Each day, more than 200,000 impoverished elementary school students throughout Los Angeles have access to free, nutritious meals. The meals are made possible by the broader Breakfast in Classrooms (BIC) program, funded by a bevy of private companies, including Wal-Mart. The program provides 25 million kids across the U.S. with healthy meals. Now, a record […]
Each day, more than 200,000 impoverished elementary school students throughout Los Angeles have access to free, nutritious meals. The meals are made possible by the broader Breakfast in Classrooms (BIC) program, funded by a bevy of private companies, including Wal-Mart. The program provides 25 million kids across the U.S. with healthy meals. Now, a record […]
Several people are feared dead and many more injured after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, Wednesday night. Police from the small town of West, about 20 miles north of Waco, said between five and 15 people were killed, though those figures remain an estimate and could yet rise. Emergency services are going […]
Several people are feared dead and many more injured after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, Wednesday night. Police from the small town of West, about 20 miles north of Waco, said between five and 15 people were killed, though those figures remain an estimate and could yet rise. Emergency services are going […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ plan to use federal money to buy private insurance for low-income residents won final approval from state lawmakers Wednesday, endorsing a model that several other states are eyeing as a possible alternative to expanding Medicaid. The Republican-controlled Legislature narrowly reached the three-fourths majority needed to pass the proposal, which was a […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ plan to use federal money to buy private insurance for low-income residents won final approval from state lawmakers Wednesday, endorsing a model that several other states are eyeing as a possible alternative to expanding Medicaid. The Republican-controlled Legislature narrowly reached the three-fourths majority needed to pass the proposal, which was a […]
[soundcloud id=’88138057′] 4:21 P.M. CST — President Obama is expected to deliver a statement today at 5:30 p.m. EST on curbing gun violence. 4:14 P.M. CST — The FBI and police have not given a reason for why the 5 p.m. EST press conference on the Boston bombings has been delayed. 3:53 P.M. CST — […]
[soundcloud id=’88138057′] 4:21 P.M. CST — President Obama is expected to deliver a statement today at 5:30 p.m. EST on curbing gun violence. 4:14 P.M. CST — The FBI and police have not given a reason for why the 5 p.m. EST press conference on the Boston bombings has been delayed. 3:53 P.M. CST — […]
KAUFMAN, Texas — The wife of a former judge was charged Wednesday with capital murder in connection with the slayings of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant district attorney, a law enforcement official said. The overnight arrest of Kim Lene Williams is the latest twist in an investigation that had narrowed […]
KAUFMAN, Texas — The wife of a former judge was charged Wednesday with capital murder in connection with the slayings of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant district attorney, a law enforcement official said. The overnight arrest of Kim Lene Williams is the latest twist in an investigation that had narrowed […]
Monday, Texas was witness to a weather curiosity. Laredo, which sits on the Rio Grande River in the southern portion of the state, recorded a temperature high of 108 degrees Fahrenheit (°F). In the city of Dalhart in the Texas Panhandle 750 miles to the north — on the same day — the low was 22°F. […]
Monday, Texas was witness to a weather curiosity. Laredo, which sits on the Rio Grande River in the southern portion of the state, recorded a temperature high of 108 degrees Fahrenheit (°F). In the city of Dalhart in the Texas Panhandle 750 miles to the north — on the same day — the low was 22°F. […]
WASHINGTON — Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for poisonous ricin, a Senate colleague said. “The person that is a suspect writes a lot of letters to members,” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said Tuesday as she emerged from a classified briefing. Authorities […]
WASHINGTON — Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for poisonous ricin, a Senate colleague said. “The person that is a suspect writes a lot of letters to members,” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said Tuesday as she emerged from a classified briefing. Authorities […]
