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All Florida K-12 students to learn about 'atrocities' of communism
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida public schools will be required to teach students from kindergarten through 12th grade about the history of communism under a bill signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday.
The lessons will be required to be “age appropriate and developmentally appropriate” for each grade and will be developed by the ...Read more
Philly jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan's 'The Sidewinder' added to National Recording Registry
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan’s 1963 album "The Sidewinder" has been added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry for 2024.
"The Sidewinder," recorded when Morgan was 25, became a surprise hit and is Blue Note Records’ biggest selling album to date. It is one of the 25 songs, albums, or ...Read more
LAPD searching for up to 20 suspects linked to 'flash robberies'
LOS ANGELES — Authorities are looking for a group of up to 20 people suspected of committing a string of what Los Angeles police are calling "flash robberies," during which a large group descends on a store, steals merchandise, then runs out.
The robberies have occurred mostly in the evening at stores within a few miles of one another, near ...Read more
Foreign aid supplemental unveiled in House; White House supports
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson pulled the trigger Wednesday on an emergency aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with a separate bill on border security that came after a late night of negotiating with GOP members.
Appropriators released three separate bills for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific allies and the domestic submarine ...Read more
US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela's oil after Maduro violates election agreements
The Biden administration will reimpose broad sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry because the country’s strongman leader, Nicolas Maduro, failed to honor commitments signed in Barbados last year to allow for a free and fair elections this year and banned the elected opposition candidate María Corina Machado from running for president.
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Trump complains jury selection moving too fast in Manhattan hush money trial
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump complained Wednesday about jury selection in his Manhattan hush money case as the trial moves faster than expected toward opening statements.
After prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed on a surprisingly robust total of seven jurors in one day, Trump sought to tap the brakes on the process that seemed...Read more
Senate impeachment trial begins for Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
WASHINGTON — Senators were sworn in Wednesday for their third impeachment trial in four years, this time of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas.
House Republicans, who say Mayorkas has failed to fulfill his duties in upholding immigration law, are pushing for a full Senate trial of the case against him.
Senate Democrats are ...Read more
Atlanta police to discuss training center opposition after latest arson
A day after construction equipment was set ablaze near a south metro area hospital, the Atlanta Police Department will discuss opposition to the city’s planned public safety training center.
Local, state, and federal law enforcement are investigating the Tuesday morning fire near Piedmont Fayette Hospital. Arson is suspected; authorities have...Read more
Bryan Kohberger case soars into millions in public costs ahead of murder trial
BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the Moscow college student homicides, has now been jailed in Idaho for 469 days following his December 2022 arrest. For each day that passes as he awaits his anticipated murder trial, the public costs shouldered by Idaho taxpayers climb.
Financial records obtained by the Idaho Statesman through ...Read more
50 people assaulted by strangers in Manhattan below 42nd Street in last month, NYPD says
NEW YORK — Fifty people, mostly women, have been victims of random assaults in Manhattan below 42nd St. over the last month, leading some of the shocked victims to speak out on TikTok.
The number of random assaults is a slight jump over the same four weeks last year, when 46 unprovoked assaults were reported, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph ...Read more
Journalist who accused NPR of liberal bias resigns from the network
Uri Berliner, the veteran NPR journalist who publicly accused his employer of liberal bias, has resigned from the network.
Berliner posted a message Wednesday on the social media platform X with his resignation letter to the public broadcaster's chief executive Katherine Maher.
"I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I ...Read more
Foreign aid supplemental readied in House amid backlash
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson planned to push forward Wednesday with an aid plan for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with a separate bill on border security that came after a late night of negotiating with GOP members.
Johnson, R-La., told his conference in a text message Wednesday morning that three separate bills for Ukraine, Israel ...Read more
California Republican wants more penalties for buying child sex. She claims bill got 'hijacked'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Sen. Shannon Grove wants to make buying sex with children a felony, even if the aggressor doesn’t know the child is under 18.
But opponents said her bill goes too far, and it could mean penalties for teenagers willingly having sex with each other.
Now, Grove, a Bakersfield Republican, is angry, saying her ...Read more
Homelessness in San Diego County has now risen every month for 2 straight years
One evening last September, Patrick Gilligan drove to a rest area north of Oceanside.
He parked his Jeep, lowered the back seat, spread out a sleeping bag and laid down.
Gilligan mentally replayed his last few decades. There had been childhood abuse, service in the U.S. Marine Corps., a divorce and a layoff and countless other decisions, big ...Read more
DC judge orders Missouri man to jail for violating probation in Jan. 6 case
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered an Independence man to jail for violating probation in his Capitol riot case.
Devin Rossman, who from late January until his arrest April 3 was listed as a fugitive for failing to appear at a hearing on the violations, was sentenced by Judge Beryl A. Howell on Tuesday to five ...Read more
Trump complains jury selection moving too fast in Manhattan hush money trial
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump complained Wednesday about jury selection in his Manhattan hush money case as the trial moves faster than expected toward opening statements.
After prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed on a surprisingly robust total of seven jurors in one day, Trump sought to tap the brakes on the process that seemed...Read more
Alaska Airlines flights resume after an hour of grounding Wednesday
Alaska Airlines flights have resumed after they were grounded for an hour Wednesday morning, the company said in a statement.
In its statement, Alaska said it had experienced an issue “while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and balance.”
All flights by Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, which is owned by Alaska,...Read more
Ukraine says 17 dead as Russian missiles hit northern city
Ukraine said the death toll in a Russian missile attack on a northern city had risen to 17 as Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticized his country’s partners for failing to provide sufficient protection against such strikes.
The Ukrainian president has stepped up calls for more air defense as Kremlin troops exploit Ukraine’s weakness in order to hit ...Read more
Renters across LA are under strain and many fear becoming homeless, survey finds
LOS ANGELES — Nearly 4 in 10 renters in Los Angeles County have worried about losing their homes and becoming homeless in the last few years, according to the results of a new survey from UCLA. A similar share have worried that they or their family would go hungry because they cannot afford the cost of food.
The 2024 Quality of Life Index,...Read more
All Alaska Airline flights grounded
All Alaska Airlines flights have been grounded as of Wednesday morning, according to an advisory from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
Airlines contracting with Alaska such as Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines are exempt from the ground stop, FAA said in its advisory.
Alaska Airlines did not immediately respond to requests for comment....Read more
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