The differences between the Republicans who control both General Assembly chambers on taxes, salaries, and job cuts are made clear by the North Carolina House’s release of its state government budget proposal. Its plan to spend $32.6 billion in the year starting July 1 and $33.3 billion the following year, which are the same amounts…
Kermit the Frog is aware that being green, as well as graduating from college and entering the workforce, is not always easy, particularly in these uncertain political and economic times. The amphibious Muppet’s wise counsel will ring in the ears of the University of Maryland class of 2025 as they receive their diplomas on Thursday…
Investigators say the three seniors from Massachusetts high schools who died in a deadly crash during their spring break in Florida last month were speeding down the road at a terrifying 110 mph in the dark prior to the fatal collision. According to a Florida Highway Patrol crash report, on April 21, James McIntosh, 18,…
Hours apart on Friday, the mother of a 4-year-old boy crashed into a culvert and her fiancé struck a tree while rushing to the scene of the crash, killing both parents, according to police. According to Louisiana State Police, Alexus Lee and John “JR” Collins, who were engaged and had the toddler together, were both…
Following the discovery of a “possible security concern” written on a bathroom mirror, a United Airlines flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles returned to Hawaii without incident on Wednesday morning. Just after 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Flight 1169 departed Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on its way to Los Angeles International Airport. A United Airlines…
A Kentucky woman who lost both of her parents in a devastating EF-4 tornado that tore through the London community said she has no words to express how devastated she is and how her heart is broken since the tragedy almost a week ago. According to Kentucky officials, the severe weather caused at least 19…
Many people, including 23-month-old Parker, were asleep when the EF-4 tornado devastated parts of London, Kentucky, last week. But as a deadly tornado roared closer, his mother was alert and listening. Tara Hollifield claimed that when the deadly tornado struck on May 16, she was not notified of the tornado warning because of an internet…
Millions of people hoping to get a head start on their Memorial Day weekend travel are facing cool, windswept rain on Thursday as a rare May nor’easter moves across the Northeast. Snow is not necessary for a nor’easter to occur. Off the Atlantic Ocean, it is merely a region of low pressure with powerful northeasterly…
A major setback to California’s efforts to control vehicle emissions, which could have far-reaching environmental effects for the rest of the nation, came Wednesday when the Republican-led Senate moved to revoke important Biden-era waivers that allowed the state to set its own vehicle emissions. Infuriating Democrats who warned Republicans that, despite their vows to the…
Is fifteen minutes sufficient for a lunch break? Including the time it takes to walk to the cafeteria and wait in queue for food, that is the usual time Utah schools allot for kids to eat. According to Rep. Tiara Auxier, R-Morgan, who spoke at the first meeting of the Education Interim Committee of the…
