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- PoliticsPolitico
Trump says Haley is ‘not under consideration’ for VP slot
Haley has yet to throw her support behind Trump and has continued to pick up notable support in primary races.
2 min read - USPioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.
Walz names two women to fill vacancies on Ramsey County District Court bench
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has appointed two women to fill judge vacancies in the Second Judicial District, which covers Ramsey County. On Friday, the governor announced that Veena Iyer and Jennifer Verdeja would fill those roles. The two will fill the vacancies created when JaPaul Harris moved up to the Minnesota Court of Appeals and Elena Ostby retired, according to a news release. Verdeja is ...
1 min read - USNBC News
Deadly thunderstorms and strong winds in Florida leave destruction in their wake
Deadly thunderstorms and strong winds have left a path of destruction following a week of severe weather in Florida.
1 min read - USMiami Herald
Traffic alert: Broward crash cleanup has Florida’s Turnpike backed up to Miami-Dade
The crash happened in the morning, but the cleanup has lasted into the afternoon.
- PoliticsMSNBC
Rudy Giuliani’s radio talk show gets axed after one too many 2020 election lies
Rudy Giuliani was suspended from WABC radio station and his talk show was axed after defying multiple warnings to stop questioning the election results on air.
2 min read - USPost-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.
Rochester's whites-only racial covenants covered the living and the dead
May 11—ROCHESTER — Two years ago, a Rochester group began digging into the city's past as part of a historical reckoning into the use of racial covenants that once barred Blacks and other minorities from living in parts of the city. The search was slow-going and incremental: Volunteer researchers searched a database for decades-old Olmsted Country property records and keywords to establish the ...
6 min read - ScienceKansas City Star
Northern lights gave Kansas a Friday night show to remember. See the spectacular
Wichita Eagle photographer Travis Heying captured these images of the northern lights on Friday night near the Marion and Chase County line.
1 min read - USWCIA Champaign
Loda officials work to improve intersection after deadly crash
LODA, Ill. (WCIA) — Last month, a deadly car accident left two Central Illinois women dead. Now, the Village of Loda officials and the Illinois Department of Transportation are working to fix the troublesome intersection where it all happened. The accident happened at the intersection of Oak and Washington Streets. The trouble with the intersection […]
2 min read - USThe Oklahoman
OKCPS board hires from within school district, selecting Polk as its next superintendent
The Oklahoma City Public Schools board named current assistant superintendent for elementary education Jamie Polk as the district's next leader.
6 min read - USIdaho Statesman
The northern lights dazzled Idaho skygazers. See photos from Boise and beyond
Did you catch the overnight aurora borealis? Here are pictures to prove it, with perhaps another chance Saturday night.
1 min read - USThe State
Motorcyclist is dead after driving off SC road and hitting culvert, highway patrol says
The motorcyclist was taken to a local hospital where they died from their injuries.
1 min read - USKDVR Denver
330 Crisis line employees to be laid off in June
Hundreds of Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners employees are preparing to be laid off at the end of June, as Colorado plans to part ways with the local company once its contract ends.
4 min read - USWJW
‘What are the odds?’ International Space Station passes through northern lights
Perhaps even more unlikely than witnessing the northern lights from Ohio is to catch a glimpse of the International Space Station passing through at the exact same moment.
1 min read - OpinionThe Pueblo Chieftain
Tell it to the Chieftain
Pueblo Chieftain readers share their thoughts on one of Colorado's first hydrogen fueling stations coming to town and the tradition of student protests.
3 min read - USKRON
Over 2,000 marijuana plants seized in Santa Clara drug bust
(KRON) — The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office reported a major marijuana drug bust on Friday. The marijuana bust was made on Thursday at a Santa Clara property near the San Benito Co. line, the Sheriff’s office said. Over 2,000 “pot plants,” translating to over 100 pounds of marijuana, have been seized, the Sheriff’s office […]
1 min read - USHartford Courant
CT man convicted of murder seven years after man found shot in front of restaurant
A jury this week found a Connecticut man guilty of fatally shooting a Stamford man in Bridgeport more than seven years ago. Shardel Ragin, 36, of Bridgeport appeared in court in Bridgeport on Friday and was found guilty of murder and criminal possession of a firearm, according to a statement from the Division of Criminal Justice. Ragin was convicted of murder in the shooting death of ...
