The Latest Breaking News from South

Free tax prep service on South, West sides is still well short of volunteers since pandemic

Ladder Up, a nonprofit providing free tax-filing assistance, said it’s seeking about 800 helpers, the number it had before the pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 10, 2023

Southern US At Risk From Severe Cross-Country Winter Storm

Cross-country winter storm is poised to unleash severe weather hazards on the Southern United States, AccuWeather forecasters say

Zenger · Jan 10, 2023

New picture book amplifies the civil rights work of South Side-born activist Diane Nash

“Most people don’t know who she is,” says author Sandra Neil Wallace, who hopes to enlighten children about Nash’s efforts to organize sit-ins at lunch counters and help create the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2023

South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down anti-abortion law

State law banning procedure at roughly six weeks is ‘unreasonable’ and unconstitutional, according to ‘monumental’ ruling hailed by southern abortion rights advocates

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023

First U.S. winter storm of 2023 brings snow, sleet and tornado threat

The first major U.S. winter storm system of the year dumped a frosty mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet from the Northern Plains to the Upper Great Lakes region on Tuesday while posing a tornado and flood threat to a large swath of the South.

Reuters · Jan 4, 2023

Life through the lens of a batik maker

Jantima Sukmetta, 52, gradually unfolds a batik fabric. It has distinguished colours of golden yellow and brown, the naturally dyed colours from turmeric and leaves of khonthi (beach vitex). The khonthi plant is easily found along beaches in tambon Na Thap of Chana district in the southern province of Songkhla,…

Bangkok Post · Jan 2, 2023

Winter storm hits Plains, Midwest with severe threat in South

The storm could generate heavy snow and power outages.

Axios · Jan 2, 2023

North Korea fires 3 missiles amid tensions over drone flights

Tensions rose earlier this week when South Korea accused North Korea of flying five drones across the border for the first time in five years and responded by sending its own drones toward the North.

WEKU · Dec 31, 2022

North Korea fires missile toward sea, South Korea says

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern waters

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

South Korea Stages Drills Simulating Downing of North Drones

South Korea staged large-scale military drills Thursday to simulate shooting down drones as a step to bolster its readiness against North Korean provocations, three days after the North flew drones into its territory for the first time in five years. South Korean warplanes and helicopters failed to bring down any…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 29, 2022