It’s a bird emergency. And we can all be the first responders. Alarming new research by the National Audubon Society finds two-thirds of North American bird species — 389 different species — are at risk of extinction from climate change. Many people were shocked by a recent, independent study that said nearly 3 billion birds
Continue ReadingWhen a man in North Carolina was pulled over on suspicion of driving drunk, police didn’t believe him when he said he hadn’t had any alcohol. The man, in his late 40’s at the time, refused to take a breathalyzer test and was taken to a hospital, where his initial blood alcohol level was found
Continue ReadingThe top State Department official overseeing US policy in Europe and Eurasia is the latest witness in the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. Ambassador Philip Reeker, the acting assistant secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, is appearing Saturday before the House Intelligence, Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees. As has been the case for
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A woman waiting in her car outside a Redmond Subway Friday afternoon fell asleep and “crashed” her child’s job interview – literally — hitting the gas and sending her car crashing into the restaurant, police said. The crash caused no injuries, but smashed out a large glass window and caused plenty of damage inside the
Continue ReadingEven as power was fully restored late Saturday morning at New Orleans’ main airport, nearly 84,000 customers in the region were still without electricity as the remnants of Tropical Storm Olga moved across the Gulf Coast. Olga is expected to bring heavy rain Saturday to parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, according to the National Weather
Continue ReadingIt’s enough to raise eyebrows and pop your eyes out. Yes, the unlikely duo of Rudy Giuliani and the Joker have descended upon one Ohio porch in the form of giant pumpkins. President Trump’s personal attorney in pumpkin caricature weighs in at 277 pounds, while his associate punches in at 108 pounds of terror. Jeanette
Continue ReadingSpaceX is on a mission to beam cheap, high-speed internet to consumers all over the globe. And this week the company revealed a few earthly locations that are already linked to the network, including CEO Elon Musk’s house and the cockpits of a few Air Force jets. It’s part of early testing for the 60
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A Lane County resident and a visitor to Washington County have been diagnosed with measles, the Oregon Health Authority said Saturday. Their illnesses are linked to an individual with the disease who passed through Portland International Airport earlier this month. The two new cases reportedly were on the same international flight that landed in Portland
Continue ReadingMaria Butina, convicted of conspiring to act as an agent for a foreign state in the United States, returned Saturday to her native Russia and insisted that she was pressured to plead guilty in the case. Butina landed in Moscow one day after she was released from a federal prison in Florida and deported. “I
Continue ReadingAnita Dunn remembers a time in politics when it was almost unheard-of for women to be running political campaigns. Susan Estrich was Michael Dukakis’ campaign manager in 1988, but she was an anomaly until 2000, when Dunn and another woman, Gina Glantz, ran the Bill Bradley campaign. Now, not so much. Dunn, a senior adviser
Continue ReadingA key witness in the impeachment inquiry has sought for a court to decide if he should testify, caught between a House subpoena and a demand from the White House to protect President Donald Trump’s immunity from testifying to Congress. Charles Kupperman, who served until last month as deputy national security adviser at the White
Continue ReadingAt least two people have died in Baja California after deadly wildfires ravaged cities on the US and Mexico border. The fire victims were two females, aged 15 and 19, Mexico’s Director of Civil Protection for the state of Baja California, Antonio Rosquillas, told CNN. Dozens of wildfires have been raging in northern Baja California,
Continue ReadingA trip to a tourist attraction in Scotland turned out to be a life-changing moment for one woman after a thermal camera detected she had breast cancer. Bal Gill, 41, was looking back over images from her trip to Camera Obscura and World of Illusions, in Edinburgh, when she noticed a heat patch over her
Continue ReadingA New Jersey school district has become a lightning rod for criticism because of a policy that would allow school administrators to ban students from school activities if they owed the district lunch money. The policy, which was passed earlier this month in Cherry Hill, has been the target of tweets by several Democratic presidential
Continue ReadingIvanka Trump and Jared Kushner are having a “big party with friends” at Camp David to celebrate their 10th anniversary this weekend, a White House official confirmed to CNN on Friday. President Donald Trump is scheduled to spend the weekend at Camp David for the event celebrating his daughter and son-in-law, according to the White
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ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — A trial that could shape how Oregon harvests its forest trust lands is underway, with 14 counties and dozens of smaller taxing districts saying they want $1.4 billion because the state has failed to manage them for the “greatest permanent value” as required. The trial began Thursday in Linn County Circuit
Continue ReadingElizabeth Warren says it will be ready in a “few weeks.” Her centrist primary rivals say that’s a few months too late. For now, though, the Democratic presidential field has been left to wait, and speculate, on what Warren’s forthcoming plan to pay for “Medicare for All” will look like. But the arrival of the
Continue ReadingA version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Impeachment Watch newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Another action-packed week in the impeachment inquiry has wrapped up. Get all the latest news here: Whistleblower won’t testify Attorneys for the whistleblower whose complaint kicked off the impeachment inquiry made clear
Continue ReadingRonnie Anne and her family have an altar for Día de Los Muertos, they live above their corner store and skateboard together. They’re just another Mexican-American family in the big city. Ronnie Anne is the star of “The Casagrandes,” a new animated series by Nickelodeon. The show is one of the first cartoons in the
Continue ReadingPete Buttigieg unveiled his criminal justice plan on Saturday, coinciding with a two-day swing through South Carolina — a state where he has struggled to gain traction with African American voters — and his participation in a presidential candidate criminal justice forum. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor joins several other Democratic presidential contenders by proposing
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