The Kentucky Derby is turning 150 years old. It's survived world wars and controversies of all kinds
The Kentucky Derby turns 150 years old this Saturday. America's longest continuously held sporting event has survived two world wars, the Great Depression and pandemics, including COVID-19 in 2020. That year it was run in virtual silence without the usual crowd of 150,000. The first Saturday…
We have gotten so used to throwing out things today that manufacturers apparently don’t care to make anything that lasts anymore.
Bystander livestreams during Charlotte standoff show an ever-growing appetite for social media video
A deadly shootout in Charlotte that left five dead illustrates how smartphone-wielding bystanders don’t always run for cover when bullets start to fly. Increasingly, they look to livestream their perspective of the attack. Experts say the reaction reflects the new role that bystanders play i…
A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. A total of 24 states already have legalized recreational marijuana for adults and an additional 14 states allow it for medical use. The propose…
Hope Hicks, once one of Donald Trump’s most trusted advisers, gave jurors in his hush money trial an emotional glimpse into the chaotic fallout over the explosive “Access Hollywood” leak.
The U.S. Air Force plans an AI-enabled fleet of more than 1,000 unmanned warplanes, the first of them operating by 2028.
Anti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders struck deals with pro-Palestinian protesters.The agreements stand out amid the chaotic scenes and 2,400-plus arrests on 46 campuses across the nation since April 17.
Friends, colleagues and the wife of fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer are remembering him as a hard-charging outwardly stern cop who also peppered friends with “how’s things” texts and showered love on his wife and young son. Thousands packed the sanctuary at Charlotte’s First Baptist Church on Friday for Eyer’s memorial service. They honored the life and sacrifice of a man who would push as hard to arrest a homicide suspect as he would someone who stole a sandwich. Eyer was one of four officers killed Monday as they tried to serve a warrant on a man wanted for being a felon in possession of a weapon. The suspect also was killed.
A former government employee has been charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to the FBI reporting that several of his co-workers in the intelligence community were part of a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Court records unsealed on Friday say that Miguel Eugenio Zapata was arrested in Chantilly, Virginia, on Thursday on a charge that he made false statements to law enforcement. A charging document says Zapata submitted at least seven anonymous tips to the FBI’s website claiming that seven government employees and contractors were involved in the riot at the Capitol. Court records don’t identify which government agency employed Zapata.
Boeing is already facing questions about quality and safety of its aircraft, and now it has a labor showdown on its hands in Seattle. The company says it will lock out its private force of firefighters at 12:01 a.m. local time on Saturday if they don't accept the company's latest offer on pay raises. It says it will bring in replacements if that happens. The company says its industrial firefighters were paid $91,000 on average last year. The International Association of Fire Fighters says they are paid far less than crews at local municipal fire departments in the Seattle area. Boeing says a lockout will not affect operations at plants where it builds planes.
Federal investigators say they discovered disconnected and missing hardware aboard a helicopter that crashed in 2022, killing the pilot and a North Carolina television station’s meteorologist. The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the November 2022 crash on Thursday. The report says the probable cause was inadequate inspections by the pilot and maintenance personnel, resulting in an eventual loosening of the hardware and subsequent loss of helicopter control. WBTV meteorologist Jason Myers and pilot Chip Tayag died after the Robinson R44 helicopter crashed along a Charlotte-area interstate.
IRS data-driven algorithms selected Black taxpayers for auditing at up to 4.7 times the rate of non-Black taxpayers. The agency says it’s moving to correct the disparity.
United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy. The action marked the final major repeal of a half-century’s collection of LGBTQ bans and disapprovals that were embedded in the laws and social teachings of the United Methodist Church. The 447-233 vote by the UMC’s General Conference came one day after delegates overwhelmingly voted to repeal a 52-year-old declaration that the practice of homosexuality is “incompatible with Christian teaching” and two days after they repealed the denomination’s ban on LGBTQ clergy.
Police used force to arrest and remove student protesters from the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. Officers moved after hundreds of protesters defied police orders to leave.
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BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — The Sullivan County Board of Education approved several plans on Thursday, including a mowing contract for all of its campuses and the terms for the sale of property near West Ridge High School.
Still clad in an orange jail-issue jumpsuit, Brian Lamont Turner has taken over his own legal defense and spotted an omission that could disrupt the government's case.
A total of 82 people were arrested Sunday.
Raymond Matthew Uttaro wept as the 18 guilty verdicts were read.
Pro-Palestine protest organizers on Thursday afternoon gathered at VCU and called for university President Michael Rao’s resignation or removal on the heels of Monday’s violent showdown between police and demonstrators.
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The widow of a North Carolina man shot and killed by Sullivan County deputies last spring has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Greeneville, Tennessee.
A city man is in custody after a shooting sent one woman to a local hospital.
A Scott County, Virginia, firefighter died over the weekend while battling a wildfire.
Mayor Levar Stoney said in an interview: "It would have been a grueling, negative race, and that is not what you want to ensure we elect a Democrat as governor."
A total of 457 acres of riverfront mountains in Russell County have been added to Clinch River State Park, which will provide new public access to the river for outdoor recreation.
BRISTOL, Va. – Only one person spoke Tuesday during a series of three public hearings related to the city’s proposed 2024-25 operating budget – a plan that will see real estate taxes remain the same and the trash rate decrease.
About a week after legislators brushed off his amendments to bills ensuring the right to contraception and requiring insurance coverage, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said he’s still thinking about what do.