A new survey shows that a significant amount of rural voters reject school choice in the red state of Texas, which has struggled to pass any school choice measure as opposed to other states. According to Michael Adams, the director of the executive master of public affairs graduate program at …
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PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man has survived being shot 11 times while walking down the street. Police say the 21-year-old was wounded in the forearm, legs and buttocks late Saturday night in the city’s Point Breeze section. They say the man fell to the ground as a suspect in a …
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OKLAHOMA CITY – One week before a man’s scheduled execution for killing a baby, the head of Oklahoma’s prison system says he’s confident in his staff’s ability to carry out the first lethal injection in the state since one went awry in April. Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton told …
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PHILADELPHIA – An 18-year-old woman who plunged to her death while taking photographs from an eighth-floor window ledge in downtown Philadelphia has been identified as a first-year Temple University student. Police say the student slipped and fell Thursday evening and landed on a pedestrian on the sidewalk outside an H&M …
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The Associated Press-WE tv poll was conducted ahead of the premiere of WE tv’s new show “Match Made In Heaven.” The poll was conducted by GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications Dec. 19-21. It is based on online interviews of 1,315 adults, including an additional 300 who have never been …
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BOSTON – A federal appeals court has agreed to hold a hearing on a request from lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) to move his trial outside Massachusetts. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled the hearing for Feb. 19. Tsarnaev’s lawyers have repeatedly argued …
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The Appalachian Regional Commission asked outside researchers to analyze changes to the 420 counties in the 12 states it serves in the 50 years since the federal-state partnership’s creation. Below are some highlights from their 180-page report. EMPLOYMENT While Appalachia had a higher unemployment rate than the country as a …
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LOS ANGELES – A car with four people inside plunged off a road into Los Angeles harbor, leaving a 13-year-old boy dead and an 8-year-old boy hospitalized in grave condition, authorities said. A man and woman swam to the surface, but the two boys had to be rescued from the …
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PHILADELPHIA – A mother was charged Monday with locking her four children in the basement for more than 13 hours without food or a bathroom as punishment. Charnae Lee, 29, was charged with four counts of unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another …
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MILLIKEN, Colo. – A barbecue restaurant in northern Colorado is being criticized for its plan to give white customers a 10 percent discount. Edgar Antillon, owner of Rubbin’ Buttz BBQ and Country Cafe in Milliken, hung a sign reading “White Appreciation Day! June 11th. Because all Americans should be celebrated!!” …
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