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(NEXSTAR) – Nearly 162,000 pounds of select Skippy peanut butter products are being voluntarily recalled because some of the jars may contain small fragments of stainless steel.
Skippy Foods announced the recall Wednesday evening, saying roughly 9,350 cases of three products with specific code dates are affected. The s... | https://www.ktsm.com/news/local-news/skippy-recalling-peanut-butters-that-may-contain-stainless-steel-fragments/ | 2022-03-31T16:39:12 | en | 0.948304 |
It was the first census after World War II. The baby boom had begun. The Great Migration of Black residents from the Jim Crow South to places like Detroit and Chicago was in full swing. And some industrial cities reached their peak populations before Americans started moving to the suburbs.
Starting Friday, genealogist... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Gold-mine-of-census-records-being-released-from-17048377.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:13 | en | 0.969373 |
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Good morning everyone! Happy Thursday!
Well today we are expecting another day in the 70s just like yesterday, but thankfully those winds have finally subsided, expect mostly clear skies and nice calm winds today!☀️
We are only going to warm up and dry up from here so expect beautiful warm weath... | https://www.ktsm.com/news/roxys-thursday-forecast-calm-winds-warmer-temperatures/ | 2022-03-31T16:39:14 | en | 0.969731 |
NEW YORK — Former Vice President Mike Pence has unveiled a new policy platform for Republicans ahead of this year’s midterms elections, offering a framework for candidates — and possibly himself — ahead of a potential 2024 presidential run.
Pence’s “Freedom Agenda,” released Thursday, combines traditional Republican go... | https://www.pilotonline.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-pence-gop-agenda-20220331-24xg5zwctnftrpg3lu2tyjw4pm-story.html | 2022-03-31T16:39:15 | en | 0.96858 |
LGBTQ group sues Florida over so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gay rights advocates sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday to block a new law that forbids classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
The law has catapulted Florida and DeS... | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/03/31/lgbtq-group-sues-florida-over-so-called-dont-say-gay-law/ | 2022-03-31T16:39:18 | en | 0.963303 |
LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg has compiled a handbook for tackling the world’s interconnected environmental crises, with contributions from leading scientists and writers.
Penguin Random House announced Thursday that “The Climate Book” will be published in Britain in October.
It contains contributions f... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Greta-Thunberg-aims-to-drive-change-with-The-17048508.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:19 | en | 0.947888 |
KYIV, UKRAINE — Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site, Ukraine’s state power company said Thursday as heavy fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts.
Energoatom, the operator, gav... | https://www.pilotonline.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-ukraine-russia-20220331-hapxi6mntfdrdj3a5gcnnl7y2u-story.html | 2022-03-31T16:39:22 | en | 0.968843 |
Students accidentally served milk cartons filled with sanitizer
CAMDEN COUNTY, N.J. (Gray News) - Health officials in New Jersey are investigating after students at four separate schools were accidentally served milk cartons filled with sanitizer.
The Camden County Health Department reported the Camden Schools Early Ch... | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/03/31/students-accidentally-served-milk-cartons-filled-with-sanitizer/ | 2022-03-31T16:39:24 | en | 0.987485 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military bases with a high risk for sexual assault, harassment and other harmful behaviors often have leaders who don't understand violence prevention, don't make it a priority and focus more on their mission than on their people, a Pentagon review has concluded.
The review studied 20 bases in the Uni... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Pentagon-links-leadership-failures-to-violence-at-17048502.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:24 | en | 0.972953 |
DETROIT (AP) — One security guard has been fatally shot and another wounded after a man was told to leave a Detroit health facility.
The shooting was reported about 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Team Wellness Center on the city's eastside, police said.
One security guard was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was in tem... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Guard-slain-another-wounded-at-Detroit-health-17048337.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:26 | en | 0.988482 |
Going to the Final Four has always been on Eric Acra’s bucket list.
But there was never a real desire to make it happen.
That changed on Sunday as Acra, the Norfolk Academy boys basketball coach, watched Kansas play Miami in the Midwest Region final.
