ATLANTA — Georgia’s state superintendent of schools said Wednesday that he believes a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies violates the state’s law against teaching divisive racial concepts, […]
West Virginia school ordered to remain open after effort to close it due to toxic groundwater fears
PADEN CITY, W.Va. — A small West Virginia school will remain open after a judge sided with residents who fought a county superintendent’s decision to relocate classes due to contaminated […]
911 calls before Sonya Massey’s shooting include 1 from her mother asking officers not to ‘hurt her’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Two emergency response calls were made from the home of Sonya Massey, the Black woman who was shot in the face by an Illinois sheriff’s deputy after […]
Captain in 2019 scuba boat fire ordered to pay about $32K to families of 3 of 34 people killed
LOS ANGELES — A scuba dive boat captain was ordered Wednesday to pay about $32,000 in restitution to the families of three of the 34 people killed in a fire […]
Harris calls Trump’s false claims about race ‘the same old show’ of divisiveness and disrespect
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump’s false assertions about her race were the “same old show” as she emphasized the need for Black […]
Kansas stops enforcing a law against impersonating election officials
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is no longer enforcing a 3-year-old law making it a felony to impersonate election officials as it faces a legal challenge from critics who argue that […]
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green tells AP a $4 billion settlement for 2023 Maui wildfire could come next week
HONOLULU — The parties involved in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against the state of Hawaii, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth […]