California State

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Columbus, OH

WashingtonExaminer

A Democratic state senator from California has switched her party affiliation to Republican, she announced Thursday. Now-Republican state Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil suggested she was dismayed by the state’s Democratic supermajority. “Since I’ve served in our state’s Capitol, I’ve had a front-row seat to witness the supermajority push California in the wrong direction, having a grave […]

Democratic California state senator switches to GOP

CBS News

As a new school year begins, lawmakers are again trying to give public school teachers paid family leave.Supporters believe the benefit will help attract and retain high-quality teachers in the face of an increasing shortage. But critics worry that the bill—which has widespread support among the Democratic majority in the Legislature and is a priority for the Legislative Women's Caucus—could come at the actual expense of students. The union-backed bill, authored by the Democratic Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, would give teachers 14 weeks of fully paid leave after having a baby, paid for by school districts through existing state funding.Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar...

California Public School teachers don't get paid family leave. After Newsom vetoed a bill to change that, lawmakers are trying again.

New York State

The Associated Press

It’s a 2024 election battleground where millions of dollars are being spent and big names in American politics are popping up. But it’s not in the Rust Belt. And it isn’t Georgia or Nevada, either. It’s Long Island, a suburban stretch east of New York City, home...

On Long Island, Republicans defend an unlikely stronghold as races could tip control of Congress

Nevada State

Placer County, CA

CBS Sacramento

WASHOE COUNTY – Authorities say the body of a missing Tahoe-area woman has been found in Nevada. The Placer County Sheriff's Office says a body was found off of Mt. Rose Highway in the Washoe County area of Nevada. The sheriff's office believes the body is that of Patricia Portella-Wright, who had been missing since Aug. 3. Portella-Wright's boyfriend, Brent Clifford, was announced as a person of interest in a Reno homicide on Wednesday. He was taken into custody in Portola later that day. Clifford and Portella-Wright lived together, the sheriff's office said. He had also been named as a person of interest in her disappearance. A drone found the body believed to be that of Portella-Wright down a steep embankment. Crews are now working to recover the body.Clifford has been booked into Placer County Jail for homicide in connection to Portella-Wright's death, the sheriff's office says.


Body believed to be that of missing Tahoe-area woman found off Mt. Rose Highway

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Kayakers and snorkelers exploring the Southern California coast spotted an extremely rare oarfish, nicknamed a "doomsday fish" since they are seen in some parts of the world as harbingers of imminent disasters.  It's one of less than two dozen confirmed sightings of an oarfish in the state in over 120 years, according to UC  San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The oarfish is a "strikingly large, odd-looking fish" with a long, silvery, ribbon-shaped body, according to the Ocean Conservatory. The fish can grow to more than 30 feet long, and have large eyes and "foreboding" red spines in a crown-like...

Extremely rare "doomsday fish" found off California coast

HuffPost

The independent West Virginia senator, who left the Democratic Party earlier this year, is considering throwing his hat into the 2024 race following Joe Biden's exit.

Joe Manchin Weighing Re-Registering As A Democrat To Run For 2024 Nomination

Polk County, FL

Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

Lexington, KY

A former University of Kentucky student pleaded guilty Monday to assault and other charges for a racist attack on a Black student that was captured on video.Sophia Rosing, 23, pleaded guilty to four counts of fourth-degree assault, one count of disorderly conduct and public intoxication, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.Rosing, who is white, attacked a Black student in 2022 while she was working in a campus residence hall. Rosing was arrested the night of the assault and later expelled from school and banned from campus by the university president.Rosing had been previously indicted by a grand jury on six counts, including assault and...

Ex-University of Kentucky student pleads guilty in racist attack

Iowa State

Perry, IA

What happens when the factory in a factory town shuts down? Dave Malkoff goes to Perry, Iowa, to speak to workers grappling with the closure of the local Tyson plant.

