South Carolina’s House of Representatives is debating a bill to remove the Civil War-era Confederate flag from the state Capitol grounds, where it has flown for more than 50 years. The bill, backed by both Democrats and Republicans, was approved 36 to 3 by the state Senate on Tuesday. During Wednesday’s debate, the House rejected […]
Maryland woman, 26-year-old Sandra Clara McClary, was jailed on Sunday and her bail set at $500,000 after she left her 6-week-year-old daughter alongside a road in Anne Arundel County late on Saturday night. A Pasadena, Maryland motorist picked the child up from the side of the highway just before midnight on Saturday. The child, discovered in […]
For the seventh time in three weeks, a swimmer has been bitten by a shark while visiting the North Carolina seashore. This summers attacks are the most to occur in at least 15 years. This most recent attack involved a 68-year-old man who was swimming 25-30 feet off-shore in waist deep water. The man was swimming […]
President Obama announced the end of years of hostilities between the U.S. and Cuba, and the agreement for the opening of embassies in Washington and Havana on Wednesday. Obama also told reporters and the nation that Secretary of State John Kerry will raise the flag above the U.S. embassy when it opens this summer. The […]