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19-year-old man killed, 18-year-old woman injured in Washington County motorcycle crash Crash happened Thursday evening on East Maiden Street (Route 40) in South Strabane Share Updated: 8:28 PM EDT May 14, 2021 Nick Matoney Crash happened Thursday evening on East Maiden Street (Route 40) in South Strabane Share Updated: 8:28 PM EDT May 14, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript A former student at Washington Junior Senior high school died in a motorcycle ...

Pascagoula hosted its first “Free Flowin’ Fest” since the pandemic on Saturday. The parking lot was jammed packed with people wanting to join in on the fun.

Castine to consider Negro Island name change CASTINE — Voters headed to the May 8 Town Meeting will decide if they want to initiate the process of changing the name of Negro Island.  The island has borne the name for hundreds of years and is actually two small islands connected by a sandbar in the mouth of the Bagaduce River off Castine. Upper Negro Island is in private hands while Lower Negro Island is owned by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust. The area is popular with kayakers and Lower Neg...

Deseret News Election integrity or voter suppression? Faith leaders are divided over voter access laws Across the country, politicians are debating the rules that govern voting. Now, religious leaders are joining the fight Share this story Carol Guzy, for the Deseret News In the wake of the contentious 2020 election, hundreds of bills aimed at overhauling the voting process are making their way through state legislatures across the country. Known as voter access laws, these bills cover a range ...

One of the students is even going on to the national level in June! Author: Pepper Baker Updated: 7:03 AM EDT April 30, 2021 JONES COUNTY, Ga. — Some Jones County high school students placed in the top 10 at a statewide technology competition. Michael Harris, Caleb Jackson, and Persephone Woodson are members of Jones County Highs Technology Student Association, a club that started just last year. "Our motto is learning to lead in a technical world," said Harris...

The RNC last month said it was forming a new Committee on Election Integrity to support states’ voter ID laws and to ensure that poll watchers are allowed to observe vote counts. “Our core principle is making it as easy as possible to vote, but as hard as possible to cheat,” said Florida Republican Party Chairman Joe Gruters, who is leading an RNC campaign to promote overhauls of state election laws. “Everybody should want fair elections and make sure every legal citizen has the ability...

Julia Gelatt- Senior Policy Analyst- Migration Policy Institute PROCESS:  In March, former Vice President Mike Pence wrote a political commentary in The Daily Signal that went viral. In his op-ed titled, "Election Integrity Is a National Imperative," he claims a massive voting bill recently passed in the House of Representatives would "ensure" that millions of undocumented immigrants are quote “quickly registered to vote.” The claim in full reads: "The bill would force states to adopt uni...

Welcome back. we want to bring you up to speed on you were to stories. salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers. hundreds have been sickened in 26 states. arizona hardest hit. children and elderly are vulnerable. last person in the hazing death of florida a a&m university drum major thats robert champion has been sentenced. caleb jackson was given four years for his role. hell be out in less than a year because of more than three years credit for time already served. champion collapsed and died...

8-year-old kayleah. the bodies of joanne and adrian baines was found on the property in northern mississippi last week. mayes wife said he killed them so that he could kidnap the younger girls. teresa and her husband were charged with first-degree murder. mayess was seen three days after the killing on a security camera. he went on the fbis 10 most wanted list, and eluded police. until a tipster spotted them. >> the girls were found alive and appeared to be unharmed. >> reporter: the t...

benefit from from him being in the community than incarcerated. >> reporter: the judge could have sentenced thomas to 51 months in prison. the judge john baits said that he would not ignore thomas community service before the crimes he carried out. >> its a sad day for the district. was in some betrayal there and out of betrayal comes forgiveness. >> reporter: when they knew thomas was going to jail, his attorneys then asked the judge if he would consider sipping him to prison in pensa...