Oklahoma educators who refuse to teach students about the Bible could lose their teaching license, Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said in an interview with NBC News on Friday. Walters issued a memo Thursday instructing all Oklahoma schools to teach students in grades five through 12 about the Bible’s influence on the nation’s founding […]
Sacramento’s mayor said that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to uphold the power of governments to impose civil punishment for camping outside would not change the city’s “balanced, compassionate approach” toward homeless people. However, the city and county adopted ordinances in 2022 that allow officers to move and fine people even if no shelter beds […]
In early May I wrote a column advising voters of their right to change their party affiliation temporarily in order to be able to vote in August “closed” primaries for several controversial races, including a Sarasota County Commission seat and the Sarasota Memorial Hospital board. Almost immediately I heard complaints – not from readers, but […]
COSTA MESA, Calif. – Police in Costa Mesa are warning about a concerning rise in theft, and the thieves appear to be targeting a particular model of pickup truck. Between April and May, the Costa Mesa Police Department said, 20 tailgates were reported stolen in the city. Nineteen of those stolen tailgates were taken from […]
How to name a baby is one of the first and most important decisions parents-to-be face. How to choose a baby name is something that varies among parents, depending on personal preferences, family lineage, religion, culture, and much more. Choosing a baby name gets more complicated when parents don’t agree on specific baby names or […]
Ventura-based Patagonia has told around 90 remote workers that if they want to keep their jobs, they’ll have to move to one of seven metropolitan areas, none of which are in California. The employees are customer service representatives who are scattered around the country and take customer calls, emails and chat messages from home or […]
The South Carolina State Board of Education now has the power to regulate the books on schools’ shelves, instead of local school districts. A new regulation, which gained automatic approval on Tuesday, will now govern the selection of materials in schools and school libraries and dictate what is “age and developmentally appropriate” and “educationally suitable” […]
Joe Biden got his wish to hold the earliest major presidential debate ever. Even the president’s allies admit the debate is unlikely to dramatically alter the race. But Biden needs his debate against Trump to shake things up and quiet his skeptics. President Joe Biden needs his debate gamble to pay off. Biden, who’s viewed […]
Quick Summary Apple announced that Apple Intelligence will only be available on iPhone 15 Pro models and later. iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus users won’t be able to enjoy this feature which is thought to come down to RAM. Apple announced Apple Intelligence at its 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), showing off a range […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not begin experimenting with a chemical to try to remove harmful blue-green algae from Lake Mattamuskeet until at least April 2025, according to an order issued by U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle. Conservation groups Defenders of Wildlife and the N.C. Chapter of the Sierra Club have sued […]
Following growing public criticism, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are defending their decision not to search a landfill for the body of a missing Belmont man, Andy Tench. CMPD said in a statement Monday that after consulting with experts familiar with the Anson County landfill’s size and operation, they determined there is not enough evidence to justify excavation […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay. The cyberattack has disrupted services of more than 200 government agencies at both the national and regional levels since last Thursday, said Samuel Abrijani Pangerapan, the director […]