Democrats approve new primary calendar for 2024
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) — The Democratic National Committee near unanimously approved a reconfigured presidential primary calendar rubber-stamped by the White House at the group’s winter gathering on Saturday.
A few nay votes were …
DOJ to conduct review of Memphis Police Department after Tyre Nichols’ death
Lucy Garrett/Getty Images(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The Department of Justice will help conduct a review of the Memphis Police Department following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, city officials said.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced Friday that the…
Where the Chinese surveillance balloon has been spotted
ABC News Illustration / Google Earth(NEW YORK) — Government officials are closely tracking a massive surveillance balloon believed to be from China as it travels across the U.S.
The white balloon, which China’s foreign ministry has claimed to be used…
Robb Elementary School to be demolished, Uvalde contends with conflicting emotions
Alex Wong/Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) — Jerry Mata, whose 10-year-old daughter Tess was killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting last year, still returns to the campus of Robb Elementary to honor his child.
“I’ve been coming at nighttime, every o…
Train derails, goes up in flames in Ohio, causes half of town to evacuate
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK(EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — Local officials in East Palestine, Ohio, have ordered roughly 2,000 residents, about half the town’s population, to evacuate their homes after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and caught fire.
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Florida schools directed to cover or remove classroom books that are not vetted
Courtesy Don Falls(MANATEE COUNTY, Fla.) — A new state guidance in Florida is directing school districts to cover up or remove books in classrooms that have not been approved under a law restricting instruction and books on race and diversity and maki…