Flags fly from a New York University building in this 2012 file photo. Stan Honda / AFP/Getty Images NEW YORK — A racially insensitive menu for a Black History Month meal at New York University has led to a company apology and workers being fired. According to The New York Times, NYU President Andrew Hamilton said it was “inexcusably insensitive”…
His son, Everett Shields was arrested last week on a aggravated assault charge but those charges are expected to be upgraded by Brooksville Police.
GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Thousands of South Koreans are calling for two speedskaters to be expelled from the Olympics after they left their slower teammate behind in a race defined by teamwork and walked away as she quietly sobbed at the stadium in one of the most bizarre moments of this year’s Winter Games. As of Thursday afternoon, nearly 570,000…
The Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department says in a Facebook post that county crews are on the way the barricade the road.
The public will have a chance to pay respects to the Rev. Billy Graham before he is buried next Friday. He will lie in repose on Monday and Tuesday at his library in Charlotte, North Carolina, and then be brought to the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. The influence of the famed evangelist, who died at the age of 99 on…
Although an arrest was made during the checks, four others are wanted for failure to comply.
A man drove a car into a Connecticut hospital Thursday WFSB MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Authorities say a driver intentionally crashed into a Connecticut hospital emergency room with his car and then set himself on fire. Middletown Mayor Dan Drew says the driver had multiple gasoline containers in the vehicle when he crashed through an entrance to Middlesex Hospital Thursday morning….
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Officials encourage motorists to avoid roads if they are covered in water, Remember, “turn around, don’t drown.”
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A federal judge sentenced a former Arkansas judge Wednesday to five years in prison – a stiffer punishment than prosecutors recommended – after he admitted giving young male defendants lighter sentences in return for personal benefits that included sexual favors. Joseph Boeckmann’s lawyer had wanted home detention for the 72-year-old, and prosecutors said he should go to…
Several police cars and a SWAT team descended on the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills early Thursday. CBS Los Angeles BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Several police cars and a SWAT team descended on the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills early Thursday following what turned out to be a false report of a hostage situation, CBS Los Angeles reports. Police later reopened…
This undated photo shows Terrill Thomas (left) and his son, Terrill Barnes. Thomas died in the Milwaukee County jail in 2016 after seven days without water. Kimberly Perry / AP MILWAUKEE — A company that provides health care for inmates at the Milwaukee County jail faces criminal charges because employees lied about checking on a man who died of dehydration,…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama on Thursday is set to execute an inmate who argues there is an increased risk of a botched execution because of damage to his veins from lymphoma and other illnesses. Doyle Lee Hamm, 61, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection Thursday evening at a southwest Alabama prison. Hamm was convicted in the 1987…
WASHINGTON — It’s pretty extraordinary for people in their 80s and 90s to keep the same sharp memory as someone several decades younger, and now scientists are peeking into the brains of these “superagers” to uncover their secret. The work is the flip side of the disappointing hunt for new drugs to fight or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Instead, “why don’t we…
A girl under 16 accused the suspect of sexually assaulting her in her home back in November 2017.
Eric Scott Branch Florida Department of Law Enforcement via WCTV STARKE, Fla. — Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of raping and killing a college student in 1993 so he could steal her car. Barring a last-minute stay, 47-year-old Eric Scott Branch will be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison. Branch…
NEW YORK – It was a tally so impressive that President Donald Trump touted it at his State of the Union address: Since May, agents cracking down on the violent gangs terrorizing the working-class suburbs of Long Island had swept up 428 gang suspects, including 220 members of the notorious MS-13. But the sweep, Operation Matador, also has been shrouded in…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with his wife Sophie Gregoire (L) pay their respects at the Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, Feb. 21, 2018. Getty NEW DELHI — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted Thursday that a convicted Sikh extremist had been invited to dine with him in New Delhi, just the latest controversy to dog his visit…
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New technology in cars is significantly cutting the number of backup crashes, according to a new report. Rear automatic braking, an option in just 5 percent of new vehicles, is linked to a 62 percent drop in reported backup accidents in cars with that equipment. Combining automatic braking with rearview cameras and sensors can reportedly cut reverse crashes by 78…
The Starkville Millsaps FFA Chapter received a grant from the National FFA Organization to kick off a severe weather safety campaign in Oktibbeha County. They were on hand helping at West Elementary School in Sturgis for the Mississippi statewide tornado drill yesterday. They passed out literature to parents, spoke with students and provided the school with a new NOAA weather…
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