Day: April 9, 2024

Raise 500-pound pumpkins in your backyard: 5 tips from America’s world-record gourd grower

1:55 pm April 9, 2024

Travis Gienger is the Michael Jordan of giant pumpkins: the greatest of all time. The stone craftsman, horticulture teacher and gourd whisperer from Anoka, Minnesota set the world record last year by growing a 2,749-pound pumpkin. The orange colossus was boldly named Michael Jordan in the spring, in honor of the basketball player widely considered […]

Maryland governor to discuss rebuilding collapsed Baltimore bridge with Congress

1:55 pm April 9, 2024

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Monday he plans to meet with members of Congress to discuss support for rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which has blocked the main shipping channel at Baltimore’s port for nearly two weeks. “I’m going to be spending part of this week with our delegation going down and meeting […]

Israel-backed Super Bowl ad calling for hostages to return home drew most FCC complaints: report

1:52 pm April 9, 2024

An Israel-funded advertisement which ran during Super Bowl LVIII in February during the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers reportedly drew most of the FCC complaints. Super Bowl viewers were upset the Israeli government was able to run the ad titled “Bring All Dads Back Home,” TMZ reported on Tuesday, citing […]

First of nearly 1,200 lawsuits against New Hampshire youth detention center set for trial

1:04 pm April 9, 2024

It started with three words: “They raped me.” David Meehan’s disclosure to his wife seven years ago set into motion an unprecedented criminal investigation into New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center, which was built in the 1850s as a “house of reformation.” It is now called the Sununu Youth Services Center, after former Gov. John […]

Jennifer and James Crumbley to be sentenced in son’s Michigan school shooting

12:57 pm April 9, 2024

James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, are set to be sentenced on Tuesday morning. The pair will appear together in court for the first time since before their trials initially began together and were eventually separated. Prosecutors are asking for 10 to 15 years in prison for both parents, […]