By James Paxson Click here for updates on this story BAY COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A joke about an ex-wife’s cooking made one man shoot at his brother, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. On the night of June 25, sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic violence report in Bangor Township that involved gunfire.
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN TikTok won’t send younger teens late-night notifications as part of a series of child safety measures announced Thursday. To promote positive digital habits — and perhaps help parents enforce bedtimes — accounts for children between ages 13-15 will not receive push notifications after 9 p.m., the company said. For teens between
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The second sighting of a so-called murder hornet this year was reported by a person in Whatcom County this week. The Washington state Department of Agriculture said Thursday that an Asian giant hornet was reported by a Whatcom County resident on Wednesday. The resident’s report
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Phil Mattingly and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The United States is withdrawing personnel from its embassy in Kabul amid the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, leaving only “a core diplomatic presence,” the Biden administration announced Thursday as more cities fell to the Taliban. Three thousand US troops are being deployed to
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, DEFENSE DEPARTMENT By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Phil Mattingly and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The United States is withdrawing personnel from its embassy in Kabul amid the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, leaving only “a core diplomatic presence,” the Biden administration announced Thursday as more cities fell to the Taliban. Three thousand US troops
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants starting quarterback Daniel Jones is not going to play in the preseason opener against the Jets on Saturday. Coach Joe Judge disclosed the decision before the team held a longer-than-expected walk-through practice at MetLife Stadium, where the game will be played
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A six-month drug investigation has led to the arrest of a San Bernardino, California man and a raid on a northeast Bend home where he was staying that found more than two pounds of methamphetamine, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Facebook is the latest tech company to delay its employees’ return to the office until next year as the Delta variant wreaks havoc on reopening plans around the country. “Data, not dates, is what drives our approach for returning to the office,” Facebook spokesperson Chloe Meyere said in a statement.
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Rebecca Enonchong, a Cameroonian tech entrepreneur, has been arrested and brought before a court in Douala, in Cameroon’s Littoral Region, according to her lawyer and another close associate. Enonchong has been in government custody since her arrest on Tuesday, social activist Edith Kahbang Walla told CNN Thursday. “On Tuesday she was
Continue ReadingBy Curt Yeomans Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (Gwinnett Daily Post) — An Archer High School student was taken to the hospital after falling from a ledge at the school on Thursday, according to a letter sent to parents. Principal Ken Johnson said the student climbed onto a second-story ledge at the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A medida que los casos de covid-19 vuelven a aumentar en Estados Unidos, las tasas de infección diarias alcanzan su nivel más alto desde febrero, debido en gran parte a la muy contagiosa variante delta. Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The more established, talented NFL teams have the luxury of resting their starters during the exhibition season. The Cleveland Browns are finally one of them. Coach Kevin Stefanski says he’ll sit the majority of his starters, including quarterback Baker Mayfield, for Saturday’s preseason opener against
Continue ReadingFIFE, Scotland (AP) — Michele Thomson of Scotland shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday at Dumbarnie Links to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open. Thompson, the 33-year-old Ladies European Tour player from Aberdeen, rebounded from an opening bogey with an eagle on No. 2. She birdied seven of
Continue ReadingOWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh says rookie receiver Rashod Bateman is set to have groin surgery and should be back sometime in September. That announcement Thursday came a day after Harbaugh said Bateman was expected to miss “a number of weeks” with a soft tissue problem. Bateman was drafted in
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A $9,000 grant from the University of Washington Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Middle East Center, was awarded to Central Oregon Community College and associate professor of history Jessica Hammerman, Ph.D., with the goal of strengthening education about the Middle East in the United States.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE HERRICK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Mitch Moreland homered twice, Chris Bassitt posted his AL-leading 12th win and the Oakland Athletics routed the Cleveland Indians 17-0 for their seventh straight victory. Matt Chapman drew five walks for Oakland, one short of the major league record. Chapman scored three times and Matt Canha and
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Ready to go out on the town before summer ends? In parts of the U.S., you might have to carry around your COVID-19 vaccine card or a digital copy to get into restaurants, bars, nightclubs and music festivals. After resisting the divisive concept of vaccine
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Ready to go out on the town before summer ends? In parts of the U.S., you might have to carry around your COVID-19 vaccine card or a digital copy to get into restaurants, bars, nightclubs and music festivals. After resisting the divisive concept of vaccine
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Lemos As the Delta variant drives a surge of Covid-19 cases in Florida, a rapid-response unit will be deployed to administer monoclonal antibody treatments to residents infected with the virus, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday. “This is the most effective treatment that we’ve yet encountered for people who are infected with Covid-19,”
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Lemos As the Delta variant drives a surge of Covid-19 cases in Florida, a rapid-response unit will be deployed to administer monoclonal antibody treatments to residents infected with the virus, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday. “This is the most effective treatment that we’ve yet encountered for people who are infected with Covid-19,” DeSantis
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