Mayor apologizes for response to racist post
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The mayor of a West Virginia town has issued an apology for her response to a racist post on Facebook about first lady Michelle Obama. Clay Mayor Beverly Whaling says her comment wasn’t intended to be racist. Clay County Development Corp. director Pamela Ramsey Taylor made the post following Republican Donald…
5 Utah students hurt in high school stabbing
OREM, Utah (AP) – Utah police say a 16-year-old boy is in custody after five male students were stabbed at a high school. Orem police Lt. Craig Martinez told reporters on Tuesday each victim was stabbed at least once at Mountain View High school and their conditions range from critical to fair. Martinez says it…
PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer
NEW YORK (AP) – PBS says Gwen Ifill, the veteran journalist and co-anchor of the network’s “NewsHour” with Judy Woodruff, died today of cancer. She was 61. A former newspaper reporter, Ifill switched to television and worked for NBC News and PBS. She moderated two vice presidential debates. She took a leave from her nightly…
Judge delays Bergdahl trial until spring of 2017
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) – A military judge is delaying the trial of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Army Col. Jeffery Nance decided to push the trial back to May 2017 during a pretrial hearing Monday at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The trial had been scheduled…
The Latest: Arrests in Portland anti-Trump protests
( AP ) Police in Portland Oregon have detained several people as an anti-Trump protest-turned violent with demonstrators breaking windows of businesses and starting a dumpster fire downtown. Police termed it a riot. Police termed Thursday’s night’s protest a riot and told people who had not returned to the designated square where the protest took…