A day earlier, he watched former Bulldog Mark Williams help lead Duke... | https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/college/vp-sp-norfolk-academy-final-four-20220331-dmk6ekyaw5e37e4ctsoyufwqou-story.html | 2022-03-31T16:39:29 | en | 0.981583 |
Ukraine nuclear operator: Russian troops leave Chernobyl
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine’s border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said.
The operator, Energoatom said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave ... | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/03/31/ukraine-nuclear-operator-russian-troops-leave-chernobyl/ | 2022-03-31T16:39:30 | en | 0.958724 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.
“As I said from the beginning and have maintained throughout this process, I was confident that after a thorough rev... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Postmaster-General-says-he-s-been-cleared-in-17048556.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:30 | en | 0.992797 |
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy accused of molesting and fatally strangling a 6-year-old northern Indiana girl last year will remain held at a county jail as he awaits trial, a judge says.
The boy's attorneys have argued that their client, who's charged as an adult in the March 2021 death of 6-year-old Grace ... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Indiana-teen-charged-in-death-of-girl-6-to-17048436.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:32 | en | 0.986734 |
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The James River Association’s guided river trips are back and more expansive than ever.
Connect with the James, which provides guided kayak, canoe and pontoon boat trips in the greater Richmond and Williamsburg areas, offers an opportunity to get out and see the sights while learning about the James River’s wildlife, h... | https://www.pilotonline.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-jra-river-trips0402-20220331-fyyeina3yrdslh6cdrh2o5gcqy-story.html | 2022-03-31T16:39:36 | en | 0.947069 |
WLBT’s things to know 3/31/22: Missing man with schizophrenia, I-20W to shut down, Tornado storm damage, Runaway girl found dead
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - If you missed a few of the most important headlines and need to play catch up, no worries. WLBT has gathered some of the top stories from our website to get you up to ... | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/03/31/wlbts-things-know-33122/ | 2022-03-31T16:39:36 | en | 0.970123 |
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — After Washington State University freshman Sam Martinez died from alcohol poisoning after a fraternity event in 2019, his parents became determined to prevent similar tragedies.
One of Jolayne Houtz’s and Hector Martinez’s many goals was met Wednesday when Gov. Jay Inslee signed the Sam’s Law Act.... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Inslee-signs-law-intended-to-reduce-hazing-17048415.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:38 | en | 0.962608 |
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A new strategic plan for South Dakota's six public universities, two university centers and two special schools makes retaining graduates for the state's workforce a priority.
The Board of Regents plan states that South Dakota will add as many as 32,000 new jobs by 2030 with 38% of them requiring a ... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Regents-map-out-goals-including-addressing-brain-17048318.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:43 | en | 0.959837 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge this week denied a temporary restraining order sought by environmental groups that would block grazing in six eastern Oregon pastures.
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon said the plaintiffs haven’t shown that cattle grazing on the pastures will cause irreparable harm to sage grouse ... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Judge-refuses-to-block-grazing-in-eastern-Oregon-17048424.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:44 | en | 0.954339 |
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A House committee will hold a public hearing Monday on a bill to allow the use of medical marijuana in South Carolina.
A small group of House members Thursday made a few changes in the lengthy bill passed in February by the full Senate on a 28-15 vote .
One amendment cleaned up the grammar and a f... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/SC-House-committee-sets-public-hearing-on-medical-17048353.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:49 | en | 0.974234 |
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The French medical charity Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, says that five of its employees have been released in Nigeria after being kidnapped last month in neighboring Cameroon.
Armed men kidnapped the MSF employees on Feb. 24 from the group’s base in Cameroon’s Far North region in Fotokol, whic... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Medical-charity-says-5-abducted-workers-are-freed-17048460.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:50 | en | 0.982833 |
CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were lower on Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May was off .25 cent at $10.2975 a bushel; May corn lost 7 cents at $7.3875 a bushel; May oats declined 13.75 cents at $7.2250 a bushel; while May soybeans fell 4 cents at $16.74 a bushel.
