed into law a bill that gives counties the ability to better regulate short-term vacation rentals in the hope of freeing up affordable, long-term housing for island residents. "It is very rare that within one session, a movement takes on like this and then becomes legislation and then cascades into activity," Green said in signing Senate Bill 2919 Of the 89,000 ...
1 min read - USNorth Dakota Monitor
Dem-NPL leader calls on Bismarck lawmaker to resign after guilty verdict
North Dakota House Minority Leader Zac Ista called on a state lawmaker convicted of a conflict-of-interest misdemeanor to resign. A 12-person jury found Rep. Jason Dockter, R-Bismarck, guilty of voting on legislation he had a financial interest in following a 10-hour trial Friday in South Central Judicial District Court. In a statement from the Democratic-NPL […] The post Dem-NPL leader calls on Bismarck lawmaker to resign after guilty verdict appeared first on North Dakota Monitor.
2 min read - USCBS News
5 men impersonating police officers charged in 2006 kidnapping, murder
Federal prosecutors said the men used fake badges, police lights and firearms to rob and kidnap Shamari Taylor for drug money.
2 min read - BusinessKIRO
Boeing locks out its private firefighters around Seattle over pay dispute
Boeing has locked out firefighters in contract dispute.
2 min read - USJournal Star
Man dies after being found inside vehicle with gunshot wounds in Peoria, police say
The fatal shooting is the second this week in Peoria and the city's seventh homicide of 2024.
1 min read - USWSOC
Missing Cabarrus Co. teen found safe in Alabama, deputies say
A missing Cabarrus County teen has been found safe in Alabama.
1 min read - USAZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Red flag warning issued for Pima County
The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Pima County running through 7 p.m. May 5.
2 min read - LifestyleThe Commercial Appeal
University of Memphis commencement: What a Super Bowl champion wanted graduates to know
The University of Memphis saw a record 2,858 students get a degree or certificate Saturday including first-generation student Ivan Estevanott.
5 min read - USKIRO
Convicted felon arrested for assault after leading police on a high-speed chase
A convicted felon was arrested for assault after leading police on a high-speed chase.
1 min read - OpinionAZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Gilbert Goons are classified as a criminal gang. If only that meant something important
Opinion: After months of analysis and debate, law enforcement deemed the menacing Goons a street gang. But it seems a label with little consequence.
3 min read - USCharlotte Observer
9 hurt in Charlotte deck collapse. One has life-threatening injuries, Medic says.
The home is west of Charlotte Douglas International Airport near the Catawba River.
- USAustin American-Statesman
Severe thunderstorms expected to bring large hail, heavy rains to Central Texas: NWS
Severe thunderstorms could bring damaging winds, large hail and heavy rains to Central Texas, according to the National Weather Service.
1 min read - USNBC News
10-month-old abducted from New Mexico park after mother, another woman found dead, police say
An Amber Alert was issued for a 10-month-old girl after the baby's mother and another woman were discovered dead and a 5-year-old was found injured in a New Mexico park.
1 min read - USTaunton Daily Gazette
'Extremely active' homicide investigation after Taunton man found shot to death in shed
The 32-year-old Taunton man was found shot to death in a "furnished shed" in Taunton. Here's what we know.
1 min read - USWFXT
Homicide investigation underway after man found shot to death in shed in Taunton
Taunton police responded to Highland Street for a report of a deceased man inside a furnished shed around 9:45 a.m. Saturday. Responding investigators determined the 32-year-old Taunton man had been shot to death.
1 min read - USMSNBC
Utah’s ‘snitch line’ to report trans people in bathrooms backfires in spectacular fashion
As Utah's anti-trans law went into effect this week, its state auditor rolled out an online complaint form to report trans people in bathrooms. It did not go well.
3 min read - USThe Bergen Record
When will the rain start? Get ready for a soggy week in North Jersey
After a run of warm, sunny days, we're in for a week of showers and thunderstorms. Is there a window of clear weather ahead?
1 min read - USTexas Tribune
Harris County continues rescue operations as rivers crest above flood levels
Rain was expected to fall off and on in the region through at least Sunday. Thousands of residents have either evacuated or are now under shelter orders.
14 min read - USWSB Cox articles
Manhunt underway after inmate escapes from Newton County hospital
Kendrick Hurst, 34, escaped from Piedmont Newton Hospital on Saturday afternoon.
1 min read - USThe Repository
The reason you can't use the southbound Faircrest exit on I-77: Tractor-trailer crash
State troopers: Tractor-trailer crashed on highway overpass at Faircrest exit in Stark County.
