Implosion will take down a nearly century-old Mississippi River bridge
A nearly 100-year-old bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin is scheduled to be imploded Friday, an unusual spectacle that will make way for a modern replacement. The Mississippi River Bridge, also known as the
California school district near Nevada caught up in a dispute over transgender athlete policies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Lake Tahoe school district is caught between California and Nevada’s competing policies on transgender student athletes, a dispute that’s poised to reorder where the district’s students compete. High schools in California’s Tahoe-Truckee
Army sergeant to appear before a military judge on charges that he shot 5 people at Georgia base
FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — An Army sergeant charged with attempted murder in the shootings of five people at a Georgia base last summer faces arraignment Friday before a military judge. Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, is scheduled
Church repatriates sacred rock covered with petroglyphs after 14-year effort
TREMONTON, Utah (AP) — A large rock bearing petroglyphs created more than 1,000 years ago by the ancestors of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is finally back home in the mountains of northern Utah. The
US Homeland Security orders pause of DV1 visa program
Dec 18 (Reuters) – U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said late on Thursday that she has instructed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to pause the DV1 program. The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV
Judge found guilty of obstructing arrest in Trump immigration crackdown
By Andrew Goudsward and Diana Novak Jones Dec 18 (Reuters) – A Wisconsin judge was found guilty on Thursday of helping a migrant evade a planned immigration arrest outside her courtroom, a U.S. Justice Department official said,
US military says 2 strikes on alleged drug boats kill 5 in eastern Pacific
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Thursday that it had conducted two more strikes against boats it said were smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people. U.S. Southern Command posted on social media,
Brown University shooting suspect found dead, Fox News reports
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – The suspect in last week’s mass shooting at Brown University was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Fox News reported on Thursday, citing a source. (Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington;
HHS planning to overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots, CNN reports
Dec 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Safety is planning to overhaul its childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots, CNN reported on Thursday. The department did not immediately respond to a request
US Senate confirms Trump nominees for labor board paralyzed after member’s firing
By Daniel Wiessner Dec 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominees to fill vacancies on the agency that enforces federal labor law, restoring its ability to decide cases after months of