By TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is backing a plan to expand beyond a three-county school voucher program for low-income children by offering public money for private schooling statewide, regardless of family income. The GOP-led Statehouse narrowly approved the so-called education savings accounts initiative in
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By David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — A UN report released Tuesday details a wave of violence that has swept Haiti’s rural reaches, describing gang raids on villages and alarming levels of food insecurity caused by the targeting of farmers in the country’s historic breadbasket. The report, from the UN Human Rights Office and the UN
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA HAGER Click here for updates on this story AVON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — “I just can’t believe it,” said Karyll McKechnie, standing over the old well where her 45-year-old son’s body was discovered Saturday. She had reported Keith McKechnie missing more than two months ago. “He left his driver’s license and his Medicare card
Continue ReadingBy Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday he would not sign a six-week federal abortion ban as president because he does not believe such legislation aligns with the views of the American public. “One thing I know for sure is there is no consensus around a six-week abortion
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal judge will not block the US government from expanding a landmark $5 billion privacy settlement with Instagram-parent Meta, paving the way for the Federal Trade Commission to propose tough new rules on how the social media giant can monetize user data. The decision Monday by District
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks drifted to a mostly higher close Tuesday following a strong report on consumer confidence and a boost to hopes that the Federal Reserve is finished with its aggressive interest rate hikes. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% after hovering between small gains and losses.
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former guard at a federal prison in Virginia has been sentenced to three years in prison for failing to help an inmate who suffered a medical emergency and later died. Michael Anderson was a lieutenant at a medium-security prison in Petersburg. The Justice Department announced his sentence on Tuesday. Prosecutors
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An infectious respiratory disease among dogs that continues to baffle veterinarians has now been reported in at least a dozen US states, from Washington, Oregon and California to New Hampshire, Florida and Pennsylvania. David B. Needle, a pathologist at the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and clinical associate professor
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The parents of a Los Angeles County deputy who was shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car plan to file a lawsuit accusing the sheriff’s department and county leaders of putting law enforcement officers at risk by making them work excessive overtime because of
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The parents of a Los Angeles County deputy who was shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car plan to file a lawsuit accusing the sheriff’s department and county leaders of putting law enforcement officers at risk by making them work excessive overtime because of
Continue ReadingBROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — The pilot of a small airplane and a car’s driver have escaped with minor injuries Tuesday after the plane crashed into the car in suburban Minneapolis. The accident happened just after 10:30 a.m. on a county road in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Police say it appeared the plane was approaching Crystal
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez and Annie Grayer, CNN Hunter Biden’s lawyers have told the House Oversight Committee that the president’s son is willing to testify on December 13 in their inquiry into his actions — but only if he can do so publicly, according to a letter Hunter Biden’s legal team sent to the
Continue ReadingBy JAMAICA PONDER Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — On this Giving Tuesday, giving back isn’t just about money you can also give by donating blood. For someone with sickle cell disease, it’s such a lifeline. The stream’s Jamaica Ponder spoke with a woman who is living with the disease and
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland says it will close its last remaining border crossing with Russia amid concerns that Moscow is using migrants as part of “hybrid warfare” to destabilize the Nordic country following its entry into NATO. Finland already had shut seven of its eight of the checkpoints on its
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former California tech executive is ending her longshot campaign for the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, she announced Tuesday. Democrat Lexi Reese said in a statement that she has been unable to raise the many millions
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former California tech executive is ending her longshot campaign for the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, she announced Tuesday. Democrat Lexi Reese said in a statement that she has been unable to raise the many millions
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) — A Broward County principal and two other school officials were reassigned on Monday while district officials conduct an investigation into “allegations of improper student participation in sports,” officials said Monday. Sources told CBS News Miami that the reassignment stems from
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The key sticking point in border talks among US Senate negotiators remains how to handle an immigration authority that gives the administration broad discretion to allow certain migrants into the United States on a temporary basis. The Biden administration has leaned on the so-called humanitarian parole authority in urgent situations, including to
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions fuel flew Tuesday from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters called “jet zero.” The Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 flight was powered without using fossil fuels, relying on so-called sustainable
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia, said he was assaulted by a fellow prisoner at his remote labor camp in Mordovia. In an audio statement shared with CNN, Whelan said he “was assaulted by a Turkish prisoner, 50 years old, who has recently arrived at the prison
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