Month: May 2023

Ohio University Society of Professional Journalists Planners and participants in the OUSPJ breaking news simulation. Back Row: Tre Spencer, Claire Schiopota, Dori Gray, Tate Raub; Middle Row: Alyssa Cruz, Arshi Singhania, Kayla Bennett; Front row: McKenna Christy, Isabel Nissley, Maya Morita The Ohio University Society of Professional Journalists (OUSPJ) chapter offered students the opportunity to practice their news gathering and writing skills in a breaking news training simulation on campus on the 8th ‘April. Students responded in real time to changing circumstances, including a scenario about a wrong-way car crash on Court Street that involved injuries and one death. SPJ…

Sierra Madre residents are catching bears looking for food in their homes, cars and porches as many of them come out of their hibernations. The hungry animals have been seen breaking into homes, nibbling on someone’s chicken, bravely chewing on car seats and even having some tea on a homeowner’s back porch. “There are no limits,” resident Catherine Adde said. “They don’t recognize boundaries.” Adde and her fellow Sierra Madre citizens have been meeting for “bear meetings” to brainstorm how to keep the San Gabriel Mountains’ foraging animals off their property and within their boundaries. “If we can frustrate them…

The train carrying hazardous materials derails A train carrying hazardous materials derails in Maine 00:14 A freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed and caught fire Saturday morning near Rockwood, Maine, officials said. However, none of the hazardous materials on board caught fire, according to railway officials and state authorities. A spokesperson for Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CPKC) told CBS News in a statement that the train derailed around 8:30 a.m. ET due to a “derailment” in an area wooded countryside about 15 miles east of the town of Jackman. . Often after a heavy rain, a “track washout” occurs…

The new Olympic sport of break will finally debut at the Games in Paris 2024. But first, the B-Boys and B-Girls must qualify. His journey continues in Rio de Janeiro this weekend. The Arena Carioca at the Olympic Park in the Brazilian city on April 14 and 15, 2023, the best athletes will bring their best moves to the dance floor. Breaking the Gold World Series. It is the second Breaking for Gold World Series event of the year, following the first held in Kitakyushu, Japan. These are crucial steps for athletes. They can earn ranking points that count towards…

DEL MAR, Calif. (KGTV) – A Del Mar couple is warning others after a terrifying home invasion attempt Saturday evening. Mark and Teri Kohn were watching television in the living room of their home on D Antibes Street, north of Del Mar Heights Road. “All of a sudden the power goes out and my husband tells me another SDG&E power outage. I said no Mark, ours is the only house with the lights off so my mind is racing. Let’s see up and we see a flashlight someone walking. with a flashlight thinking of you, it’s dark,” Teri said. “My…

No signs of struggle, no bloodshed and no noticeable marks. Texas authorities have little to go on in their investigation after six cattle were killed in three different counties, all without their tongues. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office posted about the cattle on social media Wednesday. The first instance was reported after a rancher found a 6-year-old long cross cow “dead and mutilated” in Madison County, according to deputies. The cow was found lying on its side, its tongue and the skin around its mouth completely removed, but no blood was shed. There were also no signs of a struggle,…

WILMINGTON, Del. – Fox News agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to avoid a trial in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit that would have exposed how the network promoted lies about the 2020 presidential election. The stunning settlement came just as opening statements were supposed to begin, abruptly ending a case that had embarrassed Fox News for several months and raised the possibility that the network’s founder, Rupert Murdoch, and stars like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity would have to testify publicly. “The truth matters. Lies have consequences,” Dominion attorney Justin Nelson told reporters outside…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Some Republican officials in West Virginia are already pushing campaigns for governor in 2024. But first, they need to figure out what happened in 2020. Years after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the presidency, Secretary of State Mac Warner and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey say they remain concerned that the Democrat’s victory was not legitimate. They persist in these views despite repeated investigations, audits and court cases that concluded there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud or improper counting that could have changed the results. Warner, who runs elections in West Virginia, toed…