Beef and pork lower o... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/business/article/Grains-lower-Livestock-lower-17048393.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:53 | en | 0.936358 |
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BALTIMORE (AP) — A National Security Agency employee has been charged with emailing classified national security information to somebody who wasn't authorized to receive it, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
Mark Robert Unkenholz, 60, of Hanover, Maryland, was arrested Thursday and scheduled to make ... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/NSA-employee-charged-with-mishandling-classified-17048473.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:57 | en | 0.968731 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose again this week as the key 30-year loan rate vaulted over 4.5% and attained its highest level since the end of 2018.
Against a backdrop of inflation at a four-decade high, the increases in home loan rates come a few weeks after the Federal Reserve raised by a... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/business/article/Long-term-mortgage-rates-rise-again-30-year-17048487.php | 2022-03-31T16:39:59 | en | 0.974385 |
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DUDLEYVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — A Pinal County sheriff’s deputy responding to a trespassing call and a suspect were shot and wounded in an exchange of gunfire, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The incident occurred Wednesday night in Dudleyville, the office said a brief statement.
According to the statement, the deputy was shot by... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Sheriff-s-office-Deputy-suspect-exchange-17048406.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:01 | en | 0.974414 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials have revoked the license of a Nevada-based gun manufacturer that was accused of illegally selling guns and went bankrupt but then rebranded itself.
The revocation comes after a lawsuit that alleged the Justice Department didn’t conduct proper oversight before issuing the license.
The... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Nevada-gun-manufacturer-s-license-is-revoked-17048346.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:03 | en | 0.962427 |
1. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
2. “The Recovery Agent” by Janet Evanovich (Atria Books)
3. “Run, Rose, Run” by Dolly Parton and James Patterson (Little, Brown)
4. “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books)
5. “Verity” by Colleen Hoover (Grand Central Publishing)
6. “A Safe House... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/entertainment/article/US-Best-Sellers-Books-USAToday-17048569.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:05 | en | 0.786787 |
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A southwest Louisiana prosecutor is relaunching a program to help clear people's criminal records.
Starting Friday, people can apply online to participate in "A New Day,” an expungement and name change program, District Attorney Stephen Dwight said.
Applications will be accepted through May 2 f... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Southwest-Louisiana-program-to-help-clear-17048301.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:07 | en | 0.962368 |
BLUFFTON, Ohio (AP) — A police officer in Ohio was struck and killed by a fleeing car on Interstate 75 during a high-speed chase through multiple counties Wednesday, authorities said.
The officer, Dominic Francis of the Bluffton police department, was struck around 2:30 a.m. while he was setting up stop sticks, which f... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Ohio-officer-killed-trying-to-stop-fleeing-car-on-17048443.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:09 | en | 0.990298 |
It was the first census after World War II. The baby boom had begun. The Great Migration of Black residents from the Jim Crow South to places like Detroit and Chicago was in full swing. And some industrial cities reached their peak populations before Americans started moving to the suburbs.
Starting Friday, genealogist... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/living/article/Gold-mine-of-census-records-being-released-from-17048377.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:12 | en | 0.969373 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Military bases with a high risk for sexual assault, harassment and other harmful behaviors often have leaders who don't understand violence prevention, don't make it a priority and focus more on their mission than on their people, a Pentagon review has concluded.
The review studied 20 bases in the Uni... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Pentagon-links-leadership-failures-to-violence-at-17048502.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:15 | en | 0.972953 |
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Morning" game were:
02-03-04-05-06-09-10-12-13-15-19-23
(two, three, four, five, six, nine, ten, twelve, thirteen, fifteen, nineteen, twenty-three) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Morning-17048378.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:18 | en | 0.863857 |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A proposal to ban transgender students from playing girls’ and women’s sports in public South Carolina high schools and colleges is moving through the state House after stalling twice last year.
