Gwinnett Tops Metro Atlanta as Single Workers Need $27 an Hour Just to Get...
A single adult without children living in metro Atlanta needs to earn somewhere between $23.79 and $27.32 an hour just to cover the basics — rent, food, health care, transportation and utilities — with nothing left over for a night out, a vacation, or paying down debt. That is the range across the region's five core counties, and it stands in stark contrast to Georgia's standard minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
Fort Bragg contractor posted classified military photos on social media, feds say
A former Fort Bragg contractor was arrested by the FBI this week for allegedly leaking national defense information on social media and retaining security information at his residence, the Department of Justice said Friday. Beginning around 2021, James Thomas Ashbacher, 37, of Spring Lake, had worked for a private company providing security and emergency management services at the U.S. Army Special Operations Command facility in Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina. Through his job — whi
Cold water life jacket requirement to take effect Nov. 1
Starting November 1, boaters throughout the state are required by law to wear life jackets on boats or watercraft less than 16 feet in length– that includes canoes, kayaks and paddleboards. The annual cold water life jacket requirement will go into effect Sunday, and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission reminds boaters that even on […]
University of South Carolina mourns passing of first Black alumna
Dr. Henrie Monteith Treadwell, along with the late Robert Anderson and James Solomon Jr., registered for classes on Sept. 11, 1963, marking the end of segregation at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Treadwell died Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the age of 80. The three desegregation pioneers became the first...
Video captures moment CHP officers are engulfed in flames on 215 Freeway
Two California Highway Patrol officers were injured when a disabled vehicle exploded on the side of the 215 Freeway in Riverside County over the weekend. Video recorded by Homie News and shared with KTLA showed the officers responding to a call around 3:15 p.m. Sunday involving a 2007 Toyota Camry blocking lanes and being pushed […]
New NC laws allow billboard companies to cut trees without notice
Charlotte homeowners are raising concerns after tree removal crews began clear-cutting wooded areas behind residential properties to increase highway visibility for commercial billboards.
Egg protests: City of Cincinnati asks court to ban 9 arrested from all Kroger...
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The City of Cincinnati is asking a Hamilton County judge to bar nine animal rights activists from all Kroger properties, including stores, after they chained themselves to the company’s Downtown headquarters last month. Attorneys representing the protesters fired back in court filings this week, arguing that...
Kentucky reports over 200 measles cases statewide
Kentucky reported more than 200 measles cases statewide, with Christian County recording the highest number at 65 cases.
Health aide arrested in 81-year-old woman’s possible IV-related death: Source
A home health aide has been arrested on a manslaughter charge following the death of an 81-year-old woman in Queens, according to police and a law enforcement source familiar with the situation. Patricia Williams, a 46-year-old who herself lives in Brooklyn, was taken into custody at the 146th Street scene...
Montgomery County man struck by his car while trying to jump-start battery
A Montgomery County, Maryland, man suffered non-life-threatening injuries Thursday due to a mishap with his car while trying to jump-start it.
