Two years ago Western Washington University engineering student Allison Mazurek was elected as the first woman to lead the university’s Formula SAE racing team, which builds race cars, as its project manager. Mazurek told The Bellingham Herald she quickly became aware that the culture within the student-run, male-dominated club was unprofessional, unwelcoming and misogynistic. She […]
For previous reports on this story, view the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A formal social worker accused of sexual conduct with a minor has pleaded guilty in court Tuesday. Payton Shires, facing eight felony counts, including four counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, pleaded guilty to seven of eight charges […]
An abandoned trailer marked with antisemitic graffiti on the side of the road in South Yarmouth was removed last week. State Rep. Christopher Flanagan, D-Dennis, said his office received a phone call from a constituent on Tuesday about the wooden trailer along Long Pond Drive with images of swastikas drawn on the sides. Flanagan said […]
Prosecutors in New York have accused Harvey Weinstein’s lead defence lawyer of making public statements intended to intimidate a potential witness ahead of the fallen movie mogul’s retrial and asked a judge to take action. The Manhattan district attorney’s office sent a letter to the trial judge criticising comments made by lawyer Arthur Aidala outside […]
Multiple agencies were conducting a river search near the William H. Natcher Bridge on Friday evening after receiving reports that a person had possibly jumped from the bridge. Daviess County Sheriff Brad Youngman said the first report came in at 3 p.m. of a parked vehicle partially blocking one of the bridge’s southbound lanes. Youngman […]
GROVETOWN, Ga. (WJBF) – For months, Kelly Landrum has been increasingly calling the Columbia County Sheriff`s Office E-911 Communications Center for assistance. However, for the past two months Landrum has called 911 for issues that have not been emergency related. Although Landrum has been informed by several deputies to use the non‑emergency number, she continued […]
BRANCH COUNTY — Former Quincy Community Schools softball and soccer coach Scott Signor, 57, pleaded no contest to assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct in a plea bargain Monday. Prosecutor Zack Stempien agreed to dismiss four, 15-year criminal sexual conduct charges with mandatory prison sentences as well as a CSC fourth-degree charge. Prosecutor Zack […]
The Athens Clarke-County Police Department say they recovered multiple firearms from a felon who was shooting his weapon in an apartment complex. ACCPD Gang Unit officials say they served a search warrant on an apartment in Rolling Ridge Apartment complex. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] During the course of their […]
Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare the conduct of jail personnel involved in the death of an inmate “invokes strong emotions.” O’Hare issued a statement within an hour of the Sheriff’s Office releasing a video that showed the moments before the death of Anthony Johnson Jr. After an altercation with guards, Johnson is handcuffed before a […]
Law enforcement will hold a DUI checkpoint starting Friday evening in Sacramento County. California Highway Patrol officers with the east Sacramento office, based in Rancho Cordova, will be stationed at an undisclosed location within the unincorporated area of Sacramento County on Friday, May 17, according to a news release. The checkpoint will operate from 8 […]
Crews have conducted a controlled demolition to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. It marked a major step in freeing the grounded Dali container ship, which has been stuck amid the wreckage since it lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns shortly […]
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, saying Israeli tactics have meant “a horrible loss of life of innocent civilians” but failed to neutralize Hamas leaders and fighters and could drive a lasting […]