Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A bill proposed by a state lawmaker would limit what Kentucky’s public or charter schools can teach students regarding race and gender. On Tuesday, Republican state lawmaker Joseph Fischer pre-filed bill request 60, which he calls, “an act relating to public education and declaring
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Dollar store chains are starting to offer fresh groceries at some stores after years of criticism that they don’t provide enough healthy food options for their customers. Family Dollar has started selling apples, oranges, onions, potatoes, and other fruit and vegetables, and frozen poultry, pork and beef at approximately 100 of its more than 7,000
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Don Eckroat usually has already had his first cutting in his hayfield by June 1, and he usually has a sign showing the prices for hay. This year, however, prices aren’t listed on the sign just yet. He told KOCO 5 that’s because
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LISBON, Maine (WMTW) — A Maine man was rescued from the Androscoggin River Tuesday night after his boat capsized and he was swept downriver. The Lisbon Fire Department said the 21-year-old man was setting the anchor of his 16-foot boat when it began taking on water at about
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ETNA, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — A garbage truck crashed into a home in Etna, Allegheny County, on Tuesday afternoon. This happened along Spang Alley near Route 8. A mother and her two young children were inside the house when the crash happened. “Miraculously there were three occupants inside the
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(CNN) — Un activista bielorruso se cortó la garganta durante una audiencia judicial en Minsk el martes, según la organización local de defensa de los derechos humanos Viasna 96. De acuerdo al grupo, Steffan Latypov, que se enfrenta a acusaciones de organizar protestas y resistirse a la detención, se apuñaló a sí mismo en el cuello
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Democrats running for New York City mayor will square off in a crucial debate Wednesday night, but they won’t just be trying to convince voters that they’re the best candidate for the job — being someone’s second, third, fourth or even fifth favorite could be almost as good. Unlike past elections, Big Apple voters will
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Hailey Morinico wasn’t really thinking when she confronted the black bear that wandered into the backyard of her California home on Monday — she just knew she had to protect her dogs. “I had about, I’d say, two seconds to think and the first thing that popped into my head was to push the bear
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — A man has been arrested for punching BCSO Sheriff Manny Gonzales on Tuesday night. Sheriff Gonzales, who is also running for Albuquerque mayor, was at a petition drive event at an entertainment venue in Albuquerque. A spokesperson for his mayoral campaign told KOAT
Continue Reading The hits keep coming. Shares of AMC — the largest movie theater chain in the world — surged more than 90% early Wednesday to a new peak above $60 before falling back slightly. Trading of the shares was halted twice due to volatility. The popular WallStreetBets Reddit board has boosted the stock lately as a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONTEZUMA, Iowa (KCCI) — The FBI has joined the search for an 11-year-old Iowa boy who disappeared last Thursday in the same area where a college student was murdered while jogging nearly three years ago. Investigators were seen at the home of Xavior Harrelson in the mobile home
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s positive post-race drug test has been confirmed, according to trainer Bob Baffert’s attorney Craig Robertson. After the May 1 race, the first leg of the famed Triple Crown, Baffert revealed that Medina Spirit had tested positive for elevated levels of betamethasone. Betamethasone is an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON PARK, IL (Belleville News-Democrat) — Derissa Davis’ energy seemed to know no bounds on May 8 as she pursued her community’s vision of turning an abandoned lot into a vegetable garden that will serve families in the surrounding food desert. “Everything we grow, we’ll give away,” said
Continue Reading (CNN) — Si bien el Día de los Caídos fue un hito para el regreso a la normalidad de la pandemia de covid-19, podría llevar otras dos semanas determinar dónde se encuentra realmente Estados Unidos, dijo una experta. «En cierto modo, esta fue la primera gran prueba de esfuerzo», dijo la Dra. Leana Wen, analista
Continue Reading (CNN) — El estado actual de los datos de covid-19 en el Reino Unido muestra signos alentadores de mejora, según John Bell, un miembro del grupo de trabajo de vacunación del Gobierno. Hizo un llamado a la gente para lograr un «equilibrio» en el seguimiento de la propagación del covid-19 y que «si correteamos por
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Tyson CEO Dean Banks is leaving the company after less than a year on the job. “Stepping down and concentrating on my family is the right decision at this time,” Banks said in a statement. He is being replaced as CEO and president by Chief Operating Officer Donnie King effective immediately, the company said Wednesday,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Former President Barack Obama made a pair of surprise appearances on Chicago’s South Side Tuesday afternoon. “I told you I was coming by, coach! You didn’t believe me!” Obama said, laughing. The former president took a break during his day trip to his adopted hometown
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CULVER CITY, California (KABC) — Authorities made one of the largest drug busts in Los Angeles County history recently, seizing meth and cocaine with a street value of nearly $60 million, officials say. The bust happened in May in eastern Los Angeles County according to Culver City police.
