WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York district attorney has apologized after police video showed her cursing at an officer who tried to give her a speeding ticket. Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley said she was sorry for the April 22 incident in which he refused to cooperate with Police Officer Cameron Crisafulli’s
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up at many college campuses after being inspired by demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from companies advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza and in some cases from Israel itself. Police have arrested hundreds nationwide since
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up at many college campuses after being inspired by demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from companies advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza and in some cases from Israel itself. Police have arrested hundreds nationwide since
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The City of Palm Springs is moving forward with three newly approved traffic calming projects. At the city’s last city council meeting, councilmembers approved the following traffic improvement projects: Two Speed Feedback Signs at E. Amado Rd. All-Way Stop at E. Sunny Dunes Rd. & S. Calle Palo Fierro All-Way Stop and Crosswalks at Farrell
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Ms. Grace Huscher has been selected as April’s One Class at a Time award winner. Huscher teaches choir at Shadow Hills High School in Indio and was nominated by freshman Taryn Ortega. Despite this beig her first year teaching at the school, Ms. Huscher has helped her students excel and receive a superior rating at
Continue ReadingBy Gail Paschall-Brown Click here for updates on this story OCOEE, Florida (WESH) — History is being made in Ocoee. Vincent Ogburn Sr. has been acting chief since last November, and now he is the new chief. He spoke exclusively with WESH 2 about his new position. Ogburn is the first African-American police chief for
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators are moving to enact a ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors and bar state employees from advocating social transitioning for transgender youth. The GOP-supermajority Kansas House is expected to vote Monday on overriding Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto only hours after the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — A devastating, multi-day tornado outbreak leveled entire neighborhoods and businesses starting Friday, upending lives across several states in the American Heartland. Dozens of tornadoes, several EF2 or stronger, have already been confirmed by damage surveys in the areas. The storms have killed at least five
Continue ReadingBy Lee Anne Denyer Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A Sacramento restaurant shared video Sunday of a bizarre theft: Someone stealing plants off their patio. The owner of Colo’s Southern Café – who asked to be referred to as Mrs. T – said she arrived at work Saturday morning
Continue ReadingOregon authorities are set to reveal the winner of the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot. The Oregon Lottery says it will identify the person Monday afternoon. The winning Powerball ticket was sold at a Plaid Pantry convenience store in Portland in early April. The winner had contacted the Oregon Lottery to claim the prize. But the
Continue ReadingBy Nijzel Dotson Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KCRA) — Several agencies responded after a baby bald eagle fell from its nest in Orangevale on Saturday, according to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District. In late March, KCRA 3 visited Lake Natoma when the hatching of that bald eagle was caught on camera.
Continue ReadingBy Eddie Messel Click here for updates on this story ELKHORN, Nebraska (KETV) — In the Elkhorn community on Sunday, volunteers entered by the hundreds after checking in at the Relevant Center at 212th and W Maple. This after over 2,000 volunteers helped clean up debris on Saturday. “We want to be out here just
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Belarusian service of German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle has been declared an “extremist” organization by Belarusian authorities and its activities are being banned in the country. It means anyone working with Deutsche Welle potentially faces a seven-year prison sentence. Peter Limbourg, Deutsche Welle’s director general, criticized the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel must still do more to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip and that he would use his Middle East trip — his seventh to the region since the Israel-Hamas
Continue ReadingBy ERICK KAGLAN Associated Press LOME, Togo (AP) — People in Togo have voted in parliamentary elections that tested support for a proposed new constitution that would scrap presidential elections and give lawmakers the power to choose the president. The opposition and religious leaders say the legislation is an effort by President Faure Gnassingbe to
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay and Al Goodman, CNN (CNN) — England international rugby player Billy Vunipola has been fined and handed a suspended four-month prison sentence after resisting arrest at a nightclub in Mallorca, a Spanish court said on Monday. In a statement, the Balearic Islands Superior Court of Justice said that Vunipola must pay a fine
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Students protested what they saw as injustice and demanded change. Administrators were under pressure to get things back to normal. Police came onto the Columbia University campus and made arrests. This wasn’t this month — it was April 1968. The week-long protest that included building takeovers
Continue ReadingBy Kalé Searcy Click here for updates on this story ELKHORN, Nebraska (KETV) — Country singer and songwriter Zach Bryan headed to Elkhorn amid the devastation left by Friday’s storm. The star was spotted among other volunteers aiding in the cleanup effort. Something Bryan said he and his band members are doing while in town
Continue ReadingBy Alyssa Gomez Click here for updates on this story OSCEOLA, Iowa (KCCI) — Joe and JoAnn Franksain have 75 years worth of family photos, keepsakes and priceless mementos. It’s now all scattered across their yard after a tornado ripped through their Osceola home. “You just want to pick stuff up and put it where
Continue ReadingBy Angela Rozier Click here for updates on this story RIVIERA BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — A Palm Beach County attorney received his very own special law school graduation and doctoral hooding ceremony. Attorney Matthew C. Russell, 88, has been an educator and civic leader in Riviera Beach for decades. Russell said he realized in the
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