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March 12, 2024

Primaries kick off for Mississippi's 4 US House seats, 1 Senate seat

The Mississippi party primaries for all four of the state's U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat are March 12, 2024. There are challengers for every seat except House District 3.

March 12, 2024

Kentucky House passes bill aiming to curb sale of vaping products to teens

The Kentucky House has passed legislation targeting the illegal sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and unauthorized vaping products, officials say.

March 12, 2024

NAACP urge Black athletes to 'reconsider' playing at Florida colleges due to anti-DEI bill

The NAACP on Monday called on Black student-athletes to boycott Florida public universities and colleges in light of the Sunshine State’s crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

March 12, 2024

Fisherman hospitalized after giant alligator bites off his hand in Florida pond

A man is recovering after losing a hand to an alligator while fishing. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission believes it was nine feet long.

March 12, 2024

Police nationwide using high-tech weapon to apprehend suspects without injury: bodycam

Watch responding police officers through their bodycams use a hand-restraint device that can be deployed from a distance to protect the officer without inflicting pain to the suspect.

March 12, 2024

Virginia governor calls pro-Palestinian protest that disrupted interstate traffic ‘unacceptable’

Nine pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested Monday in Virginia after blocking traffic across Interstate 95 to speak out against Israel's war against Hamas.

March 11, 2024

Florida man extorted over $80K from wife to fuel drug habit by claiming cartel involvement: police

A Florida man has been arrested after allegedly pretending to be in a cartel and extorting over $80,000 from his wife to fuel his cocaine habit.

March 11, 2024

Statewide legal sports betting underway in North Carolina

Mobile and online sports betting opened up in North Carolina on Monday, nine months after legislation allowing such activity was greenlit.

March 11, 2024

4 dead in West Virginia housefire; suspect reportedly committed suicide

Four bodies were found inside a burning Ireland, West Virginia, home, on Monday, with an apparent suspect found dead by suicide over 100 miles away.

March 11, 2024

Alabama state lawmaker Rogers to plead guilty to federal charges

Longtime state Representative John Rogers is prepared to plead guilty in a kickback scheme that diverted funds from community projects; prosecutors have requested 14 months of home detention.