BEIRUT (AP) — Severe fuel shortages and wide power cuts around Lebanon have paralyzed the tiny country, with some businesses temporarily closing down. Top security officials held a meeting on Friday to discuss how to act amid nationwide protests. Lebanon has for decades suffered electricity cuts, partly because of widespread corruption and mismanagement. The Mediterranean
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Nick Grabelcik has reached the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur after a long day at Oakmont. Because of storm delays most of the week, Grabelcik wound up playing 38 holes to win three matches. Coming off a stellar freshman year at North Florida, he’s now
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts says two deputies who worked secondary jobs providing security for U.S. Rep. Cori Bush were fired for failing to get approval for their moonlighting, and not because of who they worked for. Deputies Tylance Jackson and Maurice Thompson were fired last month. Their firings were
Continue ReadingBy MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s top Democrat in the Assembly said Friday that his chamber will suspend its impeachment investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo once he steps down. Cuomo announced his upcoming resignation on Tuesday, days after he faced increasing pressure to resign or face ouster by the Democratic-controlled
Continue ReadingIf you paid a visit to various stores around Bend on Friday, you might think masks were still optional indoors, as dozens of people were not wearing them. But many were, as the statewide mandate took effect.
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business During a pandemic that upended lives, broke routines, and mothballed most forms of in-person activities, a funny thing happened in the entertainment business: The drive-in theater saved the cinema. But while it might have been dismissed as another anomaly in a year full of unusual economic blips, the renewed interest
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter from Texas whose literary songs like “Love at the Five and Dime” celebrated the South, has died. She was 68. Her management company says Griffith died Friday. Gold Mountain Entertainment did not provide a cause of death. Griffith,
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The National Park Service is pushing back against a Federal Aviation Administration report recommending approval of a launch pad for commercial rockets off the Georgia coast. The Park Service’s parent agency, the Department of the Interior, says the proposed Spaceport Camden poses an “unacceptable risk” to
Continue ReadingBy Kay Jones, CNN A Florida woman died after being shot by her toddler while she was on a Zoom conference call, police say. Shamaya Lynn, 21, was on a work-related call Wednesday when she was shot, Altamonte Springs Police said in a statement Thursday night on Facebook. A person on the call dialed 911
Continue ReadingBy ZEINA KARAM and AHMAD SEIR Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban’s lightning advance across Afghanistan has stirred fears they will reimpose their fundamentalist interpretation of Islam and all but eliminate women’s rights. Before they were ousted by the U.S. invasion in 2001, the Taliban forbade girls an education and women the right
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Sales of reusable face masks, which had started to cool down earlier in the summer, have reversed course as the Delta variant spreads across the United States. Weekly mask sales in dollars had been declining in June and into July, according to Adobe Analytics’ Digital Economy Index, which tracks sales
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Naples and Matthew Campbell Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Burlington firefighter has died after he suffered a medical emergency while battling a fire in New Hartford earlier this week. Colin McFadden, 26, was a six-year member of the Burlington Volunteer Fire Department. Norfolk Public Information Officer
Continue ReadingBy EUGENE GARCIA and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press WESTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service said Friday it’s operating in crisis mode, fully deploying firefighters and maxing out its support system as wildfires continue to break out across the U.S. West. The agency says it has more than twice the number of firefighters working
Continue ReadingBy EUGENE GARCIA and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press WESTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service said Friday it’s operating in crisis mode, fully deploying firefighters and maxing out its support system as wildfires continue to break out across the U.S. West. The agency says it has more than twice the number of firefighters working
Continue ReadingBy EUGENE GARCIA and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press WESTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service said Friday it’s operating in crisis mode, fully deploying firefighters and maxing out its support system as wildfires continue to break out across the U.S. West. The agency says it has more than twice the number of firefighters working
Continue ReadingBy Nahima Shaffer Click here for updates on this story DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — After an officer-involved shooting placed Lithonia High School on lockdown Thursday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the incident. The early investigation shows around 3:00 p.m., school staff members saw two men on campus who were not students.
Continue ReadingBy Iyani Hughes Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Police are investigating a woman being kidnapped then killed within hours in southeast Atlanta Friday morning. Around 5:00 a.m., officers were called to 501 Burroughs Street regarding a possible kidnapping call. Once they got on scene, officers spoke with the caller, who
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Jen Christensen, CNN As the coronavirus surges again in the United States, scientists have found another disaster is playing a key role in the number of people who contract severe Covid-19 cases and how many die: wildfires. A new study published in the journal Science Advances found that increases in fine
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia outlasted seventh-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 2-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) on Friday night to reach the National Bank Open semifinals. Medvedev will face American John Isner, a 7-6 (5), 6-4 winner over 11th-seeded Gael Monfils of France in the late match, The 25-year-old Medvedev, ranked second
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En la semana previa al comienzo de las clases, cuatro educadores del condado de Broward, en Florida, han muerto con unas 24 horas de diferencia por complicaciones relacionadas con el covid-19, según informaron las autoridades educativas locales. Tres profesores y un asistente de enseñanza murieron por complicaciones relacionadas con el covid-19
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