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Quick-thinking middle school students in Mississippi kept their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a four-lane highway. The bus had just left Hancock Middle School in Hancock County on Wednesday with about 40 children on board when Leah Taylor, 46, had an asthma attack. She reached for her medication but blacked out before she could get it. In a matter of seconds, the students sprang […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that the U.S. does not plan to renew a waiver allowing the purchase of Russian oil and petroleum products that are currently at sea. And, he said, a renewal of the one-time waiver for Iranian oil at sea is totally off the table. “Not the Iranians,” Bessent told The Associated Press. “We have the blockade, and there’s no oil coming out.” […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities have charged a 17-year-old with murder, and they are searching for another suspect after bystanders were caught in the crossfire of a shooting at a mall in Baton Rouge on Thursday that killed one teenage girl. During a news conference Friday, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry vowed to crack down on gang violence that has plagued the capital city. The tough-on-crime governor, who said […]

ENID, Okla. (AP) — The destruction left by a powerful tornado in the community of Enid includes roofs ripped from homes, flattened commercial buildings and debris scattered across the city. The storm downed utility poles, damaged homes and stripped trees as it barreled through Oklahoma. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic governor on Friday vetoed what would have been the country’s first state moratorium on the construction of data centers. The bill passed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature would have instituted a moratorium for more than a year on data centers above a certain size and created a special council to help towns vet potential projects. But Gov. Janet Mills said she vetoed the bill […]

Gaza To Hold First Municipal Elections in 20 Years Alongside West Bank Vote   By The Media Line Staff   Deir al-Balah in central Gaza will be the location of the first municipal elections in the Strip in 20 years, held on Saturday. The votes will be cast in Gaza to coincide with the fifth municipal elections in the West Bank since 2005.     The two sets of elections coincide as a […]

US Weighs ‘Dynamic Targeting’ of Iranian Assets in Strait of Hormuz as Talks Stall   By The Media Line Staff   The United States is preparing potential military operations against Iranian assets in the Strait of Hormuz if peace talks fail, CNN reported, as conflict continues in the vital waterway.   According to the report, planning includes strikes with a particular focus on “dynamic targeting” of Iran’s capabilities around the Strait of Hormuz, southern Arabian […]

Gulf States Gradually Reopen After Months of War-Related Disruption   By Hudhaifa Ebrahim/The Media Line   Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are gradually returning to normal life following the US-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran’s subsequent targeting of Gulf cities, energy facilities, and civilian infrastructure.    Bahrain announced the full resumption of in-person work across all government sectors starting Sunday, April 26. Government employees in Bahrain had been working at 50% capacity since March […]

By Nate Raymond April 24 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Texas authorities to enforce a Republican-backed state law that would let them arrest and prosecute people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. A 10-7 panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2024 injunction that had blocked enforcement of the law, which former Democratic President Joe Biden’s […]