FLINT, Mich. — It was nearly 3 a.m. when LaDorothy Griggs was jolted awake by the banging on her front door. She was still in the haze of sleep when her uncle rushed into her home. “Skye’s been shot,” he said. “Skye’s been shot in the head.” Griggs couldn’t stop screaming, jumping up and down, even […]
Utah officials are studying the impacts of a new Supreme Court decision that upheld city ordinances in Grants Pass, Oregon, intended to prohibit homeless people from sleeping in public areas, ruling the regulations did not violate the Eighth Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment. Those officials as well as Utah homelessness advocates also renewed […]
A Shelby County chancellor has denied a request for a temporary injunction filed in an attempt to halt construction of the new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art along Front Street in Downtown Memphis. The ruling from Chancellor Melanie Taylor Jefferson comes months after a group of Memphians who trace their ancestry to Memphis’ founders and […]
Justice Samuel Alito emphatically dissented from the Supreme Court’s decision to allow hospitals in Idaho to perform emergency abortions – claiming doctors must protect an “unborn child” under a federal law. In a 6-3 decision on Thursday, justices declined to issue a firm ruling on whether states can force patients with life-threatening pregnancies to get […]
“Forever Marilyn” is one step closer to planting her feet in the middle of Museum Way after a decision by the Palm Springs Planning Commission on Wednesday. The 4-0 vote sets the stage for the city to allow the 26-foot statue of Marilyn Monroe to permanently remain in its place despite years of pushback. It […]
A mom and dad were arrested after allegedly allowing their children to reside in a shed in “deplorable condition,” a Myrtle Beach Police arrest warrant said. Kelly Poe, 40, and Paul St. Michel, 44, were arrested June 17 on two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child. Poe also has charges for possession of meth, […]
A father has ignited a parenting debate after he admitted to firing his babysitting for giving his toddler too many gummy bears. In a viral post shared to X (formerly Twitter), Texas-based entrepreneur Brandon Avedikian revealed that he and his wife decided to fire their babysitter for allowing their four-year-old child to eat 11 bags […]
RENSSELAER, N.Y. (WTEN) — U.S. Army veteran Edward Thomas Ryan died at the age of 85 on June 1 in Albany, New York. In his obituary, the retired colonel revealed a secret that he’d kept hidden for decades. “I must tell you one more thing,” Ryan wrote. “I was Gay all my life: thru grade […]
Students from all Kentucky Community and Technical College System schools will now be able to transfer to the University of Kentucky for a four-year degree, according to an agreement signed Monday by both schools. The transfer agreement is designed to allow students attending any of the 16 KCTCS schools to transfer easily into UK for […]
The Florida High School Athletic Association is set to meet Tuesday to change its by-laws. It could allow student-athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness, known as NIL. The rules say individual schools and districts would not be part of those deals. Read: With revenue sharing coming to college sports, are NIL collectives […]
Jun. 1—Fairfield City Council enacted a nine-month moratorium against allowing adult-use cannabis license holders from opening within the city, but that could change. As rules surrounding the legalization of adult-use cannabis, often referred to as recreational marijuana, are finalized and updated, communities that had put a ban or moratorium on allowing related businesses to operate […]
A bill allowing a memorial to Don Bolles, the Arizona Republic reporter killed by a car bomb that went off under his car on June 2, 1976, be placed on the mall at the Arizona state Capitol has again legislatively died in the state Senate. Although the bill enjoyed wide and bipartisan support in the […]