This article was originally published in Washington State Standard. Miranda Lopez remembers when she first learned about local Indigenous activist and athlete Rosalie Fish. Fish, a University of Washington runner from the Cowlitz Tribe, is nationally known for dedicating her races to Indigenous women who are missing or murdered, including her aunt. Lopez is from […]
Dec. 26—EDITOR’S NOTE — This is one in a series looking at what Lake County communities, agencies and school districts experienced in 2023 and what is facing them in 2024. Perry Village government’s roster of administrators looked a bit different at the end of 2023 than it did at the start of the year. At […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican leaders have called on a North Dakota lawmaker to resign after he lashed out at police with homophobic and anti-migrant remarks during a traffic stop earlier this month for drunken driving. Republican House Majority Leader Mike Lefor said Tuesday he called on Republican state Rep. Nico Rios, of Williston, to […]
Orlando city leaders were joined by dozens of others last week to honor the city’s fallen veterans. They laid wreaths on the tombstones of veterans at Greenwood Cemetery. Volunteers did the same at more than 3,000 other veterans cemeteries across the country. Christmas forecast: Cloudy with a chance of storms in Central Florida It was […]
Dec. 24—A variety of new leaders joined North Perry Village government’s administrative team this year. “2023 was similar to 2022 in North Perry Village, as we continued our theme of change,” Acting Mayor Brian Titus said. He offered that assessment in a summary of North Perry government’s major highlights and achievements of the current year, […]
College leaders are seriously considering several significant changes to the NCAA transfer policy, including abolishing the year-in-residency penalty, increasing transfer academic eligibility requirements and levying financial penalties on schools that don’t meet academic benchmarks. The NCAA Division I Board of Directors and Division I Council outlined the potential legislative proposals in a two-page document obtained […]
Dec. 21—The newest version of the Berks County Board of Commissioners took shape Thursday afternoon. Inside a courtroom in the Berks County Courthouse, all three commissioners took their oaths of office. Returning Republican commissioners Christian Leinbach and Michael Rivera were joined by Democratic newcomer Dante Santoni Jr. The newly constructed board will officially start its […]
Dozens of grieving family members assembled on the lawn of The Gathering Baptist Church on Thursday night for a vigil to remember those killed in Kansas City this year. As a light rain fell, the gatherers held candles and sang in front of the white crosses bearing the names of the city’s homicide victims. At […]
Republican presidential campaigns competing in the GOP primary have already complained that Nevada’s upcoming caucuses are in danger of being skewed in favor of former President Donald Trump because of his deep ties to the state party. Now there’s another twist. Two leaders of the state GOP that’s running the caucuses — state party Chairman […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces uncovered a network of tunnels running deep beneath central Gaza City from properties registered to Yahya Sinwar and other senior Hamas organizers of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, the military said on Wednesday. The tunnels were found when soldiers secured a central area of the city in recent days, […]
By Makini Brice and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday said a deal to provide additional aid to Ukraine and bolster U.S. border security was not likely to come together soon, with one senior Democrat saying that action would probably be postponed until January. Republican and Democratic negotiators have […]
Sandra Day O’Connor, the gritty ranch girl who became the first woman on the Supreme Court, will receive one final honor in Washington in the setting where presidents, luminaries and another Arizona legend received tributes for their lives. President Joe Biden was scheduled to speak at O’Connor’s funeral Tuesday at Washington National Cathedral, underscoring her […]