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11-year-old boy says he thought he would die after Mississippi police officer shot him

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,05/30/23-11:12AM, 128 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An 11-year-old Mississippi boy who called police to help his family and then was shot by an officer said the bullet that pierced his lung felt “like a big punch to the chest."
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Unit 3’s reactor and cooling tower stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Company officials announced Wednesday, May 24, 2023, that Unit 3, one of two new reactors at the site, would reach full power in coming days, after years of delays and billions in cost overruns. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

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Third nuclear reactor reaches 100% power output at Georgia's Plant Vogtle

By JEFF AMY JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Mon,05/29/23-11:23AM, 403 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has reached its full power output for the first time and is scheduled to enter commercial operation within the next month.
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Familiar face is the new superintendent of the Jackson County School District

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sat,05/27/23-2:46PM, 352 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — When students show up for school in the fall, a new leader with a familiar face will be in place for Mississippi's Jackson County School District.
Assistant Superintendent David Baggett was chosen to lead the district from a field of nine applicants, the district said in a news release Friday.
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In this undated photo, Naomi Peña Villasano poses with a sash of both the Mexican and American flags that her school district barred her from wearing for her high school graduation ceremony. After Peña Villasano sued the district alleging that it violated her right to free speech, a federal judge in Colorado is weighing whether to let Peña Villasano wear the sash for graduation Saturday, May 27, 2023. (Daisy Jasmin Estrada Borja via AP)

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Judge: School district can bar student from wearing Mexican and American flag sash at graduation

By JESSE BEDAYN JESSE BEDAYN - Associated Press/Report for America
Fri,05/26/23-4:15PM, 304 Reads
DENVER (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued the school district.
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