Members of the House Education and Public Works Committee didn't comment on the bill before they voted ... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Transgender-athlete-ban-heading-to-S-Carolina-17048389.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:20 | en | 0.969085 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.
“As I said from the beginning and have maintained throughout this process, I was confident that after a thorough rev... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Postmaster-General-says-he-s-been-cleared-in-17048556.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:22 | en | 0.992797 |
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
8-4-7-9, FIREBALL: 4
(eight, four, seven, nine; FIREBALL: four)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
8-4-7-9, F... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Morning-game-17048380.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:25 | en | 0.837538 |
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations announced the appointment Thursday of an expert panel led by Canada's former environment minister to scrutinize whether companies' efforts to curb climate change are credible or mere “ greenwashing.”
Recent years have seen an explosion of pledges by businesses — including oi... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/UN-chief-names-panel-to-probe-companies-climate-17048314.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:26 | en | 0.964917 |
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A new strategic plan for South Dakota's six public universities, two university centers and two special schools makes retaining graduates for the state's workforce a priority.
The Board of Regents plan states that South Dakota will add as many as 32,000 new jobs by 2030 with 38% of them requiring a ... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Regents-map-out-goals-including-addressing-brain-17048318.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:28 | en | 0.959837 |
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
2-3-2, FIREBALL: 7
(two, three, two; FIREBALL: seven)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
2-3-2, FIREBALL: 7
(tw... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Morning-game-17048379.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:31 | en | 0.872616 |
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine's border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said.
The operator, Energoatom said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Ukraine-nuclear-operator-Russian-troops-leave-17048359.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:32 | en | 0.968598 |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A House committee will hold a public hearing Monday on a bill to allow the use of medical marijuana in South Carolina.
A small group of House members Thursday made a few changes in the lengthy bill passed in February by the full Senate on a 28-15 vote .
One amendment cleaned up the grammar and a f... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/SC-House-committee-sets-public-hearing-on-medical-17048353.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:34 | en | 0.974234 |
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ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Police have arrested an 18-year-old Chicago man wanted in last week's fatal shooting of a man and wounding of a girl at a suburban Chicago shopping mall.
Rosemont police said the suspect was taken into custody Wednesday “without incident” in the March 25 shooting that killed Joel Valdes, 20, of Sk... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/18-year-old-arrested-in-fatal-shooting-at-17048311.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:38 | en | 0.983257 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has proposed that the city’s community police oversight committee go on a two-month hiatus to figure out how to fill nearly half of the group’s vacancies and hire more staff.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the idea comes five years after the predecessor of the Port... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Vacancies-lack-of-staff-vex-Portland-police-17048476.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:39 | en | 0.971805 |
DUDLEYVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — A Pinal County sheriff’s deputy responding to a trespassing call and a suspect were shot and wounded in an exchange of gunfire, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The incident occurred Wednesday night in Dudleyville, the office said a brief statement.
According to the statement, the deputy was shot by... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Sheriff-s-office-Deputy-suspect-exchange-17048406.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:40 | en | 0.974414 |
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's nuclear operator: Russian troops are leaving Chernobyl nuclear power plant, heading towards Belarus border.
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's nuclear operator: Russian troops are leaving Chernobyl nuclear power plant, heading towards Belarus border. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Alert-Ukraine-s-nuclear-operator-Russian-troops-17048347.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:44 | en | 0.800233 |
DETROIT (AP) — A building that featured a former movie theater on the outskirts of downtown Detroit will be redeveloped into affordable housing.
The $75 million project at the United Artists Building was announced Thursday by Mayor Mike Duggan and other city leaders.
The nearly 100-year-old building will have 148 apart... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Vacant-United-Artists-Building-in-Detroit-to-be-17048451.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:45 | en | 0.970693 |
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A southwest Louisiana prosecutor is relaunching a program to help clear people's criminal records.
Starting Friday, people can apply online to participate in "A New Day,” an expungement and name change program, District Attorney Stephen Dwight said.
Applications will be accepted through May 2 f... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Southwest-Louisiana-program-to-help-clear-17048301.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:46 | en | 0.962368 |
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Beshear appointed eight members Thursday to Kentucky State University's Board of Regents. Nominees include a former Kentucky governor, a former state auditor and several KSU alumni.
KSU, the state’s only public historically Black university, has remained under state oversight since last summe... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Beshear-names-members-of-Kentucky-State-17048433.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:50 | en | 0.975208 |
CAIRO (AP) — The World Bank has approved an additional $300 million for desperately needed aid for the poorest and most vulnerably households in war-torn Yemen, as well as for helping the country fight the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement released Thursday.
Humanitarian efforts in Yemen were dealt a blow ... | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/World-Bank-allocates-300-million-to-help-Yemen-17048392.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:51 | en | 0.967413 |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A proposal to ban transgender students from playing girls’ and women’s sports in public South Carolina high schools and colleges is moving through the state House after stalling twice last year.
Members of the House Education and Public Works Committee didn't comment on the bill before they voted ... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Transgender-athlete-ban-heading-to-S-Carolina-17048389.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:52 | en | 0.969085 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director William Burns has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an agency statement Thursday.
The statement said Burns is experiencing mild symptoms and working from home, with plans to return to the office after five days and testing negative. The director is fully vaccinated and boosted.
B... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/CIA-director-tests-positive-for-COVID-19-has-17048488.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:56 | en | 0.954808 |
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations announced the appointment Thursday of an expert panel led by Canada's former environment minister to scrutinize whether companies' efforts to curb climate change are credible or mere “ greenwashing.”
Recent years have seen an explosion of pledges by businesses — including oi... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/UN-chief-names-panel-to-probe-companies-climate-17048314.php | 2022-03-31T16:40:59 | en | 0.964917 |
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Firefighters from across Tennessee continued working Thursday morning to contain a wildfire near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that spread overnight despite rain from storms that passed through the area, officials said.
The blaze, which began as a brush fire Wednesday morning in the... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Crews-work-to-contain-wildfire-near-Smoky-17048448.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:03 | en | 0.983194 |
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine's border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said.
The operator, Energoatom said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Ukraine-nuclear-operator-Russian-troops-leave-17048359.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:05 | en | 0.968598 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lawyers representing an Ohio doctor accused in multiple hospital deaths wrapped up their case Thursday one day after calling only a single witness.
Dr. William Husel is accused of ordering excessive painkillers for 14 patients in the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System. He was indicted in cas... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Defense-rests-after-1-day-in-Ohio-doctor-s-murder-17048403.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:09 | en | 0.966267 |
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The appearance by video of the head of Ukrainian soccer, wearing an armored vest from the streets of Kyiv, brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress on Thursday.
“We have regularly received sad news of the deaths of members of the Ukrainian football community,” Andriy Pavelko said in ... | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Russians-hear-FIFA-Congress-plea-from-Ukraine-to-17048363.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:10 | en | 0.97421 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has proposed that the city’s community police oversight committee go on a two-month hiatus to figure out how to fill nearly half of the group’s vacancies and hire more staff.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the idea comes five years after the predecessor of the Port... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Vacancies-lack-of-staff-vex-Portland-police-17048476.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:11 | en | 0.971805 |
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia’s Supreme Court has upheld the order to release on bail journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro, who has been imprisoned for four months without charges, rejecting a police effort to block his bail.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal by police against bail that had been grant... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Ethiopia-s-Supreme-Court-upholds-bail-for-17048571.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:15 | en | 0.976366 |
DETROIT (AP) — A building that featured a former movie theater on the outskirts of downtown Detroit will be redeveloped into affordable housing.
The $75 million project at the United Artists Building was announced Thursday by Mayor Mike Duggan and other city leaders.
The nearly 100-year-old building will have 148 apart... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Vacant-United-Artists-Building-in-Detroit-to-be-17048451.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:17 | en | 0.970693 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel says it has hired Caitlyn Jenner as a contributor, with her first appearance set for Thursday on Sean Hannity's program.
