One of Tennessee’s previously expelled state lawmakers said Thursday that he had been stripped of a committee position. “Today the Speaker announced that I was stripped from being on House Education Admin Committee, as they prepare to push their unpopular school voucher program,” Rep. Justin Jones (D) posted on X. …
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PORT ARTHUR, Texas – Police say a 72-year-old Texas man and his dog died of apparent heat exhaustion after not being able to get out of his locked sports car. Police in the Southeast Texas city of Port Arthur believe James Rogers did not know how to manually unlock the …
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jasmine Stone entered a Kentucky courtroom as the prosecution’s named victim in a domestic violence case. She left in handcuffs after recanting her assault claims against her boyfriend. Jefferson District Judge Sheila Collins ordered Stone jailed last week on a charge of filing a false report. Stone …
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – A 3-month-old puppy has been rescued from a sewage drainage pipe buried under the front yard of a home in Buffalo. A couple who are dog sitting for their vacationing daughter say they took the teacup Yorkshire terrier named Baily out for a walk Wednesday afternoon and …
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PARADISE, Calif. – A woman who became stranded and gave birth in a Northern California national forest says she took methamphetamine to get an energy boost after delivering her daughter. Amber Pangborn, 35, told the Chico Enterprise-Record (http://tinyurl.com/nnq4baw) that her daughter is healthy, but Butte County Child Protective Services placed …
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LOS ANGELES – A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 bound from Hong Kong to Los Angeles International Airport has diverted to a U.S. air base in the Aleutian Islands. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says Flight 884 declared an emergency and landed early Wednesday morning at Eareckson Air Station in …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio parents who created a “visual bucket list” for their 5-old-old daughter who’s slowly going blind never dreamed they’d get to show her Italy. But Elizabeth “Lizzy” Myers and her family will travel to Rome sometime next spring thanks to Turkish Airlines. The airline’s general manager …
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ALBANY, N.Y. – The Erie Canal was an engineering marvel when it opened in 1825, linking the Hudson River to the Great Lakes and humming with commerce that opened up the West. Long ago eclipsed by railroads and interstates, the waterway has for many years been a historical curiosity that’s …
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WASHINGTON – The National Air and Space Museum has completed its crowdfunding campaign to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon and surpassed its goal by nearly $220,000. The campaign on Kickstarter raised nearly $720,000 over the past 30 days. Nearly 9,500 people donated funds. The museum set …
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NEW YORK – The New York Police Department is creating a new unit to patrol Times Square amid growing complaints over panhandling costumed characters and topless women. Chief of Department James O’Neill said Wednesday officials will recruit 50 additional officers to the Crossroads of the World, bringing the number there …
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