Iowa pork plant closure leaves quarter of town without work

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

An TV meteorologist is being praised for how he handled an on-air panic attack.ABC News Australia's Nate Byrne was presenting his weather segment on Tuesday's Daily Breakfast when he felt the attack coming on. "I'm actually going to need to stop for a second. Some of you may know that I occasionally get affected by some panic attacks, and actually that's happening right now, Lisa, maybe I could hand back to you," he said before cameras cut to his colleague. "You certainly can Nate," said the show's co-host Lisa Mitchell, going on to promote a piece Byrne previously wrote about the same...

Meteorologist has panic attack live on air, prompts wave of praise online

Paris, TX

PARIS, Texas – A Texas man is jailed for attempted capital murder after admitting to trying to kill his 4-month-old child by giving the infant gasoline to drink.Edgar James Bridgemon, 24, gave the child gasoline "with the intention of ending the child's life," Paris police said in a news release.When officers responded to a call Saturday in the 1300 block of Pine Bluff Street, they observed Bridgemon running off, police said. He was caught and arrested a short distance later.He remained jailed Tuesday on a $255,000 bond, said Terry Bull of the Paris Police Department.The child was initially taken to Paris Medical Center but later transferred to another hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth.The investigation into the case continues.


Texas father jailed for attempted murder after giving infant gasoline to drink

Coral Springs, FL

A new lawsuit is claiming hackers have gained access to the personal information of "billions of individuals," including their Social Security numbers, current and past addresses and the names of siblings and parents — personal data that could allow fraudsters to infiltrate financial accounts or take out loans in their names. The allegation arose in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by Christopher Hofmann, a California resident who claims his identity theft protection service alerted him that his personal information had been leaked to the dark web by the "nationalpublicdata.com" breach. The lawsuit was earlier reported by Bloomberg Law.The breach allegedly...

Here's what to know about an alleged hack of Social Security numbers

Tennessee State

Nashville, TN

Fox News

A conservative congressman who has twice filed articles of impeachment against Vice President Kamala Harris is grabbing national attention as Tennessee holds primary elections on Tuesday.

House conservative who's twice moved to impeach Vice President Harris faces competitive GOP primary

Georgia State

Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Alabama State

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Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

It's been 21 years since actress/singer Nell Carter, best known for the 1980s NBC sitcom, Gimme a Break!, died of natural causes at only 54. This is her story. Nell Carter was born September 13, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama. After initially finding fame on and off-Broadway, and via a brief role in 1977 on the TV datime drama, Ryan's Hope, Carter took the lead in Ain't Misbehavin'!, a live stage revue of the works of composer Fats Waller.

The Brief Life & Tragic Death of Nell Carter ('Gimme A Break' & 'Ain't Misbehavin'): 21 Years Later

Ocala, FL

A White woman in Florida told investigators she fired a shot through her door at a Black neighbor because she panicked as the other woman pounded heavily on her door and threatened her amid an ongoing dispute over the neighbor's children, according to a video statement played in court Wednesday.The mother of the woman who was fatally shot disputed that, telling reporters at a news conference that the suspect, Susan Lorincz, was not in fear for her own life but was intent on harming Ajike "A.J." Owens on June 2, 2023, in Ocala, Florida.Lorincz is on trial for manslaughter in the...

Jury sees detectives interview White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor

Virginia State

NBC News

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good, R-Va., has lost his primary recount, a Virginia court certified on Thursday, cementing his narrow defeat to GOP state Sen. John McGuire. The recount results confirmed McGuire beat Good, after McGuire initially led Good by just 374 votes in the June primary in Virginia’s...

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good loses Virginia primary recount

This year's cicada emergence was a double whammy of insects, with two groups of periodical cicadas that only come out of the ground every 13 or 17 years making a simultaneous appearance. But even after the two broods go back underground, it seems as though they may leave something pesky and itchy behind. According to WebMD, cicada eggs are a food source for oak leaf itch mites — tiny arachnids  that aren't even a quarter of a millimeter in length and that are "invisible to the naked eye." Each fall, several states have reported outbreaks of the pests, otherwise known...

Cicadas come with an itchy pest — tiny mites that can cause rashes

Several key congressional races in California and New York could affect the balance of power on Capitol Hill. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane breaks down the battleground races in those states.

California, New York races that could change Congress

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