1 min read - USKTVX
American white pelicans nesting on Utah island for first time in 80 years
American white pelicans have once again returned to a local nesting colony they abandoned last year, as well as nested on Hat Island -- the first time the majestic birds have done so since 1943, according to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
3 min read - USWFXT
Woman arrested for DUI, flown to hospital after crash on I-93 in New Hampton
A New Hampshire was charged with a DUI and flown to the hospital after a crash on I-93 in New Hampton, NH early Saturday morning.
1 min read - USNY Daily News
NJ man charged with sexually, physically assaulting 2 children under 13
A northeastern New Jersey man has been arrested on suspicion he sexually and physically assaulted two children under the age of 13, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Milton Guallpa-Guaman, 45, of Rochelle Park, was arrested in Paramus, just west of New York City, following an investigation led by Musella and the Rochelle Park Police Department. According to authorities, the ...
1 min read - USThe Jamestown Sun, N.D.
First responders participate in full-scales exercises with National Guard in Jamestown
May 11—JAMESTOWN — The full-scales exercises with the North Dakota National Guard on Tuesday, May 7, and Thursday, May 9, in Jamestown are a good learning experience for local law enforcement officers, according to Scott Edinger, chief of police with the Jamestown Police Department. "This isn't an opportunity we get all the time to train with these guys," Edinger said. Personnel from the ...
3 min read - USThe Jamestown Sun, N.D.
Two sentenced on felony charges in Southeast District Court
May 11—Two people were sentenced recently on felony charges in Southeast District Court in Jamestown. Dean Allen Benter, 55, Rogers, North Dakota, pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sexual offender, a Class C felony. Benter was accused of being required to register as a sexual offender and failing to register a Facebook account from Aug. 8 to Sept. 27. Judge Troy LeFevre sentenced ...
1 min read - LifestyleWJAX
Around Jax: New restaurants, ways to celebrate Mother’s Day Weekend
Action News Jax’s Chandler Morgan shows you about new restaurants and a way you can celebrate mom this weekend.
1 min read - USWCMH
Teacher-backed candidate wins seat on Ohio retirement board
A previous report can be seen in player below COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – With multiple investigations launched into the State Teachers Retirement System, results for its latest election for the board were certified. In what active and retired teachers in Ohio are calling a “mandate for reform”, STRS announced the certified results of the election […]
3 min read - USWPXI
Volunteers raise more than 300 flags to honor veterans at a Westmoreland County cemetery
Around 100 volunteers helped raise flags at a Westmoreland County cemetery to honor veterans. It’s the 30th year volunteers gathered at the West Newton Cemetery to raise the West Newton Avenue Flags. “We started in 1994 with about half as many flags, but today we have 385 full-sized flags all in memory of a deceased veteran,” Stacey Federoff said.
1 min read - USWDAF
Police search for suspect in deadly shooting at KC apartment complex
Kansas City Police Department report shooting killed one person at apartment on 29th Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri
1 min read - USOklahoma Voice
Oklahoma City Public Schools promotes Jamie Polk to superintendent role
OKLAHOMA CITY — A longtime school administrator credited as a “catalyst” for positive change in Oklahoma City Public Schools will take on the district’s top job. Jamie Polk, the district’s assistant superintendent of elementary schools, will succeed departing Superintendent Sean McDaniel on July 1. The Oklahoma City Board of Education voted unanimously on Saturday to […] The post Oklahoma City Public Schools promotes Jamie Polk to superintendent role appeared first on Oklahoma Voice.
4 min read - USKDVR Denver
15-year-old stabbed by stranger in Aurora: Police
The Aurora Police Department investigated a stabbing that seriously injured a teenager Friday night.
- BusinessINSIDER
Here's how airlines are using AI to make flying less of a nightmare
United Airlines, for example, uses AI to decide which departing flights can be held for connecting passengers, limiting a dreaded travel nightmare.
2 min read - USWJW
Elderly man shot multiple times in front of local library
An elderly man was taken to the hospital after a shooting in downtown Akron on Saturday morning.
1 min read - USWFRV Green Bay
Law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin show off photos of Friday’s northern lights
(WFRV) – The majority of Wisconsin got a great look at the northern lights overnight on Friday, May 10. And those patrolling Wisconsin’s streets during the second and third shifts posted about the incredible sights in the sky. Below are some of the photos posted by law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin showing the aurora shimmering above. […]
1 min read - PoliticsSalon
"He left me no option": Giuliani canned from conservative radio show, due to election lies
Giuliani, who filed for bankruptcy in December, lost one of his few remaining sources of income
2 min read - LifestyleThe Cool Down
Unsuspecting suburban home has LEED Platinum certification for its remarkable passive living features: 'The model for how we need to live, now and in the future'
"We are not making a lot of compromises to live like this."
