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Images of 9/11 Attack, Porn Interrupt Voting Machine Hearing

ATLANTA — A federal hearing on a challenge to Georgia's voting machines was interrupted Friday when someone began posting video and symbols during the live Zoom session, including images from the Sept. 11 attacks, a swastika and pornography. Before the interruption, there were roughly 100 people signed in as participants...

Racist Taunt Shows Up on Computer Screens in Madera South Class

Anitra Jones' son was attending one of his Madera South classes Wednesday morning when a chat box suddenly surfaced on his screen, with a hateful and racist message repeated 40 times. Jones said it's not the first time one of her children, who are African American, was hit by racist...

Fresno Unified Teachers Want to Know: What’s the Distance Learning Plan?

Fresno Unified officials say the distance learning program provided to its 74,000 students starting just three weeks from now will be markedly different than the one in the final two months of the past school year. But details about what school will look like while students are learning virtually are...

Official Resigns After Throwing Cat During Online Meeting

VALLEJO — A planning commissioner of Vallejo, California, has resigned after throwing his pet cat and apparently drinking a beer during a Zoom meeting between city officials that was made public, according to a newspaper report. During the April 20 teleconference of the city's Planning Commission, Chris Platzer announced, “I’d like to...

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