Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
BY JAKE BLEIBERG An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage. Judge Caroline Wall on Friday […]
Read MoreWith Griffey’s help, MLB hosts HBCU All-Star Game hoping to create opportunity for Black players
SEATTLE (AP) – Ken Griffey Jr. holds a plethora of titles, especially in this part of the country. Hall of Famer. Cultural icon. The guy who made baseball in the Pacific Northwest relevant. Arguably, the greatest of his generation. He […]
Read MoreTo fight berry-busting fruit flies, researchers focus on sterilizing the bugs
BY MELINA WALLING Paul Nelson is used to doing battle with an invasive fruit fly called the spotted wing drosophila, a pest that one year ruined more than half the berries on the Minnesota farm he and his team run. In […]
Read MoreDecreased funding for Charlotte Arts and Science
By: Tyria Bourda – Carolinian Reporter Due to Charlotte City Council’s recent decision to cut funding for Charlotte’s Arts and Science, artists like Marcus Kiser now wonder if his grant will be affected. According to its February 27th agenda, the […]
Read MoreRansomware criminals are dumping kids’ private files online after school hacks
BY FRANK BAJAK, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH AND LARRY FENN The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy – even suicide attempts. “Please do […]
Read MoreUS citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills
BY TRISHA AHMED ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The U.S. citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. The naturalization test is one of the final steps […]
Read MoreAttorneys: Lawsuit alleging North Carolina House speaker ruined a marriage has been resolved
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Litigation filed by a North Carolina local elected official alleging House Speaker Tim Moore’s ruined his marriage by having an affair with his wife is ending, attorneys said on Monday, two weeks after a lawsuit was […]
Read MoreDeep sea mining permits may be coming soon. What are they and what might happen?
BY VICTORIA MILKO JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – The International Seabed Authority – the United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor – is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials critical for […]
Read MoreJudge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies
BY JIM SALTER A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina trooper fatally shoots stranded driver who opened fire on him, authorities say
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) – A North Carolina state trooper who was trying to help a stranded driver was shot in his protective vest before he killed the motorist who fired at him, authorities said. Trooper Jeffrey Dunlap stopped on Interstate […]
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