Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to be next NCAA … Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be the next president of the NCAA, stepping in to lead an organization with diminished power amid sweeping change across college sports. The NCAA announced Thursday that Baker will replace Mark Emmert as the head of the largest college sports governing body in the country, with some 500,000 athletes at […]
Forrest bust removed from Tennessee Capitol The busts of Forrest, Admiral David Glasgow Farragut and Admiral Albert Gleaves will be relocated from the Second Floor of the Capitol to the Tennessee State Museum.
Oz-Mastriano: An awkward pair atop Pennsylvania’s … MALVERN, Pa. (AP) — On a chilly Saturday morning in mid-October, state and national Republican Party leaders made their way to a hotel patio restaurant in the critically important Philadelphia suburbs to energize loyalists heading into next month’s election that features an awkwardly fitting pair at the top of the Pennsylvania ticket. After citing what […]
DOJ: Buffett company discriminated against Black … NEW YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett’s company discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware, the Department of Justice said Wednesday, in what is being called the second-largest redlining settlement in history. Trident Mortgage Co., a division of Berkshire Hathaway’s HomeServices of […]
Memphis Juneteenth festival to take place in Health … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — This coming weekend, people across the Mid-South will be celebrating Juneteenth, which is on June 19. The day celebrates the end of slavery in America. This year’s festival will be at the Health Sciences Park formerly known as Forrest Park for Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. “Now we want to change the […]
FBI records deepen mystery of dig for Civil War-era … CLEARFIELD, Pa. (AP) — The court-ordered release of a trove of government photos, videos, maps and other documents involving the FBI’s secretive search for Civil War-era gold has a treasure hunter more convinced than ever of a coverup — and just as determined to prove it. Dennis Parada waged a legal battle to force the […]
‘I am hurt; I am sad’: Senator Gilmore, responds … The push to remove the bust of Forrest comes with significant emotion for some Black Tennesseans.
No, an indictment wouldn’t end Trump’s run for the … So, does an indictment – or even a felony conviction – prevent a presidential candidate from running or serving in office? The short answer is no. Here’s why:
Mississippi Today reporter wins Pulitzer Prize NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Wolfe, of Mississippi Today, was honored for her reporting on a former Mississippi governor sending federal welfare money to family and friends, including NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre. “The Backchannel” series detailed how state officials misspent millions in welfare money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people […]
Whitmer kidnap plot convictions unlikely to curb … TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The conviction of two men for conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shows that jurors in a deeply divided nation can still reach agreement in politically charged cases, according to experts. But it leaves unanswered questions about the potential for violence by extremists with a vendetta against government and […]
Investigation underway over midair crash at Dallas … DALLAS (AP) — A national transportation official probing the cause of a midair crash of two historic military planes during an air show that left six people dead said Sunday that one of the key questions for investigators is why the aircraft were seemingly sharing the same space just before impact. A World War II-era […]