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Supreme Court limits EPA’s regulatory authority over wetlands

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 25, 2023, unanimously held in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the EPA’s regulatory jurisdiction over the nation’s wetlands is limited. The decision echoes the court’s 2022 ruling in West Virginia v EPA, in which the justices limited the scope of the agency’s authority…

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Cold case murder of Canadian teenager solved after 50 years as body of killer exhumed

Police say DNA tests prove that Sharron Prior was killed by Franklin Maywood Romine in 1975

The Independent UK

Police solve murder of teenager Sharron Prior 50 years on thanks to new DNA techniques

DNA found at the scene of Sharron Prior's murder in Quebec, Canada matched samples taken from Franklin Maywood Romine - who had a long criminal history - and he also matched a witness' description of the suspect

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Democrats sue for West Virginia GOP Gov. Jim Justice's calendar amid Senate run

The Democratic party’s U.S. Senate campaign arm is asking a Charleston-based judge to order the release of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's work calendar

The Independent UK

Transgender health: Comparing model bills to real proposals

An Associated Press analysis has found that many of this year’s statehouse proposals to restrict gender-affirming care for youths are identical or very similar to some model legislation

The Independent UK

'Opioid zombie' dad from 'overdose capital of US' transforms after getting clean

Hunter Michael Shepard, 28, from West Virginia, US, was admitted to rehab five times but it was when he entered a "scary" zombie-like state his life changed forever

Daily Mirror

Report: Pat McAfee Makes Decision on Future Amid ESPN, FanDuel Rumors

The former West Virginia and Colts punter will reportedly exit a nine-figure sponsorship deal with FanDuel.

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Gas pipeline gets new permit to build in Appalachian national forest

The U.S. Forest Service has reissued approval to build a controversial natural gas pipeline through national forest land in Virginia and West Virginia

The Independent UK

Biden's strategy for cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation could extend the lives of fossil fuel power plants

On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration proposed new regulations to curb carbon pollution from existing power plants. The new rules replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which was proposed in 2015 but ran into multiple legal challenges and never took effect. Nonetheless, in a high-profile 2022 ruling, West…

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Bob Huggins should have been fired, but West Virginia chose cowardice instead

The issue with Bob Huggins is just as much about what he said as *how* he said it.

USA Today Sports Media Group

West Virginia Evidently Thinks Bob Huggins Is Above Significant Punishment

In deciding to retain and moderately penalize its Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach in the wake of scandal, West Virginia made its pecking order clear.

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From Kali to Mary to Neopagan goddesses, religions revere motherhood in sometimes unexpected ways

As we approach Mother’s Day, many groups will hold special events or services to celebrate the holiday. In the United States, Mother’s Day was originally founded in 1908 at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in West Virginia and became a nationally recognized holiday in 1914. The mid-May date spread around the…

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WVU’s Huggins hit with suspension and $1m salary reduction for homophobic slur

West Virginia’s Bob Huggins is expected to return to the sideline next season after using a homophobic slur in a radio interview this week, ESPN reported

The Guardian - US

The Best Thing Bob Huggins Can Do for West Virginia Is Resign

The coach created a situation that could have real negative consequences on the campus where he works and went to school, and the only one who can truly stop them is him.

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It’s Hard to See How Bob Huggins Should Keep His Job at West Virginia

Kowtowing to the basketball coach would send a signal that West Virginia cares more about him than those he marginalized by speaking his unconscionable comments.

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West Virginia’s Bob Huggins Uses Anti-LGBTQ Slur to Describe Xavier Fans

The Mountaineers’ men’s basketball coach made the controversial remarks during a radio appearance.

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Watch: Man unlocking dumpster gets the shock of his life

A school principal in West Virginia was unlocking a dumpster outside the school when the lid suddenly popped open like a Jack in the Box.

The Independent UK

WV candidates still fighting over 2020; voters, not so much

Some Republican officeholders in West Virginia are already revving up campaigns for governor in 2024

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The Independent UK

West Virginia settles with Kroger, opioid money now tops $1B

West Virginia has settled with Kroger for $68 million over its role in distributing highly addictive prescription painkillers into the U.S. state that has lost more lives to opioid overdoses per capita than any other

The Independent UK

‘A complete surprise’: Bear scares principal by jumping out of bin at US school

‘It was not how I planned to start my week at all!’ said James Marsh, principal at Zela Elementary School in West Virginia.

The Independent UK

Bear gives West Virginia principal a roaring wake-up call

A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the roaring wake-up call when it emerged from a dumpster outside an elementary school

The Independent UK

Official: No life-threatening injuries in press box collapse

Authorities say the partial collapse of a press box at a middle school softball tournament in West Virginia sent nine people to a hospital, but none of the injuries is reported to be life-threatening

Daily Mirror

Six children rushed to hospital after school building collapses during sports game

Six students and three adults were injured at the Wayne High School Softball field in Wayne, West Virginia, when the press box partially collapsed injuring those inside and those standing beneath it

The Independent UK

GOP election officials walking fine line on fraud, integrity

The Republican secretaries of state in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri all have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure

The Independent UK

WVa governor to reveal 2024 plans; Is Manchin in crosshairs?

Gov. Jim Justice once used a visit by then-President Donald Trump to West Virginia as the stage to announce his switch to the Republican Party

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