For the third consecutive week, Jane Fonda was taken away in ziptie handcuffs during a climate crisis protest at the US Capitol, but this time she was joined by fellow actor Ted Danson. The pair were arrested by US Capitol Police during what Fonda has coined “Fire Drill Fridays” following weeks of climate crisis demonstrations
Continue ReadingAfter crossing the finish line, a high school athlete’s runner’s high soon turned into a broken heart. Noor Alexandria Abukaram was disqualified because she was wearing a hijab, which doesn’t conform to uniform regulations. The 16-year-old cross country runner at Sylvania Northview High School in Ohio said she knew something was wrong when she looked
Continue ReadingA 25-pound cat from Washington has won over the internet with her purrfect workout routine. Videos of Cinderblock, a gray domestic shorthair, captured the attention of Reddit and Twitter users Friday after she was seen using the last of her nine lives to get in shape. Cinderblock’s previous owner couldn’t take care of her any
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats are threatening to hold Charles Kupperman in contempt after the former deputy national security adviser filed a lawsuit Friday asking a judge to decide whether he is obliged to appear for his deposition before House investigators. House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel and acting Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney sent
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Camden Lewis kicked a 26-yard field goal as time expired and No. 11 Oregon extended its winning streak to seven games with a 37-35 victory over Washington State on Saturday night. CJ Verdell ran for a career-high 257 yards and three touchdowns for the Ducks (7-1, 5-0 Pac-12), who haven’t lost
Continue ReadingDemocratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced Saturday that she would attend the “Second Step Presidential Justice Forum” at Benedict College in South Carolina — reversing a Friday decision to skip the cattle call, which set off President Donald Trump’s ire when she said that it was because he received an award for criminal justice reform.
Continue ReadingTwo Dallas sports team owners announced Saturday donations of $1 million apiece to help the city’s schools recover from last week’s tornadoes. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced a $1 million donation to the Dallas Independent School District to help rebuild the Thomas Jefferson High School football field after a tornado tore through the city
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A four-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 near Woodburn early Saturday morning killed a 24-year-old Beaverton man and injured five others, three seriously, Oregon State Police reported. OSP troopers and other emergency personnel responded shortly after 4 a.m. to the reported crash at milepost 269. A preliminary investigation found that a black 2019 Mazda driven by
Continue ReadingCity and school officials have revised their figures over the past 24 hours on the number of students who saw President Donald Trump speak Friday at a historically black college. On Friday, Columbia, South Carolina, Mayor Stephen Benjamin told CNN’s Sarah Westwood that out of more than 200 invitees to the President’s speech, only about
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Sunday and Monday we have an upper level trough moving from BC that’s pushing a cold front through the Pacific northwest. Breezy conditions will continue into the evening then diminish overnight. Sunday and Monday will continue to have mostly clear skies with similar temperatures. Highs in the 40s to mid 50s. Lows in the teens
Continue ReadingCatholic bishops approved a proposal Saturday allowing some married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region. The proposal, which must be approved by Pope Francis, would be a historic change to the church’s centuries-old tradition of unmarried priests. It passed by a vote of 128-41 and applies only to some churches in
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Redmond police on Saturday identified a Prineville motorcyclist who suffered fatal injuries Friday afternoon in a collision with a minivan at a southwest Redmond intersection. Police and Redmond Fire & Rescue personnel responded around 3:30 p.m. to the crash at the intersection of Southwest Veterans Way and South First Street, Lt. Eric Beckwith said. Motorcycle
Continue ReadingKurt Cobain’s vintage, olive-green cardigan is not only legendary, it’s now record-breaking. At a two-day music auction this weekend, the Nirvana singer’s cardigan, which he wore at the band’s famous “MTV Unplugged” performance in New York in 1993, sold for $334,000. Not only did the final sale amount exceed expectations — set between $200,000 and
Continue ReadingA convoy of about 18 US military vehicles departed northern Iraq and headed into Syria on Saturday morning, rumbling through Rmeilan town, past Qamishli and toward the interior of the war-torn country. CNN video shows a group of American armored vehicles and trucks on the road near Rmeilan. Syrian Democratic Forces fighters and a KRG
Continue Reading(CNN) — Una niña de Wisconsin cuyos amigos la atrajeron al bosque después de una fiesta de pijamas y la apuñalaron 19 veces, para impresionar a un personaje de terror ficticio, está compartiendo su historia. MIRA: Quién es Slenderman, el personaje ficticio relacionado con la niña apuñala 19 veces por sus amigas Payton Leutner fue apuñalada
Continue ReadingA Minnesota museum is getting visitors into the Halloween spirit in what’s probably the spookiest way possible — a creepy doll competition. The History Center of Olmsted County, located in Rochester, Minnesota, launched the competition on October 16 to showcase parts of their collection that don’t normally get attention. The premise is simple. Each day,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Georgia (Newton Citizen) — The time of the year has come when Georgians look to the sky to watch for signs of Monarch butterfly migration. These butterflies are on their way to the Sierra Madre of Mexico to overwinter on the oyamel (or sacred fir) trees of the
Continue ReadingWhen Colin Jost stepped onto the Studio 8H stage in Pete Buttigieg’s trademark rolled-sleeved white button down and blue tie, he wasn’t just another comedian on Saturday Night Live mimicking a presidential candidate. Jost was a SNL comedian imitating a former college dormmate. Buttigieg and Jost have known each other for almost two decades. The
Continue ReadingPhotos from a trip to London in June 2019 show President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and a now-indicted associate Lev Parnas having a VIP experience at two baseball games between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. The trip also included Giuliani speaking at a luncheon for a Ukrainian charity group
Continue ReadingA new biography of former Defense Secretary James Mattis reports President Donald Trump personally got involved in who would win a major $10 billion contract to provide cloud computing services to the Pentagon, according to the website Task & Purpose, which writes about military issues. That hotly contested contract was awarded to Microsoft on Friday
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