Day: June 8, 2023

North Carolina approves legislation allowing American Indian students to wear cultural items at graduation

8:32 pm June 8, 2023

American Indian students in North Carolina public schools could wear items like feathers and plumes to their graduation ceremonies to signify their cultural heritage in legislation given final General Assembly approval Thursday. The House bill, which after clearing the state Senate unanimously now heads to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk for his expected signature, responds to […]

Red Sox address pitcher’s homophobic tweet ahead of first MLB start

8:19 pm June 8, 2023

Matt Dermody will start Thursday night for the Boston Red Sox, just under two years to the day since he posted a quickly deleted homophobic tweet. While playing in Japan in 2021, Dermody posted a tweet in which he said homosexuality was a sin. “#PrideMonth. Homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God. They will […]

Ex in custody after missing woman’s ‘covered and concealed’ remains ID’d: ‘He’s not a free man anymore’

8:19 pm June 8, 2023

Human remains “covered and concealed” along a remote Minnesota highway were identified as missing mom Madeline Kingsbury’s, Winona Police Chief Tom Williams said Thursday. As the chief announced the news 69 days after “Maddi” went missing, gut-wrenching sobs of devastated and grieving family members filled a press conference. Police said they received more than 450 […]

Firefighters pull 118-year-old time capsule from fire station wall

8:13 pm June 8, 2023

BURIED TREASURE – Firefighters in Ohio have discovered a time capsule that’s nearly 12 decades old. See the history found inside. Continue reading… HOT WATER – A man has upset his family for teaching his young daughter how to gut a fish, according to a Reddit post. Continue reading… ‘KIND AND GRACIOUS’ – Pastors and […]

Rep. Ryan Zinke rips politicians ‘complaining’ about smoke in DC, blames fires on lack of forest management

8:12 pm June 8, 2023

Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., called out politicians who are “complaining” about the Canadian wildfire smoke on Capitol Hill, but “won’t allow” for forest management in western states across the U.S. “I have zero empathy for D.C. politicians complaining about the smoke,” Zinke wrote in a Twitter post Thursday. “If you won’t allow us to responsibly […]