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Jan. 11—There’s still no word from Leechburg Area School District officials on when or who will replace Superintendent Tiffany Nix. Nix, who announced this month that she’s resigning to become an assistant superintendent at Penn-Trafford School District, said Thursday she is not aware of the school board’s plan to select a replacement. No updates or […]

Washington — Texas state officials this week abruptly blocked federal U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering and patrolling a public area in the border town of Eagle Pass where they typically first encounter migrants who cross the Rio Grande illegally, two U.S. officials told CBS News on Thursday. After seizing control of Shelby Park in […]

LONDON – Snow could fall in London and other parts of the UK early next week, as freezing temperatures predominate across northern Europe following a brief lull over the weekend. The British capital is forecast to dip as low as -2 deg C on Jan 15, with a minimum of -2.5 deg C in Paris, […]

LAS VEGAS – Technology causes us to lose sleep, but can it also give it back? Companies aiming to help insomniacs, inveterate snorers and nap lovers showed off their latest gadgets at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. “We are the world’s first AI powered…sleep tracker and personal sleep stimulator that enhances deep sleep […]

TOKYO – The United States and Japan finished a search, rescue and salvage operation for an Osprey military aircraft and its eight airmen who died when it crashed off a Japanese island, prompting the Pentagon to ground its fleet of the tilt-rotor planes. The search that lasted more than 40 days for the aircraft that […]

Jan. 11—One person died and another person was seriously injured in a four-vehicle traffic accident at the intersection of Lantana Rd. and Miller Ave. Monday. According to the report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, David Williams, 83, was traveling north on Lantana Rd. in a 2017 Kia Sedona minivan. Williams entered the intersection of Miller […]

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis was interrupted three times by as many protesters during a campaign stop in Ames, Iowa, Thursday, including two who were forcibly removed by security. Speaking at his fourth event of the day just days before the leadoff Iowa caucuses, the Florida governor harshly criticized the protesters, […]

WASHINGTON – In March 2023, Shelley Smith, who worked for 26 years as an on-air reporter for American sports channel ESPN, received a call from Stephanie Druley, then the network’s head of studio and event production. Druley said she wanted to talk about something “serious” that needed to stay between the two of them, Smith […]

LONDON – The University of Oxford said on Jan 11 it had begun human testing of an experimental vaccine against the brain-swelling Nipah virus that led to outbreaks in India’s Kerala state and other parts of Asia. There is no vaccine yet for the deadly virus. Nipah was first identified about 25 years ago in […]

Jan. 11—Brown Elementary achieved an A on the state’s new letter grade formula, released Dec. 21. It was the top mark among the county’s 12 schools. “We knew which schools had higher achievement and which ones we’re still working on. We have areas where we have opportunities for success,” Director of Schools William Stepp said. […]

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are asking the Biden administration for records involving GOP members’ recent visit to the southwestern border, suggesting that officials may have tried to conceal the degree to which the influx of undocumented migrants has overwhelmed border control facilities. In a three-page letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials Thursday, […]

TechCrunch CES 2024: The biggest transportation news, from Honda’s EVs to Hyundai’s air taxi ambitions CES has increasingly become defined by what automakers and other mobility-focused companies bring to Las Vegas, and CES 2024 has been no exception. As the TechCrunch team continues to cover CES from the show floor in Vegas, led by Transportation […]