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By Lauren Wagner Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — A Nebraska educator is being honored for his dedication to tribal college students and will receive a $1,200 gift for his work. Michael Oltrogge, president of Nebraska Indian Community College in Macy, was named the 2022-23 Tribal College and University
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By The Associated Press Newsmax is returning to DirecTV after a dispute between the parties saw the conservative network removed from the satellite carrier. The duo were initially unable to agree to financial terms on an agreement, which led to DirecTV losing the rights to distribute Newsmax programming on Jan. 25. The companies said Wednesday
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George has a sprained right knee and the Los Angeles Clippers All-Star will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks. The team gave an update on George’s condition Wednesday, hours after he went down hard late in a 101-100 loss to the Oklahoma City
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PASADENA, Texas (AP) — Officials are investigating an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in suburban Houston that injured one person. It is not immediately known what caused Wednesday’s blast at the plant in the city of Pasadena. But officials say the fire occurred as liquified natural gas was being transferred from a tanker
Continue Reading By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As the Federal Reserve raises interest rates again, credit card debt is already at a record high, and more people are carrying debt month to month. The Fed’s interest rate increases are meant to fight inflation, but they’ve also led to higher annual percentage rates for
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN, HALELUYA HADERO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok is ramping up a public relations campaign to fend off the possibility of a nationwide ban by the Biden administration, and it’s bringing some unconventional advocates to help: online influencers. Dozens of TikTok creators — some with millions of followers on
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN The US State Department will no longer issue assignment restrictions as a condition of granting security clearance, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced to the department’s workforce on Wednesday in a memo obtained by CNN. The change comes after an intensive review of the practice, which was perceived as discriminatory by
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Olson Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A 53-year-old man was found dead over the weekend after he attempted to crawl under a train that suddenly started moving. Police say the man was killed by the moving train. Bonneville County Coroner Rick Taylor identified the man as
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A nearly 300-unit apartment complex has been proposed to be built at the corner of Washinton Street and Avenue 50 in La Quinta. Proposed project site Currently, the project site is vacant and is bordered by a residential community to the north, Washington Street to the west, vacant land to the east, and Avenue 50
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Princeton forward Tosan Evbuomwan spent his first three college seasons enduring one disappointment after another. Reaching the NCAA Tournament and advancing to the Sweet 16 made it all worthwhile. After the 2020 Ivy League Tournament was canceled, after the entire 2020-21 season was canceled, after losing by two points
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Una familia está de luto por la muerte de un hombre de 25 años que murió cuando perdió el control de su camioneta mientras circulaba sobre el Hwy 79 en San Jacinto donde se salió del camino y cayó a un barranco de 200 pies de profundidad. Cuando la policía y paramédicos llegaron Daniel Franco
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La policía arrestó a un anciano de 74 años que ayer a las 5 de la tarde le dio un golpe en la cara a un bombero que estaba apagando un incendio en un terreno ubicado en área de la calle Fillmore y la Avenida 53 en Thermal. Hasta el momento se desconoce que provocó
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Después de una excelente investigación la policía arrestó a un sujeto de 38 años acusado de robar más de 900 pies de alambre de cobre de los generadores de energía eléctrica ubicados cerca del freeway 10 en Cabazon. Todo inició cuando las autoridades recibieron el reporte y después llegaron a una casa en Desert Hot
Continue Reading By JOCELYN GECKER and COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bus drivers shuttle America’s children to schools where cafeteria workers feed them and teacher aides assist students who need the most help. And their pay is notoriously low. School support staffers earn, on average, about $25,000 a year in Los Angeles, barely
Continue Reading By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Celebrity stylist Law Roach, who helped reinvent Zendaya and turned Celine Dion into a fashion icon, shocked the industry last week when he announced his retirement from dressing the rich and famous. “My Cup is empty,” he wrote in part March 14 on Instagram, explaining: “If
Continue Reading By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt — as the biomass stretching from West Africa to the
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Community members and elected officials gathered Wednesday at the site of a deadly collision that killed a Palm Springs bicyclist last week. The incident has renewed calls for safety and awareness, with some local bicyclist safety advocates calling it yet another preventable tragedy that’s cost a valley life. 58-year-old Nelson Esteban was hit by a
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a shooting near a middle school in North Carolina left two 16-year-old boys dead and one wounded. News outlets quote the Durham Police Department as saying that the teens were shot Tuesday night near Brogden Middle School. Police say officers initially responded to a report of a juvenile shot
Continue Reading HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut city employee has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for his role in the theft of more than $600,000 in federal coronavirus relief funding. John Bernardo also was ordered to pay nearly $59,000 in restitution during Wednesday’s sentencing in federal court in Hartford. Prosecutors say Bernardo and
Continue Reading By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” as the Republican governor continues a focus on cultural issues ahead of his expected presidential
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