1 min read - USNY Daily News
NYC Five Boro Bike Tour 2024: Bridge and road closures
The bicycles are taking over the boroughs on Sunday. The TD Five Boro Bike Tour, a 40-mile charity event slated to see more than 32,000 cyclists participate, is set to start in Lower Manhattan on Sunday at 7 a.m. The bikers will be released in waves throughout the morning, and will peddle their way through Central Park, Harlem and the Bronx before crossing FDR Drive and the Queensboro Bridge ...
4 min read - USKTVX
Tremonton, neighboring communities hit by 3.9 magnitude earthquake
A 3.9 magnitude earthquake struck northern Utah early Saturday morning, according to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS).
1 min read - USWPIX New York City, NY
Over 100 arrested in Southern California drug bust operation
Over 100 people were arrested during a massive drug bust operation in Southern California.
3 min read - USWBTW Myrtle Beach
Motorcyclist killed on I-95 in Florence County
FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A motorcyclist was killed Saturday afternoon just outside of Timmonsville after losing control of the vehicle, authorities said. It happened at 1:45 p.m. along Interstate 95. The operator of a 2014 Can-Am spun into the road after a rear tire blew out. The person, who was not immediately identified, was […]
- USWFLA
Dad spots monkey roaming around school while picking up daughter in Florida
One father spotted an unusual animal while picking up his daughter from high school last week.
1 min read - LifestyleAZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Hot summer months draw out more bugs: Here's what to know
With the summer comes an increase in bugs. The creatures become more active as temperatures warm up. Here's what to know about Arizona insects.
5 min read - USWKRN articles
Vehicle fire on I-24E leads to lane closures, delays in Davidson County
Saturday afternoon motorists are backed up for miles along Interstate 24 due to a vehicle fire in Davidson County.
1 min read - USWBTW Myrtle Beach
Robeson County sheriff says investigation ‘ongoing’ following data breach, cyberattack
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — Robeson County authorities continue to investigate circumstances behind an April data breach that led to confidential files being posted to dark corners of the internet. “It seems some people have taken pleasure in sharing some of the stolen confidential files, putting many people at risk. This is a serious matter […]
1 min read - USWVLA Baton Rouge
BRPD seek public’s help in Baton Rouge interstate shooting death investigation
The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating the death of a teenager in connection to a fatal shooting on Saturday, March 23.
1 min read - USWVLA Baton Rouge
Man stabbed in chest by girlfriend after argument in Baton Rouge Friday night, police say
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office is investigating a stabbing that left a man injured in Baton Rouge Friday night. According to EBRSO, the situation took place around 11 p.m. Friday, May 3 on Grand Settlement Boulevard. Police stated that a man and his girlfriend got into an argument, which […]
1 min read - USWHIO
Person shot by sheriff’s deputy during welfare check in Butler County
The person's condition is unknown.
1 min read - TechnologyUnited Press International
Air Force secretary gets taste of future of aviation combat in AI-piloted craft
An AI-piloted experimental fighter gave Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall a glimpse of the future during a relatively low-speed demonstration flight this week.
2 min read - USLexington Herald-Leader
Three dead, one seriously injured in shootings involving one family in two Kentucky counties
Kentucky State police: Three people died, another has life-threatening injuries after shootings involving several members of one family in Pulaski, Russell counties.
3 min read - USWHBF Davenport
2nd suspect arrested after Davenport nightclub fight
A second Quad City man has been arrested after a fight broke out at a Davenport nightclub, court records show. Dzeat Beciri, 44, of Silvis, faces a felony charge of willful injury – causing serious injury, according to court records. A warrant for his arrest was served Friday, court records show. A fight at Daisy […]
2 min read - LifestyleWJW
‘Best meteor shower’ of the year peaks this weekend — why it’s extra special
The stars have aligned for one of 2024’s best meteor showers.
1 min read - USWSOC
Couple identified, arrested for stealing from monastery, police say
The two people wanted for stealing from monks at Belmont Abbey have been arrested, Belmont Abbey police tells Channel 9.
1 min read - USWFLA
6-year-old calls 911 to report uncle firing shots at sister: affidavit
A Florida man is accused of pointing a gun and threatening his sister during an argument, and firing several shots at her, according to an affidavit.
2 min read - USWBTW Myrtle Beach
Horry County crews fighting ‘large wildland fire’ outside of Conway
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Horry County crews are working to contain a large, slow moving wildfire off Pee Dee Highway in Conway. Horry County Fire Rescue officials were dispatched to the aera of Punch Bowl Road at 2:10 p.m. to control the two-acre blaze. No structures are currently threatened, but people may see smoke […]