N.C. State’s Jannah Eissa and UC Irvine’s Diaba Konate are bringing visibility and inspiration to Muslim women by wearing hjiabs while they play basketball. They aren’t the first women to do it in NCAA Tournament play, but with record viewership and attendance they are certainly getting noti…
On Easter morning, many Christians wake before dawn. They will celebrate their belief in the resurrection of Jesus, the son of God, as the sun rises. They gather outside on beaches and church lawns, in local cemeteries and national parks, marking the holy day at the very core of Christianity…
The largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard is arriving by barge so crews can begin removing the wreckage from the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse.
The frantic 911 call described a 23-year-old man suffering a seizure, foaming and shaking. When medics and police arrived, the tiny apartment in Bristol, Tennessee, became a chaotic scene. Karen Goodwin watched in fear, but she trusted that the police and paramedics were there to help her so…
CBS News Correspondent Natalie Brand reports the search for four missing workers is also now suspended, a day after divers recovered the bodies of two of the victims.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been granted $60 million in immediate federal aid but warns of a “very long road ahead” after the Baltimore bridge collapse. Moore says “the best minds in the world” are working on plans to clear the debris and move the cargo ship that struck the Francis Scott Key…
Kentucky’s legislature has delivered on a two-year state budget that would increase funding for K-12 schools. The spending plan won final passage Thursday in the House. It heads to Gov. Andy Beshear, who has line-item veto authority over budget bills. As usual, much of the focus was on educa…
Kentucky lawmakers have given final passage to a bill stripping the Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurs. Kentucky is the home state of 82-year-old Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The state Senate voted Thursday to send the bill to Gov. Andy Beshear. The governor has denounced the measure as driven by partisanship. But the legislature’s GOP supermajorities could override a veto. The legislation calls for a special election to fill any Senate vacancy from the Bluegrass State. The special election winner would hold the seat for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities. He announced vetoes Thursday to bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year and measures mandating a minimum wage increase. Youngkin said the marijuana bill would create health and safety problems. Virginia legalized the adult possession of marijuana several years ago but never set up recreational sales. Explaining his veto of the wage bill, the governor said it would “imperil market freedom and economic competitiveness.” The developments were met with criticism from Democrats who control the General Assembly.
A bill aimed at expanding access to paid family leave has won final passage in Kentucky’s legislature. Thursday's vote came as lawmakers shifted into overdrive on the final day before a two-week break. The Senate voted 36-0 to send the family leave legislation to Gov. Andy Beshear. The bill would allow voluntary paid family leave insurance to be available to Kentucky employers, who would choose whether to offer it to their employees. Republican Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe says it's a market-driven proposal that has no mandates. The final two days of this year’s session will be in mid-April.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on the repeal of Memphis police traffic stop reforms set in place after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers just over a year ago. By enacting the legislation, the Republican governor sided with GOP lawmakers who forged ahead despite pleas from Nichols’ parents to give them a chance to find compromise. Starting immediately, the law renders some of Memphis’ ordinances null and void, including one that outlawed so-called pretextual traffic stops, such as for a broken taillight and other minor violations. Nichols’ death last January sparked outrage and calls for reforms nationally and locally.
Tennessee’s governor has named a whole new board of trustees to the state’s only publicly funded historically Black university. Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation Thursday vacating the board of Tennessee State University and unveiled the new appointees moments after. The selections must now be confirmed by the Legislature. The move has Black lawmakers and community leaders saying that the majority-white Legislature is unfairly targeting the school. Lee signed the bill after the state House passed it 66 to 25. TSU is currently seeking a new president because its current leader is retiring at the end of this school year.
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned Thursday of a "very long road ahead" to recover from the loss of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge as he seeks $60M in immediate federal aid after the deadly collapse.
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See Steve Earle at Paramount Bristol on Thursday, June 20. Earle’s return to Bristol, his first since March 23, 2018, finds him playing solo and acoustic.
“The proposed legalization of retail marijuana in the Commonwealth endangers Virginians’ health and safety," Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.
Residents of the Battery Park neighborhood of Richmond are suing members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front for defacing a mural of Arthur Ashe in 2021.
Gov. Youngkin said: "Virginians deserve better. A one-of-a-kind project bringing world-class athletes and entertainment, creating 30,000 jobs and $12 billion in economic activity just went up in smoke."
“I don’t think they’re considering people with disabilities and how vulnerable they are of being coerced and helped along with a decision they may not make on their own,” one leader said.
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A judge may soon decide whether to try a case against a Blountville, Tennessee, woman charged in the death of her child in Sullivan County or elsewhere.
Sullivan County deputies this week seized more than 42 pounds of Methamphetamine with a street value of $1.14 million.
ABINGDON, Va. – After two years of construction, residents, were invited Tuesday to tour the substantial new addition of the Washington County, Va. Courthouse.
The Bristol, Tennessee city school system is expanding its use of CENTEGIX's Crisis Emergency Management system to include Tennessee Middle School.
“The proposed legalization of retail marijuana in the Commonwealth endangers Virginians’ health and safety," Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.
Breaks Interstate Park will have a new swimming pool thanks to a $300,000 Virginia Department of Energy’s Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization grant.
The Virginia Coalfield Coalition received a $1 million grant from the Virginia Department of Energy’s Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization grant to increase wireless network access along 20 miles of the Route 460 corridor.
Funding is slated to increase for the Washington County Virginia Sheriff’s Office in next year’s budget by about $473,000.