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- BusinessTODAY
Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen & Market suddenly close all locations, leaving employees scrambling
Employees of Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen & Market are filing a class action lawsuit after sudden layoffs. Here's what we know.
5 min read - USThe Santa Fe New Mexican
SFPS joins more than 50 school districts suing over '180-day rule'
Apr. 24—Santa Fe Public Schools and more than 50 other districts across the state have filed a lawsuit against the state Public Education Department and Public Education Secretary Arsenio Romero asking a court to halt a controversial rule mandating 180 instructional days. The lawsuit, filed April 18 in the state's 9th Judicial District Court in Curry County by the New Mexico School ...
4 min read - USThe Santa Fe New Mexican
Jury convicts Edgewood man in mother's stabbing death
Apr. 24—An Edgewood man was convicted of second-degree murder Wednesday afternoon in the March 2022 stabbing death of his mother. A jury in Santa Fe delivered the verdict against Brian Farley, 53, who had faced a charge of first-degree murder as well as a count of tampering with evidence. Jurors deliberated the case for about three hours before returning with the verdict. He was found not ...
2 min read - USThe Santa Fe New Mexican
Plea deal for man accused in 2021 road-rage killing falls through
Apr. 24—A signed plea deal for a man accused of first-degree murder in a 2021 road rage incident fell through during a Wednesday court hearing after the suspect said he didn't understand the prison terms in the agreement. The plea deal would have given Eleazar Flores-Torres, 50, an 18-year prison sentence with the possibility of having up to 15 years suspended. Flores-Torres signed the ...
2 min read - USThe Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe holding job fair Saturday for parks, transit positions
Apr. 24—The city of Santa Fe will be holding a rapid hire event Saturday morning for positions in the Parks and Open Space Division and Transit Division, the two agencies that have struggled with the highest vacancy rates in recent years. The event is scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon at the transit administration office, 2931 Rufina St., and is being held in partnership with New Mexico Workforce ...
1 min read - USThe Santa Fe New Mexican
No charges forthcoming for people accused of hoarding Chihuahua mixes
Apr. 24—No charges are currently forthcoming for the adults living on the run-down Socorro County property where a team of organizations rescued 98 Chihuahua mixes last week, according to a local official. Gail Tripp, Socorro County's emergency services administrator, told The New Mexican on Wednesday the county won't be filing charges because of the animals' relative health, and pointed out ...
6 min read - PoliticsMSNBC
Trump World rocked by Arizona fake elector indictments as Trump's legal peril snowballs
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced the indictments of seven people affiliated with Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, as well as 11 Arizona Republican fake electors on felony charges related to Trump's scheme to subvert Joe Biden's election victory. NBC News correspondent Vaughn Hillyard and MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin join Alex Wagner to discuss.
- USWHIO
Officer hit by car during traffic stop in Dayton; driver arrested in Indiana
An officer was hit by a car in Dayton Wednesday night.
1 min read - USNBC News
Search ongoing for man who may have taken homemade raft down Colorado River
Authorities are searching for a man and his corgi after they went missing at the Grand Canyon National Park while possibly trying to travel the Colorado River on a homemade wooden raft.
1 min read - USMiami Herald
‘I’m withdrawing my name’: Filmmaker Billy Corben leaves race for Miami-Dade Dems chair
Corben, who gained aclaim for documentaries like “Cocaine Cowboys,” said he would no longer challenge state Sen. Shevrin Jones to lead the Miami-Dade party.
3 min read - USWFTV
Attempted murder suspect killed during officer-involved shooting, Orlando police said
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting that happened in downtown Orlando on Wednesday evening, police said.
1 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani and Arizona 'fake electors' charged with state crimes
A state grand jury in Arizona on Wednesday indicted so-called "fake electors" who backed then-President Donald Trump in 2020.
5 min read - USWFXT
Driver of pickup truck is dead after fiery crash in Pelham, NH
A black pickup Truck engulfed in flames after slamming into a tree on Mammoth Road in Pelham, New Hampshire, killing one person.
1 min read - PoliticsDeseret News
Detour from democracy
A contingent election could be the poison pill embedded in the U.S. Constitution that causes the rest of the electoral system to fail.
19 min read - USWSOC
Woman and 2-year-old burned during robbery in Monroe home, police say
Police in Monroe are looking for a suspect after a woman and a two-year-old child were burned during a robbery Tuesday afternoon.
2 min read - USMiami Herald
Feds stop migrant smuggling boat off the Florida Keys again. It’s the third time in a week
That makes three stopped in the corridor between Key Largo and Key Biscayne in one week.
2 min read - USDeseret News
Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Lyman declares big fundraising haul, but over half comes from a loan
Lyman is taking on incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox.
4 min read - USWFXT
DA: Boston bouncer accused in stabbing death of 23-year-old Marine veteran expected to plead guilty
An East Boston man charged in connection with the stabbing death of a Marine veteran during St. Patrick’s Day weekend in Boston 2022 is expected to change his plea Thursday.
