Month: June 2023

ATLANTA — Atlanta police are investigating a shooting in northwest Atlanta. Authorities said at 5:34 a.m. Monday, officers received reports of a person shot on Mildred Place NW. We have a crew en route to the scene and will have the latest breaking news on Channel 2 Action News this morning. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Police have confirmed that at least two people have been shot. The identities of the victims have not been released. TRENDING STORIES: Police have not said what led to the shooting or whether anyone has been arrested. The scene…

Some new University of Virginia trustees are pushing for the university to collect information on the political views of faculty and students. Daily progress reported At a Board of Visitors meeting Friday, Douglas Wetmore, who was appointed to the board by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, last year, asked why the university’s diversity panel does not include an assessment of the ideologies of students or teachers. “How come we don’t have dashboards that track, say, faculty political ideology?” asked Wetmore. “Why wouldn’t we do that to try to convince ourselves that we have a balance and that we’re serving the…

Breaking news, Lionel Messi chooses his new team and it is not Barcelona We enter the end of the soap opera Messi, in its key days. The Argentine player has already left PSG and can announce his next destination at any time. It is clear that their absolute priority is Barcelona, ​​but for this to be carried out they are totally dependent on the League’s approval of the aforementioned road plan. While this is resolved – or not – there are two specific offers on Messi’s desk and that the Argentine welcomes in the event that Barcelona cannot be carried…

BOSTON – Potential worker shortages are putting critical treatment services out of reach for Bay Staters struggling with substance use disorder, especially those who rely on safety net benefits, a new report warns . Although overdoses in Massachusetts continue to kill more than 2,000 people each year, nearly a quarter of jobs in the substance use disorder treatment system are unfilled and the average wait for admission to some long-term residential recovery programs is more than a month, according to the Association. for behavioral health said. The industry group surveyed dozens of its members, who reported a shortage of doctors,…

Former President Donald Trump disparaged writer E. Jean Carroll in a CNN town hall Wednesday night, a day after a federal grand jury in New York found him responsible for assault and defamation in a civil suit stemming from allegations that he raped Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The jury did not find that Trump was responsible for the rape, but he did sexually abuse Carroll and then defamed her when she came forward several years ago. Carroll was awarded a total of $5 million in damages. After the verdict, Trump claimed he did not…

ATLANTA — Atlanta police are investigating a shooting in southwest Atlanta. Authorities told Channel 2 News officers received reports of a person shot at Mechanicsville Crossing, an apartment complex on Wells Street SW, shortly after 2 a.m. Monday. We’ll have the latest breaking news on Channel 2 Action News this morning. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] When officers arrived, they found a man in his 20s who had been shot to death. The identity of the victim has not been released. TRENDING STORIES: Witnesses told Channel 2’s Steve Gehlbach that the victim was a resident…

The IFJ-led, EU-funded Rewriting the story project concluded its second “training of trainers” session in Zagreb, Croatia, with journalists from across Europe, on 4 June. The newly trained trainers will now be responsible for carrying out their own national training using their new skills and the project’s newly developed kit of training modules. “Mentioning the family status of a female politician automatically makes a news story fall into the category of gender bias if there is nothing in the story to justify mentioning that condition,” said the trainer of the FIP Marie Palmer as she wraps up the second day…

From the Apopka Police Department Update: “Mrs. Jay Ruth Sheppard was recovered on 05/29/23 in Orlando. She is in good health,” according to a statement from Sergeant Kim Walsh of the Apopka Police Department. Sheppard had been missing since May 9. This is breaking news and may be updated if more details become known. ***** The Apopka Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating Jay Ruth Sheppard. Mrs. Sheppard is 72 years old, 5’7″ tall, 230 lbs., with brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen on 5/9/23 after being discharged from Advent Health Apopka. Ms Sheppard…