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☆ Carolyn Bryant Donham, White Woman Who Claimed Emmett Till Whistled at Her, Has Died
  + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Carolyn Bryant Donham’s accusation against Emmett Till began a chain of events that led to his murder in 1955. Photo: Associated Press (2)Carolyn Bryant Donham , the white Mississippi woman whose accusation against Emmett Till began a chain of events that led to his brutal murder, has died. She was 88 years old. Ms. Donham died Tuesday, according to the Calcasieu Parish coroner’s office in Louisiana.
☆ Montana Transgender Lawmaker Barred From House Floor
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Rep. Zooey Zephyr walks out of the Montana House of Representatives after lawmakers voted to bar her on Wednesday. Photo: Thom Bridge/Independent Record/Associated PressMontana’s House of Representatives voted to bar a transgender Democratic lawmaker from participating in debate from the legislature floor a week after she spoke out against a bill that would ban gender-affirming therapies for minors. The Republican-controlled legislature on Wednesday voted 68-32 to no longer admit Zooey Zephyr to the House floor for the rest of the session. She will be able to vote remotely.
☆ Heart of Yosemite National Park to Close Over Expected Flooding
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ One Dead After Partial Collapse of Manhattan Parking Garage
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ First Annual Drop in Rents Since Pandemic Began, Redfin Says
  + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Joseph Pisani | Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Rental prices are easing after years of soaring during the pandemic. Median rent fell 0.4% to $1,937 in March from a year ago, according to a report released Friday by Redfin Corp. It was the first annual decline since March 2020, when the pandemic began, the real-estate company said. The drop brought rents to their lowest level in 13 months.
☆ Mother of Virginia 6-Year-Old Who Shot His Teacher Is Indicted
  + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ Jeremy Renner, in First Interview Since Snowplow Accident, Says He’d Do It Again to Save Nephew
  + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Jeremy Renner said he has been ‘refueled and refilled with love and titanium.’Actor Jeremy Renner said he would risk getting run over by a snowplow again to save his nephew. “I’d do it again,” Mr. Renner said in his first interview since the New Year’s Day accident. “Because it was going right at my nephew.”
☆ Large Tornado Hits Little Rock, Ark., as Central U.S. Braces for Severe Weather
  + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Talal Ansari | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Arkansas’ governor said the damage in the central part of the state was significant. A large tornado touched down Friday in Little Rock, Ark., part of a major storm system forecast to bring severe weather across the central U.S. The National Weather Service said it had received reports of downed trees and power lines as well as damaged homes around the city. There were no immediate reports of fatalities, the agency said.
☆ Ford Raises Price Again on Electric F-150 Lightning Truck
  + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Ford has attributed the F-150 Lightning price increases to the rising costs of raw materials. Ford Motor Co. has again raised the starting price of its all-electric F-150 Lightning truck, after temporarily halting production and shipments to address a battery issue. The cheapest of the company’s electric trucks now costs $59,974, marking the latest in a series of price increases since the full-size, battery-powered pickup trucks began rolling off Detroit assembly lines in April of last year. At that time, the starting price was roughly $40,000. In October, Ford executives raised it to $51,974, and in December, it increased to $56,000.
☆ Adnan Syed’s Murder Conviction Reinstated
  + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Adnan Syed’s conviction in the fatal strangling of Hae Min Lee had been vacated and he was released from prison in 2022. Adnan Syed ’s murder conviction was reinstated by a Maryland appellate court, less than a year after a Baltimore Circuit judge vacated his conviction in the 1999 death of Hae Min Lee , a case that drew national attention on the hit podcast “Serial.”The Appellate Court of Maryland said in an opinion Tuesday the lower court judge had violated the rights of the Lee family when Young Lee , the victim’s brother, wasn’t given enough time to attend a hearing in person last year. Mr. Lee, who lived in California, instead attended the hearing remotely.
☆ California’s Atmospheric Rivers Make for Summer Skiing
  + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Talal Ansari | Suryatapa Bhattacharya | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
California, synonymous with its beaches and sun, is keeping winter a little longer. Ski resorts in the state are extending their seasons amid near-record snowfall from a series of powerful winter storms that have thrashed the Golden State in recent months. Mammoth Mountain, in the Sierra Nevada range, said it would be open until at least the end of July. Heavenly Mountain Resort near Lake Tahoe will close May 7, while Big Bear Mountain in the San Bernardino Mountains and Mountain High in Los Angeles County are among the resorts planning to stay open through April.
☆ Utah to Require Parental Consent for Children to Use Social Media
  + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Talal Ansari | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
At least one civil-liberties group had written to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox to oppose the new regulations. Spencer Cox signed two bills on Thursday aimed at regulating how and when children and teens use social media. 152, will require social-media companies to verify that users are at least 18 years old to open an account as of March 1, 2024. Those under age 18 will need the consent of a parent or guardian to open an account.
☆ Lance Reddick, Actor in ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick,’ Dies at 60
  + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Joseph De Avila | Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Lance Reddick , an actor and musician known for his role in “The Wire” and currently starring in the “John Wick” movie franchise, has died. He was 60 years old. He died Friday morning from natural causes, said Mia Hansen , his publicist.
☆ Global Supply of Cocaine Hits Record Level, U.N. Says
  + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Counternarcotics police during an eradication operation in Colombia in 2020. The global supply of cocaine has hit a record level, according to a new United Nations report. One of the main drivers behind the increased supply is a rise in cultivation of coca, the plant from which the drug is made, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said in a report released Thursday. Cultivation rose 35% from 2020 to 2021, the sharpest year-to-year increase since 2016, the organization said.
☆ What to Do as the Clocks Go Forward for Daylight Saving
  + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The clock moved forward an hour on Sunday morning, marking the beginning of this year’s daylight-saving time for most Americans. The semiannual changing of the clocks, which first gained widespread usage during World War I, has been a regular occurrence for decades. But there is a growing movement to end the practice.
☆ What Time Do the Clocks Go Forward for Daylight Saving?
  + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The clock will move forward an hour on Sunday morning, marking the beginning of this year’s daylight-saving time for most Americans. The semiannual changing of the clocks, which first gained widespread usage during World War I, has been a regular occurrence for decades. But there is a growing movement to end the practice.
☆ Yeti Recalls 1.9 Million Coolers and Cases Over Magnet Ingestion Risks
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The magnet-lined closures on some Yeti products can fail, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned. Yeti , the popular cooler company, has recalled 1.9 million soft coolers and gear cases because of magnets that could detach and be ingested. The magnet-lined closures on Yeti’s Hopper M20, Hopper M30 1.0 and 2.0, and SideKick Dry products can fail and the magnets can be dislodged, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
☆ Mammograms Must Include Breast Density Information, New FDA Rule Says
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Food and Drug Administration said updated mammography regulations will help provide important information that could affect patient care. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated its mammography regulations to require that women be notified if they have dense breast tissue, which can make imaging less precise and cancer harder to find. About half of women over the age of 40 in the U.S. have dense breasts, with more fibrous and glandular tissue than fatty tissue, according to the FDA. Not only can dense tissue make it harder for cancers to be detected in a mammogram, it has also “been identified as a risk factor for developing breast cancer,” the FDA said in a statement Thursday.
☆ Eye Drops Recalled by Two Companies Over Safety Concerns
  + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Photo: Eric Lee For The Wall Street JournalThe Food and Drug Administration posted voluntary recalls of eye drops from two companies. Two companies have recalled eye drops because of safety risks that could cause infections and other problems. The Food and Drug Administration posted the companies’ voluntary recalls, announced earlier this month, on its website.
☆ New York City Reaches Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Police Conduct During George Floyd Protest
  + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Talal Ansari | Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A protest in the Bronx in 2020 over arrests during a demonstration after the death of George Floyd. New York City has agreed to settle with protesters who said they were cornered by police during a demonstration soon after the 2020 death of George Floyd . The city will pay at least $21,500 to each person who alleged they were arrested, detained or subject to force from police officers during the protest in the Bronx. Protesters said they were boxed in by police, a tactic known as kettling, and some were beaten.
☆ DOJ Sues Louisiana Chemicals Plant Over Emissions With High Cancer Risks
  + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Denka’s facility in LaPlace, La., is in an industrial corridor sometimes referred to as “Cancer Alley,” because of the elevated cancer risks among communities there. The Justice Department sued a chemical manufacturing company in an industrial area of southern Louisiana, saying it must cut emissions of a carcinogenic material. The DOJ filed the lawsuit against Denka Performance Elastomer LLC on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency stating that the company’s neoprene plant in LaPlace, La., along the Mississippi River, disproportionately exposed Black residents to the chemical chloroprene.
☆ States Sue FDA Over Access to Abortion Pill
  + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Mifepristone has emerged as a battleground after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. A dozen states are suing the Food and Drug Administration over what they say are unnecessary regulations on the abortion pill mifepristone. The lawsuit was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington by the Democratic attorneys general of Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Arizona, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Vermont, New Mexico, Michigan and Rhode Island.
☆ Seattle Becomes First City in U.S. to Ban Caste Discrimination
  + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Seattle City Council vote to add caste as a category to its antidiscrimination laws drew people to City Hall on Tuesday. Seattle leaders voted to ban discrimination by caste, a hierarchical system going back thousands of years in India that some South Asians say has affected them in the U.S.Seattle’s City Council added caste as a category to its antidiscrimination laws in a 6-1 vote Tuesday.
☆ New Mexico State University Fires Men’s Basketball Coach
  + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Greg Heiar was in his first season of being New Mexico State’s head basketball coach before his termination. New Mexico State University said it fired its men’s basketball coach, days after a player reported to campus police that three of his teammates had been hazing him in locker rooms for months. Chancellor Dan Arvizu said he made the decision Tuesday to terminate coach Greg Heiar, following the hazing allegations. He said the university’s director of athletics informed Mr. Heiar, who was in his first season as head coach, of the decision Tuesday afternoon.
☆ New Mexico State University Fires Men’s Basketball Coach Amid Hazing Investigations
  + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Talal Ansari | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Greg Heiar was in his first season as New Mexico State’s head basketball coach before his termination. New Mexico State University said it fired its men’s basketball coach, days after a player reported to campus police that three of his teammates had been hazing him in locker rooms for months. Chancellor Dan Arvizu said he made the decision Tuesday to terminate coach Greg Heiar , following the hazing allegations. He said the university’s director of athletics informed Mr. Heiar of the decision Tuesday afternoon.
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