(Photo by Getty Images) Most Washington K-12 students failed to meet basic math and reading proficiency standards in recent years, according to a new report. The analysis from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows that in 2022, 66% of Washington fourth graders were not proficient in reading and 72% of eighth graders were not proficient […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will push for a breakthrough on President Joe Biden’s cease-fire proposal when he returns to the Middle East next week on his eighth diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began in October, the State Department said Friday. Blinken, who is currently in […]
It was a normal end to the school day in late April for Acie Holland III, an eighth grader at Glen Hills Middle School in Glendale, Wisconsin. He followed his routine and got on the school bus to go home. The bus driver joked with students, Holland said, before putting on her headphones. Then things […]
It looks like residents in West Columbia will soon have closer access to more than 40 flavors of Fancy Milkshakes. A new location of popular Southern fast food staple Cook Out is slated for 1413 Charleston Highway, per property records and a posting seeking construction services. The spot was previously home to a Hardee’s that’s […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan roared out of the blocks in his quest to become the first eight-time world champion in the modern era as he built an 8-1 lead over Jackson Page in the first session of their first round match at the Crucible. O’Sullivan looked up for the task from the off as he fired four […]
The Biden administration approved a new wind project off the Massachusetts coast Tuesday that is large enough it will provide more electricity than the state’s former coal-fired generating station. Avangrid’s New England Wind is the United States’ eighth large offshore wind project to be greenlit and is tied for the largest ever approved, but will […]
MOSCOW/DUSHANBE (Reuters) – Russia remanded in custody on Tuesday a Kyrgyzstan-born man suspected of involvement in Friday’s mass shooting at a Moscow concert hall, and sent investigators to Tajikistan to question the families of four men charged with carrying out the attack. Eight suspects have now been remanded in pre-trial detention since gunmen sprayed concertgoers […]
Six Massachusetts eighth graders face criminal charges in connection with “hateful and racist comments” in a group chat that allegedly included threats and a mock slave auction, officials said. The group chat unfolded on Snapchat on Feb. 8 into the early morning hours of Feb. 9 among multiple juveniles in Southwick, a suburb of Springfield, […]
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – A SpaceX rocket lifted off from Florida on Sunday night carrying a crew of three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on their way to the International Space Station (ISS) to begin a six-month science mission in Earth orbit. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket […]
(WTAJ) — The Mega Millions jackpot has officially claimed a place as one of the top 10 highest jackpots in the game’s history. With no tickets matching all five numbers and the Megaball in Friday night’s drawing, which had an estimated top prize of $525 million, the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $563 million, […]
Feb. 11—CHIPPEWA FALLS — A rural Chippewa Falls man was convicted Friday of his eighth, ninth, and tenth offenses of driving under the influence. James W. Stanek II, 58, 18053 Highway X, pleaded guilty in Chippewa County Court to OWI-8 and he pleaded no contest to OWI-9 and OWI-10. kAmyF586 $E6G6 v:33D 2446AE65 E96 A=62D […]
One man is dead after a Saturday evening shooting in east Tallahassee. Local law enforcement investigators launched the latest homicide investigation after the shooting that occurred just after 11 p.m., in the 2200 block of Parkbrook Court off East Park Avenue. “When officers arrived on scene they located one victim, an adult male, deceased outside,” […]