Jan. 6—BEMIDJI — Braving the snow Saturday afternoon and holding signs reading “Jan. 6 never again,” Sherry Kloha and other members of Indivisible Bemidji want to remind the community of the importance of defending and supporting the values of a democracy. Their demonstration took place on the third anniversary of the civil unrest on Jan. […]
An aerial view of piles of used clothing. This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. This story was produced by Grist and co-published with El País. A Spanish-language version can be read here. Reporting was supported by the Joan Konner Program in the Journalism of Ideas. On the […]
The U.S. military is looking to equip special operations forces with their longest-range sniper rifle ever fielded in an effort to maintain superiority against Russian and Chinese snipers in a future potential conflict. According to a new notice published on Dec. 19, 2023, U.S. Special Operations Command is conducting market research for a so-called “Extreme […]
WASHINGTON – A weekend winter storm that’s expected to bring significant snow accumulations to parts of Maryland and Virginia will bring mostly rain to the immediate D.C. metro area. But if the conditions were slightly different, all that rain would have brought the nation’s capital a substantial snowfall. FOX 5’s Tucker Barnes says we’re expecting […]
If you’re looking for a fixer-upper and have cash to spare, rapper Kanye West’s Malibu mansion is on the market for $53 million. West, legally known as Ye, paid $57.25 million in 2021 for a beach house designed by Tadao Ando, one of the world’s most celebrated architects, according to Realtor.com. Then he gutted it, […]
Someone in Michigan became a multimillionaire overnight − and on New Year’s Day! For the first drawing of 2024, someone won a very big payout at the start of the week: an estimated $842.4 million. That means the Powerball jackpot dropped back down to “only” $20 million on Wednesday. Since no one won Wednesday’s jackpot, […]
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is calling for an investigation after 215 bodies were found buried in a cemetery behind a Mississippi jail. The Chicago Crusader reports the remains were discovered in a pauper’s cemetery behind the Hinds County, Mississippi jail. The gravesites are reportedly marked with merely a metal rod and number. Following the […]
PETERSBURG − A person was killed Saturday night at an apartment complex in the city’s southern end, the third reported shooting in Petersburg in a 15-hour time period. The fatal shooting occurred sometime after 8:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Addison Way. That is located within the Addison Crater Woods apartment community just off […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Federal transportation officials will hold a press conference Saturday night after an Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency return landing on Friday evening when a door on the plane blew out mid-air shortly after takeoff. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy will begin the press briefing at 8 p.m. It will be streamed […]
A car was traveling down eastbound I-90 when it hit a semi-truck at milepost 47 on Saturday, according to Trooper Rick Johnson with Washington State Patrol. Officials say the car was speeding down the roadway and “went out of control. The driver of the semi was chaining up the truck’s wheels when it was hit. […]
Jan. 6—Soon, more than 100 politicians from all over Washington will walk into rooms with coastal rhododendrons and English dogwood flowers printed on the carpet. They will begin to debate potential state laws. They will argue over how to spend money from the state’s coffers while wearing suit jackets and walking through the hallways of […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Blackhawks Chapter of the Black Pilots of America Organization held a meet and greet today to celebrate Rafael Edwin, a United States Air Force Pilot. Rafael was just accepted to the training program to fly B-2 stealth bombers. Royals, Chiefs commit to Jackson County if sales tax approved […]