NEW YORK – Author Alice Sebold publicly apologized Tuesday to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir “Lucky” and said she was struggling with the role she played “within a system that sent an innocent man to jail.”
AKRON, Ohio – Feminine hygiene products could soon be stocked and free in all city-owned and operated bathrooms. Two bills offered by Ward 5 Councilwoman Tara Mosley sailed through Akron City Council’s Health and Social Services Committee Monday afternoon.
Lawmakers say a deep dive on student achievement in Kansas schools is needed, with the dialogue likely to have a substantial effect on the policy choices of the GOP-controlled legislators. The formation of the Special Committee on Education, which met for the first time Tuesday, is a sign that longstanding questions over how many Kansas students are performing as expected — and whether those figures are acceptable in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased investment in the classroom.
Older housing stock, limited options for low-and-middle-income residents and a lack of workers in the skilled trades are among the problems plaguing the state’s housing supply, according to interim findings from a statewide housing survey.
TOKYO – The omicron variant kept a jittery world off-kilter Wednesday as Japan further tightened travel restrictions, infections linked to the new version of the coronavirus popped up in more places and new evidence made clear the mutant strain was circulating weeks earlier than thought.
BOSTON – Republican Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday he won’t seek a third term as governor of Massachusetts, where his party is bitterly split between supporters and foes of former President Donald Trump.
GENEVA – The U.N. migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic appears to have accelerated “hostile rhetoric” against migrants in the world and “radically altered” mobility, projecting in a new report that travel and other COVID-19-fighting restrictions could dampen migration worldwide as long as they remain.
BERLIN – A World War II bomb exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich on Wednesday, injuring four people, one of them seriously, German authorities said. A column of smoke was seen rising from the site near the Donnersbergerbruecke station.
OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A fourth teenager died Wednesday after a shooting at a Michigan high school when a 15-year-old student opened fire “with the intent to kill,” authorities said.
Councilman Andre Dickens wins Atlanta mayor race over Moore ATLANTA – City Council member Andre Dickens won a runoff election Tuesday to become Atlanta’s next mayor, riding a surge of support that powered him past the council’s current president, Felicia Moore, after finishing second to her in November. Moore had been the leading candidate by a wide margin in the first round of voting on Nov.