Day: April 17, 2023

‘Little old granny’ bus driver who reamed out unruly kids shocked by outpouring of support: ‘I’m nobody’

12:00 pm April 17, 2023

A former Ohio school bus driver who went viral for shouting at a group of unruly children and subsequently resigned said she is floored by the outpouring of support she has received, including more than $100,000 raised for her retirement. “I’m nobody. I’m just a little old granny bus driver, and these people doing this […]

Ohio school district allows staff to be armed: ‘Our schools will no longer be soft targets’

12:00 pm April 17, 2023

An Ohio school district’s new policy allows teachers and school staff to be armed over concerns of response times to active shooters. The River Valley Local School District in rural Marion County joins 22 other school districts in the state that permit approved staff members to carry weapons on campus, according to the Marion Star. […]

Biden needs to clarify his Taiwan policy ASAP

12:00 pm April 17, 2023

As China’s military said it’s “ready to fight” and French President Emmanuel Macron urged Europe to stay neutral in the event of China’s invasion of Taiwan and not to follow the U.S. lead, President Biden must clarify his Taiwan policy to the American people and America’s allies. Anyone who believes that the U.S. should remain strategically ambiguous about whether […]

Indiana inmate whose death sentence was revoked years ago still stuck in solitary confinement

11:54 am April 17, 2023

When the U.S. prisons director visited the penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, this past week, she stopped by the federal death row where Bruce Webster is in a solitary, 12-by-7 foot cell, 23 hours a day. Webster’s not supposed to be there. A federal judge in Indiana ruled in 2019 that the 49-year-old has an […]

Former OR Secretary of State Bill Bradbury dies at age 73

11:40 am April 17, 2023

Former Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, who established the state’s first-in-the-nation system of voting by mail, died Friday. He was 73. Bradbury also advocated for environmental issues and ran for governor, all while battling multiple sclerosis for more than 40 years. He died after unexpected medical complications during a six-month, around-the-world cruise with his […]