Charlotte Gazette-Mail. January 10, 2024.

Editorial: The brief moment that still defines water crisis

Perhaps the most enduring moment in West Virginians’ collective memory about the Jan. 9, 2014, chemical spill that left roughly 300,000 residents and businesses in the Kanawha Valley and surrounding areas without water came from the combination of a dismissive attitude and an Aquafina bottle.

It’s hard to forget Freedom Industries president Gary Southern trying to dodge while absent-

TORONTO — Several Ontario hospitals are warning of patient surges and longer wait times in their emergency departments, and the Canadian Medical Association says a lack of access to primary care is a major factor in ERs overflowing across the country.

Niagara Health, Oak Valley Health’s Markham Stouffville Hospital, Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa and Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, Ont., are all advising patients to consider alternatives to the ER if their condition isn’t urgent.

Terri Stuart-McEwan, the vice-president of clinical programs

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. January 10, 2024.

Editorial: It’s about time on medical marijuana for Wisconsin

We’re glad to see Wisconsin’s legislative Republicans moving toward a bill to allow medical marijuana in the state. While it’s not perfect, it’s an important step in the right direction.

The last time we talked about the issue here was back in April 2023. That was when Robin Vos, the Assembly’s speaker, announced he

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have hit an impasse after studying , due in part to Republican backlash against rules to protect LGBTQ+ people, as senators caution that the rejection would be unprecedented and raise more questions than answers.

Those findings are spelled out in a letter this week from the Senate lawmakers on a joint House-Senate panel that studied the prospects of rejecting the money and replacing it with state cash. The senators wrote that they haven’t been able to agree with their House counterparts on

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The caretakers of part of one of Maine’s most beloved lighthouses said Thursday they believe they can rebuild a portion of the structure that was damaged in a storm this week.

The strong storm that brought badly damaged the site of Pemaquid Point Light in Bristol. The nearly 200-year-old lighthouse is featured on the and is a popular coastal destination.

The lighthouse’s bell house, which dates to the 19th century, sustained the worst of the damage

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether Boeing failed to make sure a panel that blew off a jetliner in midflight last week was safe and manufactured to meet the design that regulators approved.

Boeing said Thursday it would cooperate with the investigation, which is focusing for extra doors when those exits are not required for safety reasons on Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners.

One of two plugs on an Alaska Airlines jetliner blew out shortly after the plane took off from Portland, Oregon, leaving a hole in the plane.

“This

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) —

The first meeting of an at a Tennessee elementary school drew protesters, but organizers said the children who attended had enjoyed the gathering.

Faith and education leaders for the club at Chimneyrock Elementary in Cordova when it was announced last month, but said they would follow the law and allow the organization hosting the club to meet.

The launch of the club Wednesday drew dozens to protest outside the school, .

Charlotte Bergmann organized the protest and told the station the turnout was larger than she expected

Hundreds of people said goodbye Thursday to a vibrant 11-year-old a week after he was shot to death at his Iowa school who also wounded seven other children and staff members before killing himself.

Residents of the small community of Perry packed a Catholic church and spilled over to a nearby church where the funeral for Ahmir Jolliff was televised. They recalled a boy with a “spirit bigger than his 11-year-old body could contain,” as the Rev. Andrea Brownlee put it.

“He