Mar. 28—An Ada man who reportedly failed to register as a sex offender was sentenced back to prison to serve time. Preston Miles Black, 34, was sentenced Monday to serve four years in Oklahoma Department of Corrections custody. Pontotoc County District Attorney Erik Johnson said Black was sentenced for failure to register as a sex […]
Mar. 28—BEDFORD, Pa. — Monetary bail and related restrictive conditions were significantly lessened Wednesday for Chestnut Ridge Middle School assistant principal Patrick Isgan, who faces what attorney Thomas Dickey said are defaming charges that he is confident won’t stand as the case progresses. The bail modification, Dickey said, “restores my faith in the criminal justice […]
Responding to what it says has been years of uneven compliance, the Iowa Office of Ombudsman is calling on the state’s county jails to follow the law on charging prisoners for health care and room and board. Ombudsman Bernardo Granwehr in a report issued Thursday found that several county jails in Iowa, including Polk County’s, […]
Italy’s competition authority has fined TikTok €10 million ($11 million) for failing to control the spread of content that it said threatened the safety of minors and other vulnerable people. The antitrust agency, AGCM, said Thursday that TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, had failed to take into account the specific vulnerabilities of adolescents […]
Italy’s competition authority on Thursday fined TikTok 10 million euros (nearly $11 million), saying the hugely popular video app had failed to sufficiently protect minors. “The company has failed to implement appropriate mechanisms to monitor content published on the platform, particularly those that may threaten the safety of minors and vulnerable individuals,” the AGCM watchdog […]
Researchers have found a new way to improve academic scores for college students studying the science, technology, engineering and mathematics field. A recently published study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln found that using artificial intelligence interventions boosted student achievement in STEM courses. Retention rates in undergraduate STEM majors have fallen below 50%, and graduation rates […]
Mar. 6—BEMIDJI — A Bemidji man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison followed by eight years of supervised release for knowingly failing to register as a sex offender in Minnesota. According to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice, in June 2009, 34-year-old Stephon Rene Jones, of Bemidji, was convicted of molesting […]
Feb. 26—A new report from the American Lung Association urges local and state elected officials to focus on restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products to reduce the burden of tobacco use. The 2024 State of Tobacco Control report evaluates state and federal policies on actions taken to eliminate tobacco use and recommends proven-effective tobacco […]
Feb. 24—OLYMPIA — Preliminary results from the Feb. 13 Special Election show a significant majority of levies passing on local ballots across Washington state, but only a third of bond proposals passed, according to a Feb. 14 announcement from the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. In the election, 159 school districts had a […]
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday night muscled through a vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border, exactly one week after their first attempt to impeach him collapsed spectacularly on the floor. The vote was 214-213, with three Republicans again opposing the impeachment. Mayorkas is just the second […]
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has sought to “cheat” and “steal” its way to matching Taiwan in chip technology, but has yet to succeed despite investing huge sums, Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday, while holding out the prospect of more Taiwanese semiconductor investment in the U.S. […]
Russian military bloggers criticized Russian tactics in Ukraine, a US think tank said. They said Russian troops continue to gather in large groups, enabling drones to target them. Ukraine has used drones to counter Russia’s manpower and equipment advantages. Russian troops are continuing to gather in large groups to attack Ukrainian positions despite it making […]