3 min read - USCharlotte Observer
Missed the spectacular northern lights in NC? You still have a chance. Here’s when.
If you missed the northern lights in North Carolina Friday night, you may get another chance to view them. Here’s when and where best to watch.
2 min read - USWichita Eagle
Wichita man arrested on suspicion of murder in parking lot killing earlier in week
He was arrested Friday at Towne East Square in connection to Monday’s killing.
1 min read - USKFOR articles
OUPD respond to a rape in parking lot of campus apartment
The University of Oklahoma Police Department notified students of a rape that happened during the early morning hours on Saturday outside of a campus apartment complex.
- USAkron Beacon Journal
Elderly Akron man shot multiple times in downtown expected to live; police arrest suspect
The 70-year-old man was shot multiple times but is expected to live, Akron police said.
1 min read - CelebrityOttumwa Courier, Iowa
Come for the cut, stay for the stories
May 11—OTTUMWA — Sitting under a salon hairdryer that wasn't in use, it didn't take long for Brinda Young to put away the small notebook filled with tidbits of her life and start telling the stories that have shaped it. For 50 years, Young has stood behind customers, both looking into a mirror, and heard stories of their lives. She's a hairstylist first, amateur therapist second. But listening ...
5 min read - USDetroit Free Press
Large numbers of fish dying in Michigan's Lake Macatawa
Reports of the dead and dying fish at Lake Macatawa, located near Holland in Ottawa County, started coming in around mid-April.
2 min read - USWFTV
DeSantis Dismissed from Records Case
A Leon County circuit judge has dismissed Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office from a lawsuit filed by the Washington Post over access to DeSantis’ travel records.
2 min read - USTampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tampa Bay is experiencing internet outages
A spokesperson for Spectrum internet service said a widespread outage Saturday was caused by an electrical fire on a utility pole that damaged a fiber cable. Lorelie Johnson of Charter Communications, a telecommunication company whose services are branded as Spectrum, said in an email around 12:30 p.m. that an early Saturday morning fire on the pole in Pinellas Park damaged fiber that ...
1 min read - USKOIN
PHOTOS: Northern Lights dazzle Pacific Northwest
Thanks to a severe geomagnetic storm, the Pacific Northwest and much of the United States were able to see Northern Lights late Friday night and very early Saturday morning.
1 min read - USWIVB
Portion of I-290 westbound shut down due to ‘serious’ crash
NITTEC reported the stretch of I-290 was shut down around 11:20 a.m.
- USKTSM
1 person dead, 1 in custody in domestic dispute
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person is dead and another is in custody after a domestic dispute turned into a deadly shooting on Saturday morning, May 11 in El Paso’s East Side, El Paso Police said. Police were called out at about 9:45 a.m. on Saturday to an apartment complex along the 6800 block […]
1 min read - USThe State
1 killed on SC interstate after car and tractor-trailer collide, highway patrol says
One person died on the scene and another was injured and taken to a local hospital.
1 min read - USWJW
Bar fight ends in murder charge: Police
An Olmsted Township man is facing a murder charge after officials said a fight erupted at a local bar on Friday night.
1 min read - USThe Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Updated wastewater treatment plant unveiled in Ewa Beach
May 11—1/3 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM. The new clarifier at the remodeled plant. 2/3 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM. The tour included the new aeration basin. 3/3 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM. Mayor Rick Blangiardi, center, cut the ribbon Friday during a ceremony at ...
6 min read - USWSB Cox articles
3 people shot in metro Atlanta front yard in apparent murder-suicide
Investigators say Bradley Messer, 22, shot and killed Jeffery Orr, 58, and shot the other victim before taking his own life.
1 min read - BusinessSpectator
Unemployment claims in New York increased last week
Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in New York last week compared with the week prior.
1 min read - BusinessThe Daily Reporter
Unemployment claims in Michigan increased last week
Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in Michigan last week compared with the week prior.
1 min read - BusinessWJZY
Your subscriptions are hard to cancel and easy to forget — by design
Have you ever had to make a phone call to cancel something you signed up for online?
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