Wisconsin school board votes in favor of pride flag ban

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:52:13 -0400

A Wisconsin school board has voted in favor of a policy that prohibits teachers and staff from displaying gay pride flags and other items that district officials consider political in nature

Judge: New Orleans police reforms at risk as manpower falls

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:50:17 -0400

A day after New Orleans officials asked that the city's police department be removed from federal oversight under a decade-old court order, the judge in the case said she fears hard-fought reforms are at risk

Probe opened into Denver police shooting that injured 6

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:48:10 -0400

Denver’s top prosecutor says she is opening a grand jury investigation into the actions of three police officers who wounded six bystanders last month while shooting at an armed suspect in a crowded downtown Denver nightlife zone

2 ex-fraternity members get 6 weeks jail for hazing death

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:38:28 -0400

Two former fraternity members in Ohio have been sentenced to six weeks in jail over the hazing death of a student

Parole granted to last 1976 California school bus hijacker

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:40:50 -0400

The last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of California children for an attempted $5 million ransom in 1976 is being released by the state’s parole board

5 Great Danes attack, kill owner in northwest Iowa

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:23:13 -0400

A northwest Iowa woman has died after being attacked by her five Great Danes

Man arrested in 3 highway shootings in Alabama, Georgia

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:15:56 -0400

A man has been arrested for three separate shootings Wednesday along Interstate 85 in Alabama and Georgia

Man indicted for homicide after Georgia boat crash kills 5

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 17:39:25 -0400

A Georgia man has been indicted on homicide charges after a Memorial Day weekend boat crash that killed five people

Concerns over segregation display led to post office closure

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 17:05:28 -0400

The U.S. Postal Service has closed a small Virginia post office over concerns about its location inside a historic train depot that also serves as a museum about racial segregation

A federal judge has reinstated a North Carolina law that bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:55:45 -0400

A federal judge has reinstated a North Carolina law that bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy