J Pat Carter/Getty Images (OWASSO, Okla.) — The Department of Education is opening an investigation into Owasso Public Schools where student Nex Benedict, a member of the 2SLGBTQ community, got in a fight with several other students the day before they died, according to a letter from the agency obtainedRead More →
Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography/Getty Images/STOCK (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Though Republicans held a presidential primary election in Michigan on Tuesday, their delegates to the Republican National Convention will officially be allocated on Saturday at a state convention. Former President Donald Trump is running against former South Carolina Gov. NikkiRead More →
Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI will examine what may be debris from a balloon found by fishermen off the coast of Alaska, multiple sources familiar with the matter said Friday. The fishing vessel carrying the debris is expected to return to shore sometime thisRead More →
Alexander Welscher/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is expected to lift its flight ban on V-22 Osprey as early as next week, clearing the way for the services to fly the tilt-rotor aircraft once again after nearly three months after it was grounded. The decision was briefedRead More →
Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — The University of Florida has eliminated all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) positions at the university, according to an administrative memo that was released Friday. The memo cites a recent state ban on the use of public funds for diversity, equityRead More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday said the U.S. would carry out airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza in the coming days. Speaking in an Oval Office meeting with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, he referred to what he called the “tragic and alarming event” inRead More →
Philip Arroyo Law (ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.) — The case has been dismissed against a teen migrant from Guatemala almost a year after he was arrested following the death of a Florida police officer, according to Jose Baez, the teen’s lawyer. Virgilio Aguilar Mendez, a 19-year-old migrant, was arrested in MayRead More →
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith argued Friday over moving the May 20 trial date in Trump’s federal classified documents case, but the judge in the hearing concluded the proceedings without making an immediate ruling or determination about the whenRead More →
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Gov. Nikki Haley on Friday morning reiterated her promise to stay in the presidential primary race through Super Tuesday and said running as an independent on the third-party presidential movement No Labels ticket wouldn’t work for her. Haley — who has recently lost toRead More →
J. Countess/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Brown University professor Tricia Rose has spent decades studying race, gender, and class in America. Her new book “Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives – and How We Break Free,” which will be released next week, provides an account of American inequality andRead More →
