Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, said Monday that the state government will be giving a $1,000 retention pay year-end bonus to more than 300,000 state employees, teachers and school support staff. Around 112,000 eligible, full-time state and university employees will receive their $1,000 by the end of the year …
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A dog that fell off a cliff along the Oregon coast was reunited with its owners following a dramatic caught-on-video rescue on New Year’s Day, officials said. The dog, whose name is Leo, plunged off a seaside cliff at Ecola State Park onto a secluded beach below, the U.S. Coast …
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FIRST ON FOX – Missouri police say a group of six people, including two young children, who follow a popular online spirituality influencer, disappeared from the St. Louis area on Aug. 13, 2023. The Berkeley Police Department is searching for Mikayla Thompson, 25, of St. Louis; Naaman Williams, 30, of …
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A history teacher at a Seattle high school who previously came under fire for lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity allegedly told students that identifying as “straight” is offensive. Ian Golash, who is the social studies department chair at Chief Sealth International High School, also told some male students …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando’s police chief says state officials will look into whether an officer used excessive force for repeatedly kicking a man sitting passively on a curb. Orlando Police Chief John Mina said Wednesday that he has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate. Mina’s decision came …
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RICHMOND, Va. – Former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell has made her final written plea to a federal appeals court reviewing her public corruption convictions. In a brief filed Thursday evening with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, McDonnell’s lawyers restated their claims that the convictions were based on …
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SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity sparked after her parents said she has falsely portrayed herself as black for years, but she is actually white. KHQ-TV in Spokane reported that Dolezal sent a message to NAACP members saying …
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FRESNO, Calif. – Officials at Yosemite National Park say a massive sheet of rock has fallen from the vertical face of Half Dome on the most popular route used by climbers. Park geologist and climber Greg Stock said Tuesday that officials are now determining how the change will affect the …
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – David Beasley could blame the Confederate battle flag for costing him a potentially lengthy political future. Now that it’s been removed from South Carolina’s Statehouse grounds, the former Republican governor says the unity that has grown from the flag debate was worth the wait — and personal …
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MIAMI – A bail hearing has been postponed for a Florida man described by the FBI as an Islamic State sympathizer plotting to detonate a backpack bomb at a beach. Defense attorney Richard Della Fera said he wanted the delay Monday so he could review U.S. government surveillance of his …
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