School officials from Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk are considering opening a regional recovery school for students recovering from substance use disorders. The school could be open next year. The school would provide students a “safe and supportive” environment to learn while continuing their recovery before reintegrating into a traditional high school. Students […]
MUNCIE, Ind. — Ball Brothers Foundation awarded 33 grants totaling more than $4 million in its first funding round of the year. Recipients included “several organizations with long historical ties to the Ball family that are undertaking transformative capital projects: Ball State University, Camp Crosley (YMCA of Muncie), and the YWCA Central Indiana,” according to a […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3-D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised as “historic” the state-of-the-art anti-counterfeit traits of the new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills. “I hope the people will like the new bills, and they […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On Tuesday, a Baton Rouge judge said the state must offer more evidence to the defense in regard to the Madison Brooks case. Judge Gail Ray held a hearing for Casen Carver, one of three defendants in the Madison Brooks case. Most of the hearing was closed to the public, […]
ATLANTA – A late-night Delta flight from Atlanta to Argentina was abruptly canceled on Monday. Delta flight 101 from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Buenos Aires, Argentina experienced issues during the pre-flight checks. “When a mechanical indication was observed prior to takeoff, the flight crew followed protocol to safely discontinue the takeoff procedure,” a Delta […]
A Texas judge has ruled against the state attorney general in his effort to shut down a migrant shelter in El Paso that he claimed encourages illegal migration. Judge Francisco X Dominguez in El Paso ruled that Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempts to enforce a subpoena for records of migrants served at the Annunciation House […]
Jul. 1—GRAND FORKS — U.S. House candidates Trygve Hammer and Julie Fedorchak said the first presidential debate of 2024 failed to address key issues. Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump debated last Thursday night in a CNN-moderated debate in Atlanta. In the debate, Biden and Trump sparred over their records on the economy and […]
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP/Boston 25) — A judge ordered the jury in the Karen Read murder trial to continue deliberating Monday after they said for a second time that they were deadlocked. Jurors had told Judge Beverly Cannone on Friday that they were deadlocked, only for her to ask them to continue deliberating. They returned after the weekend […]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk issued a warning on Monday following far-right gains in the first round of the French parliamentary elections. “They like Putin, money and power without control. They rule or are reaching for power in the east and west of Europe,” Tusk posed on X. He warned that right-wing populists would join […]
The Clayton County Jail is experiencing issues with its HVAC inside of the jail, Sheriff Levon Allen said in a news release. “The Clayton County Jail is currently experiencing a malfunction with the HVAC units at the jail. This affects the employees, contract staff, and detainees/inmates,” the sheriff’s office said. Temperatures inside the jail currently […]
After months of accumulated hype, Windows on Arm laptops boasting the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processors have landed. Qualcomm promised “flawless” compatibility with Windows games, but while it’s some games do indeed run well on the hardware, the performance gaps between Snapdragon X Elite and competing AMD/Intel iGPUs are oftentimes staggering. And that’s only when […]
When Kansas lawmakers returned to Topeka for a one-day special session, they kept their focus on tax relief and the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals, opting not to take action on other proposed legislation. Gov. Laura Kelly called the special session after she and the Legislature failed to agree on tax cuts during the regular […]