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Ramsey Clark, the former US attorney general and legal activist, has died at the age of 93, his granddaughter told CNN. Clark died Friday at his home in New York, his granddaughter Taylor Clark said. Clark served as attorney general in President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration in the late 1960s and is recognized for supervising
Continue ReadingThe film ‘Happy Gilmore’ is a touchstone for so many golf and film fans. But one Masters hopeful’s resemblance to a character in the film has led to Happy Gilmore himself wishing him luck. Will Zalatoris, who is making his debut at Augusta National, and Gilmore’s caddy at The Waterbury Open in the cult classic
Continue ReadingIt appears travelers are once again eager to take a cruise — and investors may be ready to hop aboard with them. Even though the Centers for Disease Control has yet to give a firm date for when it will allow ships to sail to and from US ports, industry leader Carnival Corp reported last
Continue ReadingWWE stars Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks made wrestling history as the first Black women to face each other in a WrestleMania title match, according to the sports entertainment company. Belair defeated Banks, becoming a champion for the first time in her WWE career, according to WWE. The duo stepped into the ring on Saturday
Continue ReadingLawmakers in Maryland enacted a slate of police reform measures on Saturday by overriding Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of the bills, bringing changes to the state that include limits to no-knock warrants, body camera requirements and a repeal of the state’s police Bill of Rights. The Democratic speaker of Maryland’s House of Delegates, Adrienne
Continue ReadingAs the summer of 2020 forced the nation to confront racism, students of color in New Jersey were sounding the alarm on the racist bullying they had been facing daily, and Democratic Assemblywoman Carol A. Murphy was intent on listening. While attending Black Lives Matter protests and a virtual meeting with parents and students from
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville city officials are taking steps to remove two homeless encampments due to growing safety concerns. City of Asheville spokesperson Polly McDaniel told News 13 in an email that city officials issued seven-day removal notices on April 9 to those currently residing in two
Continue ReadingTucker Carlson sparked a wave of backlash with comments about the so-called “white replacement theory” on his Fox show Thursday evening. In response, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt sent a letter urging Fox to dump Carlson, and now he’s saying the network needs to rethink its entire lineup. “Fox needs to look at their entire
Continue ReadingIn what is known as “moving day” in golf’s majors, the third day of the Masters lived up to that billing with plenty of changes in the leaderboard. The tournament’s front end bunched up considerably over the course of Saturday’s play, which was disrupted by an hour-long delay caused by bad weather. It was Hideki
Continue ReadingThe Masters is normally associated with its pristine course, the perfect foliage and the immaculate outfits. However, for US golfer Billy Horschel, a day after playing a shot from the water with his socks and shoes removed and his trousers rolled up to his knees, Billy Horschel is back at it again at the Augusta
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — A street racing bust in the City of South Fulton led to more than 80 arrests and 45 cars impounded, police announced on Sunday morning. Five guns along with 32 grams of marijuana were also seized in the bust, according to officials. The South
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Amid an alarming surge in Covid-19 cases in Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Friday appeal to her state’s residents to voluntarily take a two-week pause on indoor dining and gatherings was a sobering message and a reality check for Americans who have been returning to many of their old pastimes as the pace of vaccinations picks
Continue ReadingTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday defended the Biden administration’s broad definition of infrastructure in the American Jobs Plan, saying President Joe Biden is still aiming for Republican support for the plan while looking for progress on it by Memorial Day. “I very much believe that all of these things are infrastructure because infrastructure is
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FOX 12 STAFF (KPTV) — A 41-year-old man was arrested for attacking an occupied car with a hatchet in Northwest Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to Portland Police Bureau. Officers responded to a report of someone swinging around a hatchet and hitting a car near Northwest 20th Avenue
Continue Reading“Saturday Night Live” opened this week’s episode tackling the news from the Derek Chauvin trial via a Minnesota morning show. The show included two Black anchors, played by Ego Nwodim and Kenan Thompson, and two White anchors, played by Alex Moffat and Kate McKinnon. “It’s been a tough week for news,” Nwodim’s anchor said. “There’s
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More than half of rural residents in the US have received a Covid-19 vaccine or plan to, but one in five still say they will definitely not get vaccinated, according to an analysis released Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. KFF researchers surveyed 1,001 adults living in rural America and found that 54% said they
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Families that have lost loved ones to police shootings held a vigil in Northeast Portland. They were joined by 35 families from across the country who have also been affected by police violence. FOX 12 spoke to a woman whose son was killed in
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When losing soldiers flee a battlefield — or people migrate in search of a better life — they are voting with their feet. “Foot voting” lets people control their own destiny, law professor Ilya Somin argues. In America today, people are also voting with their arms, rolling up their sleeves to get vaccinated against Covid-19
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Former President Donald Trump repeated familiar lies about the 2020 election and insulted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Saturday when speaking to Republican National Committee donors gathered for the first time since Trump’s defeat, a person in the room told CNN. Donors assembled just down the road from his Mar-a-Lago home — a sign that
Continue ReadingArkansas’ Republican governor on Sunday knocked former President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on top party leaders as “divisive” and unhelpful for elected GOP officials around the country. “Well, anything that is divisive is a concern and is not helpful for us fighting in the battles in Washington and at the state level,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson
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