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North Georgia father, 2 adults sons arrested on Jan. 6 charges
ATLANTA — The first tip identifying Ellijay resident William Gallagher as among the hundreds of rioters to break into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, came just 10 days after the riot via an anonymous call to the FBI.
But it would take authorities more than three years to charge Gallagher and his two adult sons, James and Thomas Gallagher, ...Read more
Georgia Gov. signs budget with raises for 300,000 teachers, state workers today
ATLANTA — As the annual Capitol bill-signing season winds down Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp inked a $36.1 billion state spending plan for the coming fiscal year that includes raises for 300,000 educators and state workers, plus more money for law enforcement, education and mental health programs.
The raises are included in the budget for fiscal ...Read more
Marjorie Taylor Greene pauses effort to oust Speaker Johnson after meeting
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green is scheduled to continue talks Tuesday with House Speaker Mike Johnson over Greene’s promise to bring forward a motion to remove him.
Whether Greene, R-Rome, will follow through with her threatened “motion to vacate” remains to be seen as members of her own party are lining up to condemn her....Read more
Student protesters want California State University leaders to divest from Israel. Will they?
Across the California State University system, thousands of students across the 23-campus system have participated in protests in support of Palestinian people, and in opposition to the Israeli government and the war in Gaza.
Some demonstrations have remained peaceful; at Sacramento State and Sonoma State, campus operations have not been ...Read more
Lawmakers grill California Gov. officials on homelessness spending after audit causes bipartisan frustration
LOS ANGELES — Democrats and Republicans expressed frustration Monday as they grilled Gov. Gavin Newsom's top housing officials in a tense legislative hearing about how billions of state dollars have been spent on the worsening homelessness crisis.
The hearing by the Assembly budget subcommittee on accountability and oversight came after a ...Read more
Nearly 4,000 student teachers applied for stipends, but Pa. only has money to pay 700
PHILADELPHIA —Just 20 minutes after applications opened for Pennsylvania's new program offering stipends to student teachers, Hannah Buckley logged on and submitted hers. But she isn't sure whether that was fast enough.
Within two hours last month, officials say more than 3,500 people applied for the new program, which provides student ...Read more
Billionaire's 2nd SpaceX trip featuring spacewalk aims for early summer launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Billionaire Jared Issacman, who flew to space once with SpaceX, is already set for launch No. 2 in early summer.
The mission calls for new spacesuits introduced this past weekend designed so the crew can survive the plan to suck out all of the air of the spacecraft and allow Issacman and a crewmate to make the first ...Read more
Stormy Daniels set to testify at Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors are expected to call porn star Stormy Daniels to the witness stand Tuesday at Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial.
The former president’s legal team began the day’s proceedings asking Judge Juan Merchan to prevent her from divulging “salacious” details of their alleged tryst more than a decade ...Read more
University of Chicago police clear protest encampment early Tuesday, days after president announces intention to intervene
CHICAGO — University of Chicago Police cleared a pro-Palestine protest encampment in a brief raid at the South Side university early Tuesday morning, organizers said.
About 50 UCPD officers began dismantling tents and makeshift barriers surrounding them around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, protester Christopher Iacovetti said.
“They started throwing ...Read more
US Dept. of Education launches FAFSA support strategy with deadline for federal aid inching closer
The U.S. Department of Education announced additional steps on Monday to support the many students and their families who are in the process of completing the overhauled Free Application for Federal Student Aid after a shaky relaunch and complicated start for applicants.
“We are determined to close the FAFSA completion gap,” said U.S. ...Read more
Change Healthcare lacked safeguards even as it gave security advice
WASHINGTON — In the months surrounding UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s $13 billion purchase of software company Change Healthcare Inc. in 2022, experts at Change published articles and policy papers extolling the need for cybersecurity measures in the health care industry.
While it dished out that advice, one of Change’s web portals used to ...Read more
UCLA detectives use Jan. 6 tactics to find masked mob who attacked pro-Palestinian camp
LOS ANGELES — It is shaping up to be perhaps the biggest case in the history of the UCLA Police Department: how to identify dozens of people who attacked a pro-Palestinian camp at the center of campus last week.
The mob violence was captured on live television, but it took three hours for police to bring it to an end. Those involved left, and...Read more
Russians are coming to terms with Putin's war in Ukraine
Russians are learning to live with the war that Vladimir Putin has unleashed in Ukraine.
With Putin being sworn in on Tuesday for another six years as president, the invasion has become part of everyday life for many Russians, confounding expectations that the pressure of international sanctions and deepening isolation would eventually turn ...Read more
Israel's troops take control of Rafah border crossing in Gaza
Israeli forces took control of the Rafah border-crossing in Gaza on Tuesday morning ahead of a possible assault on the city.
It’s the first time Israel’s army has entered that part of Gaza since the war with Hamas, an Iran-backed militant group, began in October.
The development came a day after Israel told residents in parts of eastern ...Read more
Putin sworn in for new term amid growing conflict with West
Vladimir Putin, who’s ruled Russia for the whole of the 21st century so far, was sworn in for a fifth term as president, amid renewed nuclear saber-rattling with the West over his war in Ukraine.
Placing his hand on a copy of Russia’s constitution, Putin took the oath of office at his inauguration on Tuesday in the golden imperial splendor ...Read more
San Francisco shelter operator got $105,000 for work it never did, city officials say
All you had to do was drive by this shelter for homeless people, and it was clear that San Francisco had been duped, officials say.
There was no new paint job brightening the Oasis Hotel, which houses some of the city's most vulnerable residents. That was just some of the work for which the city was brazenly charged but was never actually ...Read more
India election campaign turns bitter as Modi casts his vote
Voters went to the polls in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat in the third phase of India’s election, with campaigning becoming increasingly acrimonious between the two main parties.
Modi, 73, cast his vote Tuesday morning in Gujarat’s largest city of Ahmedabad. Appearing before supporters outside a polling station in a...Read more
Artists created images of Christ that focused not on historical accuracy but on reflecting different communities − a scholar of religious history explains
In 1915, Norwegian artist Emanuel Vigeland, one of the most respected Scandinavian artists of his time, created an image of Christ with golden hair and fair skin.
Vigeland was well aware of a widely popular Bible illustrated by French artist James Tissot showing Christ as Middle Eastern with dark hair and brown skin. Tissot had spent ...Read more
Voting in unconstitutional districts: US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first
For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens.
A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February 2022 let Alabama use these illegal districts during the election while the court heard the state’s appeal on the case ...Read more
Lung cancer is the deadliest of all cancers, and screening could save many lives − if more people could access it
Many medical organizations have been recommending lung cancer screening for decades for those at high risk of developing the disease.
But in 2022, less than 6% of people in the U.S. eligible for screening actually got screened. Compared with other common cancer screenings, lung cancer screening rates fall terribly behind. For ...Read more
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