Jenner, the former Olympic decathlete, ran an unsuccessful campaign for California governor last year. The network said she'll offer commentary and analysis across va... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Fox-News-hires-Caitlyn-Jenner-as-contributor-and-17048362.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:21 | en | 0.976018 |
CAIRO (AP) — The World Bank has approved an additional $300 million for desperately needed aid for the poorest and most vulnerably households in war-torn Yemen, as well as for helping the country fight the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement released Thursday.
Humanitarian efforts in Yemen were dealt a blow ... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/World-Bank-allocates-300-million-to-help-Yemen-17048392.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:23 | en | 0.967413 |
LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg has compiled a handbook for tackling the world’s interconnected environmental crises, with contributions from leading scientists and writers.
Penguin Random House announced Thursday that “The Climate Book” will be published in Britain in October.
It contains contributions f... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Greta-Thunberg-aims-to-drive-change-with-The-17048508.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:27 | en | 0.947888 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel says it has hired Caitlyn Jenner as a contributor, with her first appearance set for Thursday on Sean Hannity's program.
Jenner, the former Olympic decathlete, ran an unsuccessful campaign for California governor last year. The network said she'll offer commentary and analysis across va... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/sports/article/Fox-News-hires-Caitlyn-Jenner-as-contributor-and-17048362.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:30 | en | 0.976018 |
DETROIT (AP) — One security guard has been fatally shot and another wounded after a man was told to leave a Detroit health facility.
The shooting was reported about 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Team Wellness Center on the city's eastside, police said.
One security guard was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was in tem... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Guard-slain-another-wounded-at-Detroit-health-17048337.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:34 | en | 0.988482 |
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The appearance by video of the head of Ukrainian soccer, wearing an armored vest from the streets of Kyiv, brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress on Thursday.
“We have regularly received sad news of the deaths of members of the Ukrainian football community,” Andriy Pavelko said in ... | https://www.theheraldreview.com/sports/article/Russians-hear-FIFA-Congress-plea-from-Ukraine-to-17048363.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:36 | en | 0.97421 |
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy accused of molesting and fatally strangling a 6-year-old northern Indiana girl last year will remain held at a county jail as he awaits trial, a judge says.
The boy's attorneys have argued that their client, who's charged as an adult in the March 2021 death of 6-year-old Grace ... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Indiana-teen-charged-in-death-of-girl-6-to-17048436.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:40 | en | 0.986734 |
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — After Washington State University freshman Sam Martinez died from alcohol poisoning after a fraternity event in 2019, his parents became determined to prevent similar tragedies.
One of Jolayne Houtz’s and Hector Martinez’s many goals was met Wednesday when Gov. Jay Inslee signed the Sam’s Law Act.... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Inslee-signs-law-intended-to-reduce-hazing-17048415.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:46 | en | 0.962608 |
Senate lawmakers in Mississippi briefly suspended work when weather sirens blared during a tornado warning Wednesday.
Severe storms packing isolated tornadoes and high winds are racing across the Deep South, killing two in the Florida Panhandle and leaving scattered damage to buildings and homes in their path.
In Flori... | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/at-least-two-dead-after-round-of-severe-storms-in-the-south | 2022-03-31T16:41:48 | en | 0.976665 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge this week denied a temporary restraining order sought by environmental groups that would block grazing in six eastern Oregon pastures.
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon said the plaintiffs haven’t shown that cattle grazing on the pastures will cause irreparable harm to sage grouse ... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Judge-refuses-to-block-grazing-in-eastern-Oregon-17048424.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:53 | en | 0.954339 |
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — TuSimple is a company building and testing autonomous semi-trucks in Tucson. These trucks can successfully navigate side streets, highways and traffic signals, all while responding to surrounding cars. They have around 20 cameras that allow for a 360-degree vision of the road around the vehicle.
... | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/driverless-semi-trucks-pose-real-solution-to-shortages-supply-chain-issues | 2022-03-31T16:41:54 | en | 0.968327 |
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The French medical charity Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, says that five of its employees have been released in Nigeria after being kidnapped last month in neighboring Cameroon.
Armed men kidnapped the MSF employees on Feb. 24 from the group’s base in Cameroon’s Far North region in Fotokol, whic... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Medical-charity-says-5-abducted-workers-are-freed-17048460.php | 2022-03-31T16:41:59 | en | 0.982833 |
When it comes to heart disease, everyone isn't created equal.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, Hispanics are nearly 25% more likely than non-Hispanic whites to have poorly controlled high blood pressure. Black adults are 40% more likely to have high blood pressure.
Geraldo Rodriguez is originally from Trin... | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/leveling-the-playing-field-in-dealing-with-heart-health | 2022-03-31T16:42:00 | en | 0.96886 |
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Three men suspected of being part of an international drug smuggling ring were arrested in North Macedonia, where police seized about 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of marijuana believed destined for Turkey, authorities said Thursday.
Police said the drugs, with an estimated street value of h... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/N-Macedonia-Police-seize-150-kg-marijuana-17048570.php | 2022-03-31T16:42:05 | en | 0.977772 |
NASA says they captured a massive solar flare erupting from the sun.
In a blog post, the space agency said the solar flare occurred Wednesday, peaking at 1:35 p.m. EST.
The incredible moment was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which is always watching the sun.
The burst was powerful enough to cause a sho... | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/nasa-captures-intense-solar-flare-erupting-from-the-sun | 2022-03-31T16:42:06 | en | 0.95007 |
The United Nations has appointed a commission to investigate possible war crimes in Ukraine.
Three human rights experts were appointed to the independent panel.
The team will look at all accusations of international humanitarian law violations.
The panel will interview witnesses and collect evidence, including forensic... | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/un-creates-investigative-panel-to-investigate-war-crimes-in-ukraine | 2022-03-31T16:42:08 | en | 0.975769 |
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday that he will not support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Republican senator's decision is not unexpected. During Jackson's confirmation hearing, Graham was among the Republicans who were vocal in their criticism of Jackson's sentencing of child p... | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/sen-lindsay-graham-to-oppose-judge-jacksons-nomination-to-supreme-court | 2022-03-31T16:42:08 | en | 0.981077 |
Tornadoes are touching down in areas that historically don’t commonly see them, now research is showing that Tornado Alley may be shifting, and scientists are trying to figure out why.
Neighborhoods in Round Rock, Texas have houses that have been destroyed after a tornado caused an estimated $32 million in damages.
“I ... | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/the-shift-in-tornado-alley | 2022-03-31T16:42:09 | en | 0.977886 |
A National Security Agency employee has been charged with emailing classified national security information to somebody who wasn't authorized to receive it, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
Mark Robert Unkenholz, 60, of Hanover, Maryland, was arrested Thursday and scheduled to make his initial court... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/NSA-employee-charged-with-mishandling-classified-17048473.php | 2022-03-31T16:42:11 | en | 0.964902 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials have revoked the license of a Nevada-based gun manufacturer that was accused of illegally selling guns and went bankrupt but then rebranded itself.
The revocation comes after a lawsuit that alleged the Justice Department didn’t conduct proper oversight before issuing the license.
The... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Nevada-gun-manufacturer-s-license-is-revoked-17048346.php | 2022-03-31T16:42:17 | en | 0.962427 |
BLUFFTON, Ohio (AP) — A police officer in Ohio was struck and killed by a fleeing car on Interstate 75 during a high-speed chase through multiple counties Wednesday, authorities said.
The officer, Dominic Francis of the Bluffton police department, was struck around 2:30 a.m. while he was setting up stop sticks, which f... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Ohio-officer-killed-trying-to-stop-fleeing-car-on-17048443.php | 2022-03-31T16:42:24 | en | 0.990298 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military bases with a high risk for sexual assault, harassment and other harmful behaviors often have leaders who don't understand violence prevention, don't make it a priority and focus more on their mission than on their people, a Pentagon review has concluded.
