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Portland council approves $207,411 grant for street-takeover response
Portland City Council approved a $207,411 Oregon transportation grant by an 11-1 vote for four targeted street-takeover operations from July 8 to Sept. 30, 2026. At least two are expected to clear an event and restore traffic within an hour of police receiving a call. -
Iranian travelers reroute overland as US sanctions disrupt flights
Fresh US sanctions on Iran’s aviation industry have added to flight disruption, with travelers facing short-notice cancellations on regional routes and some taking long overland journeys through Turkey; seats on remaining flights are filling quickly. -
Women lead 34% of top U.S. districts, but face extra hurdles, essay argues
Women lead 170 of the 500 largest U.S. school districts (34%), but face more scrutiny than men, an opinion article argues. Among Top 500 interim superintendents since 2018, 62% of women faced a formal search for the permanent role, compared with 55% of men. -
S.C. State trustees approve ending eight low-enrollment degree programs
South Carolina State trustees voted Sept. 24 to end eight degree programs with years of low enrollment. The programs have 111 students combined; current students can finish their degrees, and some courses will remain in other programs or the core curriculum. -
Letter says Florida, not Ohio, should host proposed U.S. Space Academy
In a letter to The Enquirer, Brian Frank argues the proposed U.S. Space Academy should be built on Florida’s Space Coast, not Ohio, after Gov. Mike DeWine said Ohio should be considered. Frank says the Florida site would let students witness rocket launches regularly. -
Whistleblowers say Kennedy Center COO halted funded roof plan before collapse
Whistleblowers say Kennedy Center COO Matt Floca halted a funded roof-repair plan in April, months before part of the roof collapsed after heavy rain in early September. The center’s board then closed the venue indefinitely. -
Retired FBI agent says Tucson ‘Today’ segment may matter in Nancy Guthrie case
Retired FBI agent Steve Moore said Savannah Guthrie’s Tucson “Today” segment could be relevant to her mother Nancy’s abduction. It aired about three months before Nancy disappeared Feb. 1; Moore called a link possible but said it could be coincidence. Nancy remains missing. -
Military students can earn Exchange gift cards for A’s or B averages
Military-family students in grades 1–12, including homeschoolers, can earn Exchange gift cards: $20 for straight A’s or $10 for a B average. The Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s You Made the Grade program accepts report cards and academic progress reports. -
Oviedo police cite 11-year-old over electric dirt bike registration
Cade, 11, was cited for failing to register a 4,500-watt electric dirt bike after Oviedo police stopped him on a public road Sept. 7. Officers took his thumbprint because he had no driver's license; he was not booked into jail, and his court date is Sept. 29. -
Hazle Township residents wary of NorthPoint’s $10,000 data-center offer
The Wall Street Journal reports NorthPoint Development offered $10,000 each to 4,500 Hazle Township households if it can build the first of 15 data centers there. Most residents are uninterested; many cite potential property-value losses. -
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company agrees to recall raw cheeses tied to E. coli outbreak
An E. coli outbreak linked to Sierra Nevada Graziers raw-milk cheese has sickened 13 people in nine states; eight were hospitalized and three developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, CDC and FDA said. The company agreed to recall all Graziers raw cheeses. -
Navy, Marine aircraft land safely after three in-flight engine fires
Naval Safety Center data show three in-flight engine fires on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft from July 1 to Aug. 16 caused millions of dollars in damage and forced emergency landings. All crews landed safely without injuries; all three incidents remain under investigation. -
Minnesota commission defends Xcel’s 9.6% return as challenge continues
Xcel Energy’s Minnesota rate case remains unresolved; the commission defends a 9.6% allowed return on equity. Minnesota’s attorney general, Commerce Department and Citizen Utility Board seek review; most of more than 8,600 comments opposed Xcel’s proposed increase. -
Two-year oyster-castle shoreline project nears completion at Beaufort base
At Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, volunteers and The Nature Conservancy are nearing completion of a living shoreline that TNC says is South Carolina’s longest contiguous oyster-castle shoreline. Sediment buildup behind the reef is a sign erosion has abated. -
Metropolis residents claim Greenland owes $6.8 million in HOA dues
