Rhode Island’s public benefits computer system was shut down Friday after it was breached by hackers, potentially exposing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders, Gov. Dan McKee said. Deloitte, the information technology vendor that built and runs the computer system known as RIBridges and UHIP, first alerted the state and police…
ASHEVILLE – Nearly 200 Buncombe County residents have applied for assistance through a state-managed program assisting owners whose properties were damaged when Tropical Storm Helene swept through the region Sept. 27. Dozens are hoping to have their properties purchased outright. During the Dec. 2 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners briefing, County Manager Avril Pinder updated…
Children’s Services Council Executive Director Cecka Rose Green received high praise from most of the council’s board members, scoring above average on her professional duties in her annual evaluation. However, during a Thursday executive committee meeting some members didn’t believe her performance warranted a salary increase, as she is requesting. “I’m not in favor of…
President-elect Donald Trump is naming the former U.S. Border Patrol chief pushed out by the Biden administration to lead the Customs and Border Protection, which monitors hundreds of ways to enter the country. Trump’s CBP nominee Rodney Scott is a 29-year border-enforcement veteran who clashed with President Joe Biden’s team on how best to tackle…
The World Health Organization is deploying a team of experts to help local health authorities investigate a mysterious, flu-like disease that has infected nearly 400 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. The team comprises epidemiologists, clinicians, laboratory technicians, infection prevention and control specialists and risk communications experts, according to a WHO statement….
As rapid growth in Wilmington has caused some to argue against development, or at least a better way to manage it, voters more than 60 years ago had little problem saying yes to expansion. Amid sadness days after the assassination of President John Kennedy, Wilmington residents went to the polls in a special election to…
All eyes are on Pickens County after Monday night’s school board meeting, where the proposal for a cellphone ban fell through. Board members cast a 3-3 vote against the policy, which may affect their state funding. All school districts in South Carolina are required to have a policy in place by 2025, as mandated by…
A comprehensive review has led to over 400 classes being stripped from Florida State University’s general education course offerings for the 2025-26 school year. FSU’s Board of Trustees approved the removal of 432 classes during a meeting on campus Thursday from a list of 571 general education course options. It was part of a new annual…
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; his former defense minster, Yoav Gallant; and Ibrahim al-Masri, a senior Hamas official. The warrants mean the court has reason to believe all three have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. But their arrests are far from guaranteed. What crimes…
WASHINGTON — Tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy outlined a plan Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump to oversee a massive reduction in the federal workforce, arguing the employees won’t be needed after Trump eliminates “thousands of regulations” in his next administration. Musk and Ramaswamy, who Trump last week named co-heads of a new Department…