No AP Psychology credit for Florida students after clash over teaching about gender
JR – August 4, 2023
The College Board says schools in Florida should not offer its Advanced Placement course in psychology to students, citing guidance...
Read MoreFall abortion battle propels huge early voter turnout for an Ohio special election next week
JR – August 4, 2023
Republicans in Ohio have set in motion a summer special election over a measure that would make it harder for...
Read MoreTeenage prodigy conducts potentially life-saving cancer research
JR – August 4, 2023
A child prodigy is conducting potentially life-saving cancer research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine lab.
Read More‘The Goon Squad’: How rogue Mississippi officers tried to cover up their torture of 2 Black men
JR – August 4, 2023
Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have pleaded guilty to a racist assault on Michael Corey Jenkins and...
Read MoreAnother harrowing escape puts attention on open prostitution market along Seattle’s Aurora Avenue
JR – August 4, 2023
The kidnapping of a woman who authorities say escaped her abductor by punching her way out of a cinder block...
Read MoreMega Millions players will have another chance on Friday night to win a $1.25 billion jackpot
JR – August 4, 2023
Lottery players will have a shot at an estimated $1.25 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
Read MoreOregon crabbers and environmentalists are at odds as a commission votes on rules to protect whales
JR – August 4, 2023
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission is set to consider extending rules restricting the number of crab traps in the...
Read MoreUS expands curfews for asylum-seeking families to 13 cities as an alternative to detention
JR – August 4, 2023
U.S. authorities are sharply expanding the reach of curfews for the heads of asylum-seeking families while they wait for initial...
Read MoreCongressional delegation to tour blood-stained halls where Parkland school massacre happened
JR – August 4, 2023
Nine members of Congress are expected to tour the blood-stained and bullet-pocked halls where the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school massacre...
Read MoreAppeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays out
JR – August 3, 2023
An appeals court is allowing a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to temporarily stay in place in a...
Read MoreJustice Kagan supports ethics code but says Supreme Court divided on how to proceed
JR – August 3, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she supports an ethics code for the court but that there wasn't consensus...
Read MoreRare otter attack injures three women floating on inner tubes on popular Montana river
JR – August 3, 2023
A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana has injured three women floating on inner tubes.
Read MorePediatricians’ group reaffirms support for gender-affirming care amid growing state restrictions
JR – August 3, 2023
The American Academy of Pediatrics has reaffirmed its support for gender-affirming medical for children as the treatments face a growing...
Read MoreFamily mistakenly held at gunpoint by Texas police say the stop traumatized the kids in the car
JR – August 3, 2023
A Black woman from Arkansas who was held at gunpoint along with three family members when Texas police wrongly suspected...
Read MoreTexas separates migrant families, detaining fathers on trespassing charges in latest border move
JR – August 3, 2023
Texas officials say state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges...
Read MoreNotable mortgage industry additions and promotions, July 31 to Aug. 4
JR – August 3, 2023
Rocket Companies has named Varun Krishna as its new chief executive officer, effective Sept. 5. LoanDepot has announced that Melanie...
Read MoreWhite House says top Russian official pitched North Korea on increasing sale of munitions to Moscow
JR – August 3, 2023
The White House says U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has made a pitch to...
Read MoreInvestigators name the trooper who fatally shot a Black Minnesota man during a traffic stop
JR – August 3, 2023
Investigators have identified the Minnesota State Patrol trooper who fatally shot a Black man after a traffic stop.
Read MoreMississippi ex-law enforcement charged with civil rights offenses against 2 Black men during raid
JR – August 3, 2023
Six former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have been charged with federal civil rights offenses against two Black men who...
Read MoreTrump allies who ‘orchestrated’ plan to tamper with voting machines face charges in Michigan
JR – August 3, 2023
A Michigan attorney and supporter former President Donald Trump has been charged in connection with voting machines in Michigan following...
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