Day: April 17, 2023

WV state lawmaker Elliott Pritt switches from Dem to GOP

11:06 pm April 17, 2023

The Republican supermajority in West Virginia’s House of Delegates became more lopsided Monday after Del. Elliott Pritt switched from the Democratic Party, the state’s GOP leader said. Pritt, a teacher, is in his first term after defeating a Republican incumbent in the 2022 election. “I want to welcome Delegate Elliott Pritt to the Republican Party,” […]

Tunisian Islamist leader, ex-parliament speaker, detained after police search

11:04 pm April 17, 2023

Influential Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi was detained Monday after a police search, according to his lawyer, in a move denounced by his supporters as a stepped-up effort by the president to quash Tunisia’s opposition. The move against the 81-year-old former parliament speaker comes amid growing social tensions and deepening economic troubles in Tunisia, the […]

Alabama town mourns after 4 killed at Sweet 16 birthday party

11:02 pm April 17, 2023

Students in the tiny Alabama town of Dadeville wore their black and gold school colors Monday as they mourned two seniors were among four young people killed by gunfire at a Sweet 16 birthday party over the weekend. Less than six weeks from graduation, faculty, staff and students filed past flags at half-staff to meet […]

Misdemeanors filed in case of severely intoxicated teen

10:57 pm April 17, 2023

Authorities in coastal Georgia filed misdemeanor charges Monday against two adults and two juveniles in the case of a teenager who ended up hospitalized after blacking out from severe intoxication. The charges were announced by the police chief and district attorney for Glynn County during a news conference largely devoted to debunking misinformation that had […]

Typo forces Pennsylvania county to replace over 18K ballots

10:56 pm April 17, 2023

Elections officials in a central Pennsylvania county were scrambling on Monday to fix an error on more than 18,000 mail-in ballots for the spring primary, when voters will elect judges for the state Supreme Court and other positions. Late last week someone noticed that the ballot for Superior Court instructed Republican and Democratic primary voters […]

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