Continue Reading Carl Chan was walking in Oakland’s Chinatown on his way to meet an Asian elder who had been attacked when a stranger called him a racial slur and hit him on the head. “I am so fortunate to be able to live another day to tell my story,” Chan told CNN. As president of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COMPTON, California (KABC) — Compton voters filed into polling places on Tuesday to elect a new mayor: Cristian Reynaga, a realtor and entrepreneur, or current Compton City Councilwoman Emma Sharif. Eyewitness News stopped by both campaign offices to talk with each candidate. Sharif has served on the Compton
Continue Reading The blog page that former President Donald Trump launched less than one month ago, after his team suggested he’d be launching a major new social platform, has been permanently shuttered. Jason Miller, a senior aide to Trump, told CNBC that the page “will not be returning.” Miller confirmed to CNN that the page had been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — During a cold winter day in Tulsa, the Greenwood Cultural Center was one of the few places in the city at the time that had working utilities. That’s because days earlier, on Dec. 8, 2007, a storm encased Tulsa in ice and snow
Continue Reading After struggling in recent months, companies that focus on the booming marijuana sector could be primed for a takeoff. What’s happening: Everyday investors are increasingly excited about legislation in Washington that could dramatically change US marijuana policy. And on Tuesday,Amazon announced its support for the federal legalization of marijuana — indicating a growing willingness in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KAUAI, Hawaii (Lincoln Journal Star) — Search and rescue teams in Kauai on Tuesday resumed on-ground efforts to find a 23-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln student who went missing. The Kauai Police Department announced Monday that the aerial search had been called off for Samuel Martinez, a microbiology student
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Trainer Bob Baffert’s lawyer says a split-sample test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit came back positive for the presence of the steroid betamethasone. That could lead to the horse’s disqualification and discipline for Baffert. Attorney Craig Robertson says additional testing is being conducted to try to trace the source of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A viral video on Facebook is now at the center of the latest road rage investigation in Asheville. The video captures the tail end of a Monday morning encounter on Bruce Road in West Asheville. The 24-second recording shows a man getting out
Continue Reading (CNN) — Perú elevó a más del doble su número oficial de muertes por la pandemia de covid-19 luego de una revisión de las cifras del Gobierno, lo que deja al país con la tasa de letalidad per cápita relacionada con el coronavirus más alta del mundo. La presidenta del Consejo de Ministros de Perú,
Continue Reading A Florida man accused of killing an iguana last year wanted a charge of animal cruelty dismissed on the basis of the state’s “stand your ground” law. A judge has denied his motion. PJ Nilaja Patterson was arrested after allegedly beating, dragging and kicking a 3-foot iguana in Lake Worth, Florida, on September 2, 2020,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, dice que los cambios iniciados en su gobierno no tienen “marcha atrás” y justificó la decisión de la Asamblea Legislativa, de mayoría oficialista, de destituir a los magistrados de la Sala de lo Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia y al fiscal general el
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAKE BISTINEAU, Louisiana (KTBS) — The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office has confirmed they found a body Wednesday morning near the Lake Bistineau Spillway. That’s the same area where a teenager disappeared Tuesday evening in a boating accident. First responders worked through the night in their recovery effort for
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