2021 Scripps Bee Champion Zaila Avant-garde to publish 2 books
Scripps Spelling Bee winner Zaila Avant-garde is adding a new title to her impressive list of accomplishments: children’s book author.
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Welcome Corps program lets private citizens sponsor refugees in US
The Welcome Corps aims to line up 10,000 Americans who can help 5,000 refugees during the first year of the program.
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Why aren't keyboards in alphabetical order?
Here's how our society evolved into using the "qwerty" keyboard, straying from alphabetical organization used in the first typewriter in the 1860s.
Alec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter in 'Rust' shooting
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the movie set near Santa Fe, New Mexico, in October 2021.
| Scripps News Staff and Clayton Sandell
Uvalde, Texas shares concept for new elementary school after shooting
Parents and community members were walked through the latest design of the rebuild after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School last year.
Suspect Brian Walshe searched 'how to stop a body from decomposing'
Prosecutors linked a Massachusetts man accused of killing his wife with DNA blood evidence and disturbing internet search history.
| Matt Johnson
Police seize bedding, other items from Idaho stabbing suspect's home
Bryan Kohberger has not yet had an opportunity to enter a plea and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in June.
| AP and Scripps News Staff
Why officials haven't provided solutions to securing US power grid
Key pieces of U.S. infrastructure have been subject to attacks recently, but protecting against these isn't a simple feat for any certain agency.
Is there a link between the power grid attacks and extremism?
Recent attacks on the power grid seem to have a common thread of perpetrators sharing extremist ideologies hoping to create chaos and panic.
| Scripps News Staff
NYC first city to provide free abortion pills
A clinic in the Bronx is the first of four clinics run by the city that is offering abortion pills — free of charge.
What is ‘quiet hiring’ — and how can you benefit from it?
Quiet hiring is when employers acquire new skills without taking on more employees — typically by stretching existing employees' workloads.
Federal agencies address Asian hate crimes
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders is the first national plan of its kind.
| Mary Chao
Efforts underway across the US to uncover, preserve Black cemeteries
The Black Cemetery Network is a growing database of documented projects to uncover and restore Black cemeteries across the country.
| Liz Gold
Unused 529 college savings can be rolled into a Roth IRA next year
In the past, the only real option for 529 funds that weren't used for a secondary education program was to roll the money over to another beneficiary.
Record number of guns seized by TSA: Here's which airports fared worst
The agency reported that it confiscated 6,542 firearms in 2022. That's an increase of 570 firearms over 2021.
| Scripps News Staff
Idaho stabbing suspect made troubling social media posts
The newly uncovered social media posts, which Scripps News has not independently verified, shed light on Bryan Kohberger's desensitized past.
Well-known ski town is in a fight over sheep and affordable housing
In one wealthy ski resort town, sheep and humans are butting heads. It’s a battle between protecting important bighorn habitat and affordable housing.
Man who tried to abduct barista in drive-thru is arrested
Police shared video of a man grabbing a worker's arm and trying to bind it with a zip-tie.
| Scripps News Staff
Police: 8 people shot at Florida MLK Day event
The shooting occurred at a park in Fort Pierce during an MLK Day celebration with more than 1,000 people in attendance, the sheriff's office said.
| AP and Scripps News Staff
Ex-GOP candidate arrested in shootings at lawmakers' homes
The Albuquerque police chief described Solomon Pena as the "mastermind" of a politically motivated conspiracy leading to the shootings in New Mexico.
| AP and Scripps News Staff
New Alzheimer's drug study seeking more diverse volunteers
Research efforts try to understand why older Black Americans are twice as likely as older White Americans to have Alzheimer's or other dementia.
Texas group spreads love, awareness amid Trafficking Prevention Month
The founder of Waco-based group Jesus Said Love said they've discovered the reality of human trafficking in Texas through spreading awareness.
| Scripps News Staff
California storms will soon let up, but damage will exist long after
Thousands are without power and roads have been washed away after multiple storms hit the West.
MLK Jr.'s family reflects on his legacy, goals for our nation
In Washington Monday, members of the King Family recalled their father's goals to eradicate the "three evils": poverty, racism, and violence.
State governments rethink workforce housing during staffing shortage
What is the solution being explored? It's for departments of transportation to get into the house-building business.
| Vanessa Misciagna
Kobe Bryant jersey expected to sell for $7 million
Bryant scored 645 points in this jersey, auction house Sotheby’s said.
| Justin Boggs
'Letter from Birmingham Jail': The injustice of silence
Today, that letter written from the inside of a cell, has been reproduced dozens of times and read annually by members of the U.S. Senate.
Alabama basketball player, 2nd man charged with murder
A shooting occurred early Sunday morning near the University of Alabama campus, where Jamea Harris, 23, was shot and killed.
| AP
Expanded US training for Ukraine forces begins in Germany
The combined arms training is aimed at honing Ukrainian forces' skills so they will be better prepared in fighting back against Russia.
| AP
Biden: 'We should pay attention' to MLK's legacy
Biden said his message on Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday is to “choose democracy over autocracy, a beloved community over chaos."
