By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be reconsidered. The end of the 1966 legal agreement with Plaquemines Parish schools announced
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be reconsidered. The end of the 1966 legal agreement with Plaquemines Parish schools announced
Continue ReadingBy Sid Garcia Click here for updates on this story INGLEWOOD, California (KABC) — Two weeks after he was viciously attacked and called racial slurs outside of his Inglewood home, Javier Ibarra says his face is a bit swollen and the fracture under his right eye is still healing. The attack, which was captured by
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By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s lawyers got their turn Thursday to question a woman who alleges the one-time Hollywood heavyweight held her down and forced oral sex on her nearly two decades ago. Miriam Haley, testifying for a third day at Weinstein’s rape retrial,
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s lawyers got their turn Thursday to question a woman who alleges the one-time Hollywood heavyweight held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on her nearly two decades ago. Miriam Haley, testifying for a third day at
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Lions Clubs of St. Joseph held their 63rd annual Scholiastic Honors Luncheon event for students around the district. The top 10% of 2025 graduating honors students from schools in the St. Joseph School District, St. Joseph Catholic Academy and the St. Joseph Christian Academy were celebrated for their
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By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Diego Boneta had grown tired of Hollywood’s obsession with narco storylines for Latinos. The actor decided he would provide some new source material with his debut novel, out Thursday, a self-described “murder mystery, sexual thriller” set around a fictional business dynasty. “As someone who’s from Mexico
Continue ReadingBy Yasmeen Ludy Click here for updates on this story LA MESA, California (KGTV) — After eight years of battling tremors that made his job nearly impossible, retired Senior Investigator Tony Johnson has found hope through a new procedure at Sharp Grossmont Hospital. Johnson’s tremors forced him to retire after 45 years in law enforcement.
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By Kaitlan Collins, Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kristen Holmes, Zachary Cohen and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — National security adviser Mike Waltz is expected to depart from the Trump administration in the coming days, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, the first major staff shakeup since the president took office in
Continue ReadingBy Michael Cusanelli Click here for updates on this story SARANAC LAKE, New York (WPTZ) — The Saranac Lake Police Department said they arrested a man on multiple charges after officers found him naked in a resident’s hot tub. Police were called to a home on Ampersand Avenue on Wednesday after a resident reported a
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By Amanda Schupak, CNN (CNN) — The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ancestor. The new research could upend what’s known of the evolution of the most primitive mammals alive
Continue ReadingBy Russ Reed Click here for updates on this story WATERVILLE, Maine (WMTW) — The United States Secret Service has confirmed to Maine’s Total Coverage that it is aware of a Waterville Public Schools teacher who made a series of Facebook posts that call for President Donald Trump and members of his administration to be
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law and said President Donald Trump’s invocation of it was “unlawful.” U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is the first judge to rule that the Alien Enemies Act cannot
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Law enforcement responded to a traffic accident Thursday morning off State Route O in south St. Joseph. Access to southeast 50th Road at southeast State Route O, which leads to the St. Joseph Sanitary Landfill and Pigeon Hill Conservation Area, was blocked off for more than an hour as
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Continue ReadingPor CNN Radio Argentina Maximiliano Ferraro, diputado nacional de la Coalición Cívica por la ciudad de Buenos Aires, se refirió a la interpelación al jefe de Gabinete y las elecciones porteñas. En CNN Primera Mañana afirmó que “la interpelación a Guillermo Francos dejo sabor a nada. Está claro que las respuestas más constantes del jefe
Continue ReadingPor Jen Christensen y Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU. (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés) publicó el jueves una revisión de 400 páginas sobre el tratamiento de la disforia de género en niños, pero no reveló quién fue su autor ni quién la revisó. El informe surge tras
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened sanctions on anyone who buys Iranian oil, a warning that came after planned talks over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program were postponed. Trump wrote on social media, “All purchases of Iranian Oil, or Petrochemical products, must stop, NOW!”
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By Devan Cole, Priscilla Alvarez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A Donald Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas ruled that the president unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act and blocked the administration from quickly deporting some alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. US District Judge Fernando Rodriguez of the Southern District of Texas said Trump
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Many of the big movies this summer might come from familiar places — whether they’re franchises, sequels or hybrid adaptations of beloved animated classics. But look closer and there are quite a few fresh faces making a splash with memorable characters new and old. The Associated Press spoke to
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By Spencer Tracy Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A 17-year-old in Marion County has been arrested after being accused of making kids send him sexual content. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says Christian Scribben met these kids on one of the biggest and most popular online gaming sites
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By Madison Zaleski Click here for updates on this story PUNTA GORDA, Florida (WBBH) — Kiko is back on his paws and doing better than ever, but Elizabeth and Braulio Fernandez thought they might lose their 11-year-old Yorkie on Sunday. “I was feeling him already going lethargic because I was carrying him like this, and
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WBAL, KAYLA POWERS, FACEBOOK, CNN, Kayla Powers/Facebook By Tori Yorgey Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — A Baltimore woman’s wedding ring was lost for two years. A monthly community clean-up at the Canton square helped her get it back. “I was pretty surprised. I hadn’t checked the Canton Neighbors Facebook page
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Hickory Creek Bridge on Holt County Route B, originally built in 1938, is set to be replaced.
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Transgender women will be banned from playing on women’s soccer teams in England and Scotland following a U.K. Supreme Court ruling last month, the sport’s governing body said Thursday. The Football Association said it had decided to change its rules that had allowed transgender athletes to play
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The Missouri Department of Transportation selected Crawford, Murphy & Tilly to conduct a feasibility study looking at options for a proposed Amtrak line to St. Joseph a year ago. MoDOT expected the study to be finished this spring, but it faced a delay.
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By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — John Hauldren has been a Chicago Cubs fan all his life. During the team’s last homestand, he got a text message from a high school friend. It was the first text he had received from him. Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong had just used “Front to
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — John Hauldren has been a Chicago Cubs fan all his life. During the team’s last homestand, he got a text message from a high school friend. It was the first text he had received from him. Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong had just used “Front to
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By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — National security adviser Mike Waltz is expected to depart from the Trump administration in the coming days, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, the first major staff shakeup since the president took office in January. Waltz’s job has been
Continue ReadingBy Brodie Myers Click here for updates on this story BARNSDALL, Oklahoma (KJRH) — The Waxhoma Dam, held together by a patch job, failed April 30. Causing water to flood creeks and rush over County Road 233. Robert Rayborn lives in Barnsdall and looked at video from the flooding. “I was blown away. I could
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