WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, intent on selling his legislative accomplishments this election year, will travel to New Hampshire on Tuesday to detail the impact of a law that helps veterans get key benefits as a result of burn pit or other toxic exposure during their service. In raw numbers, more than 1 million […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — North Carolina is receiving $543,000 in funding to help with stormwater and sewer infrastructure needs. The money was given through the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Ensuring safe stormwater measures helps in preventing contaminants, including untreated sewage, from polluting waterways. “Sewer overflows […]
Three big real estate brokerage firms received a judge’s approval Thursday to finalize sweeping settlements that promise dramatic changes to real estate commissions across the US. Keller Williams, RE/MAX (RMAX), and Realogy (HOUS) were granted the green light to go forward with the settlements during a fairness hearing in a Missouri federal court over objections […]
After he was arrested on May 1 and charged with four second-degree felony counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor, Juan Cardiel, 78, was released on May 7 on a $7,500 bond by 3rd Judicial District Judge Douglas Driggers. The Las Cruces Police Department alleged Cardiel, a co-owner of a now shuttered daycare facility, […]
May 5—When Tanner Lair was in the hospital going through chemotherapy thoughts about refurbishing his 1996 Ford F-250 got him through the treatments. Talking with his mom Kayla Caudill and his stepfather Alan Sempf while at Logan Health Children’s, he would weigh the different options. Selecting a bright blue for the paint to add to […]
Outpayce is planning to issue pre-paid virtual cards so travel services can be purchased more easily within booking systems. This follows the grant of an e-money institution (EMI) licence by the Bank of Spain. As a licensed e-money issuer, Outpayce will be able to provide regulated payment services in Spain. These include accepting customer funds, […]
Warren Harris Jr. said he was sorry. He directed his remorse to the families of the three men he robbed and fatally stabbed when he was 16 and high on heroin in New Orleans. Sitting at a table at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Harris, 63, talked in a video conference about the guilt that has […]
LONDON (AP) — A former researcher working in the U.K. Parliament and another man charged with spying for China were granted bail Friday after an initial court appearance in London. Christopher Cash, 29, and Christopher Berry, 32, were charged with violating the Official Secrets Act by providing information or documents that could be “useful to […]
Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho requested California Gov. Gavin Newsom this month to review the early prison release of an inmate who is serving a 90-year sentence for a series of freeway shootings in which bullets pierced victims’ car and grazed a woman’s leg. A Board of Parole Hearings panel April 10 granted parole […]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who has served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas was granted parole Thursday. James Parker was 16 when he was […]
President Biden has approved California’s request for a major disaster declaration to support recovery efforts from a string of February storms that drenched much of the state with historic rainfall and mountain snow and resulted in numerous deaths, officials announced Sunday. Nine California counties — Butte, Glenn, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, […]
FLORENCE, Ala. (WHNT) — Today, the Make-a-Wish Foundation and James Clemons High School surprised a North Alabama girl with a once-in-a-lifetime trip. Mackenzie Perkins walked the halls of James Clemons this afternoon, with the celebrity treatment, thinking that was her make-a-wish reveal. ‘It was a tragic beginning, but the ending has been very sweet’: Baker […]