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By Bill Schammert Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — On Monday, the Omaha Public School Board approved a six-figure settlement for a former teacher who was hurt during a fight between students. According to the settlement, the teacher was accidentally hurt when trying to break up a fight in September
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Diversity, equity and inclusion staff members’ jobs in North Carolina’s public university system could be at risk. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors committee is planning to vote Wednesday on whether to repeal a DEI policy adopted in 2019. The policy would likely be
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La ciudad de La Quinta dio información ayer acerca de proyecto TALUS que habían dicho que estaría listo en el 2019 y que se ha retrasado por el incremento de los precios de los materiales y la pandemia del COVID-19. Dos inversionistas dicen que el 30 de mayo estarán listos los préstamos por $360 millones
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press The ride-hailing company Uber says it’s banned an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man allegedly shot the woman to death. Uber says Wednesday the March 25 shooting death of driver Loletha Hall is “a horrific tragedy” and the company has provided information to
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and ALI SWENSON Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A humanitarian organization in northeastern Mexico is saying it did not create flyers urging border-bound migrants to vote for President Joe Biden. The flyers were filmed at the group’s shelter in a recent viral video. Accusations that Resource Center Matamoros was encouraging noncitizens
Continue ReadingBy Jake Anderson Click here for updates on this story DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nebraska (KETV) — A substitute teacher in Omaha accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy appeared in court for the first time Tuesday. Erin Ward is charged with felony sexual abuse by a school employee after admitting to having sexual relations with a
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson has been ruled out of the New Orleans Pelicans’ Western Conference play-in game against the Sacramento Kings on Friday night because of a left hamstring injury — and is expected to miss up to two weeks should New Orleans advance to the NBA
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KABC) — A mistrial was declared Tuesday in the case of a Long Beach school officer charged with murder for shooting an 18-year-old woman in 2021. Jurors said they deadlocked on the charge of second-degree murder for school security officer Eddie Gonzalez.
Continue ReadingBy WRAL Staff Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — Nearly 25,000 gallons of sewage spilled into the Richland Basin Wednesday morning in Raleigh. At 9:23 a.m., the City of Raleigh learned of a sewer overflow near Chapel Hill Road in Raleigh. Raleigh Water staff contained the overflow at approximately
Continue ReadingBy TOM KERTSCHER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Padres pitcher Michael King has gone hitless through six innings against the Brewers. King, 28, who is 2-0, had struck eight batters and walked two, both in the second inning on Wednesday. He had thrown 72 pitches. The Padres and Brewers were tied at 0-0 in the
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El congresista Raúl Ruiz y el senador Alex Padilla introdujeron una iniciativa de ley que pretende expandir el Monumento Nacional Checkwalla y el Joshua Tree National Park con cientos de acres de terreno del condado de Riverside y del condado Imperial, ese terreno está cerca de las montañas de Mecca. El objetivo es proteger la
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — An exit poll says Croatia’s ruling conservatives have won a highly contested parliamentary election, but without enough seats to rule alone. The ballot Wednesday pitted the ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic against an alliance of centrist and left-wing parties informally
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Eric Schmidt, former executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. Personal: Birth date: April 27, 1955 Birth place: Washington, DC Birth name: Eric Emerson Schmidt Father: Wilson Schmidt, a professor Mother: Ellie Schmidt Marriage: Wendy Boyle (1980-present) Children: Sophie and
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of young dancers in white tutus and tightly coiffed hair gathered in New York’s Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to break the world record for dancing on pointe in one place. The spectacle was organized by Youth America Grand Prix, a ballet scholarship program that is celebrating its 25th anniversary with
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the death of Osama bin Laden. On May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces during an early morning raid at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Facts about the compound – Built in approximately 2006.– Significantly larger than other
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Belarusian parliament has voted to suspend the country’s participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty that once was a key security doctrine for the continent. The treaty was already abandoned last year by Russia. Wednesday’s move could pave the way for Belarus — Russia’s
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Boston Marathon, run from Hopkinton to Boston. The finish line is in front of the Boston Public Library on Boylston Street. April 15, 2024 – The 128th Boston Marathon takes place. The winners are Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia in the men’s division and Hellen Obiri
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana, leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk, stopping noontime traffic on the city’s busiest street before being loaded back into a trailer. Viola,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player from prison after the athlete published a plea for his release on social media. Authorities confirmed Wednesday that the father of Marcelo “El Chiky” Díaz, who plays for El Salvador’s national team, was released. In
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. The volcano on the northern side of Sulawesi island had at least five large eruptions in the past
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