Metropolis homeowners say Greenland USA owes $6.8 million in unpaid HOA assessments. California still bars sales in Tower I, while a December 2025 report cleared Tower II for sales; lawsuits over the assessments and HOA control continue. -
Four radiologic technologists begin MUSC-Siemens CT training
Four already-registered radiologic technologists make up the first cohort in a paid, roughly six-month CT training program from MUSC and Siemens. The classroom-and-clinic course is designed to help fill vacancies as demand for CT technologists grows. -
Oct. 1 meeting to gather input on $57M Argent Boulevard plan
Jasper County and the South Carolina Department of Transportation will hold an Oct. 1 meeting on a proposed $57 million, 3.8-mile Argent Boulevard upgrade between U.S. 278 and SC 170, including widening to a divided four-lane road; online comments are accepted through Oct. 16. -
Former Cornell student sues Cornell and seven students over alleged assault at Chi Phi
Jane Doe, a former Cornell student, sued Cornell University and seven current and former students, alleging she was drugged and sexually assaulted at the Chi Phi house in October 2024. Prosecutors declined criminal charges; her civil suit remains pending. -
Lindsay Clancy mistrial: lawyer says holdout Michael Desronvil had no doubt
Michael Desronvil, the lone holdout in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, had “zero doubt,” his lawyer said, rejecting reports that he expressed reasonable doubt. The jury deadlocked after seven days of deliberations, and the judge declared a mistrial. -
Atebrioz gains US approval for FOP patients aged 12 and older
The FDA approved Mirum and Incyte’s Atebrioz (zilurgisertib) for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) in patients aged 12 and older. In a 24-week trial, treated patients’ bone-lesion volume fell by a mean of 3.2 cm³, versus a 24.6 cm³ increase with placebo. -
St. Petersburg's FY2027 budget includes $180,000 for home-repair aid
St. Petersburg approved its FY2027 South St. Petersburg redevelopment budget, with $15.1 million for housing, $11.6 million for affordable-housing loans and $180,000 for repair aid; residents say repairs to older homes are harder to afford. -
UNT changes faculty incentives as it moves to consolidate about 60 departments
University of North Texas President Harrison Keller is changing faculty incentives and consolidating about 60 departments into interdisciplinary schools, while aligning courses and credentials with student economic returns and North Texas workforce needs. -
Bakersfield initiative logs 25 housing placements in its first 18 months
Bakersfield’s nearly $2 million Proposition 47 program worked with 144 people in its first 18 months, covering behavioral-health treatment for 76 people and substance-use treatment for 47 others, plus nine short-term and 16 permanent housing placements. -
Desert Hot Springs adopts rental rules with five-year inspections
Desert Hot Springs adopted a rental ordinance requiring registration of about 6,500 rental units and generally one inspection every five years. Landlords object to possible costs and privacy concerns; interior entry requires tenant consent under state law. -
King Charles’s effort to check on Ranulph Fiennes was rebuffed, report says
After adventurer Anton Bowring warned of Sir Ranulph Fiennes’s poor health, King Charles tried to reach his longtime friend, but Fiennes’s wife and legal guardian, Louise Millington-Cotes, declined to put them in contact, The Telegraph reported. -
Atlanta's new pandas arrive, but visitors must wait about a month to see them
Six-year-old male Ping Ping and five-year-old female Fu Shuang arrived at Zoo Atlanta on Sunday. They are meant to breed as part of conservation efforts, but will undergo about a month of routine quarantine before visitors can see them. -
California law reduces English learner exit requirements to one test
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a California law Sunday allowing nearly 1 million English learners to exit language programs after one state-approved English test, eliminating three other requirements. Students who leave will be monitored for four years. -
Christian Emmanuel Sanon set for Miami trial in Moïse assassination case
Christian Emmanuel Sanon is due to stand trial in Miami Monday over the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. He faces eight charges, including conspiracy to kidnap or kill a person outside the U.S., and has pleaded not guilty. -
Opinion: At Rumpke landfill, wildlife controls killed nearly 170,000 animals since 2008
The Enquirer reports nearly 170,000 animals were killed since 2008 at Rumpke’s Colerain Township landfill in a wildlife-control program conducted with the USDA. Rumpke says about 29 million were instead dispersed; columnist Dennis Doyle argues control serves public health.