The review studied 20 bases in the Uni... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Pentagon-links-leadership-failures-to-violence-at-17048502.php | 2022-03-31T16:42:30 | en | 0.972953 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.
“As I said from the beginning and have maintained throughout this process, I was confident that after a thorough rev... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Postmaster-General-says-he-s-been-cleared-in-17048556.php | 2022-03-31T16:42:36 | en | 0.992797 |
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A new strategic plan for South Dakota's six public universities, two university centers and two special schools makes retaining graduates for the state's workforce a priority.
The Board of Regents plan states that South Dakota will add as many as 32,000 new jobs by 2030 with 38% of them requiring a ... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Regents-map-out-goals-including-addressing-brain-17048318.php | 2022-03-31T16:42:42 | en | 0.959837 |
Mike Tirico, Curtis Strange, Steve Melnyk and Suzy Whaley join broadcast team for SiriusXM's exclusive audio coverage of the Masters, April 7-10
SiriusXM listeners will get first-ever live radio broadcasts of Augusta National Women's Amateur on April 2 and the Masters Par 3 Contest on April 6
Harold Varner III debuts h... | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2022-masters-tournament-coverage-live-on-siriusxm-301514047.html | 2022-03-31T16:42:47 | en | 0.926782 |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A House committee will hold a public hearing Monday on a bill to allow the use of medical marijuana in South Carolina.
A small group of House members Thursday made a few changes in the lengthy bill passed in February by the full Senate on a 28-15 vote .
One amendment cleaned up the grammar and a f... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/SC-House-committee-sets-public-hearing-on-medical-17048353.php | 2022-03-31T16:42:49 | en | 0.974234 |
Ally Home announces expansion into Massachusetts, Vermont and Virginia
Ally, a top 25 bank in the retail lending space, continues to expand its modern digital mortgage experience nationwide
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ally Home, the residential mortgage lending arm of Ally Bank, has expanded its ser... | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ally-home-announces-expansion-into-massachusetts-vermont-and-virginia-301513799.html | 2022-03-31T16:42:53 | en | 0.942915 |
DUDLEYVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — A Pinal County sheriff’s deputy responding to a trespassing call and a suspect were shot and wounded in an exchange of gunfire, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The incident occurred Wednesday night in Dudleyville, the office said a brief statement.
According to the statement, the deputy was shot by... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Sheriff-s-office-Deputy-suspect-exchange-17048406.php | 2022-03-31T16:42:55 | en | 0.974414 |
ANGEL CITY FOOTBALL CLUB PARTNERS WITH VENUETIZE TO LAUNCH MOBILE APP FOCUSED ON FOSTERING A CONNECTED FAN COMMUNITY
LOS ANGELES and TAMPA, Fla., March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Angel City FC (ACFC), Los Angeles' professional women's soccer team set to take the pitch this Spring, has partnered with Venuetize, the leader... | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/angel-city-football-club-partners-with-venuetize-to-launch-mobile-app-focused-on-fostering-a-connected-fan-community-301513899.html | 2022-03-31T16:42:59 | en | 0.934911 |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A proposal to ban transgender students from playing girls’ and women’s sports in public South Carolina high schools and colleges is moving through the state House after stalling twice last year.
Members of the House Education and Public Works Committee didn't comment on the bill before they voted ... | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Transgender-athlete-ban-heading-to-S-Carolina-17048389.php | 2022-03-31T16:43:01 | en | 0.969085 |
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anixa Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANIX), a biotechnology company focused on the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious diseases, today announced the initiation of a Phase 1 trial evaluating its novel chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy in ovarian c... | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/anixa-biosciences-announces-the-initiation-of-its-ovarian-cancer-car-t-phase-1-trial-at-moffitt-cancer-center-301514042.html | 2022-03-31T16:43:05 | en | 0.936472 |
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