Education Featured Local News March 5, 2021 Teacher vaccinations go untracked amid school reopening push The national rush to vaccinate teachers in hopes of soon reopening pandemic-shuttered schools is running into one basic problem: Almost...
Featured Politics March 5, 2021 Georgia GOP leaders who stood up to Trump back voting bills Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won wide praise last fall for firmly rejecting then-President Donald...
Featured Politics March 5, 2021 House impeachment manager sues Trump, allies over riot Rep. Eric Swalwell, who served as a House manager in Donald Trump’s last impeachment, filed a lawsuit Friday against the...
Entertainment Featured Local News Sports March 5, 2021 Creighton suspends Greg McDermott for ‘plantation’ remark Creighton University suspended basketball coach Greg McDermott indefinitely Thursday night for using racially insensitive language while addressing the team after...
Crime Local News March 4, 2021 Prosecutors: Officer was on Floyd’s neck for about 9 minutes As the trial approaches for a white Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, prosecutors...
Crime Featured Local News March 4, 2021 Dallas police officer charged with 2 counts capital murder A Dallas police officer was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder after a man told investigators that he...
Boston Featured Local News March 4, 2021 Malcolm X’s boyhood home in Boston gets historic designation Malcolm X’s boyhood home in Boston was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The 2 ½-story house is...
Featured Local News Los Angeles March 4, 2021 California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for the state’s most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to...
Crime Entertainment Featured March 4, 2021 Police: Rapper OMB Peezy charged in music video shooting An Alabama rapper was arrested in connection to a shooting at music video set in downtown Atlanta, authorities said. OMB...
Entertainment Featured March 4, 2021 Square, Inc. to buy majority of Tidal and put Jay-Z on board Financial technology company Square, Inc. said Thursday that it has reached an agreement to acquire majority ownership of Tidal, the...
Featured Local News March 4, 2021 Texas power grid CEO fired after deadly February blackouts Texas’ power grid manager was fired Wednesday amid growing calls for his ouster following February’s deadly blackouts that left millions...
Featured Politics March 3, 2021 Dems narrowly pass George Floyd Justice Policing Act with Biden’s backing Cheered on by President Joe Biden, House Democrats hustled Wednesday to pass the most ambitious effort in decades to overhaul...
Featured Politics March 3, 2021 Dems OK tighter income limits for COVID-19 stimulus checks President Joe Biden and Democrats agreed Wednesday to tighten the upper-income limits at which people could qualify for stimulus checks,...
Featured Politics March 3, 2021 Cuomo addresses harassment claims, vows to stay in office New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo intends to remain in office in the face of sexual harassment allegations that have weakened...
Featured Local News Politics March 3, 2021 General details hourslong delay in getting Guard to Capitol The Defense Department took more than three hours to dispatch the National Guard to the deadly riot at the U.S....
Featured Politics Sports March 3, 2021 Lawmakers can’t cite local examples of trans girls in sports Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls’...
Featured Politics March 3, 2021 St. Louis treasurer, alderwoman advance in race for mayor St. Louis’ first-ever female mayor will be replaced by another woman, after city Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer...
Crime Featured Sports March 3, 2021 Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow II faces sentencing for rapes Kellen Winslow II — once the highest-paid tight end in the NFL — could face more than a decade in...
Featured Politics March 3, 2021 House prepares to pass landmark voting rights, ethics bill House Democrats are poised to pass a sweeping elections and ethics bill, offering it up as a powerful counterweight to...
Featured Health March 3, 2021 COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to African nations pick up speed More African countries received the long-awaited first deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, with Kenya and Rwanda benefiting from the...