2 min read - BusinessYork Daily Record
Central Atlantic region gas prices rose from last week: See how much here
Here's a look at how weekly regional gas prices changed in Central Atlantic region last week compared with the week prior.
1 min read - USAZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Teen boy dies two weeks after hit-and-run collision in Glendale
The driver of the vehicle surrendered to Glendale police days after the collision.
1 min read - CelebrityTODAY
A dad recorded his young son's interaction with teens at the trampoline park
A Montana dad and TikToker recorded two kind teenagers helping his young son at a trampoline park, and just wanted to say thanks.
3 min read - USTCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers
Powerball lottery winning numbers for Wednesday, April 24. Jackpot is $129 million
The Powerball lottery jackpot for Wednesday, April 24 is $129 million. Check your tickets for the winning numbers!
5 min read - USNaples Daily News
National Hurricane Center tracks first tropical disturbance weeks before season starts
Already? Weeks before 2024 season starts, National Hurricane Center in Miami reported a "disturbance" in Atlantic. But chances of formation were low.
1 min read - USWFTV
Small, weak tropical disturbance forms in Atlantic Ocean
WFTV is monitoring a small and weak tropical disturbance in the open Atlantic on Wednesday night.
1 min read - USThe Bemidji Pioneer, Minn.
Anton Treuer to present at Minnesota Tribal Contractors Council
Apr. 24—PROCTOR — Minnesota Tribal Contractors Council will host Anton Treuer's presentation "Navigating Historical and Contemporary Trauma" at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, at Blackwoods Bar and Grill Event Center in Proctor. Treuer will discuss the lasting effects historical and modern traumas can have on a person or family, affecting the future workforce, school and community, a release ...
1 min read - USThe Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.
KOA Campground the next chapter of Mylan Park's 'amazing story'
Apr. 24—Still tuckered out from Tuesday—and never really one for outdoorsy events—West Virginia's First Pooch, Babydog, didn't make the trip to Monongalia County for Wednesday's KOA Campground at Mylan Park groundbreaking. The sizable crowd in attendance had to make do with a stand-in—Gov. Jim Justice. "I'm Babydog in a bigger suit, " Justice quipped, noting the similarities are about ...
2 min read - USCincinnati.com | The Enquirer
'Urban oasis': Downtown Lytle Park $5M renovation complete
Cincinnati Parks outfitted Lytle Park with lots of new features. It also saved a 54-year-old tree.
1 min read - PoliticsMSNBC
WaPo: Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies indicted over Arizona 2020 election
The Washington Post reports that an Arizona grand jury indicted former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman and several other Trump allies over their role in trying to steal the 2020 election. The names of all these individuals were redacted as they had not yet been served.
- USMiami Herald
Was the brutal killing of a trans woman in Miami Beach a hate crime? What Florida law says
Andrea Doria Dospassos’ body was found with lacerations on her face and back of her head and two wooden sticks lodged into her nostrils, police said.
4 min read - USGoshen News, Ind.
POLICE AND RESCUE NEWS: Two injured in Tuesday crash in Benton
Apr. 24—Two men were hospitalized following a crash in Benton Tuesday afternoon. Elkhart County deputies report that at 2:07 p.m. Tuesday, Robert Mitchell, 64, New Castle, was driving a semi south on U.S. 33 past C.R. 42. Brandon Lenczewski, 36, Syracuse, was traveling north on the road and braked and traveled left of center. Lenczeweski's 2005 Buick Century collided into the 2017 ...
3 min read - USGoshen News, Ind.
Lacasa opens new apartment home
Apr. 24—GOSHEN — Lacasa hosted a ribbon cutting and open house Wednesday afternoon for a newly rehabilitated apartment building at 409 E. Madison St. Brad Hunsberger, Vice President of Real Estate Development for Lacasa, said the property marks the nonprofit's seventh whole building remodel in the neighborhood in the last five years. "This one in particular was a partnership because the City ...
2 min read - USMuskogee Phoenix, Okla.
Council approves tourism allocation
Apr. 24—Muskogee Tourism Authority is to receive nearly a half million dollars in surplus city money this year. At their regular meeting Monday, City Council members agreed to ask city staff to amend the city budget by moving $455,000 from the City's hotel/motel tax carry-over fund to Muskogee Tourism Authority. Mayor Patrick Cale said earlier he wants the Tourism Authority to decide how to ...
2 min read - LifestyleMuskogee Phoenix, Okla.
Altar society preparing quiche, salad and sweets for Thursday
Apr. 24—Sue McBride and some of her friends have a secret for great quiche. "We use either whipping cream or half-and-half," McBride said. "You don't want to use just milk." People can enjoy such quiche at the St. Joseph Catholic Church Altar Society's annual quiche and salad luncheon and bake sale, 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 321 N. Virginia St. Cost is $10. McBride, an ...
2 min read - USAppeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.
Yuba County Sheriff's Department issues copper theft warning
Apr. 24—Due to a reported "recent surge" of copper wire thefts not only locally but nationwide, the Yuba County Sheriff's Department issued a warning Wednesday for residents, business owners and those in agriculture to remain vigilant of the problem and quickly report any suspicious activity. "The removal of this valuable metal, which is often sold to recycling centers and steel distributors, ...
1 min read - USAppeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.
Officials say distracted driving effort results in citations, arrest
Apr. 24—The Sutter County Sheriff's Office said a recent effort to promote road safety and combat distracted driving resulted in 17 citations and at least one arrest. According to officials, this effort was part of an operation that targeted various traffic violations, including "uncovered instances of cellphone use while driving, driving without insurance, speeding, and other infractions." ...
1 min read - USWSOC
18-year-old back in jail after alleged shooting at school bus stop
An 18-year-old accused of shooting at students at a bus stop while on probation is back in jail, officials said.
2 min read - USWFTV
DeSantis approved millions that could help cut property-insurance costs
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday approved $200 million to continue a popular home-hardening grant program that could help about 20,000 mostly low- and moderate-income residents cut property-insurance costs.
3 min read - USWSB Cox articles
3 students arrested after guns found in Newton high school, deputies say
Deputies in Newton County have arrested three students after finding guns inside a high school earlier this month. According to a police report obtained by Channel 2 Action News, administrators found a loaded extended magazine on one of the students on April 15. While looking through the student’s phone, they found a video showing two students holding guns.
1 min read - USWSOC
Girl shot while walking in Salisbury, police say
A girl was shot Wednesday afternoon while walking in Salisbury, police said.
1 min read - USWREG articles
New MS law puts brakes on predatory towing
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A new law in Mississippi will protect truck drivers from predatory towing companies. Senate Bill 2635, signed into law by Governor Tate Reeves last week, will create a Commercial Vehicle Advisory Committee that would set statewide maximum towing and storage fees for nonconsensual tows, establish a process to investigate complaints against towing […]
2 min read - BusinessKIRO
Boeing reports $355 million first quarter loss
Boeing has reported a $355 million net loss for its first quarter of 2024. This comes after months of scrutiny related to quality control issues and safety.
2 min read - USAZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Arizona's fake electors, Trump allies have been indicted by a grand jury. What's that?
Here's what state law and court rules say about how grand juries work in Arizona.
3 min read - PoliticsAZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Arizona had a second slate of 'fake electors' in 2020. What happens to them now?
Another group not connected to the Arizona GOP or Trump's allies sent their own slate of electors in 2020. They weren't charged.
3 min read - USThe Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for stabbing, killing 53-year-old at Spokane Valley homeless camp
Apr. 24—A 44-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week for stabbing and killing a man at a Spokane Valley encampment in 2020. Jordan Knippling pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on Friday. Deputies responded to a report of a stabbing near Interstate 90 and Sullivan Road just before midnight on May 31, 2020. There, they found Clifford Breeden, 53, lying on the ground ...
2 min read - USThe Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Third man sentenced for 2021 Spokane Valley killing
Apr. 24—A man was sentenced to 7 years in prison for the 2021 robbery and killing of a woman in Spokane Valley. Jerome Lee Jr., 44, pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and second-degree manslaughter on Friday. Lee along with his girlfriend, Kayla Holden, and Simon Ben pleaded guilty to crimes related to the 2021 death of Allyson Davis. Joel Simpson and Davis, his friend, were parked Oct. ...
1 min read - USWDVM
President Biden pardons 11 people; 2 from DMV area
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — President Joe Biden pardoned 11 people, including one woman from the District and another woman from Fairfax County in Virginia. Both 54-year-old Katrina Polk, of Washington, D.C., and 48-year-old Pilar Alejandra Yelicie-Rodriguez, of Fairfax County, Va. pleaded guilty to non-violent drug offenses from two separate cases and have served their […]
- USThe Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Spokane Valley Councilman Al Merkel enters the race for soon-to-be vacant seat in Washington Senate
Apr. 24—Spokane Valley City Councilman Al Merkel has announced his candidacy for a state Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Sen. Mike Padden. Merkel intends to retain his seat on City Council while vying for the 4th Legislative District Senate position and would serve in both roles concurrently if elected, he said. "This is a four-year position, and an incredibly important ...
6 min read - USThe Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Count shows wolves increasing in Washington
Apr. 24—The number of wolves is increasing in Washington, although breeding pairs declined by one, according to information released this week by the state agency that tracks their numbers. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reported that agency employees and partners with several area tribes have counted 260 wolves in 42 packs in the Evergreen State. That's an increase of about ...
6 min read - USKXRM Colorado Springs
Drivers caught speeding near 100 mph half an hour apart
(EL PASO COUNTY, Colo.) — Two drivers were caught within 29 minutes of each other speeding at around 100 mph in the same area east of the Colorado Springs Airport, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO). EPSO posted about the reckless drivers on Wednesday, April 24, and said both were caught Wednesday […]
1 min read - PoliticsThe Columbus Dispatch
Will Joe Biden be on the Ohio ballot? Lawmakers say yes, but haven't found a fix yet
Ohio officials say President Joe Biden will be on the ballot this fall, but a solution is still taking shape.
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